, 1869-08-18
THE PRIZE RING.
Fight Between Allen and Gallagher,
Near St. Louis.
Conflicting Accounts aa to the Be-
suit Of the Battle.
Tho Fight Pronounced 4 Draw By the
Reicrtt.

Rr. Lor77, August 17.--The steamer Louisville
with the pnze. Ching party board. reached Fo1
fer'B iA1Htd, Ill, a frw Mlnutcs bcforu II oCIucA,
All was quitt Gu the TIP iowu. Gallagher too,
II M IT mues .as Hss va, aaa
" rtowea away In sta'e-t,oin, md slept aonndlI
during most Vi The trip. The totAl receipts from
tnc I'm wt5e :l,:azeo being s!H,, rs. taaa y
the McCon!shl e1ccEEiun- The boat Tus char
tered for HE
Tic battle-ground Is the same as Wheru McCools
The following are among tho noted !. Apor.s - IL
attendance: ratseJ Kcatdon, Tom Kelley. Hed
oNnldwtn. Sherman ThuEaton, Baly Carroll r..
Tut ia'il iltiiey. i ana atDs; Sel.oo Dunhsms '4 ~
There Mas Int very little letting on the TIP,
There were several eun. Dghts resnlting nom the
atmcG Wild us s!pes, sno asea tasn @ ao,pefaisy' Il
Tue 1lnE WAS formed ii grove. amid the swell
teEtn9 r1ya Of burning sun. 5!n keaFney MAS
appointed to preserve on'cE With barney Frsyne
Ii gencrM superintendent. Il Dad " Hyxu was
4pI,olDtsd umpire for Allen, and Jazz Looncy for
seconds for Gallagher, jim COME amt isutt nteJ
for Allen Trees III the Vicinity were lined wiki
spectators, and in one instance hMb broke, caas-
ing q 6estous accldeut 10 q boy. iiu!y Carni Is
entitled To greAt credit fur good ring atTnngs-
Mcnta. At twenty minutes 70 o'clock Allen Gu
ssse e 9E hls castor neug sa!s ,nsts,n lo!-
Alien woFr / look Of CONFIDENCE, aud wAs
closely Attended by Billy Carroll and John
Gt1EOQS Lib DAEktl&. AZ lU4Ilttu HuQkE3
to O'Clock, Gallagher entered the nnR, aeoon-
panied ~ hts ecconts, looking a. coo! as cnecr-
beF, and was received with immense cheers,
Coyne and Kelley tossed Tor The choice OF corners
tage, a. the sun sE0ne nesrty In the opposite d.
rectton. The crowd eyed the general appearance
Iaa Ryan made speech, and sa.d that owing to
the difficulty Of getting one for referee, he
proposed that three referees shalt bs aeitcted,
and the decision Of the majority be dual Cries
0f u No ~ 1nH nTDpAEst hr fhn rf1Ni
{ReEan} WA not iarosably received Wessel,
Murray and others Wesp proposed ioE referee, and
Gallagher, be Would consent 70 Inc ssaSeaodcr
appointing the referee, and submit TO Ills decision.
Larry VESSEL nnally consented 10 sefVe AZ referee.
=, 4 seEcre dispute arose among the paltlsana Of
the men " to what constituted gouxa. D.id
Ryan was particularly conspicuous IN giving the
referee the points oi law on the subject. Order
was temporarily restored.
9:ss T. M.-Meu getting ready for the CONFLICT,
strdpptng etc. Kelley exhibited Gallsgnel's coloEs
-RreeD; received with tremendous enthHslasEn.
The crowd commenced cheering for Gallagher.
In bis corner dispute arose to where the cotn--
men shonfd be placcd. G1eas excitement The
coloss we're finally tied to the stakes, when the
men WerE stripped. 10th sceLned In perfect phys-
ical condition. Allen wanted to bc, 3l0o;, not
taken.
Iseund Tho men oyed each other very
cautiously, each taking minute surrey Of The
other, and TIT Ing to Plant socEdoloRef In ten
der spot. The eparTtng en- both sides was yerJ
roe. and both men dlsplased spleodii wind Gal
laghe1 took one from lTon On tho breast, which
didn't seem to dlscorcers HIN much. Both men
were aIsh1ndiug for the campaign, and *cre
cheered By their rcspccttyc rayttsans Thelr sec
o. on 9na p9nsd ne
Tor AZ opening. Gallagher nnal!Y got IN heavy
blow on the mug, which Eel the caret to uoxlng.
and sent Alien e F5ass. First tlood and first
= found 2-Aen approached each other Smiling.
Some light exchanges were the 1Fst thing lR order.
Gallagher smiled and Allen looked desperate. 1t
Yr1 IRA &-Hf fHrh fn- {nrfS 1T.5 f0fh
seemed defirprs to prolong the fight. Charlie
tI!td to look fresh and Tom WIS slightly dtstgur-
Cd on the facial organ. They, hota 4anallJ mp
terrible blow under the lug, which sent him down.
[Great cheering by Galiaahczs frends].
};auhd a-The men approached the centre Of
the ring and eyed each other 1erccly. Tom Ea5
feeling for mellow spot near the neck Of his op-
Ponent. Charles didn't sec It. Both men soon
let 50. hoHeEer. With terrible e.fest and right
Tom sort Of voluntarily went down to ayo!d pun
tshmtnt-
Al this stase Of tho eight several c!nbs were
Allen on the cheek, causng blood to row.E
found 4.-Aiien came up to the scr1tch, smiling
aud bleeding profuselJ. They went at weEt IN
one Heavy cschsnScs aud terrible SLOWS were
the order. Gallagher here got his f1IBt serious
S,ox saaaI,e On he potato trap Th!sh cause;
ended dec.dcdl7 In Tom y favor.
.iatuad a-Thtngs were beginning to looEa shade
gloomy Tor Gallagher Tom walked over 10 E13r-
lies corner and met him Just as He W1s rising.
Some terrific body blnwB weEe exchanged GAL
llGheF got tho worst Of this encounter, although
ls kBockcd Tom over The ropea, sud tbs round
closrd amid cheers hy the pattlsans Of both me1.
Round fTime being called, Gallagher was
again rather slOw IN coming to the scratch They
approached, however anu wcns TO WORK lively,
Charlie receisloa ilIely rap on the Nasal organ,
which CAUSED claIet TO toW sesJ freely. Tom also
lan1cts heavy EockdolaScr Oh the brcadb2aket Of
his antagonist, and Charlie returned with CON-
pound interest," r2uylug for the moment, but get
i.ng the worst Of tue round, although 1Um went
duwn 1t the c:osc.
LnuAds :, as4t 9-Tere all In favot Of Alien,
when Gallagher finally had to succuub to the 81.
pertor strength and skill Of bis formidable antago
nsst 1t HM desperate light throughout and
tuth men we1e badly punished.
ASo11IRA ACCOUNT.
ST. LorIs August 17.-The account teIegrAphed
FROM the bartle 1ed this afternoon does not agree
with the description brpnCht by the reporters, who
On the Louisville this evening. Instead
Of n.po rounds, Us We1c previously reported.
there we're eleven rounds fought. more than one
half Of which wele decidedly IN favor Of Alien.
Tom Kelly, ono Of Gal!a1hertl
ttlEeI up the sponge. Allen and his Sec
onJs left the tiug. Subsequently tho referee said
he did not know who threw the sponge up, and
declared the battle drnw.
It Is sta:ed that Tom Kelley acknowledged On
The ground that Gallagher val whipped, aai he
threw up the sponge, hus after getting on bo-ld
the boat he denied having done 50. The result Is
greater outrage 10 Allen than the de-
c:aon In the AcCooIe tight