The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-05

Drawn Hattle- bOtn uen htEhlu-
First Blood for Mace-Coburn Repeat
+dIy Throws Mace Over the in opes-
Beautiful SFarrlng but MO Heavy
Hitting.
AS already briefly announced In The NEWS,
the long expected prize fight between Jem
Mace and Joe Coburn came off on Thursday
last near New Orleans, and proved but q sorry
contest After about four hours sparrlng
both men were afraid TO decide the result, and
the referee declared the so-called fight
ssdraw." A letter from New Orleans gives the
particulars as follows: i'-s-E7s eEss
There is very general disappointment to-
night over the result Of the Mace and Coburn
fight The Mace men in particular are utterly
demoralized, and many claim the affair was
put-up fraud upon the public from the begin
ming. Sporting men generally speak bitterly
from the city for the fighting ground consisted
of ten passenger coaches, containing some
FIVE hundred persons, she majority Of whom
were what are termed the better classes, in
Guiding representatives of the bench and bar,
the medical profession and banking, cotton
and mercantile establishments. The sporting
fraternity were out In force. with representa-
notables of the prize ring present are Tom
Allen, Ned O'Baldwin, "the Irish Giant" Tom
Kelly, Sherman Thurston, Jim Cuslck, jim
Coburn, and Pooly Mace.
THE PRsLIMINARIEs.
The ring was pitched about twenty rods
from the railroad track, in the pine woods.
At ll.30 A. M Coburn SHE'D his hat In the
ring, and Immediately followed In person
amid great cheers. Mace moment later
stepped into the ring: Tom hcAlpine and
Cusek and Tom Allen, Mace's. Colonel Rufus
Hunt, of New Orleans, who was selected as
referee, entered the ring amid tremendous
cheering. He eaid the men came here for
fair fight, and supposed the crowd came for
the same purpose. If they remained quiet
and let the referee and umpires do the talk
ing, no doubt they would see good fight.
Mace won the toss for the choice Of corners.
Coburn advanced and offered to bet Mace
$500, which Mace accepted. The umpirss
were AL. Smith for Mace, and Jim Coburn for
Coburn. A drizzling rain was falling. The
betting was two to one on Mace.
THE FIGHT. g.
Time was called, and business began. !, At
precisely twelve minutes past twelve P. NJ.
the men put up their hands across the scratch.
Coburn was perceptibly the better trained
s nDon h S a S, pendo psnd chest ssrs
Arm as whip-cord. In comparison, Mace was
fabby, and his skin jaundced. Coburn's
weight was oae hundred aud sixty-three and
a half pounds, and Mace's one hundred and
slxty-fve. The only call then made was
three hundred to one hundred and fifty on
Mace, with no takers. me hrst round re.
cllnch and fall, with Mace under. Time thir-
ty.one minutes Mace forced the fighting in
Coburn's corner, (the southeast,l and the lat:
ter adopted defensive tactics. In this round
Mace surprised his friends by not taking ad-
vantage of tEo elegant openings C95ura gave
disallowed. In the next round, Mace
had another opportunity, which he failed
to improve, and the crowd was con-
vinced that he was shy or did not care to bring
matters to climax. This round lasted ten
minutes, and was closed by a magnificent coup
of Coburn cliuching and throwing Mace In the
of the others, and the fourth continued to over
halr an hour in sparrlug, when the referee ad-
at once got Id double blow on cobnrn's
right jaw and right eye, bringing the clare SIaret
Previous to this neither had received any
punishment. The rain began to fall heavily,
and both men were shivering with cold-Mace
more than the other. After short rest Mace
dotted Coburn's other eye, closing the round
with fall to avoid Coburn's right. An offer
of 800 10 100 on Mace was not accepted. Mace's
last blow cost him the use OF bis LEFT hand, It
being broken. The fifth round closed by Co..
burn throwing Mace over the ropes In Jim'si
corner, both striking upon their heads. In.the
remaining rounds there was no heavy hitting,
but Coburn forced the lighting, following the
doughty Englishman to his corner. Cobprn
had much the better wind, and, except the
protuberances above his eyes, was as fresh ss
at the start. Though bis right hand was
badly swollen, Mace was on the defensive,
and IL was evident that the game was In Co.
burns hands If he pushed 1t. In the sixth
couple Of plumpers were found In Coburn's
right hand, and claim of "foul' was raised,
but the referee ordered the fight 10 go on.
Thence out the affair was but sparring ex-
hibitIon, Mace was nearly played, and hugged
his corner. Coburn's friends urged him to
push It, but Joe would not.
THE LAST ROUND, - ~
which lasted over an hour, resembled the
Canada tiasco last spring; not blow was
scratch, and finally The referee stepped into
the ring and said "Tbls crowd came here to
see fght You have had every chance Offer
ed. but seem afraid of each other. there
fore declare the fight draw and all bets off,"
The sfIvering crowd as well as the men were
glad of this. Mace stepped up and shook Co
burns hand, saying, "Joe, you are the best
man ever met In the ring" Neither was
badly hurt. Mace bad severe confusion on
his lett hip and bad left hand. The "Man Of
Armagh's" handsome face was disfg lred
somewhat, and his left hand laid up, other
wise he was unhurt. Both are censured by
the public, and 1t is regretted that the fight
was not brought to more definite conclusion.