Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-07
THE PRIZE FIGHrIN CANADA.

The prize fight between Dominick Bradley
and ). 5. Rankin, Of Philadelphia, for 81 900
a side, came of at Point Albino Canada West,
on Saturday last This was the "mill'' which
has agltated the sporting circles' in all the
great Northern cities for some months past.
Bradley having achieved quite notoriety for
braggadOcia conduct in challenging Tom liver.
which offer that gentleman refused, declining
to mix any further in prize ring contests The
challenge and refusal drew towards its origi-
nator the attention of other " fighting men, :"
and after much chatting as they say in the
sporting world a match was made with Ran
kin, who, like his challenger, was a restaurant
keeper in Philadelphia. Bradley reduced
himself from 200 pounds to l56-his " fighting
weight, and Rankin is said to have weighed
la pounds just previous to the fight Com
Fitzgerald, OF Albany, and a man named Phil
lips acted as seconds for Bradley, and Thomas
Davis, with another, seconded Rankin The
manly q contest was arranged to come off in
the forenoon, but the men did not enter the
ring until halfpast three o'clock Thew fought
loo rounds in hours and 46 minutes. The
Albany Times says:
From person who visited the fight, we learn
that both men appeared in excellent condition.
out that 1t was evident, soon after they com
menced that both were deficient in '.scfence. -
He says that neither Bradley or Rankin
showed anything like good training but that
they threw their hands and arms about wildly
as street fighters do, and quite unlike men of
"Sclentlhe pretensiOns. Rankin did not stand
up square to his work, but kept continually
falling down, or going down, as il is called
after the peculiar style Of Yankee Sullivan.
During the l56 rounds there was but one
clinch and in that Bradley threw Rankin, fall
ing upon him with great force Both men ey-
hibited great endurance, If they lacked science
for the friends OF Rankin desired him to be taken
from the rsng an hour before the contest ended
but X. refused to go.
Rankin was most terribly punished His nose
IS said to be broken, and both of his Iips cut
through and through Besides this, both of his
eyes are closed, and his face so badly beaten
that 1t Is swollen even with the tip of his nose -
Our informant says that he wthstood a most
terrible punishment, infinitely worse than that
given to MOrrisey by Sullivan at Boston Cor
nerS, some years since. Indeed it was reported
when the III clock train left Buffalo, that Ran
kin was so badly beaten it was questionable
whether he would be able to 60 home under
fortnight.
Tom Davis, one of RaDkin's seconds. immcdi-
ately after the close of the fight, challenged
Bradley to contest for 3, 900 side, but we do
not hear that the proposition has been accepted
Davis weight is but l56. He has, however, the
reputation of being science
There was an immense gathering of the fancy
at Point AlbinO, and yesterday quite a large
delegation Of them were in this city on their re-
turn to New York and Philadelphia Among
the number was the 4" Chief of the PHILADELPHIA
KILLERS. 1t is stated that Bradley will arrive
this morning in the early train. Bradley is a
man OF wealth, being estimated at $50. 900.
enough, we should suppose to enable him to live
without resorting to such despicable business
as prize fighting.