Star.
London, England, 1820-11-23 00:00:00

BOXING.

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LANCASTER AND ADAMS.
The match between Jack Lancaster and Adams,
for fifty guineas aside, was fought yesterday on Hayes i
Common, Middlesex, near Arlington Corner, fifteen
miles from London. The match was knocked up in
a hurry, and the men had little more than a week
allowed for training. The weather, enough to damp
the ardour of any but an out-and-outer, did not pre-
vent a tolerable muster of the amateurs. At half-
past one Adams appeared in the ring, attended by
Tom Shelton and Rasher, as his bottle-holder and
second; and shortly afterwards, Lancaster, followed
by Harry Harmer and Cy. Davis, made his ap-
pearance, the rain coming down in torrents. Martin
was appointed one of the umpires.
Round 1. Adams hit short and got away. Lancaster told
with his one, two, slightly ; but in closing, Adams received a little
piper• and in going down he was the undertnost.
2. The science displayed by Lancaster was pretty, and he not
only stopped in good style, but he sent Adams down on his lat-
ter ertil—(Groat applause).-7 to 4on Lancaster.
3. This was a good round. Adams made some feints, but he
was nab.sed, and also received a ribber. Adams again went
down, and some hissing occurred. It was 2to 1 now.
4. The nob of Lancaster spewed some sharp inosintment, and
his left eye was cut and bleeding from an old bruise. Adams
went down. " Its all right, Lancaster."
5. Adams went down, but the spectators seemed to think not
from a hit.
6. Lancaster stopped in fine style—Adapts again went down.
7,8, 9, and 10. In all of these rounds Lancaster appeared to
have the best fighting; but his right hand was gone, and his
bitting was not effective.
11 and 12. Adams was shy, and did not appear to like to
meet his man. Ile was again down.
13. Adams met with a floarer.—(Great applause).
14, 13, and 16. Lancaster had the best of these rounds.
17. The left hand of Lancaster did some trifling execution,l
but he was hit down.—(Great approlratiou for ddants).
18 and 19. Lancaster was much distressed, and went down
from sante sharp hits.
.O to 28. The nab of Lancaster was the worse for the fight,
but he neveitbeless displayed some fine science.
29. Adams went down quickly—(Great tlisapproliation)--and
Martin went up to Adams and told him to recollect it was a
stand-up fight, and if he again went down without a blow, the
umpires would give it against him.
30. A sharp round. Adams much distressed.
31st and last. This round occasioned a greal deal of disturb-
ance. It was urged by the partisans of Lancaster, and also by
his seconds, that Adams went down without a blow.—" Foul,
F4jr, fair!" were heard all over the ring; and the'
combatants sat upon the knees of their seconds for upwards of
four minutes, when the umpires decided that Adams had for-
feited all rigit to the stakes, in consequence of falling without a
blow. This decision did not give general satisfaction ; al-
though it was urged that Lancaster had won the battle in the
9th round.
Lancaster, although .a fine scienced boxer, is gone
by as a fighting man. He cannot punish, and his
right hand went in the second round. If he had
been as good now as four years ago, he must have
won it off-hand. Scroggins, the Birmingham Youth,,
Purcell, Mason, &c. &c. were present, but the tor-
rents of rain put a second battle out of the question.
At the conclusion of the fight the lads all declared
in favour of Lushington, and they moved off in quick
time to poll.