The New York herald., 1873-09-23
ALLEN -M'COOLE.
The Great Fight TO-Day...TOm Allen and
Mike AcCOOle, for $4,000.
.Trained-Ths Betting-Probabls Lo-
cale-Public Opinion.
sr. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 20, 1874.

Ois LooiS, no't pVPss <uy 1919.
On Tuesday next the old antagonists rivals AMI,
one may say, enemies, Tom Allen and Nike
Mc-Coole are to meet In the circle OF rope
twenty-iour feet across, within 200 miles OF
this city, to do battle for $4,000, accord
ing to articles drawn up on the 23d OF June.
The match was almost inevitable. The feeling be-
tween the two men has not been OF the most cor
dial nature, more probably on account OF the
lively expressions OF opinion AZ to their relative
merits by the friends OF each. Each owns what
across the water would be called "public," Tom
Aliens house, in particular, being special resort
OF the gentry with cose-cropped hair and vel
veteen coats, whose talk Is OF mills and mauleys,
battles and bulldogs and bitter beer, especially
on Saturday nights, when the host himself pre-
sides at the free-and-easy OF local fame. Mike
McCOole is not in such good 0dor, his house having
o rude reputation the resort OF roughs; In
deed, it Is not long since Nike participated
In brutal scene where an innocent nat who re-
fused to pay something like q dollar drink for
very poor whiskey was thrown into the street and
so badly injured and subsequently frozen that he
lost both hands. The Allen meh have held that
their champion could get away with the big 'un as
easily as ever Jem Mace cut up Sam Hurst, the
Staleybridge infant The partsans of McCOole
have taunted Aliens friends with the conduct Of
their man In the championship encounter with
Jem Mace, which they declare was deliberately
squared In advance. Over and above all there Is
the TACT that ring business in the West Is going to
the dogs and some excitement Is sadly needed to
keep things alive. No matter how the fight results,
the excursion Is sure to be profitable and
bring grist to the mill OF each Of the prin.
cipals. So 1t Is that the match has been made
and attracted no incOnsiderable attention,
especially among the local fancy. 1t Is
70 hof htpfva fhof
OF the ring in the West. st. Louis alone, outside OF
the metropolis possesses the men to match against
each other. AS the fights are generally allowed to
come or here, and the battle ground Is more &C
cessible to the Eastern delegation than further
down the river, st. Louis possesses marked advan-
tages over the Memphis or New Orleans district.
The attendance, Dy the way, promises to be large,
though 1t will manly consist OF local celebrities
and amateurs. The Eastern men generally report
themselves short OF funds, and dlsincned to
travel couple OF thousand miles to battle which
may not come OF at all or end In one-sided fzze,
or-worse than all-prOve "crOss." as good many
others have done before 1t. Ii this fight should
come to naught in any OF these manners, or il the
police interfere, or II the excursion Is marked by
tnroaa r At the pssos MOUTH H.
prize lighting Is over lor good and oil In the Mis-
sissippi Valley.
signed, about the 7th OF July, Nike McCoole went
to work TO reduce himselfirom his ordinary weight,
then between 26O and 270 pounds, to lighting trim
"Dubin Tricks" (Bily Blake) has ofilciated as his
guide, philosopher and friend, and has given him
leisurey but thorough preparation. Mike always
needs good deal Of work and takes to severe exer
else kindly. His training quarters have been on the
Gravvs road, near Cherokee street. The usual
tine Of club and dumb bell exercise, sparring and
striking at sand and hair bags. To these, to
snssa is IN has htns snsio an been sa1
deficient, has been added the task Of
punching biadders filed with air and swing
been very severe and twice or thrice daily
for the past two months he has been out, blan-
keted IKE a four mile nag, undergoing the grand
preparation" taking q long, steady walk; winding
up with mile run at top speed with an extra over
coat over all and even flannel helmet and visor
on his head and face. Thanks to this work he now
turns the scale at trne under 200 pounds and his
face looks hard as iron. His trainer reports that
his knuckes on Mixes head till he gets tired, While
II the big one gets once home ON the Englishman
w De sh IN iae OF n iS Sa
ribs with a sedgehammer blow.
1t was about the middle OF August ere Tom Allen
went to work really training himself though he
was nOminally under the eye OF Jack Madden. 1t
was rather late in the day when Allen began his
Turkish baths to reduce his avoirdupois. These,
with the very hot weather, aud the necessarily ar
duOus work OF putting eight weeks training into
four, are understood to have seriously weakened
Tom Allen. Added TO this is the report that while
In training he has not been steady and asslduous
as he SnOuu nave DeeH anu IL CAL easily DC uuueT-
stood that the feeling OF confidence In his ability to
get away with his big antagonist Is not so strong
as II would be under ordinary circumstances. How
ever, he has reached his fighting weight 1914 or
pound over or under, aud when he comes to town
on saturday night to preside at his saloon, looks
the picture OF health and confidence.
Investment upon the fight far has been ex-
ceedngly limited and at short odds upon Allen
say $50 to $50, $40 to $35 and so People in this
vicinity not over desrous OF putting any money
either till they can see the men In the ring and
Judge for themselves whether the fight Is to come
on II 1t Is to be on the square and In how far true
false the rumors OF the condition or lack OF con-
dition on either side may prove The betting will
probably close in iavor OF Allen, but at small odds,
as the McCoole men seem pretty flush and In no
wise afraid to back their man At anything near
even money.
The place OF the battle has not at this writing
been determined upon, nor Is anything known OF
the nten tions Of the powers that be, though 1t is
understood, on the latter point, that no interfer
ence will be onered II the departure Is not attended
with riot and disorder. 1t has been given out that
a spot had been selected two hours ride out on
the Pacific road but this ofce" is generally taken
as "bnd, and IL is probable that one OF the Islands
down the river will be the battle feld the princi-
pals leaving town quietly on sunday and being
picked up by the boat en- route.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.