, 1863-09-18
QlJifago:: Qribu,re,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER is. 1863.
THE GREAT PRIZE FIGHT,
5em Mace and Joe Coss in
the Ring.
Cess Knocked Senseless and Mace
p the Victor.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1868,


The contest between Mace md Goss for thu
euu Of 81 900, was arranged to come Of yes
te1day at Wootton Hasseit, afew miles beIoB
6windor, on the Great Western Ratlway. Tn
mep. with their seconds, trainers, friends, aut
the usually large assembly of roushs, left tht
Great Western terminus, at Paddington, al
lah- past four O'Clock m, and reached the
O'Clock. The ring was formed about mile
from Wooton Hassett station, and the meu
fCtk up their poeiions, and were eparring
cautiously, when the police arrived before d
blow had been exchanged
The referees ordered that tho fight shonld
then tnke place at Purdeet. This Of course
involved a journey back to London, and
thence to tie Feuchu,ch street station. Il
was P. m before they had reached Padding.
ton; but no time was lost in proceeding tu
tae othe1 staaio9' where an ordinary train was
Hc!e the 1irs VIE again pitched at O'Clock,
AID tie fight took place. :; -.
" THE FIGHTING.
The fight was scarcely worthy Of the name,
It was dudglng on one side and digaified non.
chslance, not unmincled. rerhaps, with q
Ftom the very first Goes RECOMMENDED his
Wooton Bassett tactics. He would not
stand np to Mace. He lodged and ducked
and thtrked !, and sballied and wEithed aud
than take blow from Mace. He evidently
feared that t1edGehammer first He Would
run roun0 the ring aud try to make Mace lose
patience, as well he might haye done. He
would next pretend to make = stand and de.
liver blow, and uhen Mace Was ready would
squ1rua-these Is 10 other word for tout Of
bis adve1sarys reach. amid the cheers Of. his
friends and the hisses and groans Of every
body else. It might have been his game, as
his advocates repeated; but we beg to say
again that it cer: :sinly was not dghting.~
Nearly half an hour WAS wasted By this
msnouyrlng Of G0ss in the first two rounds,
N The fourth he managed to plant good
LII the succeeding rounds, Mace sent him
to the ground tleqpt ntly, aud he Mace once
OF tTice; but there WIS, at least on Goss'
part, no fighting Of which an average school,
boy ~ould not be thoroughly ashamed
Mace at the twelfth round showed little
sigu Ct punjshuent, and Cess was not much
Morfc, though le had deep cut over his left
mouth, as well as one or two bruises on the
bcdy. Mace remained perfectly cool and
collected, while Co.'s vas evidently wearing
mselt ont BY his stupid dodging.
Mace Vas generally fist up. to time, and
afeer the twelfth round it vas evidently IN
Gots to get up md meet him. But he would
continue Lis ehirkirg, and all the advice Of
his backers u ould not induce him to 70 in
ind meet Mace's fist. Yet, to hear lis friends
shout, one would have thought that there
lad never been seen such fighting:
In the sixteenth round Mace, Is WAS appa-
patience with the dodgiug Of his opponent.
and as the latter worIned around the ring.
Mace ccntented himself with resting hfs
hands on lbs hips, and following him watch
fully With his eye. With still more apparent
contempt, he in the next round folded his
arms, keeping ready I'LL the time to mest
become hard realities. At the finish Of this
ronnd both fell. =
In The eighteenth snd last round, Goss
again trying his lodging, did not get awaY ia
time, and Mace delivered on his right upper
T II ne esasS sssis' sora I'd %
h9atd ilxe Or six yard off It would have fall
I'd q bullock.
Co.'s feli on his forehead insen.ible and an.
ra1ently .ead, and fur nearly five minutes
the utmost efforts Of HIS hackers could not
restore him.
The sponge was thrown up in acknowledge
Ment OF Co.'s defeat, and Aace's hackers In
thele jubi1ntion went 20 far as to kiss their
champion, who proceeded as quickly as the
tie embarrassing attentions Of the crowd
would permit to don his clothes, looking very
little worse after bis hundred minutes fght.
,O6 '@@@.a LIZ ~4~ "A@A A0e&AtRPENW LII LIZ morQ-'
ing.
:: EFrom the London Times, Sept. II
it was five minutes to five In tho afternoon
before the men had again taken their places
In the ring.
In the inst, OF rather The second round.
Mace tried to force Goss into a corner, The
latter succeeded, however, in dealing his an
tagonist blow with his left on the eye, which
brought the first blood. Exchanges ensued
ri rotr $u[ Sx.
20 doing fell. So ended the first round, which
last eight minutes.
In tie next both men came up eagerly, Al.
tel, good deal: Of eparring, which lasted
twenty-six minutes, Mace made rush for
slose aua5ters Int but his feet slipped and hefell
II The fourth round Mace dealt Goss blow
which knocked lin down. The round lasted
thirty five minutes.
II The next Struggle both men fell, and
rolled side BY side Mace was up frs. and
ne tlgn gnting which ensued Was all In his fayor
until Goss was do#n.
L. round seyen Goss went down again.
Beth fell In the next round, Go5s under,
and In that which followed the latter was
forced to the ropes. where, after some stiff
wrestling, both went down again, Ance Under.
In round the tenth Mace dealt his ontago-
uist heavy b1on on the lefs eye, md both
In round eleven Mace brought down Goss.
In rounds twelve and thirteen, however,
Goss threw his antagonist and fell On him,
still keeping bis hold while On the ground
In rounds fourteen and fifteen, Goas fell In
to get awav.
In round sixteen he Was fel1ed to tha
ground 80,
In round seventeen boih men fell; but In
eighteen blow On the nose again prostrated
Goss.
The Last round was a tedious one. 4 1eft
handed blow On the nose and right handed
one On the jaw prosttatcd Gozs, who fell
with his head duub1ed up under him in q
state of insensibility.
ed out, Have won, cir ?" upon which he
Was assured that the stakes were his.
The company then returned to London.