Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-06-02
sanguinary Prize Fight.


The n. Y. World Of Wednesday con.
tains five columns of some fine type O
a prize fight, for S4 900, between Davis
of Philadelphia, and Dunn, Of New
| York, in which forty-thrce rounds were
| fought when Dunn was declared the
winner. The fight took place on de-
batable corner of land between the
| States Of Pennsylvania, New York and
! New Jersey. The World concludes its
.account Oi the fight as follows: During
the Transportation of the rounds, as de-
| scribed above, the scene was terrifiic.--
To Il novice it was horrible. From fine
sallow complexion, the sharply-cut fea-
lures of Davis became CORY with blood {;
his forehead was one great blister, pur-
pie and blue, from which, ia an instant,
| between the rounds, the lance drew
suppuration, and the seconds went thro'
the disgusting process of sucking out
the blood. His lips were cut until they
looked like the jagged edges OF beef
steak; his nose was battered down to a
dead level with his cheek bones; his
! eyes were quite grown over by the dis
| tended and horrible bruises which grew
from many gashes; his throat and body
were livid in many places, yet, like the
terrible specter of Banauo," which
they raise in the theaters, he groped his
way about the ring, exuding IL shower
0! blood ut every expiration. "Thud! !!
tbud! Went the clashing blows, aimed
always at his CORY eyes, and in the wras-
ties the men fell heavily, rising i'm the
arms of their seconds, to be carried to
their porches breathless, sponged and
famed, and reused to new butchery at
the inexorable call of time.
Davis in the ring did not compare
with Dunn; the latter was born for a
pugilist; the former has passed his fight
ing day; yet Davis behaved bravely, or
better said, "gamely," and once or twice
did splendid execution. He was the
best wrestler Of the two, but too chari-
table. Twice he could have beaten Dunn
terribly, but spared him with more than
pugilistic chivalry. When this man
smiled through his streaming blood, 1t
was like the smile of a freshly amputat-
ed stasap. His blows appeared to have
little effect upon the tough skin of Dunn
who was cut but twice during the ac-
ton. In the one case 1t was youth and
skill in the other it was miscalculated
strength, bad training, and bad hand
ling. Davis, rs fighter, Is dead. Dunn
is to challenge Joe Coburn and contend
many small boys at this fight, and one
thrown up by Kit Burns, very ungra-
ciously. His man could not 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 savant, stated to us that
" Dunn required an awful amount of
learnin' ~
This surprises us. Can science indeed
fail after such tuition?
Poor Davis was carried off like quar-
ter Of beef. When Dunn got to Port
Jervis, his landlady kissed his bruises
and called him hero.
The worst feature Of these fights il
the disgustingly pitiless attitude OF their
abettors. These fellows called out 10
Davis when he was almost dead. "Look
at himv See the greenbacks in his
face !" "Aint he got q purity mug for
wedding"
The party returned to Port Jervis
with dispatch, and only few Of them
got into any trouble. The Dunn party
We're received in New York with g
ovation.