The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-01-07
L L EAT FIGHT
BETWEEN sS
'oaa G. oREH G HUGH o,uE1L
t4 FOR
A'oSo Il Side, IL, Gor.y. ~, :,
s sae Esiasg .Woseu.

III "S5 oohAict between fbe
\, 1@o m 2h a-'ior some time past been I
y y great topic o. the day in Virginia o.,
N Both msn lad m sny staunch friends ~ -
~ s. 2 arSsrs, and, lwithd'et doubt, two ma !,
. 'uosouyhly ge1sie az. n'Isriag bo vars T,sy
y y entered the r. r. to contest the palm
y JoHs CoNnLE OaEy. or. ~ r., il oar sr.
0 an .hsa' oon oren', was born in 1885.
. Enrt ~, ~, county, ohio, and brought n, 8
. . .t may, IN the same State, until h. h,
~" cu 10 mans estate. His father. wb
,bo us a oiaeksm!th, brought Nd his sou + :
~ haann a occupation, aad taught him how
81 ~ tssohe ,s scientific wrestler, he beny ou
o,xa ,'1 ssly nsss artists in that line in hi
M onn native, State of Maryland. Uav;n. r,'
sst.e1 MS time to the business. he had aa-
da,Isa Sueh prowess in the wrestling sr,
;Tas m. Us started on a tour ttrougbonf ,b5
ss'' engaging in matches ererywb ,.ro h.
lSsas, ior from $50 to $500 a side. general.
coming on successful. Up to this tina
"nu eFer since, the champion of CoIora,}o
liaan IL his doctrine to touch. ras., -.
n'iiuie not, either spirituous or malt iio,o. VI
% use TOBACCO in any form. Fo- - >
se9srafons hrs ancestors have. with .i;ah,
sa1eeptions, ass followed up :his course of lifa
atser travelling FIVE years, be fetched ~ ,,'e,
psnVer City,. Colorado Territory, wb.rdp up ! =,
s'atea In the business of = hIsnks,,;.Lu ~ -
ano Sos along so well, that in n sbnrt ,;'r
ne WaS enabled to employ quite q nnmh,. sI,n.
oI Jours," and earned money very f...
ne spent most of his leisure finn a j., tS'
hocky Mountain, buffalo hunting sn5
nuooIins game, living pretty much like .
:, .''ern pioneer, camping out ana roughing
IL geAeraiiy. In this way he became on;tss
an expert with the rife and how;. laifa
anu mas naa many hand to hand encornt'
sf With oid Bruin. Cons first reouIar -
hgit Was in the spring of 1851 VII, hs
met a map called "Texas." and vb;rrnS
MN easily IN two rounds. pr.vious 20 H.
IN the winter of 1860, be had slirb+ hrnsI,
WITH Jack O'Neil, who was count.d 50
thlns OF lighter, and soon after this ,.rest
fuss, match was arranged. bnt + 80
broken of by the death of O,NaiI VIII, go 80
shot. CONS next apnssrapca - ~. ID "oe .
was in his match, with RoncS 49, m r.
siea, nsar Denver, August 2lib. I8;t' III.
fight listed l:40, and at ~. ioo.t, i'ls
Davies spaps.-4-~as oIavs..d .,u' - ioaha'
the winner. Go5 stsa3;i1 ~, "a
'shaed TO his business after this fyht until
ne spring or 1868, when being on . visit
% the eastern States, he mad. q match for
s'Vo side, with Owen Geohsgsn. Th. |,
,artles met at Cheese Creek. MI. tftar
lshting IL rounds, in % minutes, the mob /
,roxs W the fight on pretcpca of foul.
he referee, with revolver LOOKING into his
ar, deciding against Ore,n. Con nexEi
hsiI"nged Elliott, the voaug gisnt and a
1atci WAS arranged for $1,000 each and :
he championship of tho middle WEIGHTS.
MS; however. came tonsught, Elliott pay 4
hg loFfeit. Finding it hard to make a :
,atea, Con challenged AmCrica for 81 900. {
ne n@1t public act in tirem's life was his .
sht with Patser Marley. 1t was throw off t
ght, anu the only thing, inst, as pugiiist,
9 feels sorry for. This Was followed bv /
love Eight with ths sameman. Goa was the G
lcto', after & lively struggle in the Stuy- $
asant Institute, New York. Since his ad- |
ant in Virginia City, Orem has kent the h
hampion saloon, poaching the spendulicks r
18th great rapid;ty. The nois,l.ss tenor
his way was temporarily broken in upon t,
{ a black glove fight with Joe Bean. in i
hseh'he was successful, beating Bean b. q q
le mark. - ;,
HCGH Once, th2challcncer in the pvas-
1t case; WAS born in the parish Of Lou gee tt
'anty of Antrim, in the North of Ireland. al
1t en- ated to this country at a very II
sly age. He hae been for several years ID
miner, AID although hs has more thsp b,
sc asstied the prcteRs;ons of safn, tough =
stomSrs in the outside world in a sty,e III
Iica boicd no ss"d easy times for any az
lure opponent, vet he has fought only in,
ce in the p. r., viz: near Sonora, Tuo- rig
uns county, California. His age is 81. m:
this contest be whipped Tom Facey, :.
rs "Yaik" in Il rounds, and by his ns NJ;
.ara delivery AMI unlinching bravery.
-ned himself character for courage and sh,
III, which, becoming known. BE- wasurged ru'
give the chsllenge which led to the M n.
,sent encounter, which 1t it is our duty ~
W to record. ~ dei
TEE 1,.rs. sill
ne rn. ws; pitched at the lower end OF ths Lee anc
thsn Hail. building On the north side ef Jack do
street. Virginia City, erected with special
y to the dAyeopa-nent of muscular talent by PEI
j. A Nelson. The structure is S5 feet long, VIII
IS broad; Two galleries are built around the wi:
Ter end and tae sides for about half the length tss
the building, and range Of graded seats, early r
width of the hail, nun from the ring to the
them end. There was dense crowd clad in as Col
sey style as the sun shone upon, but power Coz
Wis not on the ground: In tie assembly though
male element greatly predominatad, yet the Co
7 sax was not unrepresented. Additional accom-
datons was afforded By erecting lean-to around I
part of the building in the neighbnrhocd of rig
ring and ths.e seats provided and thronged his
h occupants. The ring was levelad very fairly
covered with fine graveIly sand. kaughs ing
ss Band was in attendance, and we hoppit will Hu
Ind
J Hedinger being alike creditsble to the musi the
rs and snIivening to the audience. rig
rscisely ut Is minutes psst Hugh deposited rou
felt roofins in the arena following 1t by 100 ter
nds of rs good bone and sinew as We have look
1t for many day. Con instantly recIprocatei and
hyiag his castor over sbs ropes and introducing che
-fss,,s of as tough humanity az ever erossea clio
Eocky Mountane, or, fer that matter, any but
% Lnd plsse. phs sssassyep ssisp ~~s ne
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