OCR Text |
Show PUffi I1G f FIB FAMOOS IS BATTLES Goldfield Nugget Eclipses Historic His-toric Sum Fought for hy Corhett and Sullivan. j The following nrtlclo from the Chicago Tribune, written by George Siler, gives some interesting Information regarding big purses thnt havo been hung for famous ring contests: con-tests: The Nelson-Oans brittle is scheduled to Inke place on Lnbor day, which falls on September Septem-ber 3, nnd it will bo fourteen years. Licking two days, sinco a finish fight for tho lightweight light-weight title has been held in this- country Tho lns"t finish affair for the honors was that between Jack McAuliffo and Billy Myer at New Orleans, on September 5, 1892. That battle was for a guaranteed purso of $10.-, 000 and a side bet of the same amount, th whole amount being nno-lhird less than tho Goldfield sports arc hanging up for "Bat" and Joe. Besides that tho purse is tho largest, in real money, that ever lias been offered in this country. iiie irosconi uuy ciud oi .New urienns guaranteed a S40.000 purso for Fitzsim-mons Fitzsim-mons and Hall, but after the fight, which took placo on March 8, 1S93, tho purse money mon-ey was not in sight, l'itz won thnt fight in the fourth round, and wns handed a littlo ensh an'd considerable unncgotiablo paper. The Corbett-Mitchell tight, which took place nt Jacksonville, Fla., on January 25, 180-1. was for a 20.000 purso nnd a side bet of $10,000, nnd Fitzsimmons and Corbett battled bat-tled at Carson City on March 17, 1897, for a purse of $15,000 nnd a sido hot of $10,000. Corbett and John L. Sullivan fought for the Inrgest amount of money actually in sight before they began training, a guaranteed guaran-teed purso of $25,000 nnd a sido bet of $20,-000. $20,-000. This battlo took plnco at New Orleans, Or-leans, under tho auspices of tho Olympic club, on September 7, 1802, nnd saw" tho defeat of Sullivan in the twenty-first round. Fighting on tho percentage plan nots larger financiul returns to class A lighters, as tho big fights in tho East under tlio Iloiton law regime and tho Nolson-Britt fight at Colma on September 9 last attest. Goldfield, how-over, how-over, outstrips anything ever offered in tho real money lino for two men to battlo for, uud that ic going somo for a town which still Ls in its infancy. |