The evening world. Newspaper, August 1, 1911, Page 9

HEY DORG = WHY IS A DEAD DOCTOR LIKE A DEAD DUCK? MY WHITE HOPE, AXEL. A TRIMMING “ToNeH Att (M ORAWING CUT ALL mY COIN, OTHER Xd BET ON THE avy! —_-.- Great Fight Between Ike Welr) and Jack Haviin With Skin- Tight Gloves Lasted Eighty Rounds and Was Called a! Draw—Both Men Badly Pun- ished. No. 6 Ike Weir. Copsright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Oa (The New York World). [= WBHIR'S next fight after he dls- posed of Willle Clarke was the famous “ail night in the woods" affair with Jack Haviin down in Rhode Island, This was one of the hanlest ttles that Welr ever took part in. itn was a Boston boy. He descent. In fact, nearly every featherweight fighting in America at that time was either Irish born or of Irish parentage. There were Ike Welr, Tommy Warren, Tommy Danforth, Jack Farrell, Frank Murphy, featherw champion of England but, nevertheless, born in Ireland, Johnnie Murphy, Willie Clarke, Charite MoCoy and hosts of others of lesser fame—all sons of Erin. Johnny Haviin was one of the gam- est little featherweights who ever fought a bat He was @ tough, ewy little fe ng only & feet 1-2 inches a about 118 the time fowght with vlin was avout twenty-eight years old. Most of his battles had been around Boston, where he had met nearly all the e At wagon for order to pre. contrary notwith- ourke, r was Tom O'R: andled by Ed } k him up England. The Island, over near the Connecticut It on a line between Westerly, R. I, an Stonington, Conn, The date was Jul 87, The battle wae witt nents for this match were at pre om for fear of authoritles, The n and New sports who were tipped off about the fight took trains to ditferent to vns not far from the scene of bj then travelled to the chosen spot twoa and threes, some tn wagons, ot in buggies a others had to ta § They stole out of town tn th Some of them travelled as much a twenty miles across the c there, The ring was ere: middle of a dense clump of trees fighters ¢ t have a huge eandescent lights above them to make visible their every movement lighting effects were very terns borrowed or stolen farmhouses and railroad # to- gether with a diz locomtive headilght, furnished the {!lumination. The lanterns were hung around op the branches of ed to give up his| « th into ring. backe: of knock because of that fi culty nitely, before his any profession. battle between when Havil damage. punishment. than this boy. | him, by a chance blow. of Havit After | Sulliva had no the blood eculd do Haviin could not s erally capable rt itm than it rounds the gs. The puri avlin quite a from the effects o recuperated very qu aid made the surrounding trees ané@ on the four posts of the ring, Fought Till Daybreak. ‘The battle lasted elghty rounds and was finally called a draw, as day was breaking and the referee and the crowd vere tired out. As for the fighters: hey were more than tired; they we mpletely exhausted. Roth were ve lly cut up, Haviin's eyes being c feiy closed and his lips and Bued up. while Welr's hands were so DMhllen that they looked like sponges the gloves had to be out off, fing pain. Ike's hands we: broken that he was unable to have any one touch them, let alone do any hitting with them without suffering egonies. ‘That waa Ike's one weak point—his ears hands, He got them bunged up cn nearly every fight in which he took part, It was gene ‘ally bh own fault though it 1s undoubtedly true that the ght gloves worn in those daya « ‘ont nearly so much protection hter’s hands as do the Dig gloves are worn in modern contests, But instead hitting with a straight ab or a swing, was Inclined to fiip h ia hands, throwing his arms tn any and al! directions and striking with the tip and sides of the gloves. He caught and blocked blows tn unusual ways and oftentimes hurt his hands in doing #0. When his fists were so bungel up that he could no longer bear to hit with the Ienuckles he would do so with the palm or the heol of the hand, P " Weir Wasn't “ Yellow.” Some people have sald that he had no fheart, that he was “yellow” gnd would gait or run away ine long, hard fight, _. ess to get ald to Great Fighters Charley Wi , Thia te adeotutely false. A gamer little |fwnter than Wetr has never stepped But he always hed Interests at heart, aa well as and he saw that out his opponent h his head and fought to in order that the money bet on him might not be los ha clever little chap tha in keeping out of dang and could prolong a fight in In the early rounds of « fight, hands went back on him, Ike could and did stand up and fight | and puntsh his opponent as much as man of his weight in the fistio Haviin During the early rounds of the cont each man took and gave an enormous amount of punishment, It Is to be very much doubted if Weir, even bad his hands fot kone back on cuold have knocked Haviin out,) auced Tate are required to ask for a him, could have knocked Haviin out, never have knocked V 8 wameness: F had cloned both of Jack's! ver and Weet End depots at Coney eyes, Jack Ashton, who waa John L. | ‘i sparring part Rourke second Havin, lanced rs eyelids { and reduc reduce 60 D hit Welt with Mis right hand, two to do anyt! of taking a lot m crowd, as as ittle w tht trial Insurance, management of ind of health and ac Manhattan Hotel rt was nee Commissto! publ kly, as he always FIVE CENT FARE TOCONEY BRINGS OUT BI CROWD First Day of Cut Rate Starts Off With Rush at Bridge. his ae tad’ be “Coney Island for five cents,’ always kept seashore, Ho was toad opened their persons going to the island. and Weir into three parts. |"Coney Island round trip.” The pas lent to five and five cents returning. Island the ticket chopper portion, The remainder of the ticke: must be presented at the ticket chop. pers stand on the retum trip, and was order to draw out elling. This ed to suck portion Is taken up b: | the returning train second fare points at the presen t all, he had to push ted his opponent, LOSE PART OF TICKET, If any persons are unfortunate enough must pay the regular fares home. him, men So, battled, | presented at the Coney ng but! between the hours of puntsh- | this afternoon, Persons with who fail to comply with this rule, wil the regular ten-cen’ the + dawn was dreak-| ‘Some misunderstandings, of course, divided." Tt took | will arise,” stated one of E. H. Hunger fle to recover | ford's office force, to-day, at the Brook & battle, but Welr | iyn terminal, “until the pu # fami) {lar with the plan, Those avail selves of the reduc for @ round trip tick cents at the window excursion cardboard, throughout | which 1s good for the r ina report] ‘We will not be t committee of! hours going and Commissioners’ | travelling public atta 1 tor three four min Seen nye any Allotted. Many persoas w I to-day who « e t and leave The American Yachtsman discriminates by ordering his Gin Rickies, Fizzes and Cock- tails made from Sir Robt BURNETT¢ @3 London DRY Gin (hoe cotte with the ned abel. Since the year 1770 known for its Quality, Fineness and Flavor. Sir Robert Burnett & Company 632-634 W. 34th St. New York Kehna oeenitearncnlenin the ‘popular ory for transportation to the 0 long urged by The Eve- ning World, became an actuality to-day at had been | when the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and the Coney Isiané and Brooklyn Rail- a for the reduced fare at 6 o'clock this morning. The cut rate period extended until 9 o'clock for Observation of the new fare era at the Brooklyn terminal where the bulk of the That was just what happened in this! tickets were sold gives promise of the Wolr. | reduced rate being received enthustas- | tloally by the public, Some confusion ing the attended the inauguration to-day, owing cloverer got leas of it than Haviin, but to the necessity of purchasing excursion Fe ome, aamded, they gia round-trip tickets at the booths. The Ihave known of very Pasteboards are not dissimilar to rail- few men who could take more of it|road excursion tickets. They are divided Persons taking advantage of the re ‘eit out unless|*"¢nser receives @ long ticket for 10 Here ie an instance | Cente—equ: are Off one Here another portion is removed. The third the conductor on | MUST PAY SECOND FARE IF YOU to lose any portion of the ticket they The for return portion of the tickets must be Island depots | and 4.80 o'clock tickers ng them- ust ask strict about the | a. isd Ps ‘2.70 WAN on). AIT peat » “ sooth, They Jearned their mista end very likely.” At the Culver and West End depots the acheme did not operate as well as at this end. Groups of women with chil- dren stood about the turnstiles demand- ing egress, saying that they had paid) their five cents and wouldn't pay an- other. To quell the crowd they were finally allowed to p FAILED TO ASK FOR ROUND) TRIP TICKET TO CONEY. “These passengers will have to pay 10 cents returning no matter what hour of the day they get on the train,” said one of the company's agents, “They should have asked for a round trip ticket."* It was state’ that the B. R. T. would place two announcers in front of the windows for a day or two to inform the public what must be done to secure ad- vantage of the reduced rates. One of Mr, Hungerford’s olerks made valiant efforts to corral women and children t the other and post them on tho rules before they reached the windows, but many ot them got by without being told, These left their five cents at the window, as has been their custom, thinking that it was all that was necessary to reach the island. They were surprised when held up for an additional fare at the Coney Island five cent t> Coney fare on both routes, The scheme, it was stated, will not have a fair trial until Public becomes aoquain which apply for all days, except Sundays and holidays. ent for P. committed suicid jt t n| THE SMOOTHEST ‘| | TOBACCO | F you roll le cigarettes this is the to- bacco, Has been aged two years — become very mellow— yet rich with flavor, The smoothest and most delightful smoke possi- ble. Don't fail to try it! Great! At all dealers SPAULDING & MERRICK Chicago FIREMAN STRUCK CRIPPLE, IS CHARGE; VICTIM 15 DEAD Dies in Hospital Two Weeks After Incident—Fire-Fighter Makes a Denial. ‘Thomas Feeney, fifty-eight years o14, employed as janitor of the at No, 154 West Sixty-eighth! was over the fal a orippl fiathous Velvet, the smoothest tobacco for the pipe. 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He threatened to the policeman | who arresied MoGrane, a brawny young man of twenty-nine, to prosecute the latter for the assault, but when the cage came up in the Night Court he failed to appear. ‘The janitor suffered from several he:n- orrhages during the week after the at- tack, and last week he was removed to St. Vincent's Hospital, A surgeon who had oharge of the case said that he be- Meved that an aitopay would ahow that Feeney died of a fracture of the skull. An autopsy will be performed. Miss Margaret Feen a related hter of y that th the fireman of the front door the dead mat row between to open quickly enough. MoGrane, she id, called the janitor up to the front When her father jeclared Mise Feeney, Mo- ‘ane swung upon the cripple with all nt of hie big frame. Mre. Fee- of the West Bixty-eighth stret station said to-day that ae Mo- Grane had been discharged in the Night Court no new arrest would be made unless the autopsy established th with the fireman had induced death. 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