The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-24
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
EoR ADDITIoNAL IocA1 1rrra ann r,rurn,. ,.o.a.


Ho1I "a GLADAToRIAI CONBAT-117 ROUNDS IN 2
,rgs AVgOhs AND IL MINUTEs.-The contagion for
pL,Is1e-nghting and fstic honors Is becoming
mSoesPTead, and has already assumed a ohronic
SSa.u II some parts OF our own city, Times
were when difficulties were at once Settled nd
do d,yu.helttln 0dccmfDuDl with regular knock
isio ,itIIa But the morals Of these
Oh nigher tone. Does trouble ensue from some
nas,uns ,nusnMs ny Drawl or bar-room encounter, the
Eea.Ies Inefeto set Immediately about reducing
Inelr enCumberlpg flesh, hardening their mus
SSies, ana TO the gradual extemporizing of their
uvlglJs into Enallets OF iron solidlty course OF
training under the supervision OF some "iron-
man, or noted square head" with twenty
mile walks and a diet on raw meats and stiff
brandies, is thereafter Instituted, and kept up
Win amazing perseverance and doggedneSs
Resorting to this means OF settling their diff
Guilty, two parties named respectively William
Eckenbrein and Daniel Kasey commenced
some time ago TO work down their super6uous
hesb, insorCer to assume fitting gladiatorial
aspect Some words, IT is said, in which oppro-
bious epithets were freely mingled, occurred
between them, and disdainlng any common
settlement, they determined to fight it out
according to the most approved rules of the
4. r., and see who was the better man,
Each went into training, and when the time of
the meeting occurred, had become flight
each.
The matter was profound secret with the
parties and a few confidential friends, fearing
that possibly IL might leak out and bring down
numerous stalwart upstaVes among them
Night before last they metz -Eekenbrein, with
his second, Johnny" Lazarus, Kasey, and his
prompter, named Mullin, with nine others to
see fair play. Where the fight took place has
not yet transpirCd. They one by one entered a
room, locked and barred the door, and with the
lOokers-on stationed around the apartment
and their seconds crOuching in the corners the
amateur parties stepped into the centre and
commenced the work. For two hours and
thirteen minutes the tremendous batteripg
was kept up, with intermediate slackings and
periodical hoorings until eyes assumed a
hideous aspect and prodiglous size, and noses
lost their shape by being bunged with batter
ingram force, and faces were bloated by con
tustons and bloody from cuts.
Eckenbrein 'lald on" with great power and,
TO portion of the spectators, with pleasing
regularity; but he had decidedly obstinate OPP
ponent in the shape OF Kasey, who retaliated In
manner which spoke well for his pugilistio
capabilities. One hundred and sixteen rounds
had been fought and signs OF exhaustion began
70 make their appearance on Kasey. During
the one hundred and seventeenth he was
handled roughly, and when time was called for
the one hundred and eighteenth Kasey failed to
respond, the sponge was elevated, and Ecken-
bretn declared the successful gladiator. The
is said TO be a member of the Northern Liberties
Fire Company. Kasey resides in KensngtOn.
The full details of the affair will soon be made
known, no doubt, with full elaboration of the
belligerents the place Of contest and the parties
there attending
The place where these amateur pugilists
fought has been lately ascertained. and is upon
the WtsSahickon. A large amount of money
changed hands, the betting at the outset being
greatly in favor of the vanquished gladiator.
the part OF his hackers, who went two to one
upon q victory, then thought so apparently
easy. Rumor hath it, that other parties on the
ground got into a dispute about the respective
merits and dement's OF each OF the principals,
which ended In arrangements for another