, 1870-05-11
;: SPORTING.
The Fight Between JcM Mace ard
Tom Alien at New Or
leans.
Mace the Victor in the Tenth
Bound.
"A Hen Badly Punished ard Mnce
Escapes Unscarred.
EBase BaIl--Billia1ds-The Turf
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II PUen1EN.
srces1 Dezpateh to The Chicnso Ttihunc.
TEE A11ES-NAcH PElzE-f1GuT At NEW QR14AE
NEW ORLEANS, Any 1G-Soon n1ter the 1alliu
through OF the tight between Tom Allen and Nil
McCoolc, nj Cincinnati, On tho 10th Of NoYembe
1sss, for which McCoo1e WIS generally believed i,
be responsible, and as the result OF which Allel
reaped almost as much glory aa thotgh he ha
tonight and won the nght, the tit1aaf i.ChamNo
Of Ametica" being accorded to h1mEsoon ste
this, on the esth Of November, Alien received
telegram advising him that4Joe CoburA, then II
San Francisco, had publfshed challenge 10 ngh
him for s. zoo $1,000 SIDE and odnrtng to pa,
his expenses TO California. To this despatch Alel
replied that he would light Coburng or: any oihe,
man. for $4,000 but he would NOT 70 to California
though he would agree to light ,soo miles west O.
Omaha This orer By Allen lid the erect-not d
bringing on match with the California man-
but Of Inducing Jim Mace, England CT champion,
10 reconsider his determination to forever retire
from active. .Iugllts1E* Mace had come to America.
and had made profitable engagements at Tamma-
ny, IN New fefk, T1uwb1idees Opera House, Bos-
t6n, and other rlaeeaf 70 give Representations Of
Grecian statnal!, but rs be believed Aliens man
ifesto to be addressed especially to himself, he al-
- MACE WANTS SOME OF IT. - -
= have read With much surprise the CHALLENGE
Issued by Thomas Allen, Offering to fight any man
: III the co1ntrr for any amount up to x1o,o0a In
visiting this country was not my intention to re
enter The Prize Ring, but az oelieEe said chal-
lcngc to hare been intended especially for me,
have resolved to giyc Mr. Allen the opportunity
ingncss to nght him for the sum Of ser5O0 a aide
AID the championship. II Mr. Allen really means
what he says, he Will obliee me By answering this
appointing suitable place where meeting cau
enta s ns'd T0fs 19I ss ru9ss Of perefng
To this Alien replied as follows:
FRANK QUEEN: DEAR sis: Sc T Sy 70 yonf l2'ls LIST
issue that Jim Mace has accepted Tom Aliens
chailerSc- Tom Allen has been ve1y sick for the
and could not attend to the challense as be would
have done By the return mail Allen Is ready to
met 1 Jm IT, Macs s 70 a5M H., up aeles put Up ator
and Sew YORK. which would bc about Pittsburgh,
The rght TO take pace nfty miles from Cincinnati,
III Canada Allen, you know, has been In tsnin-
Ing five different times during the last year, and
sea, enough doI apy 1s,s oqe needs
1ror0l, Tom Allen will tight him for s. .3Qo sde
sx months from the date Of signing articles, and
,a aS ,he 81 Ssens u n o. s. Io9s aIs getting up cham
will put up the said champion belt against Jim
Maees Champion Belt OF Engiand. Now, II Mace
docs not intend. to 1ake notice OF anythinr but
business. Yours, respectfully,
BILLY CARROLL for ToM AILKE,
Champion Of America.
MACE PuIs Er.
That Mace meant business siIl be seen from
The following; dated New York, Dec. -:
THOMAS ALLEN: SIR: In the lates, issue of the
Clipper observe ytnr rather dlLatory reply to nv
asssr'a1ee @ s1 @ Of sons challenge, and Was some
1ou use The words put up or shut up but you
should understand that, being the challenging
e and ne aspost g e Il T.
To Hhow that mean precisely what say. hpwev-
81 and a9 not court i,oteE!ety ths9ueh The press,
which desire you to come forward and cover
without 9 any MORE TAX, With which the public DO
render altogether out or the question for me to
meet you In Pittsburgh, as you propose, but will
nsse msst }1o a. the W ht1S once Ims yon may
half Of Jour expenses to 1hs city, which, think is
as reasonable an any one could nsk In referencsto
TO you wish to say that my friends IN New YORK
propose to present me With d belt also, which l
VII put up against yours and contest for in ad-
dtton TO the stakes As previously stated. had
no intention of re-enterng the ring when came
to America, hut as you have chosen to tnclnde me
the opportunity you profess to desire and win not
throw any Obstacles IN the way OF a match Now,
II as yoa say, you arr ready t9 defend the title Of
champion against all come1a wish you to prove |
II by covering my deposit aud meeting me as soon
as possible for the purpose OF Signing articles /
est or mcre1r bouncing. Hoping for a favorable
reply, Immediately, am, Yours, &c
wHERE 10 MEET AND THAT TO TIGHT FOR.
come 10 Ssw Torf 70 1a It'd out MaeeE iays
risk Of having lis journey for nothing, In case
they should not suit hin, out forwarding $500 In !
EssnD;eks and articles q agreement tie terms
S3,5c0a side, and the championship OF America |
y 1ase Place Within l1fty miles o. Cincinnati! on
iaad1 to ie 81. m agsnai a3pa nsT ha[sS oI HnS
Belt Of Anerfca, aud the man falling to be IN the
!aog at the time appointed, whether arrested and
Loun! over or not 10 forfeit al money deposited
To al Of the provisions, save the last, mace OBJ
1ected. IS 1t Was but reasonable to suppose be I
would but, after consultation with his baesers, he
concluded 10 give way to Allen IN one or TWO |
things, providing the latter wpuld consent to put
matters on more equal footing
graph to fresh articles agreeing to fight for e
side II Allen would make the match for between |
iso
other places rs the battle-ground, not caring 70 go
on Aliens . oE4 =, a.. .dung-hillt" and repeating lls
ing gotten up for him this city. against tnat to
b. presented to Tom By bis St Louis friends.
champion belt, but simply presentation one, such
as can be giren anyone.
ABOUT THE BELTS.
p.on belts to be fought for, Allen proposing to put
up his champion Belt Of America against Mace,s
Champion Belt Of England To this proposition
A4As far as the belts are concerned, I say, as
did last week, that viii put up 8 belt Of equal
ma,ie fer @ yon. You NV vel Know " thss the % chsmpion
lelt oi England cannot be fought for in any other
connt!. and your talk of including 1t In the Issue
"Besides, Eas not aware that there was at
present champion he1t in America, and do not
71s1aissd % Jpu las as such As it has not bocn fought
1or, cancpt understand how It can be so regard
Cd However. i Il is recognized as as So such, y L. an
side, the winner to be the acknowledged champion
II WIN hight you for any amount from $1,000 to
SO, 900 side, and II you are deslrous Of meeting
me in 1air light you vii! not hesitate to sign The
strange county, and though you have been here
few months longer than me, consider myself Just
es good IN American as you, and IT is my Intention
to make sT 1o1S ny t's1 re. g, IN tns
get 1t the better shall Ike ftr
THEr CONE 10 TERMS.
ces of Is agreement &C reached Sew 70 Yors harins been
Forwarded 1y Allen from St Louis, and received
the SIGNATURE o1 Mace, thus bindiRk the match:
Alien and James Mace, By which the said Thomas
Allen and the said James Mace mutually agree TO
u fss LONDON pae @ md they DO
y agree 10 be bound that the Fight shall take place
en 1hs 1o.h day ct Nay A. a, , 3s.o, and a.. With,
The men to be In the ring between the
hours OF O'Clock a aud Il o'clock m, the man
70 be IN the nc o aos sa Al ~ ss 9ha 70 Ine
The Of $50 side is now placed In the hands
1older, 4 6e vii not act himself The second de- .
,0sit, ii F1Q42 sidc shall be made at the Clipper
1I1ce en- TuCsdav, March @, 1870; and the third
md tn2l deposit Of 81 600 side, shall bo made at
ne Clipper of1lce, April g 1S0 And it Is further
greed that al moneys made by the excursion | =
IN his rart and Mace one man on his behaif 70 So
,crin1cnd all Affairs pertaining to- said excursion,
tie man net being In the ring to lose the money,
10 matter whether he Is bound ~ | :
Interference to keep the peace | +
r uot-nor In what State; II he Is not IN the 1inG
e shall 1ese The money. And IT Is further agreed
hat each man shalt send man to New QE1eans n
even a DAYS previous to the day named for the =
ght tu make Arrangements for getting the COZ | i
evance to the fight, and that the reporter OF tae
rpe7 shail he present to see that there sha!l be
% hack cut either side9 and that the referee I.
hail te cloEen IN the ground. In pursuance OF
hr foregoing articles we he1ennto piaee our
'osita NJ thc time and ylace above mentioned to :,
Ortcii the ulsfneys depoXltCsi. a
W1tness-NA- CaERol1, THOMAS ALLKS,-- | =
FRED'c ABRAnAMs- JAMES MACE T.
.;Ew YORK, Jan. IT, 1870
TUE QUESTION OF nE11g ff
Ill reference to which haa been Omitted In the mr. II
clcs Of agreement, Was then reviewed and after =,
from each party, The Inattcf was s
1nal1r settled ~ the presentation OF valuable -
belt TO Mace On the 11th OF February, the emblem
oeing described rs tooWB: The be!t 1bout thlr- r.
y-1our inches in length, SIX inches wide, and Is y
out VI the finest silver, attached to
red morocco, The contrast serving to show OF its =
,cant1es to the best advantage In size and weight
L is abualt the same as the champion belt Of Eng -
nl,t and gilt of which the fortunate owner may !.
Tcll feel proud In the centre Is a srtcah-eaele a
md two American nGss, IN frosted Silver. and Q =
:i,e. stands the figure oi gladiator Ia costume,
s3,,t fie game Distance Ap8ft from which 1ppeaf8