The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-20
THE PRIZE RING.

THE PRIZE RING.
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sketch Of sam Collyer. the Light Weight
Champion of America.
SAN CorLYxR whose real name, by the way, is Walter
JAMESON Frenchman having been born in Boulogne,
France in 1912, Of Scotch parents he came to this
country In 1885, from Scotland where he had been Nv
ing eight years previously, and took his residence
in Williamsburg, l. l. When the rebellion broke ont he
was working Staten Island at his trade as machn
ISL He gave up his situation with the intention OF en-
listing the navy and while on bis way to the Brook
lyn Navy Yard passed arsenal near Fort Greene,
where he the Twentyeighth regiment OF infantry
preparing to leave fos Washington. The soldiers were
nearly all Germans His attention was attracted 70
mother pteousy pleading for her son. who had enlisted
without her in that regiment The Colonel told
her get boy TO nh the uniform Of her and he
would let him go. Young Jameson volunteered at once
changed clothes with the lad gladdeDed the heart OF
the mother. shouldered musket and went on with the
regiment, in Company G, Captain James Campbell He
was not long In the army before he made bis mark,
and WAS promoted corporalcy for recovering ffty
two head Of cattle from the enemy's lines
Collyer was honorably discharged At the end
Of three months, tho time for which he had
enlisted and went to work at his trade at Fortress
Monroe While there the Nsrrmac showed herself
An Hampton Roads, and young Jameson volun-
teersd 70 destroy her, submitting his plans TO General
sssous scheme He then msdS adventure % sewelIs
ters At Fortress Nonroe The night being dark and
tor OF his head took some spikes and long handled
hachet got into the boat and rowed 70 within one hun
ored yards Of the Point where he anchored bis boat and
aroused BY the barking Of dog and Jameson had 70
take the water get his boat and pull out OF range
70 Brooklyn and enlisted in the One Hundred and
Thirty eighth regiment md was soon stationed sNsa
a. Camp :. aa W,o.hs,. ns Wa maze an ORDERLY
Al the battle Of the mine, at Petersburg,
his regiment was opposite the crater 90 the
to be relieved, the dead ana wounded lying piled
up between tho works. and the enemy keeping mp
n: e keep Ss e y s
young !amisson engaged IN another daring adyen-
ture. He Jumped over the works. and crawling
Of the Twenty ninth Illinois colored regiment, who was
shockingy wounded Captain Aiken begged for water
and after he was refreshed dragged him to the abats
where the orderly sergeant Of Company assisted jamie
carrying the captain the works and 70
bulance when Jameson again returned and admins
tered 70 the wants Of the wounded and dying men,
Al the charge Of Fort Harrison, Virginia General
os " Is
His regiment was In the First brigade, First
division. eighteenth Army Corps While under
being far advance and NJ critical moment when grape
and canister were breaking up the whole column, 70
which heard through the ranks, calling. ''Oh you
bully men, back down. We TOO far ahead 70
Sn our backs We e,n s win We can S az a
Il carried Fort HARRISON and Waller Jameson Of
the very nrst ON It's nmparts Some time Afterwards
s"S 1hs our men Ser ~ . the S.
shoo,srs, young Jameson threw over pscs, shovel
s .nd n sssd q he ne
The sois vas named he 'csdsrs: Gsp. siss tie sys
While the army Was In winter quartsn :.
chapin's Farms. on james river, Jameson drev
be proposed 70 build himself and work. He pre-
scented the plan - General Butler, bat That I'M
fortunate general was removed bsfcre The prcpo.
siton acted on, and the affAr fell through The
above are bot few Of the incidents In tbs military
career Of walter Jameson while soldier He was.
promoted 70 nrss lieutenant comnandins CO. D, One
Hundred and Thirty ninth regiment New York Velun-
ss and a., ", D.S - = Hs . s hs
Confort and went % work q bis trade until February,
John ncisas sus the latter 6setns out on hss occ
sion Jameson, who nov assumed The name Of Coli
s snd nsss Barney Aaron and logged them Ill in
HIS 1,csors. in sAs roPsa arena show him
mere. in fourteen rounds in twsnsyfour minutes, on
The Ion Of March. The match was for 900 sde he
fought Horsiio Bolster Alexandria Va on the 9Th
May. and beas him IN forty nine rounds IN nfy.nve
minutes His nsht with Barney Aarsn took place a
Pohick IAnding on the Potomac for $500 side and
the championship the light ws9nt the Goth Of last
Juns Forty rounds fought In two hours and
twenty-five minutes, whom Colyer declared the
VICTOR Aftsr NE defeat Of such formidable opponsnt
a Barney Aaron was naturally supposed that there
would b. no other puglst 70 dispute his right 70 the
title Of champion, and that he could retire with his
sures and give his attention peaceful pursuits;
but This mot % be- John MeGlads found hackers for
match for 600 aside, and articles drawn MP
nehs On me ism Of January, 1857 Collyer went Into
training under The msniorshp Of Aaron Jones' and met
Mc0hde q the appointed time, a Goldsboro,, York
county, Pa and after feryesven rounds which lasted
my i've minutes, he wss declared The victor. -Four
battles and - many victories IN ten months arc
schIsvsmsnis unparalleled in the history Of the
prise ring Physically Collysr 10 finely developed
man His height h about nvs fest I'VE inches and his
vsght was when hs went 10 scales before his last nGht
~ - q and twenty M pounds and half In ap
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199soi snd thsse = no doubt the admisSs n 49, -
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