Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-04-17
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A. ENhAF CuAaA lIAkls-lt % AAs'
sACuCsEg4s,
With the above headings and
others Of Ike character, a CORES
p0ndenl OF the New York Herald
writes ifOm Bosl0n, under date o.
March 3, as follows;
The mascaliR8 brnlos Of creation
can n0 longer claim that they ~,
ghe exclusive patrons Of the prize
ring, Tho women Of the eOunlry
Or, al least, some OF those resident
in this vicinity, whore o'hallwlu
and NOgmall had = brief encounter
have gone boldly into the arena Ia
spite Of the stringent laws oT Mas
saehnseils, and the examples which
tho courts have mslo OF tho Irish
and English bFulsers before alluded
10,
Last Saturday evsHihg two wO'
men Of questionable repule, belong
ing Ia P0rllaRd street, in this city,
ono named Sarah Chapman aud lhe
other Mary AnR Jones, INDUCED IN
a brief commentary upon the res
peeliVo physical endurance OF each
other, tho result of which was a
match OF twenty-five dollars side
aud tho pottieoat championship Of
America,
Tho funds TO make up tho round
purse Of fifly dollars were supplied
By tho hackers Of tho respective
feminine gladialors, aud IL was ar
ranged that tho contest should come
OF at an early hour yesterday morn
ing at hotel in North Somervillc,
some six or sevon miles distant from
the city.
The intelligence that n match had
been actually made was quietly but
extensively promulgated among tho
roughs and lower class of sporting
men, and at about midnight tho
horse cars running between Boston
and Somcryillc were freightod with
those characters which arc tho ter
ror of all peaccablc citizens.
Tho point designated for the
"mill" was in tho wcll-known
Blackley's Exchange, in Somervillc,
and in tho immediate vicinity Of
tho Boston and Lowell Railroad.
Tho competitors, Sally and Molly,
as they were familiarly termed, did
not arrive until about halfpast two
Sunday morning, but the spectators
OF the brutal scene, "a the number
of upwards of hundred, were on
hand two hours earlier, with a plcn-
tiful supply of genuine bcnzinc and
imitation Bourbon.
Their desires wero that tho fight
should commence as soon as tho
principals arrived.
Tho recollection of tho sudden
descent of the police upon Wormald
and o Baldwin caused the proprlo-
tor of the hotel to have scouts sent
out to ascertain if everything was
safe, and favorable report having
been made preparations were at
once commenced.
The landlord acted as stakehold-
or and referee, and well known
prize fighter and proprietor of n
drinking saloon on Portland street
performed the duties Of second to
Molly, and q Boston hackman did
similar service for Sally.
The place selected for the fight
was large dance hall in the third
story of tho building, and a ring
was formed by the placing in prop
er position Of a number of rough
benches and tables.
During the preparations the
crowd, which consisted of num-
Der of abandoned women, as well
as men, partook freely Of liquor,
and the result was that there were
one or two outside knock downs.
At about three o'clock in the
morning, the bloated proprietor of
the house announced that the bar
would be closed until after the
fight and there was an immediate
and indiscriminate rush Of both
sexes in the direction of the upper
hall.
The contestants had gone before
thcm, and were already in the ring,
the habiliments Of each consisting
simply of pair Of ordinary draw;
ers, stockings and women's CATERS.
The Chapman girl wore large
waterfall, and appeared to be about
12O pounds in weight, and perhaps
twenty or twenty-five years of age.
Molly, who was about the same
age, appeared to be the heavier of
the two, and was particularly con-
spicuous on account of generous
abundance of Magenta or vermillion
curls.
Physically speaking, both were
remarkably well developed, but the
bets, which were generally confined
to five or ten dollars, were mostly
in favor of Molly. The reason of
this was probably On account of her
confdent boasts that she would
make short work of her antagonist;
the latter appearing to be some
what timid, if not actually alarmed,
at the result of the contest in which
she was about to engage.
When the spectators had gather
ed around the barrier of the benches
and tables that separated thom
from the feminine pugilists, the pro-
prietor of the place jumped into
the ring and stated what he would
have and what he wouldn't have
in about the following words:
81 toll yer what It's, fellows, this
ere fight is going to be fought in
true prize fight style. The dosh is
all up, and the one that don't come
to time is going to lose, and all the
bets have got to be paid just 'zactly
as the referee says. If any one gets
into the ring and interferes he'll
get his head punched, and if every
body will mind their business we