The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-27
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McCoole Wiuner In Give HounosT
One Muudred Million Spectators on
the Ground.
Through the convenience and enter
prise of the agents connected with the
lgrapsviae telegraph company we arc
enabled to give our readers a correct
record of the great fgkt between Mike
! McCOols, the great western pugilistic
locomotive, ard Joe Goburn, the petted
tfghting Parrott gun Of the east, in ad-
| vance Of any other paper In the United
States. The time set for this great en-
counter is to.day, but our able and efb-
Gent corps of reporters have figured up
the contest most correctly from the APP
pearance of the men before they enter
ed the ring in the following style, which
can be relied upon as being the most
authentic account of the "mill" that
win be furnishedth presslanywhere:
1t became known everywhere, as we'll
amo ng the Outside barbarians," as
among the celestial Inhabitants vi Chi
ma, that the great "miEP was to take
place mewhere in the United Sta es,
| in consequence Of which one hundred
million persons assembled from all parts
of the world. They were composed OF
persons of every age and sex.
Some were three thousand years old
and in the prime of life, while Others
were just turning their sixth month.
This large crowd left Cincinnati on a
train of cars six hundred Thousand miles
long for the scene of action, which was
to have been confined entirely to the
State of Indiana, but on account of it
being too small to hold this vast con-
course, it was extended over the greater
part of Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois.
Coburn and McCocle were conveyed to
the spot by an extra train, drawn by one
hundred and thirty-seven locomotives,
which it was found necessary to use on
account of the great weight of these re-
nowned men. When they arrived the
ring was already formed out of four
millions yards of rope, which afterwards
proved not to be lafgerenough to con-
tain their seconds and friends and was
Immediately torn down by the outs iders
to get sight of these great men, Prior
to this the Ohio and, Mississippi. rivers
were scooped out by men detailed for
that purpose, to make room for the ring
and afford places for the spectators to
stand upon.
APPEARANCES OF THE MEN. BOO.
M'Coole is man fourteen feet high,
compactly built Of the best iron that
was ever turned out of a furnace,
Measures eight feet around the breast,
and has arms the same length. He gave
evidence of being as active as two thous-
and cats. Though he has not eat any
thing for two months in order to be-
come savage he locked apparently as
though he would weigh fifteen hundred
pounds. His hands which were as large
a half bushel, had been hammered con-
stantly in rolling mill, for two weeks,
to make them hard. He was pronounced
by all counoisseurs to be in good con-
dition for the fight.
Coburp, bis antagonist, is somewhat
smaller, but what he lacks in height is
made up of finer material. He is part
ly composed of wrought iron and steel,
and is only seven feet around the breast,
with arms about the same length, and
weighs thirteen hundred pounds. He
has not eat anything for three months
and looks as savage as meat AK. He
has been practicing at Latonia Springs
how long he could remain under water
without drawing his breath and it is
said he remained for two weeks under
at one time. He, too, is very active,
thro wing sometimes seventeen back
sommerscts before lighting on the
ground. His hands were as large as
McCoole's having had piece of steel
welded on each of them preparatory to
the fight. He was pronounced by the
knowing ones to be in the very best con-
dition for the fight.
THE FIGHT.
Round lst-Both men entered the