nine o'clock before
In the left-hand corner crouched Slogger Atkins , the English lightweight , while opposite to him in the right-hand corner stood Young Kilrain , poised in an attitude of defense . Underneath was the legend , `` The Contestants in Tomorrow Night 's Battle . '' By reference to Jig 's column Morris ascertained that the scene of the fight would be at the Polygon Club 's new arena in the vicinity of Harlem Bridge , and at half past eight Saturday night he alighted from a Third Avenue L train at One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street and followed the crowd that poured over the bridge . It was nine o'clock before Morris gained admission to the huge frame structure that housed the arena of the Polygon Club . Having just paid five dollars as a condition precedent to membership in good standing , he took his seat amid a dense fog of tobacco smoke and peered around him for Frank Walsh and his customer . At length he discerned Walsh 's stalwart figure at the right hand of a veritable giant , whose square jaw and tip-tilted nose would have proclaimed the customer , even though Walsh had not assiduously plied him with cigars and engaged him continually in animated conversation . They were seated well down toward the ring , while Morris found a place directly opposite them and watched their every movement .