The New York herald., 1868-12-24
soon afterwards called, and the men advanced "
the scratch to commence

TUE FIGHT.
KouNq LAS the men approac eed each other
I've positions Hicken moved sp with his hands
open, the left resting his ler1 and his right hang
and he seemed very connd' al OF being able to get
away' with the task bef ose him. The attitude ol
Msue hS ea sun er ne 3 encsh and he
had peculiar hoist % his left shoulder he $1,000
wide between the e Is, and altogether mad clumsy
ousIy and as ~ came to striking distance there
was great df,Al OF manGuvring to ascertain tne
dodges were resorted to by Hicken to draw
Mcguire re- an opening i1 but the ia'.er %atcned nss
n1s aaa vesy seaa keeping Ss
In constant motion ready to stop and hit should Ape
make the nitiatory. They advanced and backed ior
several minutes which was not very satisfactory 70
half frozen spectators, and they began to murmur at
the delay OF the pugilsts In not coming to closer
head but did net reach the object aimed at Hicken
then tried his left at the head, but the blow was
was made hy Mcguire at the same spot, but he was
again unsuccessful. Then there was another scene
Of doggng ON the part OF Hicken to draw Maguire
or his guard BUTT was useless, as Peter was on the
alert. As last however, Abe got his left foot wen
1,,1,s forward and letting 60 swiftly put IN was
the result and more rapid left and right
hand fighting for few moments was seldom seem
drew apart % and putting % down their hands looked at
each other for half q minute with surprise. Tney
M e On s
altera little more sparring got another light lett
aander on Abe's left eye, and another one soon
few moments, and Hicken, gathering himself Wen,
planted hard one on Peters left ear, which cut IT
CHIN, when Mcguire retaated with one on the lower
part Of the breast They then spared away f0r an
nf e G o the
other. Mcguire let go his lett at the face and
caught Abe on the right side Of the head as
got another left handler Abe's breast, and when
they came together again they countered-Abe on
Peter's LETT eve and Peter on Abe's mouth. More
sparfirg. Peter missed well intended one at Abe's
mead the latter jumping TOO quickly away for erect
As s ont 81 Of
at me head. Fine, finished science was displayed
BY botn, and Magures friends were exultant at his
fire sparring. He let ny his right at Hlcken and
brought 1t 10 bear heavily the breast They again
pAs their hands down and rested for few moments,
when they resumed the fight again Mcguire was the
FIRST to lead, but Hicken was away. Peter tried
k it up with q spank from his right hand on the
Il left side OF Abe's head Hicken missed with
ms LEFT and getting closer , togetthes t n1ngs i1ney
taking effect on each other's neck Peter got in
another blow with his left on Abe's cheek, and one
The customerhe had before him could take such lib
serties with him. Abe drew close but missed q left
handler at the face, when Peter gave him his right
hand sharply on the left side Of the head. Mcguire
then tried with his left but was out OF distance but
be was more successful the next time BY catching
Abe an eye sparkler. He however got two in pay
ment for ths@one on the nose and the other on the
he responded with . heavy right handler on the
left ribs which could be heard all over the ring:
Abe then let his right 60 for the head and reached
Maguire's left eye. rally ensued Peter getting
the forehead and Hicken on Peters left cheek when
on the left eyebrow, knocked him clean down. So
ended the first round, which had lasted fifteen
ana Maguire frst knock down. Shouts Of applause
from Maguire's friends.
R1TND sAt 2; A. the eo.cS eau q time the n men were
the nose and his left eye was considerably pufYed
and his ribs and breast showed marks Of Maguire's
|. handiwOrk Mcguire appeared to be damaged most
on the left eye, with scratch on his forehead and
scratch on his ear. Hicken came up to the scratch
while Mcguire preserved his former stlr position,
but his eye denoted constant wariness Some OF his
friends cautioned him not to cnch his fists so
| tightly, but he declined advice on the subject and
| took his own way Of doing business After great
deal more Q, sparrlng Mcguire was the M ars 70 lead
Hicken's breast. Then there was more sparring, ad
| vancing and retreating Hicken made several abor
tive attempts to get Mcguire or his guard. At length
Peter let ny his left hand IKE lightning and caught
Abe on the nose stinger so heavy as to stagger him
trils, and materially altered the seape Of his nasal
organ. Abe received this visitation quite philo-
WITH Before he coaa do so he
received another severe blow on the breast After
Hicken saw the opportunity, and at once
ayalLed % himself OF .tu,.y It BY planting planting hard
|
turn Tor this favor he received a terrible
blow In the left ribs from Maguire's right
hand which Is 3 sery eeGave nd weapon with him.
| by eXclamations from Magures friends which were
notvery complimentary. As the men drew close to-
| at the face, which was handsomely parred by Ma
guire, who in return landed Abe's right eye. Ma
guire, in following, missed mIschievous blow
which was intended for Abe's frontlspiece.
| Abe got away from this blow, but Mcguire fol-
@ More ins
length Mcguire, becoming impatient at Abe's dilato
r.ness in leading or took the inative himself and
| his guard and stepping back avoided the blow and
Mcguire through Its force, toppled forward diagon-
| ground. Here Hicken lost great chance for pun
ishment as Mcguire was entirely at his mere for
| rushed to close quarters with HicKen and terrific
struggle ensued at the ropes. IL was rap rap give
and take, with such rapidity that the blows could
cinched and Mcguire had Hicken IN a dangerous po-
siton on the ropes for moment, but the latter,
however, succeeded in eXtrfcatlng himself and got
| down, Peter being carried to his corner In triumph
| The round lasted six minutes
ROUND 3.-As Hicken came to the scratch the
blood was streaming from his nosirils on to his
breast and his left eye was much swollen while his
adversary had only an increased swelling OF his left
eye. A long time was spent In feeling each other
backing and filing, until both put down their hands,
looking at each other for several seconds They
then had another sparring bout and Hcken worked
~ closely to Mcguire, as Il he had point to make,
| chief lie tnen tried the same maneuvre again and
succeeded IN getting in two blows, one on Magure's
. LEFT cheek and the other hard on his breast
4 and again sprung away, satisfied with what ne had
done. Another cessation OF hostilties for several
| seconds, with hands down, but eyes intently bent
| on each other, Mcguire occupying part OF the time
| IN picking something from his mouth. AT length
| they resumed operations and Mcguire succeeded in
| planting an electric blow between Hlckens eyes
which had the eject or entirely stopping the now OF
blood from his nose Both then struck and both
| missed. Mcguire, after some more sparrIng and re-
ceiying slight rap from Abes knuckes on the right
cheek, planted strong one by hIs right on lIcken's
| cheek bone Both now seemed satisfied with what
| they had done were considering what thew
| should do, when Abe made up his mind first and
planted on Magure's swelling eye for which he
/ he got q right handler in the breast soon AFTER
| wards Abe having changed his guard In the mean.
/ while, and was now facing Ills opponent with
i clenched fists and hands well up succeeded In
/ giving MaQuire a smaghCr On tho cnIn whirh