The New York herald., 1870-02-20
FLYING FISTS.

Tho sports "AH Told"-Fiuo Sparring nj
central Hall-The CieverS.
ooneia' haii' NO. 81 Bowery, was the centre OF q
concentrated crowd last evening to attend the spar
ring exhibition given for the beneHt or Ned James
tiMe-hohored sport, who has grown worn and
"earieo Ia the harness. There were about q 13t
PERSONS present. among whom were noticed the fol-
'o"'us' most OF whom were in beavers and nicely
poiished Doots:-Chris. Conner, Charles Ransom.
uoolso NH walter smith, George Mitchell, John
borst Dan Noble, Rocky Moore Barney Aaron.
PStsey Shepard Johnny McGoyern. Buiv Cook
Ge,Tge Law, Jr, the .Hoooken Cppcr.r Harry
HUI Sno 936 other well known sporting RI
of the metropolis.
The avenues leading to the hall on the second
story wore somewhat blockaded nv numerons
people VINO heid rectangular little paste boards
upon WINCH morse shoe was inscribed with the
immo9est lntsmatlon, "One dOllar.n The audience
moved toward thc scene Of attraction. AZ eloht
the hail was luil III the centre was a raised Mat
form built OF boards, with ropes ana stanchanns
The moor was covered with sawdust, the air Was
full Of tobacco smoke the human exhalat,ons were
saturated with noxious gin. Many gentlemen were
convened, so were many loa!ers pocket inyest,va
tors, midnight callers ana the amiaDle Reddy OF
The services opened Ola Bill rovee was the r,Ov
master. Miller IN blue and Stetson in a checked
did well. BIZ Tovee then SAID Johnny o. Hara would
Dox any man in the room. No response. Patsey
shepard ana Mickey C0Durn came to taw. They
proved splendid light weights. COburn tossed his
adversary, threw IN few overland blows and
could have damaged Patsey, but he did not This
was fun. Mickey turned out AL.
Harry Hlcken and James Kerrlgan took turn;
each was as interesting as babe. Hlcken stood
Ike first rate game COCK and dashed out; kerrigan
was heavy as a bun and hls blows told. They dealt
IN different branches or the science. HcKen was
quick; kerrigan powerful.
Barney Aaron and Billy Donnelly; how glad the
sports ielt They came out. Their trial was the
best sparring ever known 10 New York.
"Ihe best ever saw, hey, Patsys"
"DeXter and Flora Temple.n
"Gseased ligntning against fabricated tme.n
They got into lively breeze, hauled Dy the wind
ana met each other on opposite tacks. Billy put his
helm up and Barney put his nelm down, but these
evOlutlons only complicated matters for each felt
fresh gales ABOUT the ears. Billy acquitted himself
IN good style. Tim Burns said II was the cream OF
thirty years. Cheers wound up the contest
OMallion and Williams stood up against each
other credtably, and with cheers. James Mace then
lie soon settled Clarke. William presented Mace
with several neat hits Dut Mace gave his brown on
top. Mace was iavorite. Johnny Grady and
Johnny Carman then swung their nlppers together
They didn't hang fire. IL took Tim Collins and
Teddy McAuliffe though heave grape and cannls.
ter. or course Their battle brought down cheers.
McGinnis and Eddy Hines followed with rum
punches applied To each others heads Lots OF
sports enjoyed themselves also. The committee
Judges were George Law Jr., Elijah +. Purdy ]. A.
i0rkee, William Borst, Thomas Costello and Patrick
Eagen. The ludicrous people dispersed. Then the
proprietor snuf1ed the air with ease. Where the
crowd went Is NOT known. Whlskey had large sale
on the BoWery last night. 1u repOR.