New-York tribune., 1867-07-15
4 RoUGHAYD. Tumble CONTENTION

On Saturday morning last at the carly hour Of three
O'Clock, select party Of roughs, thieves and mnr.
erers had assembled in the vicinity Of Fort Lee for the
purpose Of assisting at a rough and tumble prizeght
for the OF s2O0 between two very notorious charac
tcrs respectively named In TIE nomenclature Of the prize
ring BLISTER Cunningham" and Nosey Redmond" Now,
10 the readers Of TnH TRIBUNE who very ignorant Of
al these rovdy doin5s there may seem TO be no
distinction whatever between what j. termed q
regular" ring prize fight ard "rongh and tumble en-
cnuntcr-Wlich we shall describe Inere Is however;
very material difference between the Two fOi regular
ring fight the contestants have 20 be trained FOR weeks
before the fight takes place and when the mon enter the
ring they have 10 submit 10 established rulc WIch en-
JON upon the cOmbdtantS system OF what termed IAN
play, and enforces upoh them the necessity Of STANDING
up Wnle beating each others races 10 pieces. III rough
and tumble D. altogether different, rs the rowdcs are
allowed every latitude and brutality, inasmuch a.
of are deemed worthy of the CHEST praise from the nut
1ans who attend ne To&Tso & 'hi giIaIoi, m eoIHo ~
was fight OF ih!s kind tai the siAt{ OF seventy ouSs
who assembled at Fort Lee Saturday morning were To
witness Attji O'Clock 20 or 80 oi thesr gentlemen hd
collected III pleasant, grassy held ulEtd WIN hHpr,
Overhangng treCs, between English Neighborhood aud
Ternia Neither stakes nor ropes ad been luIsIG9 LOT
the combat, ana haid,lo9hlhS I'iIoM, hxu,u 1lh!
Sam. from the Twentieth Ward OF New-Iork, with a
his left hand which hr stcd 10 our reporter Hiu D.su
shot away IN as nice little muss as he ever see d.
set IN ring and make 10 noise or Cnss any, or sen
akase II yer doc III call The percc" This cheerful htte
joke received with much laughter by the roughs,
who oDcyed hiin however one natlle scdlIeu v.cIan
rcmarkng, Oh, he is healthy t0matOse, is Bhnkcy.
The two COmbatants were now introduced 10 the crowd
by Bhnkcy Samuel, IN very polite manner flrst %
came "Blster Cunningham %aItiooElhg
iSO pounds, with yellow paniaoous huge PLAID
vest small piggsh eyes, low, -vc bectle-hrow,
descending his eyellds, ana anium totally de
void of hair his smooth crown beng wei erased Tor the
purpose OF avoiding his adversary fingers Mi. cunning
ham looked around, smiled grimly showed Bio teeth and
made statement that be 'was 50 hungry tAt hdshcd
bulldog would MT skeer hlm."
b. NOsey" Redmond was then intr0ducedt5hnd made.a
bow 10 his friends well as he could although me dawn
was only about to break. Mr Redmond was "a Atue fel
nose, under chin like the ram OF me DnGepcIE ana
mouth stretching from ear 10 ear. MI Rcdlnonu har
was not short that Of his opponent but wha lac lost
by the extreme length Of his har he gained IN th superb
bnndauce of grease mixed in its coarse strands Inc HAIR
of NJ Redmond was extremely rcd The pTelimndfics
having been settled ana the spectators lNln9 taAoI
their seats the wet grass, Blnkey sam ADVANCED
10 the middle of the ring and said IN pleasing MANNER
Now, hunkcy dores, wants you al 10 ls'fn & tSi me
These boys Jest good boys as ever Eed ana
consequently wants fair play fur them am much 10
talk as yer know, but am Wild III NUS row II any
body uIfs his hooks them lambs Whc hty are gong
fur each other III Jest take hS roct or IhVs ALL Now
Time having been called fellow named 'I'nke, Mac
Ginnis held bottle for Mr.. Cunnln Cham, wme Glen"
Dudley performed the same service l9f vi. heplohd
The two tLen stepped forward ana aItet looking al
spar for the purpose OF learning ehfh o'hel " POINTS
The two men jumped for one corner ana 'ucAed ana
dolged about IN the usual pulsuc fashion much 10 the
disgust OF the loughs who hungcred Ike WIG beasts for
tho sight OF blood. After few more minutes light
excrcse Blister" struck "Eoscy' powerful blow IN
the face, which made u'p faSn ud cnn nv ulouu .
amid tine wells OF the devils AfOhiu lhe Tlng
"a close struggle succeeded IN throwing HIM
ON the grass when he jumped on the prostrhe body ot
lila oppopent and essyed abOunusy 70 eat me nose OF
NJ Cunningham. Tho latter gentleman resisted power
fnllv and sought TO ietaiate like manner on Tie left
ear of Mr. Redmond: but Messy" atter desperate
srggle and to the great delight Of his friends managed
M gst his thumb Inserted in the eye OF Mr. Gun
mugham, who resisted manfuly, bnt ana not let 20
his hold Blister rolled his opponent over on lhe ground
and while both men gouging Dlllhg anu chhwlng
each Others flesh like bull dogs Mr. I9nng M % m got on
ton OF Redmond and commenced To KICK hu IN the lace
with his heavy boot, with al the gso ana enthusiasm OF
n New York Common Councilman. ENcfytnlug was now
promising well for Mr.. Cunningham ana one of ms
friends was running around the human ring with hand
full of greenbacks in his hands. -
Blister is the boy FOR my money WhoH b-n't me IN
fhe shoot fur twenty d-O1lsf THAT'S my baii who's
looking at me- s-a-ay s, .. ..-., - g,
Al this uncure another rowdy stepped mp quietly and
said to the man who wanted 10 get pusted. Well
n yer very hard up for IT, ohy don't care q 40 take
yer bugle of for 500"
There then ensued an immediate cnch ana struggle
between those two fellows which ended III one OF them
being almost beaten pieces and kicked IN the ribs
until the other brute said "Well, guessyer ack now
anyhow" 90, a.A., 80,
Cunningham and Redmond were still lighting, both
men rolling all the feld presenting most depor
be and distressing spectacle their faces being all cut
like raw beefsteaks, and Cunninghan hsVing ma lost -
piece OF his nose, while Redmond had parted uhwlnngy
with about inch OF his left car FVAe Ae1lnhs.