Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-03
The Great Prize Fight

items IN regard 70 'ne great ,osas''y snow
of men pummeling one anotner, which
took place near that city on Saturday.
Altar the two oladiators had entered the
s-., - ~ ~ -,
tak.si tiak. ele 80 oe''''''e, :" ,.ss 49,
= The two pughisls glanced az tne crowd
occasionally, ana occssionaily uttered
monesysylaole IN reply 70 query from
their seconus OF packers, put they enemy
eyed each otner, Win aoundant profession
al tspeceiaslon IN sneis osles. = MeUoole .Se
spoke 10 one OF seeonus, concerning 1ne
color OF Jones nanos, ana muG.ereu some,
thing about "prussic acid The second
required. Jones 20 apply his tongue 10 the
diseolored hands, which Aaron did good
humoredly, ana with an unctlon tnat was
at once accepted as satlsfactory.
.. A few minutes elapsed, ana tne seconds
linen prpceeueo ~ paepaS,S sISn ne,I off
their shirts at the same moment, and muir
,1,,ra ~ aduoiratinn and cheers broke from
the crowd. McCoole had looked much the
LARGER in walking dress. but stripped to the
huff the 'lisnsritv of size and bulk was
vsry stritinT McCoole's arms reminded
ono of sledoes and his fists Of heavy mai
lets. His breast. thickly covered with
coarse hair. was a-euirass for giant. In
sho,lderS trr,,lx. thigh and calf he was al
most Colossal. BE had. trained down to
1ads,,ounds Many in the crowd muttered
that.he was s,too fats but his movements
th0ugh,s ponderous, were In no degree
clumsy. s.ef1l s. fsag ~ 9'las
ZONES. for a certainty. seemed to ilwintJle
haSidaS h;s lnosvertuI; sntagonist Aaron
1ootaS basltby c,sanlg n,,sciad and toler-
oSls, nat;,,a h;t Hs Sr3I;, os yonno ss ha once
49, IIis fosh ,sas ~ q. J n,,ra iyorv white
verv harSi and md t,neIv Knitted. His lone and
s;nsu1u 70. arnos r. an ogssteSl q virv reach and
S;nor .hst o,o,,,n,ssJ we'll for HE oetting
ooG dsaa snG. of b;s rennfed science into the
5sa;ii. -tSnsoh his wrists seemed q little
,sa,,ti,,,, IN, +o,,crbnass His legs looked
10 "a as hone in fSe calves and THIGHS. He
s.a;gbe5 ah.,,ts one hundred and seventy
tuses-ani 'tboI,ob thera yvas some talk in
bys1oasa aiso % s,nar1nons noeat the Oh
S ;aot;n, 49, ~ Iii to,nJad Ha was in
- sro"a o,,,,;t;on 90 l. ettaina ahla for man
of i;iso q re ~ s;n,;lor h;Storv
80
lne nrsG rouno Is lhus uescrioeu'
y FIRST RoUND.--Ata a quarter Of II O'Clock
the men LETT their corners ana the shade
they had there, and walked llgntly out INTO
the middle OF the ring, and for the first time
held up their hands at leach other, When
Jones had quietly walked up and cropped
his hat into the ring, ne was noticed TO De
very nervous. When he came forward ana
offered to bet 500 on the hrst knock down,
he had to force bis words, Tor ne ulo not
believe himself. When he met his terribly
strong and viciously determined opponent
the nrst time, there was lack oi c%olH- %
ae1cea positive ~eakaessmn IN ms fs;anSs
He had exneeted that hcCoole would rush
at him unguardedly. and take knock
down blow on the chin. But ne dldn {.
lie came up WIN DISK, long strloe'
glance 6na6 was all energy anu uelerinlha-
tion, boldly, put cooiiy shoved MS massive,
hairy pooy, up 10 near Jones corner, work
ing his arms, as he always does, straight
forward and backing, IKE piston rods,
start McCoole was smart enough 10 iorce
his man TO face the sun, wnicn, as tney
came up to the scratch, would snlne pow
erfully on Jones eight and Melodies LETT;
!his was an lmp0rts9e point Io5 nln, anu .1N
ne WORKED well. Near tae mluole e Oh Cne
ring tney commenced tneir nrst-play'
Jones holding his hands mucn more loose
iysthan McCoole, ana Worklng tnem up
and down preparatory TO q DioW. de mace
the hrst break for KNOCK down, and iell
short with hisIaright, McGooie DONG pre-
ciseiy the same thing. Bon .la9gneo.[ 1
Mike kept up his guard. Jones dld not.
He fell back as they missed and grlnned,
advanced weakly and took one of McCoole's
terrible right- handlers squareiy over the
right eye, fairly knocking him down and
drawing blood There was immense cheer
ing on the part of McCoole's friends, as
the men went to the corners. First knock
down and blood for McCoole. saei
The remaining rounds, up to the ninth,
were very similar to our telegraphic ac-
counts The Incidents of the ninth are thus
1esH-s.,I :. -, i'>1>,'cS
recorael :gh = .fsy pass 4.-
NINTH RoUND-Aaron was forced to hi;
corner, tripped. over the rope and fell, re-
ceiving a glaneing blow on the right
shoulder as helwent down-the only blow
struck.
1t was perfectly plain now that Aaron
Jones was afraid of Mike McCoole. He
cfo and md orb mi IN
and strike, give and take style. He was an
oyermaeched man. afrala 70 run the FISK OF
S ,..s ~ notb;ng and he had to reiv
SsSiSnfS ]" as W 80 - ~ taIe i;Ic,
Upon lSfglIS ~ eaasn a,..aHs n,,sbin% him him
~. McGoos "Se a."ayS pusnhs Jus thassa .r t,r
sounu II had 80 favorad
Sc raaa,, 70 str;te or .aEe ~
nI'l VIII, ~ ~ ~
vas SLy ~ ,,os " ,,Ia; r.
Ways terIluhy IA ealIes. ~ va P;a'n,,y ~, =.
pesee.l, as Weil, .nes V7 oones neu sEsIIu ~
every nope Oh ooi1g yd any .nlns Misn st.,,af nls
an utsss IL a,'as b,,, ,ar,, soI3o,, s,oN
"sf,,1IH oA E.o,,3 tba I,ocr down of tbe
f;rst ro3nd he was REGARDED as wbinneG
-. IL - oSrid .tasd ,nn;sh ~ M
,isti,;Le nn,,d E s;'ocsed IN this McConIa,.
.e aoouao.i'1 ;5s-ad a. tSat ha hoS 81
fElends @ coIrecuy Juagea tnas ne naa n noo !.
ghose Va cnapSo ~ .iis LIS .iNS IT..
mn Gae niet 81 hnoon uo~n W suey t. ou s,oUo,
ga.T.t .ta .,,<1 &c o,,a., -o,nd ,,,I,n,, 100,
9ssAs snS Guy ~ oa esSay aJunu, ~ @ muen M pooi
ndu " " AraSI " has eoi ter
shovs his fallen foe in tba nr;Se 10" ot
S5pSat strenath wonjd cooiiy tnrn aronn9
s,;Sf sJaS Ill sIl - bis cnSnsr or ron bimsel
ns;i,, anI y =, n The arms of ne secon6s
T,,ya f.,e,Js - In,os nod nothi,,1 to GOV
f Ma'o ~ D,;n ,as With ther cbsay
s,,oS SuoSe =, as s.nan,t b;t him an hard
TasSa i;ttIe ,,itt1 nm bi,,, >, 1s.Ob
UT, 10 ena Sanars,, U
ne sias iasr ~, slSs s '
ms scleDce! "e'
The last round and It's result is thus sum