Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-06-20

Aarons APPEARED 70 have the most con sdeece
ana sprsnS antc tue rag considerably IN a6-
vanee Of ms opponeot. Offering 10 BET i've 20
The point OF referee having been settled. and
the other arrsngemeafs completed. Collier 2 :
terpd the ring ~ quarter before eight ard the
men hay ing rhaken hands and taken poei,ion.
Aarons fighting Weight was IaS pounds, tia,
OF Collier ION pounds. The first blo.d and
nfst knoek-down was awarded TO Aarous on
,ae fourth roano. Aarons, who Is noted Tor
his activity and maneuvering tactics, resorted
occasionally 10 the drop policy Illus
sra,rd by Ssyrrs in hts fight with tieenan, bat
not beyond the rules OF the ring.
/, AT the tenth round Aarons began 10 sho ~
signs OF distress, snd evidently lackri the
powers OF enduranee o. his more youthful sd .
versaTy- In the eleventh round he staggered
yisieiy, ard got into the middle OF the ring
showed himself As active on his feet ss v han
ne nrst entered the ring His hands, however
were pufIed mp SO that he couId not deal efEec.
nve blows. Through his activity, ne succeed
hit himself, but Golfers powers Of endurance
enabled him 70 pull through. Golfers HANDS
began 10 swell early in the fight. and one eve
was closed After the FIRST hour
Before the cloee Of tn fight both of Aarons,
eyes were so nearly closed that he was aImos,
blinded, but persisted in fighting on. IL WINS
painfully evident, however, to his backers
.nai nls best ngh'inG days were over. ana that
0l-
ponenf, who seemed capable OF standing an v
amount OF pounding; and AZ the end of the 4,th
round the seconds Of Aarons threw up the
sponge, the fight having lasted hours and 5
minutes. Both Collier and Aarons were so
much exhausted and SO nearly blind nj the
end OF the fight that II was requisite 10 carry
them to the boats on stretchers.
Inc neht drew large number Of sporting
men from different parts of the country
amongst them the W ell known pugilists I.aza
rus, Bolster and English, of New fork; also.
representatives OF the press from Washington,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York, who
Were provided with positions in the ring
The boats left Pohick on their return about
ii o clock, reaching Washington about n m
Inc news OF Golfers victory was seon circu-
lated about town. creating much citation
amongst his partiZans, who seem to be in The
majority here.
Groups collected at the street corners IN ,alt
aspectator OF this .shardest contested firbt i'm
America" was sure to be the hero of circle
OF eager listeners. But later in the af,erpoon
a huttering and scaateratIon of all such gather
lnss was occasioned by a runner circulated
that the Chief of Police was making n raid
upon the principal participants and spectators
IN the aftair, and pretty soon not a man couId
De found willing TO admit that he was within
twenty miles of Pohick this morning
About three O'Clock this afternoon Superin-
trndent Richards proceeded 10 the "Wood
oine, corner OF y and e. streets, with rounds
man Kelly and officers Hill and Ourand ana
and Joseph Mullen, VIM. Clark, Joseph
Phelan, John Ryley, Isaac Lenungstreet and
"Beney' Lee, under n warrant ISSUED by .Jus-
tice Walter.
Aarons was found to be 20 badly bruised
thai IL was deemed Impracficabie to move hin,
ano an officer was left in charge OF him while
his companions Were escorted 10 the Fourrh
" ard station.
Sergeant Skippon about the same time pro
ceeded 10 Hurdles restaurant, on 10Th street
and arrested Samuel Collier, who was also
found TO he too badly injured TO he renewed
and an officer was left in charge OF him.
The following also We're arrested in copnec-
ton with the prize fight :-Chas. Pitts, Jobr
Grier. both with concealed weapons, in the
second Ward; VIM. Riley. Chas Bowers and
John McWiiliams, in the Third Ward: James
Miilen, Mortimer Carroll, PatrIcK Hughes
Stephen Sands. L. Callan and Chas Warner
in tts Fourth Ward
The police are after others, and there is a
general scamper of the non residents
The parties. or a number of them, will he
held Tor a requisition from the Governor of
Nrgipia, on the charge of engaging in "a prize
hsht anu aiding aud abetting in prize fight