Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-24
4 Bloody Prize Fight.

The riizs fight between Dabiln iete
aud Jack Askew took place yesterday
forenoon pear the Steamboat Springs
Road Just west of the Storey county
boundary line. abe Chronicle Of last
evening has description of II from
which We condense the following: The
,ios vas pitched snd the MEN were in it
by twenty minutes 70 II o'clock. The
first round WIS very SION begrr. There
seems TO have been 40 attempt TO OBJ
serve the rules of the prize ring, except
that each man had seconds and a corner
and there we're rounds" fought. We
copy the following as giving a sample
of tbs fight throughout:
FRS. Round-Pete, following instruc-
tions, forced the round and led OFT with
his left, but it fell short. He followed
quickly with his right on Askew's tenn
pie, and then both n.en cliuchea and
went down amid cries of foul from
| both sides. Here nil hands sg,eed that
the ish, should not be won on !echnic-
! aiities, and that slight fouls must bot be
counted.
Second Round Pete rushed his man,
and both Wen. down together. A,kew
going over Pete and falling Oh his head
Third Rouud-Pete fell to avoid pun
| ishlnent, amid cries of scrub match, y
and .s:and up to your work.
Fourth Kound-pete led with bis left,
aud Askew counted On his breast as
quick as lightning. Pete put in terrific
| left hauder, and Ashew fell ike log,
| amid Wells from Pete's hackers. and was
| carried to lis corner with the blood
tIickling down his temple. First knock
| down and blood for Pete.
Fifth ard Sixth Roundabout men
clincLed and Pete got the fall. but the
others shoe caught IN his abdomen and
made an ugly wound, from which the
blood flowed copiously. The next round
WAS sloeging affair for both. and ended
Nth the usual rough aadtumbie scuhs
next the ropes. ,
All along, Pete seems to have had
hardly any opposition to his sledse-
hammer blows. and to have waged iisht
against pure bulldog courage. There
was great deal Of brute displayed by
the fighters as well SIS by those who
| stood by and let them beat one another.
The round described in the following
must have been an edifying spectacle:
The twepty-tirst ROUND was a mere
clinch and scuffla, but rs Pete was
going down he got in his right heavily.
Neither party seemed willing to stand
m TO his work, and tie successive
rounds were mainly mere shams. In the
twenty third round the disregard OF the
rules occasiOned the widest excitement.
Both men got in heavy body blows and
then closed for the wrestle. Pete was
thrown, and while lying On the ground,
resting on one elbow, Askew leaned over
ard delivered a savage blow with his
right in tie prostrate mans lace. lie
| was dragged away Oy his seconds, AMID
cries Of Foul! yor PUT hinl
over the ropes" "Shame." and boots OF
contempt and derision. Pete. in rising.
spat out two teeth on the ground and
| the blood poured in stream from his
mouth. Fete's seconds rushed IN and
announced that their naa did pot wish
to win the fight on foul. but squarely
on ,ts merits, and he was ready for the
next round. A cheer went up, and Pete
spranx to the scratch with look of
vengeance in his eye tast BODIED no good
to the other.
From the 2l.h TO the 30 round the
tobt seems to have been nothing but
the toughest kind of rough-and.
tumble. Pete continuing 10 strike terri
BILE blows, and Askew TO bleed and show
game. Pete would fall to avoid punish.
ment; and whenever Askew could get
hold OF him he threw him and fell with
his knee in his stomach. In the 34th
round Pete fell and while down kicked
Askew in the chin. Meantime, Askew
kept clenching at the wound in Pete's
belly. The rest of the fight seems to
have been a mere exhibition of sicken-
ing. beast like maulins aud clawing;
The fsht lasted through 62 rounds and
was won oy Pete ia OLE hour and ten
minutes. Askew xas clean gone but, az
the Chronicle says Of Pete, There va:
not q single mark on his face. but
his tights we're saturated With blood"