The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-22
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WAsHINGToN, June 20.
washington has enjoyed considerable
local excitement to-day over terrible
prize fight which occurred this morning
on the Potomac, twenty-thFee miles be-
low the city. The sporting fraternity
of several northern and western cities,
left here at midnight on two steam
boats accompanied by the principals,
Barney Aaron, of New York, and Sam
ueI ColIyer, of Baltimore. Two or
three Congressman were aboard, and 4
large delegation of journalists from the
north. Tie stakes were for five hun
dred dollars side, but 1t is believed
thirty thousand dollars in bets, changed
hands. The fight was for the cham
pionship of the light weights. Aaron
is pugilist of note, having been the
victor in some half dozen contests.
Collyer, it will be remembered, fought
Horatio Bolster, of New York, near the
same place, on the 4th of May, for three
hundred dollars side. On that occa-
sion the fight lasted fifty-tive minutes,
with forty-nine rounds, at the end of
which the seconds of Bolster threw up
the sponge. '.'
The boats proceeded this morning
twenty-three miles down the river and
made landing on the Virginia shore,
near Pohick Creek. On getting ashore,
the crowd proceeded a mile and half
inland, whefe n SullilDle pIhC6 lOE INC
fight was found, on II byroad between n
road and cornheld. Aaron's fighting
weight was 1913 Poundsi that of Collyer
l25 pounds. The first blood and first
knockdown We're awarded to Aaron.
On the fourth round, Aaron, who is
noted for his activity and maneuvering
tactics, reSorted occasionally TO the
1rop-down policy, illustrated by Sayers
in his fight with Heenan, but not be-
yond the rules of the ring. At the
tenth round Aaron began to show signs
of distress, and evidently lacked the
powers of endurance of his more
youthful adversary. In the eleventh
round he staggered visibly, and got
into the middle of the ring with diff
Guilty. but afterwards rallied and show
ed himself as active on his feet as when
he first entered the ring. His hands,
however, were pulled up so that he
could not deal effective blows. Through
his activity, he succeeded in hitting
Collyer much oftener than he was hit
himself, but Collyer's powers OF endur-
ance enabled him to pull through.
Collyer's hands began to swell early in
the fight, and one eye was closed after
the first hour. Before the close of the
fight both of Aaron's eyes were so
nearly closed that he was almost blind
ed. but persisted in fighting on. 1t was
painfully evident, however, to his
were over, and that he stood no
chance with his athletic young oppo-
nent, who seemed capable of stand
ing any amount of pounding, anda at
the end of the forty-seventh round, the
second of Aaron threw up the sponge.
the fight having lasted two hours and
five minutes. Both I:ollyer and Aaron
were so much exhausted and SO nearly
blind at the end of the fight that it was
required to carry them to the boats on
stretcbers. Old pugilists who We're
contested fights which ever occurred in
this country. On the arrival of the
boats in Washington the police arrested
the principals and a good many of the
spectators, all of whom are held for a
requisition from the Governor of Yir-
gfnia. So great is the interest in this
light that the staid old National InteLti-
gencer will tomorrow publish several
columns.