The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-06-02
Horrors of the Pugilist Ring.

A prizs fight for $4,000 side be
tween Davis, of Philadelphia, and Dunn
of New York, took place at Port Jervis,
on Tuesday of las. week. Of the com
batants, Davis is thirty three years cid,
and five feet eleven inches high. Dunn is
an Englshman, twenty-five years Of age,
and only FIVE feet feven inches high ;
otherwise they we're pretty evenly match.
ed. The ring was formed, and the fight
commenced a. eight o'clock 10 the morn
ing. After forty>three rounds of the
most terrific fighting, Davis failed to come
to time, and Dunn was declared the win
ner A correspondent of The World gives
the following account of the horrible
scene during the fight:
During the Transportation Of the rounds
the scene was terrific. To novice it was
horrible. From fine sallow complexion
the sharply cut features Of Davis became
CORY with blood; his forehead was one
great blister, purple and blue, from which,
10 an instant between the rounds, the
lance drew suppuration, and the seconds
went through the disgusting process Of
sucking out the blood. His lips were cut
until they looked like the jagged edges Of
a beef steak; bis nose was battered dowu
to dead level with his cheek oones his
eyes were quite grown over by the 6islen-
ded and horrible bruises which grew from
many gashes his throat and body we're
lived in many places; yet like the terri
bic spectre Of Bsnquo, which they raise in
theaters, he groped his way about the
ring, exuding a shower of blood at every
respiration. "Thud ! tbud T" went the
crashing blows, aimed always at his CORY
eyes, and in the wrestes the men fell heav-
lily, rising in the arms of their seconds, to
be carried to their porches breathless,
sponged and famed, ard reused TO new
butchery at the inexorsble call Of a time"
Davis in the ring he did not compare
with Dunn the latter was born for a
pugilist; the former had passed bis fight
ing day yet Davis behaved bravely, or
better said "gameIy," and once or twice
did splendid execution. He WAS the best
wrestler of the two but too charitable
Twice he could have beaten Dunn terri
bly,, but spared him with more than pugi>
lstic chivalry. When .his mat smiled
through bis streaming blood it was like
the smile of freshly amputated stump,
His blows had little effect on the tough
skin of Dunn, who was cut bu. twice dur
ing the action. In the one case it was
youth and skill in the other miscalcu>
lated strength, bad training and bad hands
ling. Davis as fighter is dead. Dunn
is to challenge Joe Coburn, and contend
for the championship.
There were many small boys at this
fight, and one or two little girls. The
sponge was thrown up by Kit Burns,
very ungraciouslv; his man could no.
stand upon his feet at all.
Dunn was ably seconded; his agile
! aids were leaping around the ring at times
like SO many toads, but Dooney Harris,
the servant, stated to US that, Dunn re
| quired an awful amount Of iearnin ~
This surprises US; can science indeed
| fail after such tuition
Poor Davis WAS carried off like quar-
ter Of beef When he got 10 Port Jarvis
his lardlady kisses his bruises, and called
| him hero.
| The worst features at these fights is the
disgustingly pitiless attitude of their sbet-
ters. These fellows called out to Davis
when he WAS almost dead. Look a,
him n' d" See the greenbacks in his face !!
Amt be got pretty mug for we'd
ding!
The crowd returned to Port Jervi.
with dispatch, and only few of them
got into trouble. The Dunn party were
received in New York with an ova,
zion.