The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-08 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

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JOHN BALDOCK AND JEREMIAH REGAN.

A lively contest took place yesterday between these men.
The whys and the wherefore which'. led to the match we
shall pass by. Regan is known as having contended suc-
cessfully against one of his own name, when he proved
the victor; but Baldock has been considered for the last
few years one of the best of his weight (9st 121 b). The
latter has had to bide his time until he could gain a custo-
mer, and at last Jerry Regan, a much larger man, was
matched against bim, ahe conditions being that the latter
should be confined to lOst 101 b, and Baldock catch weight•
The stake was £lOO ; and from the well known encounters
of Baldock with Brookes (whom he defeated), and his two
game battles with Mickey Gannon, ono of which he won
and one he lost, the betting ruled in his favour at the odds
of 5 to 4, and a good deal of money was invested.
A well-known place was selected where many such like
encounters have come off, and one of the largest musters
at the ring side seen for some time assembled, and good
order and regularity prevailed. The place of battle was
reached just in the early grey of the morning, and notwith-
standing a little delay the ring was pitched, and the men
faced each other at 20 minutes past 8 o'clock, the seconds
being celebrated pugilists, and the referee having a busy
time in booking the bets, which now increased in favour of
Baldock.

In the first round Regan, acting on the advice of his
friends, went in with a will, but was met at all points ;
and thus early in the fray the superiority of Baldock
was apparent. Baldock went into Regan's corner, the
latter apparently wishing to be among his friends.
Regan dashed in at his man, and tried hard to take the
lead. A round occupying four minutes ended in the first
event being awarded to Baldock.
In the second round Baldock at the call of "time" at
once rushed forward, but Regan was with him, and another
fine display took place. There were feints and stops, and
ono of the best rounds was the result ; but it was thus early
the turning point in the contest, and plainly foreshadowed
that Baldock would be in the end the victor.

In the following round the men scratched simultaneously,
but although Baldock was under at the finish, he again had
the best of it.

In the fourth bout Regan threw Baldozic heavily ; and
in the fifth Regan had nearly finished the battle h la Tom
King with Jem Mace.

In the sixth round he also got Baldock's head in "chan-
cery," when they fell, Baldock under.
From this time Baldock took a decided lead, and when
seven rounds had been contested, in 24 minutes, the facial
appearance of Regan bespoke the handiwork of his oppo-
nent. Half-an-hour had gone by at the ninth round, the
"accomplished" second of Regan endeavouring to urge his
man to increased exertions. Forty minutes was called at
the end of the eleventh round. The meeting for the twelfth
bout was one of the most scientific witnessed for years.
It occupied 12 minutes, and bravely, but vainly, did Regan
strive to stem the tide that was too surely setting in
against him.

It would be useless to go into further particulars. The
superior style of Baldock was proof against all the game-
ness of Regan, and the latter, at the end of 1 hour and 37
minutes, and 30 rounds, was forced to yield—defeated, but
not disgraced. Regan's seconds, at the end of the 28th
round, wished him to give in, but he would not.
HALEY AND WELSH.—After the above the ring was again
cleared, and these two lads entered to contend at catch
weight for £lO. It was worthy of being for £lOO, for
Haley, a stripling only Bst, against a 9st man, from the
first took a decided lead. Welsh strove to do his best, but
he met ono of the cleverest lads seen for a long time.
Haley gained the first event in the first round, the knock
down iii the eighth round, and won the fight in the 12th,
in 38 minutes.