The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-22

manner. First came Blister" Cum
ningham, stalwart-looking fellow OF
five !eet eleven inches, weighing about
100 pounds, with yellow pantaloons,
a huge plad vest, small pigglsh eyes,
low, massive, beetle-brow, descending
to over his eyelids, and Uranium
totally devoid of hair, his smooth
crown being well creased for the pur
pose of avoiding his adversary
fingers. Mr.. Cunningham looked
around, smiled grimly, showed his
teeth, and made statement that he
twas SO hungry that hashed bull
dog wouldn't skeer him"
"Nosey" Redmond was then intro
duced, and made bow to his friends
as we'll as he could, although the
dawn was only about to break. Mr..
Redmond was little fellow of 5 feet
z inches, with red face, a carbuncle
nose, an under chin like the ram of
the Dunderberg, and mouth stretch
ing from ear to ear. Mr.. Redmond's
hair was not so short as that of his
opponent, but what he lost by the
extreme length of his hair he gained
in the superabundance of greese mix
ed in its coarse strands. The hair of
Mr.. Redmond was extremely red.
The preliminaries having been set
tied, and the spectators having taken
their seats on the wet grass, 'Blinkey"
Sam advanced to the middle of the
ring and said in pleasing manner:
Now, hunkey dories, wants you
all to listen ter me. These ere boys
are jest as good boys as ever lived,
and consequently [ wants fair play
fur them. [ amt much to talk, as
yer know, but [ am wild in muss.
Now if anybody puts his hooks on
them lambs while they are going fur
each other, Til take has roof off.
That's all. Now go fur it, pooties.
Time
Time having been called, fellow
named "Puke" MacGinnis held a
bottle for Mr.. Cunningham, while
Glen" Dudley performed the same
service for Mr.. Redmond. The two
men then stepped forward, and after
looking at each other wickedly for a
few moments, commenced to spar for
the purpose of learning each others
weak points. The two men jumped
for one corner, and ducked and
lodged about in the usual pugilistic
fashion, much to the disgust of the
roughs, who hungered like wild
beasts for the sight of blood. After
few more minutes light exercise
Blister" struck " Nosey power
full blow in the face, which made a
deep cash and drew blood amid the
yells of the devils around the ring.
Nosey" then clinched with Cum
ningham, and after Il close struggle
Il ~, ~
grass, when he jumped on the pros
trate body of his opponent and es-
sayed laboriously to eat the nose off
Mr. Cunningham. The latter gentle
man resisted powerfully, and sought
to retaliate in a like manner on the
left ear of Mr.. Redmond; but No
sey," after desperate struggle, and to
the great delight of his friends, manag
ed to get his thumb inserted in the eye
of Mr.. Cunningham, who resisted
manfully, but did not let go his hold.
Blister rolled his opponent over on
the ground, and while both men
were gouging, biting, and chawing
each others flesh like bull dogs, Mr.
Cunningham got on top Of Redmond,
and commenced to kick him in the face
with his heavy boot with all the gus
to of New York Common Council
man. Everything was now promising
well for Mr. Cunningham, and one OF
his friends was running around the
human ring with a handful of green
backs in his hands.
Blister is the boy for my money.
| Who'll bust me in the s-n-O-o-t fur
twenty DOLLS? That's my gait.
Who's looking at me, s-a-y?"
At this jancture another rowdy
stepped up quietly and said to the
man who wanted to get = busted: .
Nv ell, if Yer very hard up for it,
aohy [ don't care eff | do take yer
bugle off for twenty dollars.
Then there ensued an Immediate
clinch and struggle between those
two fellows, which ended in one of
them being beaten almost to pieces
and kicked in the ribs. until the
other brute said, We'll, [ guess yer
sick now, anyhow"
\ Cunningham and Redmond were
still fighting, both men rolling all
over the field. presenting a most de-
plorable and distressing spectacle
their faces being all cut ike raw
beefsteaks, and Cunningham having
lost piece Of his nose, while
Redmond had parted unwillingly
with about an inch of his
left ear. ".Puke" McGinnis, while
seeking to cheer the downcast
spirits of his principal had been
struck by brick on the side of the
head, and knocked stiff to use the
expression of rough Mr.. McGin-
mis- arose slowly, all bleeding and
gashed, and turning around slowly,
cried out, That was no square deal
anyhow; [ calls for The intervention
of Mr.. Seward. and if / can't git it. /