The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-29
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drinks In the Oartieh and . bunrh ~ Ticket
etectla'ors
Ihcre was q hg crowd 81 Tho Garden
" the police expected more ~ less trouble.
A call vert In Early for reserves and sStra
plain clothes men and ~ the finish Schtnitt.
berger and Hodgins had about MY men
scnttercd through the crowd, besides the
uniformed men outside. Tbs crowd had
an Idea that h polioe did NOT inteud IN
let The fights 60 on. That idea got pretty
strong when First Deputy Commissioner
Rhinelander Waldo and Third Deputy
Mathot entered the Garden and q aeats
near the ring. However, the police APP
parently rcga rded the scrappers as giving
u boxing exhibition until the bouts we're
over; then they regarded them as pugs
and pinched them.
After the first bout the poioe arrested
James Carter Of i42 West Fifteenth street
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street. the principals, waiting until the men
got out Of the ring and into their street
clothes. They were taken to the Tender
loin station house. The cops got busy again
after the second bout. taking in Dan Hickey
OF 81 Poplar street. Brooklyn. and Peter
Burke OF 200 johnson avenue. Charles
Wabst Of Park avenue and i2oth street and
Dave Henry Of 222 Second street, P~lainfeld.
N. j., who fought In the third preliminary,
were ako arrested.
MoGovern and Britt fought ten rounds,
but before they got through Capt. Hold gins
and a couple Of plain clothes men dyed
through the crowd by the ring and took a
stand where they could keep an eye on the
fighters. Britt was arrested In his dressing
room while he was hunting for his street
clothes. Somebody had got into the dress
ing room and tolen his apparel. One of
his seconds lent him a pair OF trousers,
another furnished an o~verooat, and by the
help Of a few more he managed to get enough
clothes together to get to the Tenderloin
station house. McGovern was arrested a
few minutes later and went to the police
station with Sam Harris and others of his
hackers.
Commissioners Waldo and Mathot were
behind the desk when the little fighters
were brought in. Britt was angry and
laxative, He was pretty badly marked
up from his set-to with Terry. There
was a long cut over HE left eye. His right
eye was fast turning black and his face
was bruised and disoolored. He made
a few remarks about New York hospi-
tality and then gave his pedigree as James
Edward Britt, 20 years old. native Of Cali
fornia; occupation. ~bookkeeper.
McGovern came in in fighting shoes and
When the sergeant asked him