Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-02-05
BRUTAL PRIZE FIGHT,

Notw outstanding all the efforts Of the police
, these ansr> all come on. and right under tns
noses Of the authorizes. Ii the polio had ar
rested all those engaged in that meeting last
Friday, this affair would have ended the-.: but
hndlng Themselves unmolested. the first idea of
these bfltteS ind some other plac. "A nsre
They could gratiiy their BLACKBOARD tastes
They illed % effect meeting ON saturday night.
bnt were not successful, ~ one of the pugili-ts
had bsTn imbihng very frr-ely. aud as nos in
Il AT siate 10 light. THE a very great dr.
APPOINTMENT 10 SOM of the hlCh-tOnp,f
eentl"lntn y no support and encourage such
eAhlbi'lens p! tleT presence and money,
and v no are really morn 70 blame than the
hShters themselves, who are often driven 10
ihis IN, thoi Of earning a livelihood, while thA
Others have no excuse Tor being present al snch
cniertaInm' ne. Yesterday morning il Mas
whisI erred about among some OF the ..,ports-
that Georgt Cheer and Punch Morris were To
meet Ihaf afternoon IA room in the suburbs,
" here the fight Was 10 come of Toward even
ing a few men Of doubtful reputation were seen
hanging about a house in the suburbs. and sud
denly 10 enter and 90 up stairs. In a few min
uteS more. three mole came and went up an tn,
came manner. Our curiosity being rather en-
cited BY this performance, we went up stair.
ana raped al thu door. After being carefully
surveyed from head 20 foot through a hole an
thr door. the bar WAS let down. and We were,
admitted into "A low room, " ell lighted with
gas, around Which We're some 30 or - maa,
standing and sitting. These men were Of A very
motley description. some respectable. well
know IA business men, sportsmen, pugilisis and
>Ome ronghs OF the very worst descriDuoa
a man came round
subscriptions. Some gave so, some sic. some
30 some -, and the greater part none At ali
he collected altogether Sli0 and for this ,um
Two me n were 20 stand mp and fight until ona
was 20 beaten that he could light no NOR A
little after the two pugilists made their ap-
r@arance ia the ring. Cheer, who j. the snail
eel and Ighbst one OF the two. was got
up I'm " hat would b. called correct lighting
costume, consisting OF a pair OF white drawers
ued round the waist with a red handkerchief
while Morrie had white cotton knee breech hes
a ~ htf.
up with blue. Both OF these men have fought
several times before. and Cheer has been the
most successful of the two. The next bushes.
Was the appointing OF a referee and umpire
The seconds Tor Morris Were NO Fourth " ard
ers, Dan Forster and Mike Costello; ana
Cheer was under the charge OF Abe Hicken and
Butt kley, botE weli-knoWn pugiiists ON
Time bring called. these WORTHLESS all went and
shook hands i'm the most loving and affectionate
manner, and the seconds having stepped back.
the principals went at IL i'm earnest. and pun
meled one another in the most unmercifui
manner. When they got tired OF that. they
wrestled and tell. Morris generally got the
best OF the little Cheer in the wrestling
as he was 20 much the heavier: but Cheer,
fists moved about with astonishing rapldity
when they got 10 close quarters. Ii Wa a dis
gushing sight to see the men. standing up and
knocking one another about the head and BODY
making the blood nv in every direction. AFR
they had BEEN fighting some time. arriving NJ
what was called the sixth round. Cheer sue
ceeded i'm knocking Morris down and cuti.nx
MS right eye open. a proceeding which was
evidently very satisfactory 10 the raaianly BY
ISLANDERS. and fret blood and first knock-dOw
were claimed and allowed for Cheer. After
this about eleven more rounds Were fought in
Nhieh The general manner of proceedings wa
TO rush oiose together. and the four fists
would thfn be seen revolving on each of thrir
faces NJ q marvellous rate. They would again
wresi,e and fall When time was called for
the 18th round, Morris came across the room
and shook hands with Cheer, who was con-
graduated on his victory The most OF the
spectators We're highly Disguised Al the coward