The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-19
SPORTING NEWS.
William Costello, a Horse Trad
er, Tries to Fool > harkey.
Told the Sailor He Had Whip
ped Fitz and Others.
A SCENE FOLLOWED.
IA One-Act Farce at a Theater in
Cincinnati.
Challenger. Claims to Have Lost
Diamonds and Money

Cincinnati, Feb 1a.-There was a one
Rct farce on the stage az the People .
yesterday that the audience didn't wit
ness, Tom SharISey. Chris Reisinger- po-
7iceman at the theater, and William COS
relIo. a horse trader. living i'm Cummins-
vile, being the principals Costello
brought ft about by first wanting TO pox
Sharkey. and then in the Jam" that fol
lowed a dispute claiming that ne nad
been robbed Of $40 and a shirt stud Inc
nnish was at police headquarters' Fatrol-
men TT. Arnold and Enson Brown sending
Costello there ia d wagon and later taking
Sharkey down. TO Superintendent DeitscR
each told his story
TN went In to box Sharkey,' Costello
said. II met Tom in the cast He knows
nae OF course. i didn't expect to best
him. but maybe I'm not SO worse with
the gloves. When 4 told him had boxed
with Jerfries. Corbett and those other big
fellows he called me a liar. OF course
wasn't going to stand any thing like that
but he made lit stronger BY hitting me-
I'm the scufde lost two ten dollar bills
&hat had offered to bet him he could not
stop me iii four rounds He tore off my
cellar and tie. and my shirt stud. given
me by my mother. also disappeared Then
along came that policeman they've got IN
The theater. and he began beating me on
the head with club family got OUT
q the place the policeman n eaih aaa, me
SharlSey was asked 10 state ms side o.
the affair.
Yen see. il was this way, Chief. I was
Just ready TO do my turn With Kelly
when this man pushed IN from some
YOU. I looked at him and didn't know
him What's that2 You want 20 sparg
he told me he knocked out FItz in
four rounds basted COrbett and few
others tie amt seem -GWan. / says. You
doubts my wordg he asked, and CONF
Inences getting gay Yes. and turned
round to eel ready for the front. You
L n7ErhI-n11UNa gloves
me along the head That Big ring On
Ills hand cuE my forehead
II kind o. grabs him an uses my elbow.
He started holiering when I had backed
him against the wall. By then there
conner does the rest. didn't see a cent.
a like the 'cush.' but not enough to reach
An q mans pocket while Use got on eight
give a. twenty if ! hadn't on the gloves
when he AIT me with Che ring
And then he broke the back of a chair
trying 10 squeeze those shoulders OF his
Al while he listened to a. second statement
I5sitsch wouldn't stand for the robbery
end and so told Costello. Seeing he was
tack. He Is a bis six-footer, and built
like an oak. though he says he has lung
Well. Chief can't get satisfaction
here. Just put me and Tom in that room
7vhsfs tR lsa = rjsit t a@Jeea whine
&harkeF smiled and felt that piece of
EAlANUAGE lnt4L used TO be an ear before
he met JefrieS. ..I'N put YOU IN A cell
G YOU amt careful You might want to
set put Of the room and not be able"
il take the chance. Just give me half
an hour alone with ahargey. OF course
Tom can whip me. but can fight 4 lit
THE meetings adjourned" Deitsch
sa3a. on g. home, Costello and don't
There was a lot more talking. then Cos
5eilos seeking a compromise, asked Shar-
key to buy a rubber collar for the one he
tore orr.
Give y0u nothin', ~ Sharzey responded
III aint got your collar. Say Won talk
nheut boxing me. Now, suppose 7 hit
you mere, and Sharkey put his right
got weak lungs II knock YOU down and
you die What then2" and he tried to
turn round. but the bunch OF reporters
had to back out to make room.
SharA1ey. trailed by Spider Kelly, the
Policeman from the Peoples and the reg
AiAr pAtroinnan. went out one way, Cos