The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
BEAT MONK EASTMAN'S NAN.
LITTLE PAUL KELLY KNOCKS
BIG JACK SHIMSkY OUT.
PrlZef19ht In . saloon Cellar Follows .
BarrOom Meeting East Side sports
bet 81 800 on the Rival Clansmen
Truce Patched Ip ut Tom 6hArkey's.

PriZefl9ht In . saloon Cellar Follows .
Barroom Meeting-East Side sports
Bet 81 800 on the Rival Clansmen
Truce Patched Up at Tom 6hArkey's.
The dove Of peace lighted on Tom
sharkey's bar last night while Paul Kelly
and Jack Shimsky, Monk Eastman's right
bower. drank a drink of amity But 90
| cording to one East Side prophet that
| dove was wolf in sleeps clothing.' Be-
fore many days, or rather nights, are past. I,
| there'll be something doing between the
Kellys and the Eastmans, he predicted. Z
Paul Kelly and his chief henchman, Phil
Kelly, who says he's a heavyweight fighter
and has trained Bob Fitzsimmons. wero In
Bowery saloon within pistol shot Of Police
Headquarters yesterday evening taking q
drink Phil left Paul for few minutes
when shimsky ahda-a''sST us ssr Is sg:As e
Eastmanites entered.
| Shimsky has the reputation on the Boverv
OF being an eighteen carat strong arm
I guy. He is more than feet tall and weighs
23O pounds. Aside from general principle
OF antagonism to the Kellys, he has a personal
| score to settle. In fight that was pulled
off about two weeks ago in the Fort Lee
| woods between Jack Hrsh of the Eastman
] gang and Ike Fadinsky OF the Kellys.
Shimsky got blow on the nose which he
was not then able to return, as it would have
turned the ring fight into general mix-up.
Paul Kelly is only 5-footer, and finding
him apparently alone Shimsky thought IL a
good time to pay his respects to the Kelly
ties
Hello, you rrint," said Shimsky. IF
you were q full,grown man I'd knock
go chase yourself" replied Kelly. That
ended the preliminaries. Shimsky and his
three friends rushed at Kelly,
Heavyweight Kelly. in the back room,
hearing the scrimmage., ran in, handed
ished temporary peace. said:
II you'se guys want to fight, you gotter
to do it accordn' to rules. We can 20 down
into, the cellar and shimsky and Kelly can
settle it between EN-"
This was agreed to.
The Larry Mullgan Association, the
Hesper Club and the Tim Sullivan Associa-
ton are within few blocks of the
saloon, and before the principals had
stripped to the waist a dozen East Side
sports had gathered and were laying bets.
1t was bantam against heavyweight, and
odds were accordingly. 1t was said that
81 800 was put up.
A twelve-foot ring was paced of, with
beer kegs to mark the corners, and time
called, Phil Kelly acted as referee and
Kid Belts, another professional as time
keeper, Skintight gloves We're used
Shimsky opened with savage rush.
Kelly lodged and got in one. Then the
blows came fast and when time was called
for the first round 1t was an even break
The second round was no more decisive.
but in the third Kelly shot out left that
landed and then followed it with right
that sent Shimsky to the floor. His seconds
picked him up and carried him out Of the
ring
what was going on. and, pounding on the
locked door with his club, demanded ad-
mission. Principals, seconds, referee and
spectators got out by way of the airshaft.
The Kellyites then went up TO Tom
Sharkey's to celebrate. 1t was there that
Shimsky approached Kelly and said:
you've done me fair an want to shake.
What'll you have?"
And then Kelly drank with an East
man, but when Sun reporter saw the
Kellys last night and asked if 1t were true
that peace had been declared Kelly henoh-
man replied:
Nav! Them guys is givin' us a STALL
They'll try to even this"