The evening world., 1903-08-12
Goney island Sports See a
Lively Ten Round On Which II
Preceded by a Free. Tor An
Rouuh and tumble.
POLICE LEFT Ar THE pusr.
riuHt Wis fo' Purse srd 'Ns hNse
uo-s % me Rssi Psu wa Hsd
Pound fsvor In eotN Gentlemen
Eyes

pal a...f.nH o., e-rIfr ~ roncv
tr'trt a.-ut 40 SUIT pvsris rraws
rfle me trieIrH1r y --irs rr more ~
No. smHrr rf'r,.'"i unusual attention
HcrsHf- NO Emo rum .0is a-1r1 anil
rH 1~a .1f decorated .Ha.r 'Hrsr TNen
10 s'.v'y Uttered through %" y%1,'ous
news .hanne's that tl"rr bad been .
desperate prIrn frh' an Tho hack slopes
- the l,lnud last midnight preceded %,
D FREQ 'pf 40 battle with score NJ r1h-
mon who hal taken the sports to 'h"
Grhf and Then he,r denied TIC ]pl"nenr"
.. witnessing the encounter
Tho nrhfrrf Who bat'Icl 'n- 'en
rounds %, 70 tSrr'hlr ari'h ~" q nur'"
W ,tiO. are Ch1rsos Reasley. better
supvu ~ "Ki1" otherwise Fiat Mug %
when Charles r. not trckking tho
korie- rpr trouble ne tends bar His
opponent vas Lester Wallace. some
time called Chow CHOW or stats
Caught by the Great RnE."
\ short time ago Lester and Charles
Simultaneously fell % the blandlsh-
mcnts OF Miss Priscilla McGurk, Known
In Cnnev Island music halls ~ the
Real Raj She divided her smiles
without prriudicc between Flat Mug"
and stats" and IT came to pass that
charles and Lester were not nice tn
each other anv more. T. air was
Mick with challenges and It vas not
long before the sports saw a chance OF
a real go"
Runor raised n purse o. $50 and plans
were ,ail 10 pull ON the battle under
the Queensherry statutes. Malta methods
are loud and blatant compared to the
secrecy surrounding the preliminaries
OF this engagement With splendid
stealth all the Surf avenue cabmen
were notified to nave their hacks in
readiness at 11.37 last night. At the
appointed moment the sports piled into
the abs and drove Of. An under
ground tip had reached the police, and
detectives watched the silent departure.
then jumped into other cabs and fol-
lowed. All Coney Island cabdom was
in on the fight. however. and the
sleuths were sidetraeked. while the pro-
/ cesslon OF sports wound through misty
| lanes and at last came to a plateau
on the overskirts Of Sheepsheai nay
The COmoataUts were on the ground
stripped to the waist n with fire In
their eyes.
Free-for-Au Preliminary.
The cabs formed a circle about the
impromptu arena and the ca6men got
down to see the |encpunter. Ihe Sports
| ordered the Jehus to hide their caos ~
the hedges. They refused ever to put
out their lights. There were words.
which were speedily followed by a
rough-ani-tumble fight. The sports were
as three to one and the clbbies were
1.I,.a, az ~, ClG nNen Sn badly In
jured that he may lose the sight of both
eyes.
their gloves, however the mill was
ana Charles shook hands The hrst on
| counter shook the hillside.
stats forced the lighting, landing
two terrific swings on Flat Mugs
with a hinge nook that brought down
a lurid consolidation. When the gong
sounded Hoth fighters, were bleeding.
In tho second round Stats" was the
again to the rim of the plateau. But
"Flnt Mug came back In the third
with a Maxim display of short arm
jabs and a corkscrew rib wallop that
made Lester real mad.
"FIat Mug the Real Thing.
In the fourth, nrth and sixth honors
were even, though the fighting was ter
rife. the plateau running rivers OF
blood In the ninth STATS caught n
loop punch on the nose ana went down
for seven ticks" ''Flat Mug pressed
his advantage and in the tenth threw
himself at his opponent. Stats" did
not recover until he was dipped in a
neirhborlng creek. The purse was
awarded to Charles. who bought Pris-
ella a real lace mantilla. which is quite
the n In mode at the Island.
Tho police announced this afternoon
| that Y they found sufficient evidence
all those who took part in the prize
hght would be arrested.