The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-02

! On removing ms -ehiit, MINI uSOoofc'b
cisantjc proportions wererevealed. He
fan5roached Jones with one thousand
Jailars for bet, which was accepted.
ZONES then advanced aud offered to bet
McCoole one hundred dollars that lie
would Knock ham down FIRST. McCoole
said he had no mere money to bet.
Jones then bantered the crowd, but no
one accepted.
Tl0:45 A. M.--The first round began
with sparring; Jones down and blood
for McCoole. rs
2d--Some heavy exchanges; Jones
threw.
3d-Yery heavy fighting; Jones badly
hurt under the right eye; severe eX-
changes; Jones down.
4th-Jones knocked down by heavy
body blow.
5th-Heavy exchanges; Jones gets
in several terrible blows, but is
again knocked down; fighting sharp and
quick. fT
6th-The men come to the scratch
at once and 90 to work instantly;
very heavy blows; Jones knocked
down again; the fight is over; McCoOle
the victor. ..-...
7th-Sparring; both men fight with
smiling faces; the men close; Jones
knocked down again by rib rOunder
) h-Jones Sent down by terrific
blow.
9th-Jones evidently hurt in the
last round; Jones knocked over the
rope by a comparatively light blow.
l0th-Jones knocked down after
planting one good blow on McCOOle's
face; the men have been fighting now
only FIVE minutes.
1lth-Jones suffering greatly; McCoole
tried to force lighting and knocked
Jones down again.
l2th-JOnes got a crack on the nose;
sent down for the 18th time.
l3th-Terrible blows on both SIDES;
MeCooles face terribly bloody, but
Jones finally went down.
I 14th-Jones' smiling; McCoole, how
ever. the fresher; few exchanges and
Jones went down.
15th-Jones fell without being struck
Great confusion, but McCOOle didn't
want to claim foul.
l6th-Jones sent down by terrible
blow.
r-Jones went down on his knees
after slight blow, and looked smiling
at McCoOle. (HisSes.)
lS-JOnes knocked down outright
Jones seems to have been whipped from
the first round.
lsth-Little fighting and Jones down
Jones simply comes up to be knocked
down.
2Oth-The same old story; Jones Ii
knocked down almost without resist
ance. The face of both men greatly
battered.
2lst-Same old story; Jones dowr
and in great distress.
22d-Jones sent to grass by a sonnl
lick III the side.
23d-McCoole eye greatly hurt; Jones
down after an exchange of blows; Nc
Coolies left eye nearly closed.
2lth-Heavy exchanges; Jones down
I 25th-Jones PUSHES in, but McCoolt
sent him down with heavy, bloody
blows.
Fighting now only Ii minutes.
26th-JOnes sent down, after plant,
inc a light stroke, and receiving Il ter
rifle blow i'll the breast
27th-Jones got in blow on the eye
sparring; McC6ole sends Jones over the
ropes.
2sth-Buth meu came up promptly;
Jones falls with light blow in the
chest.
29th-Fighting now twenty minutes;
Jones gets another light one on Nc
Coolies eye, but is knocked through the
ropes again by a body blow.
3uth--Joprs falls with Il few trlti!ng
| blows again.
/ 3l>t-JouvS greatly distressed and Il
little groggy; light exchanges and Jones
down.
32d-Jones' body greatly discolored;
McCoole's face cut up, but he seems
fresh: Jones sent down again. 1t Is
now seven minutes past eleven.
33d-JoneS hits McCoole on the side
r and falls back himself; McCOole goes to
his corner smiling.
3ith-McCOole hits 4 fearful blow
over Jones left eye, cutting a terrible
cash.
This settled the fight. Jones fails to
come to time, and amid tremendous
cheering the crowd closed on McCOole'
Jones seemed almost inSenSibie, leaning
on his seconds and bleeding stream
/ from his wounded eye. Time of fight
, twenty-five minutes.
The fearful blow Jones received in the
first round settled the whole affair.
Jones had not the slightest chance.
! McCOole's punishment was compare
lively lig =. Jones was fearfully over
matched. Ten minutes after the fight
closed Jones still laid OH the field insen-
sible. No doctor seemed to be present.
McCoOle walked off with fresh step and
a smiling face. 1t is reported that two
of Jones ribs were broken.