Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-30

Local sports who read Every Evening,
yesterday. saved time. trouble and money
BY not going 10 North Essington, Pa. TO
witness tho scheduled fight Between Bob
Fitzsimmons and Tommy Burns. The
managers made big bluffs that the bout
would come of but Governor Penny
packer. as a dispatch to Every Evening
announced said the fight should not
como of and n squad of the State police
made his mandate good
Under tho orders of Governor Penny
packer. Troop G.. of the State police, of
Reading, commanded by Lieut.. Charles
p Smith, went TO North Essington yester-
day afternoon 10 stop the bout scheduled
20 take place az the Tuxedo Club between
Bob Fitzsimmons and Tommy Burns. but
they found nothing TO do. Several hours
before their arrival az Essington the ofii-
GERS Of the Tuxedo Club had received word
from Sheriff David b. Mcclure that he
had been notified by Governor Penny
packer not TO allow the bout between
Fitzsimmons and Burns 10 take place, and
on receiving this notification from tho
sheriff the club decided TO postpone the
affair for one week
In deciding TO postpone the bout the
club officers are acting under the advice
Of counsel who maintain that the boxing
bouts carried ON by tho Tuxedo Club are
legal and should not be intorfered with
ne long "a they are properly conducted
The club officers will have "a meeting on
Thursday or Friday, and decide on future
course Of action.
II was announced last night that tickets
for last nights bout would be good for
the postponed bout. or that tho ticket
holders could have their money refunded
sheriff Mcclure said. 81 have had
force of deputies at every bout that has
been held az the Tuxedo Club, and they
have never been called on 10 interfere in
any manner hs the bouts have always
been conducted In the most orderly
manner and the advice OF my counsel
has been that they were we'll within tho
law. On the notification from the
governor. however. I acted Immediately
and found the club officials prompt in
their obedience TO my orders
The fitz-Simmons- Burns bout was the
sole topic Of conversation in sporting cir
Cles yesterday. There had been a heavy
advance sale Of tickets and the prospects,
were that the largest crowd that had ever
witnessed boxing bout in Pennsylvania
would have been present at the Tuxedo
Club last night Several hundred tickets
had been sold In Now York aud two
special trains had been chartered TO
bring the people from that city These
trains were cancelled on the decision Of
the club to postpone the bout. Word
was also sent broadcast throughout
Philadelphia 80 as 70 save the sporting
public ae far a. possible tho annoyance
of making a useless trip to North Essing-
ton. Notwithstanding this fact prob
ably 900 men went 10 the club last
night ia Ignorance that. the bout had
been postponed. Quite q number of
New Workers we're in tho city with the
idea Of witnessing the bout, having come
on the regular trains. Several Pitts
burg sporting men we're also on hand,
and Charles p. Davis. the veteran mana
ger oi boxers, came all the way from
New Orleans to be present
While tho sports were greatly ydisap-
pointed at the postponing of the bout
Z they took Il good-naturedly, and after
spending q short time in tho vicinity OF
the big clubhouse quietly dispersed.
titzsimmons arrived in Philadelphia
early in the afternoon, in time 20 hear the
news Of the postponemcnt OF the bout
He did not 70 down 20 Fssngton. but
remained in the city, Fitzsimmons wa.
greatly disappointed at the POSTPONE
ment of the bout, as he had trained
thoroughly for several weeks and WIS in
fine condition. Burns, who has beer
training Tor week at Essington. hearc
Of the postponement early in tho after
noon. He remained at his trainin,
quarters during the afternoon and even
ing.