The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-09

spot PITCHED upon as decla ed to be too ninty, but
Gesunuy t his was Sfu0s' NOT until MIL after had
been patted and felt, and scrutnIzed by rufiany
scSundrels with as much tender cond'
chasing costly dress. Then the stakes and ropes
were fixed, and the ring ioimed
Then came further claims upon The purse
Outside the first enc osure In which are the cor
rs" and the combatants, runs second lope, and
t,ese twain 'irner ring" tickets were sold at five
Ibis done as the grass was damp wi h the dew of
one Of the brightest Ma morning. of thl year.
eamp-stOo and kitchen chairs were offered to 20
lett out at hall n guinea each
By the time these ali important preliminarios we're
over and IL vas seen that oil likely purchasers or
immediately aferSSrds was IN his corner supp ,rted
by his seconds, Jack Hicks and BaldOck, of London
.,' 1oss Is powerfully built young fellow, whose whose
bis OF strength and power. HIS neck is short aud
thick, his shoulders broad and well set; while the
innate sayagery OF his face is heightened by lips
which turn oUtwaIds and upwalds in The animal
fashion when he speaks or smiles He had been
heard to speak confidently OF his own '1tness," but
wore an anxious look If iullY impressed with the
respohs bihty of iacing so redoubtable champion
as Mace,
Ihe latter has a rather handsome face, while the
predominant expression is rather stern and deter.
ever that his less looked thin and %weedy AND
that superb as his condition was, "he was not the
man he had been" This was the situation:-Hoss
young, strong, and with q reputation for courage
and dogged endurance Mace, experienced, sclen-
nfc and with character Of long standing at stake.
iered but with few tak' RS, though few bets were
booked at two 10 one,
II Ia irony to call "thelfght' commenced; and from
thar time until ten m nutes past Mace and Goss
danced about squared, feinted, countered and shut
fed, without fighting round, almost without giving
blow. The people about-'patrons," pugilists, and
the rest-wtre first remonsrative, aud finally fuui-
Gus, while the foul seconds perpeually transgressed
the laws OF the ring by mock fghtng and by leaving
their corners to dGnce round and yell derisivey at
the two halt-naked figures in the hope of exciting
them with what is called business"
y er blank sig ht too smiling and friendly with
each other for my tase, blank blank yer; can't
get little spiefulH" was the genial admonitlon OF
one of Mr.. Maces supporter; whi the friends OF
Goss adjured him ITO 20 n and smash the old un,
who had cot no stamina, and only boUncin' on
what he'd done when Oss was baby" 1t was all
fru less however and though those yersed in fight
ing phrases might distinguish between one kind of
fe mt and another, the broad nth is that he two
men having tired out the patience OF their fierce
tnendS and hackers shook hands, GOss without q
scratch, Mace with trlfinR abrasion of the nose
and right cheek.
scribe all dow Tom KING, genteel and smart, and
looking less ike a puPist han with his trimlv
Kept whissers and nous ache. explained that Mace
was a very different now TO when he kne "
HIM !" how the veteran Jenny Shaw almost cried
two blessed champions in it afraid TO touch each
Other;" how Jem ard, with gnzzed moustache,
looking like half pay major shrugged his shoulders
pi yingly when asked what be would have thought
@ that o game in his DAY; how Nat Lang
ham To- keo on mole in sorrow than in anger; no Y
vociferously what should be done-must be left to
other ptns. The one bit OF consolation was that a
second fght would take place on the same day,
which would certain y te pretty;" and "prettY" it
CT rainly was If much hard hitting aid freely flow.
ing blood give q title to that word.
Two Young puglists Qight weigb'sl had been
matched TO fight and were speedily at work in the
ring. Their conduct was precisely the reverse of
those preceding them. Both praised delight.
ediy as Irregular little gluton for punishment" and
rapidly becoming black and crimson from
b us and Bleeding when the police broke INTO tue
ring and the hateful proceedings terminated bv one
o. tie intruders being knocked down by half-adozen
rutfs ms, and afterwards cut and kicked about the
face and head until he Law weteing in blood.
OPINION OF THE LONDON FRATERNITY-AN ENGLISH
GLORY W NIsHED.
From The London Sportsman, May 26.
= So lame and lm0o ent a conclusion"
will of only bear interpretations indeed,
long before the miserable farce played out 1t
was pretty evident what the spectators thought Of
il, they expressed their disgust at the lmposi-
ton in the most unmistakable manner. Mace
called at office esterday and stated that he had
81 raihed his loot three weeks ago and was ncapa-
bic of following his adversary about the ring; but
| as we have not seen GOss we not IN position
TO give his version of the affair The facts how
ever too patent to admit of any exclamation
and after this last exhibition OF 'Pugllism Made
| Easy" we should imagine that the erudite compiler
OF "Fistiana" may now rest from his labOrs, and
brlng his chronicle TO Appropriate crose with
| the Last Eight for the Championship"