The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-16
THE BRUISERS.


TIE MIN Between the Champion Heavy
Weights-NIcCOOle' Standing I'm st. Louis
Allen the PlucIxiest Man.
The New York Worlds correspondent telegraphed
from ST. Louis yesterday the details OF the mill be-
tween McCoole and Allen.
McCOOIe.
This is what is said OF McCoole:-
81. Louis is as proud OF Mike McCoole as OF any
thing most dear to its citizens. He is man OF
wealth and standing in the community, his name APP
pears in the ineome-tax list, and his young and
French and dances the German besides having a
most excellent taste in millinery. 1t might be of in
terest to state here that Mr.. McCoole was born in
the city Of Baybofey, county Of Donegal, Ireland;
is six feet one-and-a-quarter inches In his stock
ing feet, is forty-sX inches around the chest,
weighed two hundred and fifty pounds before
training, and is by persuasion most ardent Catholic
McCoole was at one time deck hand on Misss-
sippi steamboat then pugilist and is now the pro-
prietor Of one OF the most elegant whisky shops in
ST. Louis He is such power in st. Louis that, when
imprisoned in Indiana for attempting to pound the
head off Joe Coburn his Excellency Governor
Fletcher OF the State OF Missouri, saw ht to tele-
graph to Governor Baker of Indiana to release him
At one time MT. McCoOle was. like General Grant,
practical tanner, and followed that profession
for a living. McCoole has had high honors in
the prize-Iing, and when a boatman on the Mis-
sissirpi would never take impudence from
his fellows, however large they were in
Frame He was born in 1887, and fought his first
battle with man named Bill Blake, or dublin
Tricks as his brother artists called him, in which
Mr.. Blake went to grass In most scientific manner,
and was not heard of again. He next encountered
Mr.. Tom Jennings, whom he also smashed in the
most graceful manner, covering himself with blood,
bruises ard glory. He next met Mr. Joseph Coburn,
perfect savant at Cecil Nd, in 1853 and, after
they had amused themselves for an hour or so, it
was discovered that McCoole had no science what
ever and the scientific Coburn won the fight
McCOole then matched himself with Bill Davis, whom
he beat TO a farina jelly, and left him dying in a
beaten TO a jelly when he fought, hut he
rather liked jelly. McCoole now had it out
with Aaron Jones' one of the greatest English prize
fighters that visited this country, and who had
at one time the honor being an orderly on Beaure
gard stai. This was terrible fight for JONES' who
very confident. Two of his ribs fractured,
and the blow which Knocked him out of time from
McCoOle's left hand produced congestion Of the
brain, and terrible vomiting. Then came the fzzle
between McCooe and Coburn in Indiana both men
being arrested. Since them and previous to his
training. McCOole has steadily refused to fight until
Allen made his appearance, and has practised
the German, and vended Bourbon whisky in
St Louis, respected and honored by all who knew
him.
Allen.
Allen is an Englishman, about 20 years Of age, and
first gladdened has mothers eyes in that city famed
for cheap cutlery and brassware- Birmingham.
Allen, though young man, is eminent for science,
and has fought fourteen times. OF this number OF
| tghts-princpally small ones, fought for sums
varying from G10 to C25Allen won nine, lost three,
and two were drawn. lie whipped lies the Giant
| in England, and had a draw with Joe Goss. In
America, he Knocked poor, unfortunate Bill Davis to
pieces AS have before stated, Davis is an tine-
rant pugilisc martyr, who frequents strange, out
of-the-way places for the purpose of being pounde
to the consistency Of jelly There is big fellow in
| the West, however, named Charley Gallagher, who
met Allen in his last fight, and Knocked Mr.. Allen
higher than Kite in three rounds Thus it is again
shown that the race is not always to the swift and
| the battle to the strong
On the Way to the Island.
This morning, about s O'Clock. / was reused from
| my slumbers in Carondolet street by a New York
| pickpOcket and rough, who desired to know after
| blessing my eyes heartily
Say amt you going to that ere strawberry pick
ing? nye are, Jest git, and .ell the landlord ye'
| settle when ye KUN back; he's rich"
looked out and saw the gentle rough grinning al
me-. He was fully prepared for his fete champetre
| He had eight pigs feet and a half OF a raw ham
wrapped up loosely In brown paper. Resides these
weapons of defense, he had siX-barrelled revolver
bottle OF Western whisky, and huge knife, which,
he said, he intended to to butter his bread, but
i did not believe him. got out of bed and settled.
met on the street leading to the levee where the
steamboat Louisville layone of those large Misss-
to the fght-at least three hundred other
persons of immoral appearance, all carrying
pigs feet or immense sandwiches in brown
paper parcels. They also carried revovers and were
destitute OF hymn books. We were taken on board,
where we found about one thousand persons cursing
swearing, drinking, playing cards, and boxing with
temen informed me that they were chorus-sngers
engaged for the Boston Peace Festival but that they
feared they would not be in time for The show.
-Four or five other boats left ST. Louis and the vici
nifty for the fight, or strawberry festival as they
called II, all loaded down with amusing young men
who diverted themselves by sundry fights on their
way down to Fosters Island in the Mississippi
river, twenty miles below the city and about ten
miles below the jefferson Barracks. We arrived at
Fosters Island after the hour OF noon, and, forgot
to say, picked up Messrs. McCoole and Allen on
our way down the river. McCooe looked fat and
| slouchy and eephantine, as he always looks, and
was certainly not more than half trained; He was
too confident. Allen looked well and weighed about
one hundren and seventy pounds, while McCOole
was about two hundred and five pounds weight.
The fight was unsatisfactory. Allen was the besl
man all through. When the referee get to a
place Of safety he will publish his decision, which
Will most probably be in favor OF the plucEy little
Englishman.