Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-10
The Meee-O- baldwin PrIze.Fight.

THE NIL To COME OFF ON THURSDAY NEXT.
The coming fight between Ned O'BaIdwin
The ITlsh Giant, and dem AI2ce. known a. the
iEnsii.h Gypsy, Is tne leading topic Of converse
tlon among the sporting fraternity not only in
Washington bgt in all the large cities. The site
OF the I1ili Il still a profound secret except to
ne Initiated 1t IS believed that the report that
hs right would come of somewhere near Fred
erickS0urg, Va, and that an expedition would
leave here for the battle ground was what is
known amongthe sports as ''sta!l." The Bal
tinoIe 4msTicGH says:
LOCALITY OF THE CONFLICT,
aitnough Il Is generally conceded that while it
stiii be located within convenient steamboat dis
tance or Baltimore. Parties in Baltimore have
chartered the steamer Massachusetts,, which is
10 leave Baltimore at 8 O'Clock on Wednesday
evening. The fight is to take place as soon after
uayhSht On THURSDAY As possible, and the boat
viii reach Baltimore on her return the same
evening. The Massachusetts has state-room ac-
computations tor large number Of passengers
she being night boat on the Chesapeake, and
can carry altogether about seven hundred
IN, a nos. Iond OF the snort will have good oppor-
tuIlty OF seeing il without the usual disccmforts
suehdlDg such scenes, unless the authorities in
teTteIe and break W the plans of the princinaIs
anu thelr hackers No doubt there Will be an
immense attendance OF rOughs from all parts of
the C Gniry. hing hslts have Tia almost every
Ieeenf instant proved 20 be mere swind'es. and
htre II good deal of doubt EXPRESSED a. t.
Change blows; but the friends Of both O'Bald-
WIN ana Mace Claim that it is going to be "a
square fight"
UBaluwin i expected to leave his training
ssvnTd, near Philadelphia, and arrive in Balti-
more TO- morrow. and take up his eadIuarters
at the house of John FTglish, No. 81 We:
Fayette street. Mace i also expected - reach
baltillore on Monday, although lie nay posi-
by with his friends proceed Greet 10 the battIe
ground from Philadelphia. Both men are r.
ported a. being III capital condition.
sRETCH OF O'BALDwIT.
Ned y Baldwin Was born i'm ireland January,
l. Trf TsEt a. a LIST
HIS height Is SIX feet five and a half inches, and
rs fighting weight in his last MIL l1S
PONIES. Ills first fight was with Marsden in
tsSt. sane year Eo fought George Isles, a cee-
bTated English pugilist, and beat him, and
afterwards beat Marsden gain. bHt wa- accused
CT e6wardiee IN mill got up with Joe WOTmald.
and fOI .eited the stakes. II the latter part of
the same year. also. the stakes were drawn in a
I1iN with Jem Mace, his present antagonist.
ne tbeD lett Ireland, and arriving in this conn
try fought ice Wormald at Lynfield, Mass in
iote- here, after the first round, the police
brCNC in and dispersed the crowd. WOrmald
escaping 10 Canada and OBaldwin vas cap
tGIed AID served eighteen months in the states
PRISON Tor the otenSe- The stakes, however,
i>lAtJ,) we've awarded to - Baldwin. He is
row Il training AZ Atlantic city, y. j., for the
comm z fight.
jpn MACE TIE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.
Was born st Norwich. EHgland, in 1S31 height
i've Ieet nine inches, and present lighting
Is 20 l. leo pounds. tie beat Slack at a fghc in
NCIvlic IN lS5J; Eili IhUrp in loJl Was beaten
by Bob Brittle IN 1s5s; forfeited TO Nike MAI
den on two occasions during that wear: beat r.
Price in 1e59; Bob Traverse and Bob Brittle in
let9, Sam Hurst in 1e61; Tom King in is62; and
= lev months afterwards was beaten by the
latter; beat GcsS II ISIS; withdrew stakes in a
= y! agreed uIon with Joe Coburn in 1851. in
which one hfth OF the stakes were given 10
COtuTn 20 pay expenses. H. 1851 he received a
+crfei: from Joe WOTmald; withdrew STAKES
with Joe GOss in 1S6G; also one with Ned
p'Raldwin IN England for the champion belt in
Isl. Tie two tZzles with Joe Coburn in this
country will he remembered by cur readers.