The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-09 00:00:00

VIE RATTLE.

Round t. After some cautious sparring, Belcher hit Crib
left and right on the head and body. Crib returned a blow
slightly, and attempted to rally, in doing which he closed,
and Belcher threw him. 2to► on DelChM

• a. Belcher made a feint; and hit his opponent two hard
blows on the head -and body, who returned one of them ;
,and, whilst reaching to Make another, he slipped and fc.ll tin
his hands, In this round Belcher drew the first blood.

'3. A well.contestetiround,. somewhat in favour of Crib,
Several blow were exchanged with great dexterity. Belcher
was at last thrown, and he put in an ex pert. body blow whilst
falling. Betting, the same as' at the comMeneement, of the
battle. ( •

4. Beleher made two blows at the head and body of hisad.;
versary, who.stopped them with ability. Belcher, closed:on
his man, and both fell'.
5. Crib received a.-severe right-handed blow on the left e)4,
when Belcher closed in on him, and gave him a heavy tall,
after having hit him twice on toe body.' sto z cati Belchcr.
b. Crib became weak ; he stopped his adversary's blow,
and fell on a blow which he iitteni pied to make.
. 7. Crib bore the masks ofsothe severe blows under the left
arm. Beichet Etopptxt two blows, attempted by his adversary,
and again hit him light and left, and rallied him to the cords
which confined the ring, where Crib clung- to them apparently
in
.a very, exhattsteclAWte, and tell. Belcher kneeled over bites
with an air of confidence. 3tot on Belcher.
8.. The.combatants exchanged several blows in a rally, and
-Crib bled freely. The round was ended by both falling.
9. Belcher attempted to hit his opponent light and left ;
Crib stopped the right-handed blow, but the other told, at.id
'Belcher fell on it.

In. Belcher went in at his man courageously, and without
ceremony. And bitting Crib several hard blows, without
giving a shadow of chance, he WILLI him to the extremity'
of the ring, when crib again dropped as it lifeless. kour to
on Beic►ter. _ •

it. Crib stopped two of 13e1cher's blows, but he was not
quick enough to return than, and both closed and fell irre-
gularly. •
12. Belcher, in the preceding round, inanifeued thttt be was
become very weak, and Crib,, in this rou►td, Seemed to have
recovered. He rallied IL :Liter, suCcesstul:y, and hit Min
under the perfed eye, and" continued to rally tnsil he closed
his opponent against the ropes, and threw him.
.13. This round. was in l'avour of Belcher, who, however
weak, gained the adinirati&i of the Amateurs by his superior
and courage. It ended with Crib being-thrown.
14. Both scented to have gained fresh strength. Crib stop-
ped two well.dirctted blows, and Belcher instanti-.y Com-
plimented hirn with two real ones on the body They closed:,
and tell to the disadvantage of Crib. 4to lon Belcher.
is. Belcher appeared as gay as at the commencement, and
sallied his opponent to the ropes, when an irregular struggle
finished the round.
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16. Crab stopped the blows aimed -by his opponent, and
showed that he had acquired a good deal with reaped to sci-
ence. Atter several scientific blows .had been exchanged,
both fell against the ropes. -The betting was 'very dull at
this stage of the battle; for it was known that Crib had not
-received half the beating he was able to take, although he
bore evident marks of violence. On the other hand, it was
feared that the constitution of Belcher would not allow him
to stay long. The spettators were, inclined to take the odds.
t 7. Belcher feebly.ralliedl .I.s oppoilent to the extremity of
. the ring, and he tell through weakness. zto con Belcher.
13. Crib received sonic most desperate body blows, as well
-as one of equal violence in 'the neck'; and on being followed
up, he fell, and,, to an ordinary speciator, it could riot be
supposed that he would ever rise again. sto t .on Belcher,
who, however? unknown to thespectators, had•sprained his
right hand: •
19: Belcher fell whilst making play, but he was very
. cheerful.

20. Both closed and felt without making a blow;
22. Belcher front the blow. he had received on the perfea
eye, threw away many blows, by being incapable of judging
his distance.
23. Crib hit his opponent .t wice on the head,' and Belcher
slipped whilst attempting to return them.
24.. Belcher hit his adversary, and gave him a cross-buttock.
25. The combatants closed irregularly, acid. fell, to the
disadvantage of Belcher.
z 6. Crib hit Belcher a hard blow, and; in attempting to re-
peat tite"satne, Belcher shifted away,. and Crib run nimsell
down. Some inurtuurings—but " fair, lair," had the majo-
rity. • ' • •

27. This was the round that altered the odds in favour of
Crib, for Belcher appeared very teeole ; and the former beat
his adversary away twin him, and knocked him down.
a J weil-contested round, to the disadvantage or Belcher,
who, however, save his opponent another cross-buttock.
29. Crib hit his opponent, after hams stopped a blow,
and both closed and tell.

30, Crib closed on his opponent, awl threw him over the
ropes, by his superior strength.
31. A. blow was exchanged, and Crib again, by a slight
blow, hit his opponent down. Five to 2 Okl crib.

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32.• A hard round, alternately in layout' of each. Crib had
,the best of it in hitting, but Belcher threw him a heavy fall,
atter laying retreated..
33. Both closed and tell, without a blow being struck.
34. Belcher summoned all Ins elliirts, and went in spirit.
edly to his man ; he however was rallied and thrown.
35,36, and 37, in ravour of Crib, but both were inoffensive,
as tar AS regarded hitting.
38. 13e1clier was scarcely able to stand ; and his opponent,
who•was but little better, smiled at him.
39. Crib rallied clown his man.
4,.) and 41 There was but very little hitting, each ofthe
combatants hugged and tell in disorder.
4e. Crib had sufficient strength to hit hi; opponent two
feeole blows, and. to :ally liolcber .to the ropes, who teach
them,. and resigned the contest, which lasted 55 minutes.
Bill \Vard
.and Richman secended Crib, and Gulley and
Watson le(;onded Bechcr.
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TheaQs.tonishalcnt which was excited by ktitt-pc.:-,
for.nioc4*Yof,,C,ib at this exhibition. wp4,incjvclilole,
4n ilia foxclet; contest; as we have. ohseryed ,in .thy
prethce, he Wthi a novice the .scicnce of boxing-,
when comparcdwi,th Belehe,r ; and his,“.nly perfec,
tion was that of, tactling.More beating than an ordi:
nary bruiier.could adMinister to hint,„ In this in;
stance appeared, in stopping and measuring his
distance, equal Co the skill that opposoi him 3 al a
with these advantages the final issue' might htive
beeti anticipated. He still is deficient in quickness;
for it was not until Belcher had lamed his hand, aio
received a blow' under the perfect eye, that Crib I ad
a shadow of chance... Crib, it 'appears, has thus
been iMproVid by the lessons he has received from
Biil Vitirci•and the amateur who backed.him, since
be has been in training, and in this instance he
neVer flinched from his man. With respect to
Belcher, all that vigour and skill which was redo:.
ininant in him in his day, still remains with him ;
but,,like his, battle With the Chicken, lie was unable
to Judge his distance, which may be accounted for
by the loss of an eye. He had all the advantages
over his opponent that .could have been expeaed;
but When his sight became impaired, by the hit
under the eye, be threw many blows away, and with
the accident of a lame hand, which he was unable
to strike with, he excited universal commiseration
in those who had before been intoxicated with
admiration. Crib received the most :se‘ere beating
about the body, and 'both their heads Wie:re touch
disfigured.

It was given out that a contest was to take place
between cYoung Belcher and .Ryan ; ly.:t the latwr
had been roughly handled in the street, on the pre-
ceding night, which prevented his attendance.--7
Young Belcher, coniequeutly, challenged Dutch
Sam pu the ground; but he refused to comend, not
having been trained. A pure was made for Jemmy-.
from-Town and Cropley to, slight which was
won very easily by the latter. ,

Jones and Hall were the seconds .on this occaslon,

Cropley is a scientific man, and his opponent alto-
gether the contrary—he has not the slightest pre,-
tensions to become a hero of the fist. There were,
never so many people assembled together to witness
an exhibition of, this kind
.as in the present in-
stance. Amongst the number were the Duke of C.
and an immense concourse of Noblemen, Gentle-
men, and Sportsmen.—The day's diversion closed
with baiting.abtfil. : • . •