The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-03
'FISTIC PERFORMANCES.
Spnrring Tournament at the Empire Rink
Coburn Badly Thraslied by Macc-The Buff
fcrs OF the Metropolis in High Feather.

Spnrring Tournament at the Empire Rink
Coburn Badly Thrasied by Macc-Tho Buf.
'crs OF the Metropolis in High Feather.
The friends and admirers OF the fighting frater.
nifty were treated to their favorite sport to any
extent al the Empire Rink last evening.
There was as large an attendance as at some OF
the Performances Of the great Beethoven Musical
Jubilee. Everybody was there including JuslIce
Bixby's clerR, John Z. McSowan, ESQ, the hand.
soonest man in Yorkville The fstIc performances
OF the evening were entertaining and sometimes ex
citing, especially when some iavorite OF part OF the
spectators was getting well 'lcked.n Some enliven-
ing tunes were rendered in good style by Fink's
Washington Band during the inerims of the sparrlng
encounters.
THE FIRST sEr-To
was between Toppy Mcclure and Johnny Bost. AT
the beginning Toppy played into Johnny thick and
FAST and wrought himself out of wind correspond
ngly fast. At the close OF the first round he seemed
tagged, and at the end OF the second one he was
evidently wishing he was near his mother, n that
venerable old lady is still in the land or the LIVING
the third round was short one, Toppy virtually
throwing up the sponge, and when they retired from
the arena 1t seemed to please tue spectators very
much.
PETER DoNoHUE AND JOHNNY SAUNDERS
ing close attention, by their eal scentlc sparring
and closeness with which they were matched.
NIKE CoBURN AND BOB FARRELL
then appeared In the ar ma, and, aft,r shaking
hands, commenced to beat each other as If Tor lie
and death. Mike appeared the more scientific
but Bob was the heaviest striker. They retired with
divided honors.
POoLEY MACE AND JOHNNY DwYER,
OF Brooklyn next favored the lovers Of the manly
exercise with o rather unequal encounter The
Brooklyn boy lashed and Knocked POoley about I'M
til his heart sank within his bosom and his co rage
receded to his spine and then sank into the heels Of
his buskins.
BILLY EDWARDS AND DooNEY HARRIS
were the best matched OF any who spared during
the evening. Billy Ii the more sclenced OF the LwO
but what Dooney lacks In science he makes up for
IN quckness and the weight OF his blow. Next came
what was expected to be the chief feature and
GREAT ENCOUNTER OF THE EVENING,
the contest between Jem Mace and j. COburn, but
which Was IN reality the very poorest Joe, 1t
appears spralned his right arm on Frdly evening"
and was consequently Unable to do much with 1t.
Considering that C0burn was virtually q one
armed man, Mace might have had more
mercy on him than he had. Mace hung
him around and basted him in a manner
that almost made the blood run cold. Poor Old Joe
WAS completely out Of Wind after he got the first
couple OF blows on the face straight from
the shoulder. The contest was too unequal
TO be exciting, and the spectators only waited
painfully until the encounter would close. JOe's
friends frequently called out, "Put In the other
arm" but Joe needed not. He bitterly complained
afterwards tnat Mace had not dealt on the square
with HIM. This closed the sDar1'ing tournament
BILLY WILSON,
performed some acrobatic feat5 In very creditable
manner during the intervals of the sparrlng
matches.