Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
Prize Fight between Morrissey and Pool
Morrissey Whipped, amp Dreadfully Beate,


About seven o'clock on Thursday 1nornir,.
the wharf at the foot of Amos street. Wa ~
scene of brutal fight between John Morris
| sey and William Pool, two notorious puo;list.
! in which the friends of both parties paytic;
pated. The prize fighters met at the Cir
| Hotel, corner ofHoward street and Broadwsy
at half past four o'clock, yesterday afternoon
| During the conversation Morrissey said tI,,
! he could ''lick Tom Hyer any other man ("
| Pool replied that he could do nothing Of the
| kind, whereupon Morrissey reiterated that h.
could do 50, and what was more, that he womb
! bet one thousand dollars to fifty that he wa
able to whip him (PooD in any kind of
fight.
Pool Immediately accepted the bet, and .od
Morrissey that he would meet him At tbs
! Christopher street Dock the following morning
at Z o'clock. To this Morrissey objected e.
| legng that he had not the money with him
| besides that, there were too many of biz
| (Pools) friends in that vicinity. Pool then
offered to bet even fifty dollars to fifty if
Morrissey would let him name the time and
| place Of the meeting. Morrissey agreed and
| the money was placed in the hands Of Mr.
james Hughes. Pool named Thursday, the
9th inst, at o'clock in the morning. .s
the time, and the Amos street dock as tho
place where the fight should take place Nee-z
Of the intention ofPool and Morrissey to qht.
spread like wildfre among the sporting houses
during the evening, and heavy beats were
| made as to the result of the encounter
At half-past six o'clock on Thursday morn
ing, crowd had assembled on Amos street
wharf to witness the affray. There could not
have been less than three hundred persons
present during the progress of the fight, con
sisting mainly of the fancy" and the friends
and admirers Of Pool and Morrissey. : nttlg
before seven o'clock, Pool drove on 10 the
place IN light wagon and shortly afterwards
Morris5ey made his appearance, accompanied
by some friends. There were no seconds
or bottle-holdcrs, it being understood. that
the fight was to be what is termed tumble
the advantage, of course, being IN favor
Of the man. who first got his opponent down
The parties Immediately stripped themselves.
and the crowd formed ring among them
After little sparring Morrissey succeeded
in planting all ugly blow on POOLS left eye
which caused black spot on it.
Pool then made feint at Morrissey and by
an expert movement caught him around the
leg and threw him on the ground. He then
jumped on Morrissey, and beat him with his
fist, cutting his face in a shocking manner.
Morrissey at length cried out ''EssOugh,"
when ms rlendS inOer1ered ana e2trlceteI
him from his unpleasant position.
Morrissey sprang to his feet and e1clsirned
wildly: johnny Ling, give me the pistol
give me the pistol ~ This was addressed to
one of his friends. Ling put his hand in his
pocket, but before he could withdraw it
of POOLS friends knocked him down. Thefght
now became general, and for time the wharf
was a scene of the widest confusion. The friends
| of Pool being very numerous, beat Morrissey's
! friends dreadfully. The melee was finally stop
ped by a report that the police were coming,
when Norrissey was carried to carriage and
| and driven down towards his house IN Leonard
street. Pool jumped on board Of boat and
| roWed out into the middle Of the river.
The police. however, did not arrive unEl
some time after the fight was over; and what
is also strange, they appear TO know very Gttlo
| about the fight, nor has there been any attempt
made to arrest the parties. The disgrsoeful
affair lasted only few minutes. Morrissey's
friends complain that fair play was not shows
him, ahd they Will never be satisfied until
| another fight takes place. Morrissey is
larger man than Pool. Pool is noted as being
one Of the best, if not the very best, rough
! and-tumble fighters in the country There
! is an intense excitement among the friends of
the respective parties, and it is said that a
number of fights viii grow out Of this sffray-