Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-15
4 FIGHT OR FIlzLE?f
THE MACE .VBILDwIS MILL.

fuse to Allow the HNcuTsisni-,s to de-
payi- where win They GEE
For the past few days the prircipSl tain
among the sporting men Of this and other oltles |
has been the night advertised 70 take place be- |
tween Ned O'Balduin and Jom Macs. The |
GROUND selected for pitching the ring was Cherry
Point, at the mouth Of Zone river, on tho spot
whore tho famous mill between Uoliycr and III |
wards took place, which was supposed to be one
Of the most eligible In virginia, from tho het
that II Is easily accessible by water, and moru
than four mllos from any dwelling. the mon
agreed to start from baltimore, and 10 order TO
avoid trouble arranged for their own arrest and
gave ball In the sun Of v, 900 not 70 light within
the limits Of Maryland.
From tho AnSrieaH Of yesterday tho follow.
ing Is clPpodi
The approaching prize right between o'Bald.
win and Mace, 20 e9ms On On Iha,s,lay 99n,
ianciers Of tho ring are beginning 10 conRreEats
in Baltimore, and many strange faoes are 70 be
with his trainer tKeiiyj Ssd several irionds,
reached the city BY the carry train yesterday
morning from Philadelphia. They were met AZ
SS friends snd . Go pubic house q
John English, No; 81 West fayette street.
which will DO tho O'Baldwlu hcadquaIteIs IN.
soon as the once Of the clerk Of the Crlmlnai
Court opened, O' BaldW win, accompanied by John
English, appeared before The clerk aud gave
late tho laws of tbs state OF Maryland. rhv
house Of John English, No, ~ Wet fayetto
street and Farrelrs restaurant, No, . Holiday
largely visited during yesterday, all bolnB AJAX,
ious TO see the great Irish pugih,t Aeoat u
| o'clock a. Baldwin, and Kelly and DWyef hts
OF iutereSt arouad the city, and on their return
wont Into seelusiOn until oyenlng, vh9n spar
Opera House, Baltimore street bridge, 70 an
o'Baldwin iid not participate in the sxhlbl.
tion any more than to present himself TO the
| audience In full ring costume. llts appearance
| Il anything but pfepOssUssnH; being trained
/ down TO perfection Of mutcular deyolopmcnt, the
| mould o. form" is sacrificed to the require
ments Of tho arena, and al the good looks
| which he might have boosted NJ some two or
three years ago when here have given place 10
i a mug Of tho most uninviting contour, aud
Il listic strength than graceful tcpOso. HIS two
| seconds, Johnny Dwyer and Tom Kelly, donnod
tsrs, made a lively sxhIbihon ior tbo doisctl
| ton OF the audience, the Ahalf winding Up IN
bloody nose ior Kelly.
| Mace reached tho city by tho afternoon train
i from Philadelphia, In company with Uoburn,
i Uusick, Dooney Harris and others, and was met
| at the Presidont.stroet depot by Joe Ooburn and
| other friends. A couple u unexpected visitors
| were also on hand In the shape OF Deputy Mar.
shall Frey and Chief Detective Crone, who at
| once took Mace and COhurn into custody. Thoy
| were placed In q carriage and driven 70 the
| once Of william =. McKewen, esq., clerk Of the
| Criminal Court. Frederick Pinkney, esq, dep
uty states attorney appeared for the state,
! when Mace and COburn were each placed under
the same bail as O'Baldwin (S2OOO) not TO Gu.
gage IN prize night within the borders Of the
State Of Maryland. Both men were then placed
under like bonds 10 answer to the Baltimore au.
thorities should either DO wanted alter the en-
counter takes place by the grand Jury upon n
charge Of consplring in this city TO- violate the
I L. HnTa aENa ENWNa hH hail Lair FH
| given, the men were released and took their de.
parture. 1t Is Understood that O'Baltwln will
ihls morning be placed under similar bonds.
The police authorities, as we'll as tho sheriff
| and clerk Of the criminal court, were waited On
| yesterday BY large number Of tho members Of
the Young Mems Christian Association, all
seeking 10 have some action taken that might
lead 10 prevention OF the brutal contest. Their
appeals were Of course Listened TO, but whether
the action IN reference 10 holding the antlel;
| pated participants TO bail was at the Instance Of
the N0unE Mems Christian Association or tho
Society tor tho Prevention OF Cruelty TO AMI.
| mails has not been definitely asceTtained,
| Mace and Coburn wcfe on the streets last ore.
ming, but retired TO their hotel at an early hour.
AS At present arranged the O'BnldWtn parry
VIII leave thls a,tern3on 10 the steamer Massa.
ohusotts, aud the Mace party In the steamer
Isaac +. Smith. A select party will leave early
In tho afternoon In q tug chartered for the coca.
sion. Tho hghtlng ground has been kept pro.
found secret except 70 the knowing oues, but Il
Is thought Il will not DO more than a hundred
miles from the mouth Of the Potomac, So far
i n Nj
one would have known last night that we Wero
| on the eve OF o prize night.
As will be seen by tho above the parties ex.
pSotsd that In being arrested aud giving bail
they had answered all the requirements Of the
law, but the second arrest dlBpellOd the hope
aud tho subsequent action Of tho Maryland au,
thoritles, as given In tho Associated Press dis
patch below, shows that they are d determined, II
It lays In their power, to stop the proceedings
| eutisslE
The agent OF ug A..-si.ia ted Press tolsVraphe,I
as follows from Baltimore:
1.-THE Mace o Baldwin prize fight Is pro TEN.
GdscO. Amer the steamer Massachusetts,,
chartered by the friends OF q Baldwin, and tho
Cyrus p. Smith, chartered by Maco's friends,
Der Of passengers were aboard, q notice from
Mr.. Pineknoy, deputy StateS attorney, was
served upon the agents to tie effect that tho
owners would be held responsible for aiding and
uTtherlng a prize night In violation OF tho laws
Of the state, and the matter would he specially
brought n the notice Of the grand Jury.
Upon this notification theI agents c0nsuIts q
their attorney, and on their advice ordered tho
steamers to be withdrawn, and forbid their de-
paTture. when this fact became known much
excitement prevailed among the friends OF
O'BaldWln aud Mace, but, while tho situation
was discussed with much feeling, no disturbance
Of the peace occurred, II Is we'll understood
here that Judge Gilmore, OF tho Crimlnal
Court, as we'll as Deputy States Attorney rinck
ney, have positively determined 10 break up the
The light having hnen broken oil lor 10.
morrow In Virginia Il 10 undorstOOd that Alder
man McMullen, Of Philadelphia, the stake
holder, will appoint a tlmo and place Tor the
mill u come of within a week.
{ The parties leave hero to night, aud II /,
hlnted that the light may come Oh early tomor-
rOW on the Pennsylvania and Maryland line.
! That the agent made mistake II Is evident
, from the following dispatch which was received
last night, about O'CLOCK, by WolLknown resi-
dent Of this CITY from 4 good friend Of O'RaId