The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-02

i are SEeH. lIOuRu 0OuCC 10 IdLuCI tAc
fav6rite for all three of first blood,
first knock down, and victory. Nc
Coole and friends are very quiet, and
are not slashing around with hun
dred-dollar bills in their fingers
:20A.M,-The men have not yet
arrived. Some of the spectators have
settled down for maps on theaoutskirts
of the crowd. A few additional spec
tators are arriving on foot and by
vehicle. sati4 1eilaat3ss 1e,32 = -. e.,
S:45 A. M-The ring is now form
ed, and, amid much confusion, the
spectators are deployed in large cir
Gle, fifteen feet from the inner ropes.
The reporters have seats three feet
| from the ropes. Between the gen
eral lookers-on aud the reporters is
a Gordon Of ring keepers around with
| heavy cudgels. By actual count the
reporters numbered sixty one. Du-
ring the wait for the mon. Mr. Clark,
| of st. Louis, announced that, on be-
half of Mr.. Elliott. of Cleveland, he
is authorized to challenge the winner
of this fight. for one thousand dollars.
No prominent pugIhsts seem to be
here from abroad, except Barney
Aarons
rs A. M.-Jones' seconds, James
Cusick and Jerry Donovan, entered
the ring, the latter carrying Jones
fighting shoes, pair of light calf
skins, high lacing, provided with two
spikes in the sole and one in the heel.
Since the crowd has all got together
around the ring, most of the practi-
cal Judges compute the crowd at g.
500. McCoole and seconds, Denny
o. O'Brien and Sherman Thurston, soon
! followed. A sAss5.s 'sAA
I Rufus Hunt, of New Orleans, was
selected as referee, and Dad Ryan and
Jack Looney, both of St. louis, as
umpires. The referee made little
speech stating:'' | have been chosen
by the unanimous consent of both
parties as the referee for this fight,
and | intend to see that the best man
wins" EGreat cheering. r 1as0-sa
j. A. Mccullough was appointed
4 10:15 A. M.-After a tedious wait,
(during which ice, bottles, sponges.
&C., were brought into. the ring,)
Aaron Jones at last appeared, amid
great cheering, threw his castor in
the ring and stepped after 1T with a
light step, but seemed somewhat anx-
ious. He was dressed neatly in
dark coat, light pants, and, white
shirt. tl10l1 14U 1s-A1
By this time the sun flooded every
place in the ring, so there was little
choice for corner. Aaron took seat
in the corner, waiting his antagonist,
while one of his hackers held an
umbrella over him to shield him from
the now fervent rays of the sun. He
won the choice of. corners and took
the one presenting his right shoulder
to the sun. Five minutes after Nc
Coole sent his black felt hat scudding
into the ring. He looked just as anxi-
Gus as Jones, with whom, on entering
the ring, he shook hands in rather
embarrassed manner.
McCoole had on heavy Winter
clothing, well buttoned up. He took
his station in the opposite corner, and
was also shielded by an umbrella. In
walking costume, IN particular, Me-
Coolies superior size was evident.
Jones hands were stained with a
deep walnut, but McCoole's were not.
At the latter's request Jones sucked
his knuckles to show that no poison
Gus drug had been used in dying
them. After eyeing each other and
the crowd for five minutes, the sec
onds commenced disrobing their men.
McCoofe's hands and arms were beth
considerably larger than Jones; in
fact he is much larger all over-legs,
arms, chest and shoulders.
The costume of McCoole was blue
drawers, hemmed with green and white |
stockings; Jones, in white drawers
and hose. McCoole wore his colors.
sash of red, green and white, and
Jones a sash of white silk. On re-
moving his shirt. Mike McCeole's
gigantic proportions were revealed. |
He approached Jones with 81 1000 for
a bet, which was accepted. Jones
then advanced and offered to bet
McCoole one hundred dollars that he
would knock him down first. Me-
Coole said he had no more money to
bet. Jones then bantered the crowd,
but no one accepted.
1915 A.M.-The first round began
by sparring. First knock down and
first blood for McCooie.
Round 2-Heavy exchanges; Jones
thrown
Round 3 Very heavy fighting ;
Jones badly hurt under right eye.
Severe exchanges; Jones down.
Round 4-Jones knocked down by
heavy body blow.
Round 5-Heavy exchanges; Jones
gets In several terrible blows, but is !
again knocked down. Fighting sharp |
and quick
Round 6-The men came to the |
scratch at once, and go to work in
stantlys Very heavy blows; Jones
Knocked down again.
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