Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-14
fro BE CONTINUED

ooBUKr AND s'CooLK-ooLLYER AND Nd
WARDS.

coBURN AND h'CooLE-ooLLYER AND Ed
WARDS.
The New York Clipper publishes a note from
Mike MoCOole, dated ~. Louis, August :, IN
which he says: Il am anxious 20 meet Mr..
Coburn personally and settle arrangements tor
a meeting in the ring: and. rs my business will
not permit me 70 leave in time 70 sppesr st
your office Agreeable 10 your appointment you
will please state 20 MIR. Coburn thst will
meet hlm al the Mononcahela House, Pitts
burg, Pa. on Thursday, August 18Th"
Also Col burns reply dated New York
August lot h, in which be s..ys: III have read
the letter Of Mr.. McCoole dated August Z, an
which ne wants me TO go TO the Monongshels
House, Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th inst the
day appointed by you for TO meet at your
office. This will not do. ss Dir. McCooie can
come 70 New York as well Ne 20 stop AZ Pitts
burgh. L went 10 Chicago TO sign ARTICLES and
II is no more than right that he should come
here. 4 want this matter settled on the I3th nt
your Office. Had McCoOie been Sc an xious To
Hight rs he pretends 70 b. he would have &C
cepted the opportunity / gave HIM in the yaiI
yard al Lawrenceburg; but in the presence OF
some of has lrirnds he turned MS back ana
walked away. alter had told him 10 put up
his hands. Now 10 prove that deJise TO DO
just ss have profes sed, am willing 10 take
three or four friends, and let him do the same,
aud light the next day or At a weeks notice.
Ii is over a month since we Were released and
not word was heard from him until he
Obliged 70 reply TO the arucle which appeared
In the Clipper two weeks ago. McCoole do~s
not care TO come here for fear some discredi-
Dol. Wood. L shall De- at your ONCE on the day
appointed by you, and IL McCoole, OF q repre-
sentative for him, does not meet me there,
shall claim the money, because he was instru-
Mental IN having me arrested. which 4 can.
prove"
The Clipper adds :-"According to N'Cooie,s
request, a. soon as We had learned Columns
intentions We telegraphed To ST. Louis the sub
stance OF Joes card, and although IL is barely
possible that he may not b. able 10 get here in
season, he will doubtless b. on hand NJ the
earliest possible moment. We trust that we
shall not have occasion 10 insert any more moro
cards from either man, but that in our next we
shall be able 10 state that some conclusion has
AZ last been arrived AT. either 70 fight or not to
fight"
The same paper says of the Collyer and Ed
wards match :-sBut one more issue Of the
Clipper Will appear ere the ARRIVAL Of the nN-
ture tor the decision Of the Collyer and Ed
wards match for the bonors OF the Lightly weight
championship and two thousand dollars
paper, Monday, August 2ith, and public inter
est in the engagement msnitestly upon the
increase, while others who contem plste attend
ing are beginning to make arrangements for
the trip IL involves 10 the sacred soil OF the
Old Dominion. The Baltimorean. owing 10
his experience in the ring and his well Known
qualities a thoroughbred" favorite
in the pecuptary speculation upon the affair.
but as yet little betting has taken place, and the
friends OF the New Yorker do not carr 20 risk
anything until they see for themselves hsw he
performs within the ropes, when, II he proves
himself as good bit of stuff without the gloves
as he Is with them, they VIII stlke their bottom
dollar upon him Reports from the training
quarters OF the men represent each as in strict,
careful training. and looking well, and that
both will be in the best attainsble condition
upon the day there Is no cause to doubt. sam
wears an air OF quiet confidence, which shows
that he entertsins no fears 10 the issue of the
approaching battle, while Billy, though equally
Confident does not seem 10 regard the matter
with quite so much complacency, bring pstp-
rally influenced by that nervousness always
indispensable from the novice making his debut
in the circle, and especially when he has OPP
posed TO him a man possessing 50 much greater
know ledge of nng tactics gained by practical
experiepce"