The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-11
THE PRIZE RING.

Amateur Fish. Between Fourth and Eighth
Ward Men for $25O-Chariey Cannon and
Bike Brown the Contestants = Eishteen
Rounds Fought and brown the Victor.
When John C. Hoensn returned last year from Eng
land after having been defeated by King, the British
pugil st, he was asked by friend Of the "many art
whether It his intention not 70 enter the nsty
again TO cootend for the belt II the champion OF
the world 'Pr,ne fighting is played ont in Eagland"
replied the Benicia Boy, land before year goes BY you
win and played out this side the water in the bar
lain II is becoming too dstasseful for the times"
Many u the time this woudbo prophecy was uttered
thought ~ Heenan did; bat II would seem that,
a. usual, . prophet is not appreciated in his
own country nowadays any more than In the
times OF orussdng armies and battling for
religions sake with sword and lance During the last
year England has been the Of four prize lights.
and in this city and st. Louis they have altogether
far numerous than has been tho for several
years past In fact the ''many art' is 'done" now,
only by the professionals but amateurs OF all ages
ana ghts sprnging up like musbrooms ready to
do nscaliy II they can. be Done by II they can't.
One Of these amateur lights place yesterday
ing in open Geld, about a milo and half beyond
Mccornb's Dam Bridge, half way between The Forcham
and High Bridge roads, the contestants being young
Englishman Of The Fourth ward named Charles anno
OF better known rs Little Charley, and an lrshmsn
rejooes in the sobriqn OF Black Nike for the
that his name 10 Brown we suppose.
Brown and Cannon are both young men, the for mer
beng about twenty-five and tho latte. THIRTY years Of
age each Of the weight of hundred and ty Dins
pounds, or rather Cannon ha pound heavier than
his opponent which fact discussed the field before
the .ht and decided 100 insignificant TO qubble about
In betting odds on who appeared to be the best
cannon 1--WE feet eight inches in height and of very
muscular tul form, while Brown is only Ave feet nve
Inches IN b.. 1T and looks thin In the face and
bust, but 10 fuQ Of wiry muscle.
Gle CAUSE OF THB FIGHT
IL appears that the two men, NJ one OF the democratic
primary elections Tod set TO night, when Brown
hadhe worst OF ~ and would in all probability have
friends him from his aeversary's grin Cannon
10 the affair also came on pretty we'll used up and
both seemed to have Pack of the night kind
was foot by their respective friends 70 have tc
brought together in the For this purpo . purse
ments completed Monday night there rore IL
was resolved to have the light take pace Wednesday
morning
THE rRRLlnsARrs ARRANGED
The day previous Tho friends OF both parties came
TO choose the ground L would be useless to
they got there without tho police smiling their ee-
abous; sntc Il to. cay cserai went oy ibe afternoon
trains to Fordham whence they dspsrsed In var Gus
directions, go To avoid suspicion; took car
rases. one carriage at time, by the Harlem road,
through Morr SANTA, while others direct rose
over the bridge ut The dam.
rrrLn
About hnlf past fonr o'clock In the morning scat
groups had all assembled ground. Cannon
and hi, friends the rst arrive Brown and lila
hackers came up few minutes afterwards, and imned-
ate preparations made for the mill" Four wood
pile stakes driven into the ground, to which the
ropes were attached and amid the clappng OF bands
cheers ruied out for fear Of the Psi OF the $50
200 persons present the two stepped into ring
shock hands Each tight At ing PANTS the upper
was a raw wind blowing which gave the men oh He'd
appearance 9th se they looked In prime cond ton
As there was slight fall IN one side Of the ring in the
ground choice OF sldo was tossed Tor and won by
Brown The contest thcn began, bets Of $50 10 s.
the Irishman
FIRST RouSD-The two men came mp smiling, each
watching The other carefully Cannon made drive at
his opponents lett pepper with his right, whoh was
well parried by Brown with his lett, when he shove
forth his right first straight for Cannon chops The
latter, in attempting 10 parry, slipped little sing his
sdversarys fiat 70 strike witha loud report full on his
forehead knocking HIM clean OF his pins.
SECOND RoUSD Cannon on hts feet In an instant,
and up rmiling as II nothing had happened red
he had received was a severe and painful one Both
men spared Considerably for . second two when
with his right he touched him the smeer squirting
the blood Ia oil directions First blood for Brown and
bets OF $50 TO IS and few tskers
THIRD ROUND -Canpon sponged on and came TO
the scratch again, looking somewhat fatgued while his
opponent was stu untouched sparring again COM
left between Browns two peppers, making tho latter reel
70 his corner k4t
Fousrn AND OTHER RorHpa This and other rounds
up the twelfth consisted Of sparng counter
sparrng with no great show science by either Of the
men Al the twelfth, however. Cannon was thrown
heavily and from that time up 20 the Close OF the four
teenth Brown had everything bis way In the
fifteenth, sixteenth seventeenth and eighteenth both
suffered severely, but the struggle too much
for Cannons powers and In the nineteenth he pum-
melted unmercfuy and heavily thrown the end
Of the round that his seconds threw up tho sponge
declared Brown the victor. The two mon looked very
bad the close Of the contest Browns smeer'' and
forehead and left pepper being swollen that his
friends could scarcely recognize him. Cannons two
eyes were abort half closed owing to the blow between
the peppers he had received in the third round which
duplicated in the twelfth.
The 'ancy" crowd arrived safely In town nbout half
past O'Clock, In the sscattering' way they had
come TO the confess, without mishsp Of any kind
Bill Akerman, OF BROOKLYN acted an second for Can.
non, and Joe Ashligh for Brown.