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Show where they put up cash to secure their appearance ap-pearance when wanted. Sporting Splinters. Square sports got a large black eye last night. Chief Stanton says the firemen can beat the police nine any time. Jim Carney is laid up with a broken arm, caused by a fall from a horse. The University and Deseret baseball teams are playing at National ball park this afternoon. after-noon. A great deal of interest is taken in the Johnson-Dixon fight, which comes off on June 2d. Red Phillips and Joe Iehe will fight before the Hailev athletic club on June 11 for a purse of $300. Joe Choyniski has challenged any heavyweight heavy-weight in England, but his prospects for getting on a mili are slim just at present. Thomas Huntney of Kock Springs, Wyo.. says that he will match the "Montana Kid" against tommy Hogan to tight at 1233-2 pounds either in Denver or Rock Springs at $500 aside, and Robert E. Carroll, Hogan's backer, says that he will accept the proposition. proposi-tion. The Slavin-Jackson fiht is announced for May 26 or 27, but exactly when is not definitely defi-nitely known. Charlie Mitchell has offered to bet that the battle will not take place before be-fore the National Sportinsr club, on account of a row between him aud the governor of the club. It looks as though a postponement postpone-ment might be indulged in. Dr. George F. Schrady recently made a physical examination of John L. Suiiivan. When he finished he said: "In all my life I have never seen such a mairiiiticent specimen speci-men of muscular development, aud, indeed, I do not think that there is another such a man living today. You are in perfect health. Your heart, liver and stomach, lungs and other organs are performing their work properly. You are physically sound. Strength, vitality, pluck, alacrity and exceptional excep-tional powers of endurance seem to be all combined into one frame in your case." THE SPORTING WORLD. 1 A Mixtura of Good and Bad at the Sparring Sparr-ing Exhibition Last Night. JACK LYNOTT KNOCKED OUT. The Williams-Lange Contest Ends in a Kow The Champion Had Every-i Every-i thing His Own Way. It was a great night for the Williams family. The long-talked of glove contest between Jim Williams, the champion of Utah, and Charley Lange, attracted the largest audi euce to Walker pavilion last night that has ever assembled to witness a sporting event in this city. A 10x20 foot ring had been pitched in the center of the large hall, and around this enclosure were five rows of chairs, with room for a thousand people to stand behind them. At 9 o'clock every seat was occupied aud there wasn't much standing room left. A baud was in attendance attend-ance and kept the crowd from getting weary while waiting for the preliminaries. Policemen, Police-men, deputy marshals and deputy sheriffs were scattered through the audience, and the best of order was maintained. But little betting was done and Williams wa3 the favorite fa-vorite all the time at odds of $50 to Shortly after 9 o'clock, old Bill Jones stepped iuto the ring and. announced the first preliminary between a couple of lightweigh ts, Ash ton and Hazeldine, who gave on amusing three round setto. The programme was carried out with a rush and Fred Fuller, a remarkably clever lightweight from Nebraska, and Frank Richards, the coon, took corners as soon as the other men went out. Fuller was overmatched over-matched in everything except science aud pluck, but the coon wasn't in it with him so far as those important ingred-ants ingred-ants in a fighters make were concerned. The men sparred three rounds, and the; clever foot work and ducking of the light-weight elicited hearty applause. Prof. Evans next gave an exhibition of club swinging, and was followed by Oscar Block aud Jack Hays. The latter proved too big for Oscar, aud he had things pretty-much pretty-much his own way until the end of the end of the third round, when Oscar rushed in and sent his man to the floor aud piled ou top of him. The six-round contest between Henry Williams and Lynott was next announced, and in this almost as much interest was manifested as in the event of the night. Williams was seconded by Sladc, while Lee A. Wrilliam3 looked after Lynott. Both men came up promptly at the call of time, aud Lynott opened with two light taps for the face. He continued to do the leading, but retreated to the ropes, while Williams was evidently waiting for an opportunity to get in a knock out blow. After half a dozen exchanges, Lynott grew desperate aud commenced swinging viciousl-, but Williams kept ont of distance and no damage was done. Round 2. Williams opened the ball this time with a light blow in the face, and Lynott Ly-nott responded by swinging four times in succession but w as short each time. Williams quietly wailed for an opening and soon landed a staggerer full in the face. This was followed by a clinch, and on the break Lynott succeeded in landing a hot one on Williams face. Then came a clinch and half a dozen exchanges, and towards the end of the round Williams landed his right heavily just under Lynott's ear. The ex-soldier ex-soldier dropped to the floor and remained re-mained until the referee counted him out. The contest was a tine one, and the delighted spectators yelled themselves hoarse, and further expressed their approbation appro-bation of William's work by sending a shower of dollars and halves into the ring, while Lynott took up his hat and passed it around the ropes. Up to this time everything had parsed off smoothly and the audienc e was in the best of humor. There had been no tedious waits, and the contests had all been good ones, but the patience of the spectators was severely tried before the big fellows put in an appearance. Finally, at 10:55, Lange stepped' into the ropes and was loudly cheered. He announced an-nounced his weight as 200 pounds, which was fullv fifty pounds less than when he began training, three weeks before. "How do you feel?" asked The Times man, as Lange stretched his arms over the ropes. "First rate,'' replied the big fellow. "Do you think you can stay?" "I am confident that he cannot nut. me out. If he does, it will be only because I am not in condition." Lange wore white silk trunks and was esquired by Jim Keanelly aud Prof. Haw-lcy. Haw-lcy. At 11:10 the champion entered the ring attended at-tended by Herbert Slade and Ed Noble. He appeared to be in the pink of condition condi-tion and announced his weight at 15(5 pounds. After the nun had been put jthrough a preliminary course of sprinkling, rubbing and fanning, the question as to who should act as referee was taken up, and the usual wrangle ensued. Lange objected to Mor-rlssey Mor-rlssey and Williams objected to Donaldson, and finally Pat Carroll of Hoboken, was agreed upon. He announced that the men would engage in a ten-round glove contest, and stated that if it was not a fair go, the audience might vote the receipts to any charitable institution institu-tion in the city. At 11:10 the referee called time, the men shook hands, and the battle commenced. Lange had evidently made up his mind not to force matters, and to spend a little time in sparring and sizing up his man, but Williams wasn't there for that purpose. pur-pose. He first gave the big fellow a jolt in the stomach which made him asp, and followed it with a punch over the heart. Lange looked surprised, and lauded lightly on the jaw. A clinch foilowed and after breaking, Williams again lauded his left over Lange' heart, and followed with another drive in the bellows. Lauge's face commenced to wear a serious look, while Williams gTinned and the men cm-braced. cm-braced. Lange irot the best of the break away, and succeeded in landing about the only heavy blow struck by him in the contest con-test in Williams' jaw. The round ended greatly in Williams' favor, and it was generally conceeded that Lange was not in it. As the champion took his corner. Noble, his second, whispered. "He is pudding, go in and put him out." Williams smiled cheerfully and at the call, advanced briskly atrain piriyed for Lange 'f heart. After landing twice on the body, the champion smashed Lange twice in the face, and the blows made rue big fellow groggy. Then came a c inch, and in tfie breakaway Williams Wil-liams swung for the neck with telling effect. ef-fect. Lunire tried a swing, but was short, and after a couple of exchanges, Williams started in to do his man. After landing several blows on the neck, the champion cham-pion caught Lange on the jaw, aud the latter vent up against the ropes and dropped to the floor. The most intense excitement ex-citement prevailed and the spectators yelled, "He's out." After reclining on the floor for seven or eight seconds, Lange managed to irct to his feet, and another biow sent him against the ropes. He struck with both hands for Williams, but there wasn't a bit of force in his blows, and just then the sound of the gong saved him. Of course it was now evident that Lange won d z out at the first punch, and his second-, Hawlejr and Kennelly, tried to save him by claiming a foul, insisting that Williams Wil-liams struck their man alter the gong sounded. If the bell was rung at all it certainly cer-tainly was not heard at the reporters' table, only a few feet away, and the conduct of the Lange men infuriated .the crowd. The din became terrific, and the referee ordered the men up for the third . Williams came forward for-ward and advanced to Lange's corner, but the latter wouldn't budge. Not a word of what was said In the ring could be heard, but the pnntoinine between Hawley aud the referee was a very animated ani-mated one. At this stage. Captain Donovan stepped into the ring, and the blue coats followed him from all sides. The crowd did not understand the play, evidently and a mad rush w as made for the ropes. It looked as though the thing would wind up in a free tight and the musicians broke through the windows and fled, followed by the more nervous spectators. As soon as order was restored, the referee announced that Williams was the winner, rnd the police then gathered in that functuary and the lighters and took them to the police station, |
