New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
THE o1ACE-CoBURN mUss.
Another Match Made-Five Thousand
Dollars the PouItice for the Pound
s From the New York Herald

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IFrom the New York Herald
1 of course, the barest allusion to the pros
| pect of another fight for the championship
between Jem Mace and Joe Coburn is cal
culated to draw forth smiles, and sn0rts,
and grins, and calculations of increduity;
yet some. of the best posted sports are firm
believersAi IN the supposed to- be-will-be con-
testants, and of the ultimate certainty OF q
| genuine mill on the Floss" before the end
of the year: A good deal of excitement
was created yesterday afternoon among the
| sporting fraternity by the meeting which
took place between Mace and COburn at the
Office of Wilkes Spirit. About three o'clock
a carriage left the Astor House and de-
posted its precious freight, comprising Mr..
Coburn and three of his friends, at the
Spirit Office, where were already seated Mr..
Mace and number of his admirers, includ-
ing Pooley Mace, Harry Hill and Rocky
Moore, who had arrived there few minutes
previously.
The meeting between the prospective and
retrospective principals was cordial In the
extreme. They shook hands warmly, and
spent "a full quarter of an hour in private
conversation before entering formally on
the business which brought them together.
Both were dressed ia the very topmost
height of the prevailing summer fashion,
uberant spirits. After lenghthened gen.
eral conversation articles of agreement, to
which each had given adhesion, were drawn
up by Mr.. Foster, but just as the pugilists
were about to attach their signatures to the
important document, they were reminded of
the structures of one of the laws of the State
of New York, which makes it an indictable
Offense even to commence or cOnsummate
an agreement to carry out pugilistic exer-
else. An adjournment was therefore agreed
upon, and the central figures, with host of
admiring friends, started off for the foreign
shores of New Jersey, where the signs man
ual were duly affixed to the binding articles.
These specified that the battle for the
championship must take place between the
hours of seven and twelve O'clock ON the
morning of the thirtieth of November next,
within circuit of one hundred miles of the
city of New Orleans, Louisiana. for the
sum of $4,000, or s., 500 a side. Two hun
dred dollars of these stakes were put up on
the spot, but altogether they will comprise
the $4,000 now or heretofore in the keeping
of Harry Hill, for which the rival candi-
dates for universal championship were to
fight in Canada. but forgot to complete that
arrangement to the satisfaction of an exact
ing public. An additional sum of 81, 800 is
to be deposited with Mr.. Foster within the
week, and the latter must place the whole
amount in the hands of Alderman George |
Mitchell on Monday next.
Mr. Mace was quite profuse in his expires
sions of satisfaction at the astoundingly !
straightforward manner in which his oppo- |
nent came up to this preliminary scratch. |
Pending the little "onpleasantness," Jem |
goes to England to fulfil a theatrical en-
gagement and bring out his family, with |
view to a permanent residence in this coun- |
try. The conclusion to which the affair has |
thus been reduced was forced upon the |
parties by Harry Hill, who refused to hold |
the old stakes any longer, and expressed a |
determination to have the thing settled |
one way or the other Immediately. The ar
for this long put off fight having
been finally concluded, the parties separ-
ated with mutual expressions of high "olG"
regard and everlasting esteem.