Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-31
Neither OF the Men Badly Punished.
Especial dispatch to Evening start

HAMILTON. ORIo, Aug. al--Tne prize. fixht
between Aaron J ones and Mike McCo sle took
pisce to-day, in grove adjacent to the .ail-
way some.s6 miles from CiIeinn natl, on the
line Of the Hamilton and Dayton railroad
There were nearly three thousand persons
present. The fight commenced II minutes TO
~. and was ended st l.. minutes after Ii-Mc-
CooIe the wiz ner. McUeole had the first blood
and first knock down. and won in "A rounds
knocking leIes cut OF tiiae on the last round
by heavy blow on the forehead Neither OF
tie men are badly punished.
Both principals had been N active training.
and closely watched and assis led By very
compete Mt trainers for some time past. Jones
had much improved of late IN the inportan,
matter o. work for wind. He exercised every
day III such manner as to accusEom his Ia nss
to the vital point Oh tree action under 10 9 ter.
Tibse STRAIN OF half- minute time This fact
alone increased the conhdenc &c o. his packers
and friends hundred fold. In st. Louis Nc.
Coole seemed TO be- more literally relied upon
than elsewhere. In other words, more money
was risked upon him there tnan 10 any other
city save New lork-and more than in IN at
city. IT the proportion be taken into con sidera
ton. It's fac: that in one bet, recently made
there. well-known horse dealer did Law down
81, UG0on McCoole against So, ON Jones. staked
by sporting man formerly OF Cineinnati In
New York city hundreds Of thousands OF dol.
lars IN the aggregate Were placed in the haaaz
of Stockholders, to 60 as the batte.money
should go. 1t is rather sirgular but never
theless true. that all over the country tn.
most experienced men CT the ring were ex
pressing confidence in Jones ability 10 win
the fight. MANY of them were betting heayi,v
that they were right III this idea McCoole
had many advantages in superior size and
strength He is gi6at whose blow NAV hs
compard 10 the kick Of q horse But he is a
r,sht-hanced giant, who drops his arms and
shu.s his eyes when even Davis hits him fair
between the .'peepers = Jones is a powerful
man, who can last long. who can strike ter
lible blow with left or right who can stop q
blow handsomely and get out Of the way oe
casional!y. The outside preparation for
the ssnili' were in the hands ~ +ro
Cinc:rnaiians, one for each fighter. telegram
wires were put up TO The place OF the fight
Preliminary to the fight EIr CLARK o,S
Louis announced that OF behalf OF FlEo.r. n.
Cleveland, he was authorized to challenge tn.
winner OF his light Tor one thousand dollars
Barney Aaron, the conquer-r OF Couyer was
an interested spector OF the fight, The second.
OF McCoole were Denny O Brlen and Sherman
Ihurs.on. Those OF Jones were james Cusick
and Jerry Donovan. Rufus Hunt OF New
Orleans. was made referee and Dad Ryon and
Jack Lancy, of 81. Louis. umpirss
Jones entere the ring at IQI5 g. N. ana Nc
Ccole at 1929. Jones won the choice Of orr
ners. When stripped the proportions OF M
Cooie showed much the most tormidah,s
Jones hands ard face were stained with a;nr
Juice to harden the flesh, after the mannar T.,
which Collyer was co!ored when he fonpn,
Barney Aaron. The Western men scanned ,o
suspect that his was some S bstance On Jonas,
hands designed to poison McCoole when
blow was gwen, and Jones was REQUIRED 10
suck his hands to show that he coloring mat.
ter was not poisonous.
Prior to the first round McCook bantered
Jones with bet OF $1,000. which Jones
promptly accepted. Jones then offered a bet
OF 500 that he would g. We the first knock down
which offer was not accepted. The confidence
felt in Jones by his hackers was greatly mis-
placed as he evidently haa not a ghost of q
chance by the side OF his powerful antagonist.
He once OF twice tried the drop game. SO suc.
cesstully prachced By Barney Aaron. but
was sharply Kissed for so doing
Jones was Knocked down almos, everr
round, and III the last one was severely cnt
over the left eye.
The fight was for the heavy weight cham
pionship of the country and s2UGD. NcCooI
gained the championship previously. having
wen the belt from Davis, IN fight near ST
Louis, last year. He is an Irishman by birth
thirty years of age, and keeper Of q saloon in
st. Louis He has fought five battles pre- ious
to this. Jones is an EngIishman So years Of
age, and has been fighter from his youth He
had two contests with the noted Ton Savers
and was Heenan's trainer for the NIorrissey