Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-04-17

whisky and eager for blood, while
hef opponent WAS frightened and
pale as death, With encourage
meRi, mingled with tho most bias
phemOus Of OAihs, she managed,
however, 20 come 10 the scratch,
and met the brave and bOisterous
Molly in the centre ~ the ring,
| There was no preliminary spar
ring or any other evidence Of train
ing in tho semi-dignifei arr Of self
defence, but almost Instantly Molly
made lnnge for tho probOseis al
the timii Sally, bat the latter d0dg-
Cd tho blow, and, screaming for
belp, jumped over one Of the bench
es among tho spectators,
The robnkes OF her friends over,
eame her fear, however, for in an
instant she was back again in the
arena, and before the resOlule Mol
Is had ceased her EXPLANATIONS Of
JOY at her supposed triumph in the
first round she Was the recipient Of
Sally's compliments in the shape Of
a telling blow under tho right ear,
the pain Of which caused hbr 70
shriok loudly, and mingled with
mOaGs aud cries was a profusi0n of
encouraging oaths from tho friends
Of tho Chapman girl,
Amer this both stood motionless
for iow seconds, when, as II stimuli.
taneously started by electricity, the
two camo together and clinohed,
and then followed a most rcpulsiyo
spectacle of pounding, scratching,
biting and hpirpulling. This last.
cd, pcrhaps, half minute, whom
Molly managed 10 trip her autago.
mist, but in the fill she came under
meath and groancd loudly ~ her
opponent fell heavily upon her
stomach.
The two were thon gathered up
by thcir respective seconds and car
ricd TO the corners in n style that
would have been worthy of Norris
sey or Sullivan.
The time between tho rounds was
not confined strictly to tho rules
generally enforced in tho ring, but
the cumbatants were allowed to rest
until they were ready to renew tho
contest.
They took about three minute3
after tho first round, during which
time there was great excitement
and considerable small betting
among the crowd Of spectators.
The first round was, however, the
principal one and the only one Of
any length, Notwithstanding nine
teen others followed, occupying al
together upwards Of an hour and n
quarter.
On the fourth round blood was
drawn from the nasal organs Of
both, and upon the thirteenth Mol
ly got the worst of it in the loss Of
several auburn locks and painful
bite upon one of her arms.
Sally, who all along had been
timid, seemed to warm up as tho
fight progressed, and through the
last five or six rounds she gave her
rival terrible punishment, but in
tho course of this she had ono of
her orbs discolorcd and the greater
portion of her clothing torn off.
Between the eighteenth and nine
teenth rounds it was apparent that
Molly, so confident and formidable
at first, would get the worst of it at
tho end, and her friends undertook
to break up the fight on the ground
that tho pugilists would kill each
other.
The seconds would permit no in
reference, however, and two other
short rounds were fought, Molly |
getting the worst of it, and crying
and sobbing loudly all the while.
When called for the twenty-first
round her woman's nature over
came the brutal passion which had
all the while supported her, and she
begged in Gods nathe that they
would take her away. Her piteous
means could not be resisted even by |
the polluted wretches who had con-
ceived and encouraged the dis
graceful combat, and she was re-
moved and the fight and stakes de-
clared in favor of Sally Chapman.
The affair as a whole, was proba-
bly, one of the most brutal and re-
voting of any that ever took place
in this country, and it may bo moro
justly denounced on account Of its
having been permitted within the
precincts of State 80 famous for
morals as Massachusetts is reported
to be.
An account from the participants
this afternoon reports them badly |
punished and SO badly disfgurod as
to be hardly recognizable.