The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-25
AHUSEHkNrS OF TKE GOVERNING CLASSES.
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THE PRIZE FIGHT YESTERDAY.
MTERLUDE 70 1HE INTERN TIONAL MATCH
The Fight Between Harry Gribbin
and Ed. Wilson.
BOTH MEN SEVERELY PUNISHED.
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A ID H. "A w Or A M H.
THn EIEKSAN AND SAVERS AFFAIR
RCDENTs OF KS MRtSy sNe RELEASE.
INTERVIEW OF THE CHAMPIONS,
&c, 60, 10.
THE FIGHT BFKwEFN 0RlBBIN AND
WILSON.

THE FIGHT BFKwNsN 9RBBM AND
WILSON.
Yesterday sae prize AIht between Barry Griobn, OF
NEW York, and Ed Jason, of weeha~kon for thou
sand collars, came ~ after dsybreAk ~ Mker's
nAhd, IN the East ~sr, In this State. As win DO
from the saAjoned soport, be nght did terminate
very satisfactorily, Ale referee deciding that
esswn night As .ungtter OF all cutde bets
or, and the quest Of physical supremacy between these
two yugilhs Ascauentiy remains undecided. The
friends Of Gribbi were very sansuins OF his ability
VIM, be POI sceeed great advantages IN height and
kngth Of reach yyer Dis opponent The condi-
tDn OF Wilson, Sewsver enabled him 70 pruract the
sSss until The 81 sve produced, and .ae
spnicn Of mar expsrienced judges In matters psgusc
that he would Ultimately the referee had not
fnferfered and stopped further proceedings.
As sket h Of the doings Of the tso men in the
pts ring n doubtless be Of interest 70 . large por-
ha OF readers, we give The stbjoned hatory Of
their puglh e achievementse-
Henry CT ibbn, who is native Of the emerald Isle,
BON 1895, and is consequently IN his thirty
nh year. Hin height is about Ave feet eleven iaches
sad his ngi ming weight IN the neiehbos hood Of hun
dred and ny four pounds Ills nrst essay the prize
ING was nth James Clarke Liverpool, for $50 ASIDE
fa,ey scuc It st Hoyton, Liverpool Nov, H. 1885,
snd after = capita! ccnes. lasting hfty seven minutes,
dnrng fitch thirty nine ronnds fought, Clark
was de< Jared tie winner. 10 this fight Gribba
showed eesh promising pugilis.ic qualities, for tyro,
u tudu bis friends match HIM against pugi.
~ ssped Moreton for $50 asde. They met 9.
rasbr sk Bottom, near liverpool Nov. %, 1916, and
here Gribhm the victor, beating his opponent in
bvani v-four rounds aud thirty minutes, 10 clever
syle. The following he matched against Mark
Bsoob n, pugilst Of considerable experience, Tor $50
nade They met at Olive Mount, short distance from
liver pool June 2sth lS47 and here Grobin doomed
De eat after fighting nineteen well contested rounds
mis- vss his last appear 10 the English prize ring
he shortly sferward emgrased to this county Here he
remained for years ndusriously pursuing his bua
nses CHAT Of saxyer). his civil and quiet demsanor
gaining for him hoet Of friends.
Ia the spring OF 1854, Jem Parker, q weu.known
hslnh boxer, arrived IN New York, and Immediate
~ taken in hand By Yankee Sullivan who, Ut that time,
leading spirit among the pugstc and sporting fra
tSniV Of this city Parker xho hsd fought thrce In
England anxious for what his brother professionals
srm go job and he, accordingly challenged Grbou for
$500 aside Thk offer at accepted by the lat
Tor, whose friends conHdeu. Of his ability
-" take down. the new importation Both went
INTO scaivc training and tito stakes regularly depo
stea the stated periods with The stakeholder. the
night Of the last deposit the representatives Of the
nsn tossed for choice OF ground, and Parker, beag the
winner, named Navy bland ss the pace Both and
their hackers Canads but dispute
sequence Of the Parker party changing the dhng ground
without the consent knowledge Of the opposite side
Accordingly, Gr5bin and his seconds went TO Navy
sand the placed hrst fixed upon while Parker and hi,
.riends proceeded TO Point Abno The consequently
never net the ring and both claimed the stskes The
mater was time IN allegiance, but at the
taxrneder, through the influence and intimidation Of
fsnkee Sullivan, VINO vN pecuniariy interested 10
match the stakes 70 Parker to the manifest
Justice Of Gribbin The match was never renewed,
Ra OH ~
sumption, which ultimately proved fatal 70 him.
Grbblns next match was with the notorious Joe CO.
burs who now dong tho State Sing Sing for
Etabbng policeman in This city Coburn had Iong held
high reputation IA a spsrrer, ard hsh shown good
ton they fccgnt for s4oO side in BERTHE County Cana
oa, November 10. 1857, aad after Ggntng thirt
minutes Coburn was declared the sinner, Grbbn being
Knocked OFT Of time by terrific bit the region Of
the heart II must b. ssId In asie to Grbbn, he
was not In o. condition 10 asbi having been suffering
nom ulery Tor rome days previous Since that
he he's not appeared in the oped unt the present
occasion. RI
Ed Wilson, have iittls or nothing TO chronicle
n shs wss his first essay in The ring he s brass
mouIder by trade, but for some time has Geps
the woodbine Hotel at weehawkeu About 80 years of
age, he is three than sutag onst
and o,aoly u or IA lbs lighter in Weight His frame
btne strength With activity Although never IN the ring
he has been engaged some rorgh and .umble" lights,
Some few years ago he matched 70 dght
George eese alter the defeat Of the latter ny Phil Clare,
bot the affair came 10 nyihins.
The present match wh 3rihon does originate from
cry personal animnsi (or both always been,
spd tti are on the most friendly tsrns), bu solely out
OF the disputed question OF superiority in the pugis;iC
The match made ia JANUARY last. and che fol,
lowing is copy OF the ARTICLES
AhIlclys OF AeREzsxsr gErwErs HEssr esrnp.s OF
NEW YORK CITY, alvin WILSON, SEEHAvKFy The
d henry Gs,ebn agresa TO ssht the said X. Wilson
Ming iSy psris. mu.n.iy ssree 70 be- bouud
so me sum o. I've hundred 90 . dollars side AID that he
s's q Massey
vDi. hastings 2s Genre 1Sur.dsy. January TO-
sso
~ February q The fourth sepo Of sss a he Iouse
and ne Worth river February Is a.& deposit Il
.@s and e e r 90 S (. Is
IN seventh tspo.i Of $50 sd. The house Of Henry
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In pusu Of his agreement the afo.e:aa hereby A,Ae
"a gas %. S 1856. henry GEIssw.
Roth men trained in the same locality, Gribbn taking
an bs nuaru at David Pouccks, the Pavilion Hotel
while wilson held forth from bs own
toIs.eve the woodbne Hotel The former attended
nv Jank Bath his training mentor, while John Monaghan
,ooked after 1son OF course the two opponents
often brought into c;ion and the most friendly
eprlt was AVA manifested towards each other
was evident Ia there would be considerable difficulty
trouble as veil great expense attendant the
Eight taking pa In Canada, as specified In the artccs
abe following sgr ernect VAS entered into
wKEnAwKEs, Aprl 20 1850.
We the undersi ned. do Hereby mutually axres thai
Of fshtipg bcn *een appointed In
shall OF q ANY place tAat may hereafter mutually
AZ upon b Obi .b nf HENRY GR1bBIT
ED WILSON
The steamboat E,Szer chartered by the tvo men
for The excursion, cs trip UP vver was Eventually
xed upon For ihe purpose of preventing too arae an
ate ndarce OF s'rocgts the OCCASION the tar,f vns
fred AZ Eve dollars head and the number OF iicsets
limited 70 one hundred, each having the disposal