The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-08

| deep in The chest, heavy In the legs and
then tho other c,mcs up. passes and keeps a
little way ahead He still sits stark upright, but tho
thin man has gradually doubled moro ana moro ,or
whose IL Is the iorieth lap, Tor as tho
heavy man tries to cross rom tue outside INTO INC
said to be Dusenberry) the latter brushes up, ious
hun and gets ruled out for bis pains, rather unusty
II would seem Out the announcement, "Mr. Do
| NOZZLE foucd by the unknown; consequently Mr.
De Morile takes the racci" Time, Elm. s2As. which
( seemed very last.
Mons EmIlic burIy aud solid. looked rather heavier
tightly put togetner Both don stout linen Jackets
their handsome tights, told that there must
once to work. FRS. they grasp then SHIFT waists
| Now Muldoon Is hanas and knees Tor nearly
three whole minutes, the Frencnman paving
at the shoulders. Gradually the policeman settles
more and moro, until no hes almost prone, his lace
nearly touching the ground suddenly he gives
mighty spring. turns like a flash. clutches Win
solid. vicelike body GRIP, and down goes tne grea.
Frenchman fair ana square, both shoulders scraping
the mat good and hard. limo. 2m 451Ss., aud
splendid round II Was.
Again they shake hands, the Frenchman sweaty
ana crestfalen but gong manfuy at his task II 10
short work this time, for be IS on MS rgnt siao
while Mudoon with his legs stretched lar of Al right
angles and lying down. tugs at his head numerically.
Two or three fierce yanks and again Muldoon rols
amid doaen,ng applause in I'm S. Professor Miller.
who is watching sharply, 10 delighted AZ ms pupils
good WORK. and out shout some OF tno audience
BoLANGgR AND ADAMS.
Another Grnco.Roman wrestIs now takes place.
These mcn lighter Than the former pair, perform won
cdr ieats OF agility dozen times one or the other
seeming surely down. but as often squirming deity
is tho floor, at least good deal OF
It, and his adversary pins him down
and reaches s. far over away from The French man
Then goes like flash aud has him about tho
neck but last forced TO succumb, which he docs
with excellent grace, having won universal favor by
his superb agility, skill and quicKness.
STARRING
Tho sparring powerful than artistic.
There was much TO applaud, but great deal 10 con-
denim. The requisite attention is not given in ac-
curing the that there In times past, too much
reliance being put IN strength initead oil In science.
II was demonstrated among the Old pugilists that
science made II difference between two men Of equal
weight, height aud strength OF fourteen pounds
IA stonrl Wo have mad many good teachers OF
Tho art IN this CITY for fifty years-such Fuller,
sanford. Hudson ana Oitignon-the last named bel w
still the business There are yet some good mas
ters but the majority Of The teachers Of the art are too
apt TO pupils not TO hurt each other That
rs not the way 10 Leach the "manly art Of self
deiencc." As Mason, 'rhe bulldogs famous English
pugiilsi, who visited this country some years ago
once said 10 young gentleman who wished 10 take
lessons from him, "The hart>of self defence ms TO
ready TO- III ard as q oilers ye Mason had fought
u number vi battles, and. although he preached caus
snreaa s All ovor ms face ike butter on biscuit He
was undeninbly clever sparrer but when he fought
he lost hts caution and temper, Dashed IN "namner
and longs" regardless OF punishment relying or his
powers Of endurance, saying that iii he could give as
much he could take he would be sure to win. This
bad policy, however, aud so II proved with him
He could have won more battles had he relied his
science instead OF his courage and powers OF endur-
ancc Que great fault in the sparrns last night
thnt in nearly every instance much awk wardncss
displayed in stopping blows and IN returning, The
arms, like the wings OF windmill wero thrown
about IN all except the right directions this tho
slightest ieirt OF one or OF the otner combatant.
few lessons aud somo advice from ola man ottgnon
would DO great those learning TO box. The
old school Is the best after all as with few lessons
man be taught to defend himself against assault
,xvhn NRah Yhorn
be no Glove tapping" In boxing Straight and hard
hitting from tho shoulder with the elbows close to The
not like tho style should keep out Of the
ring. There Six contests with the
be- called good so,entac exhibition Of tho mauIy
art. Tho first to appear on the platform were:-
JOHN BRIrTON AND JAMES rLKERroN, OF THE BROAD.
SQUAD.
Those were very largo men, Britton six feet and
half in height, and Pilkcrton SIX feet and an inch.
The big one had decidedly tho best OF it IN
length oil roach, and as tho
,oed the mark Britton led of With his
LETT which landed on the lett side Of PilKertons jaw
Then both men missed u left.hander at the head.
Pilkcrton, however, manageu to got IN his left on
Briiton's chm Ihen they countcrcd IN the face face.
and that Is the only one that seems OF any real
service IN his sparrng, hs planted Il apparently whom
he liked IN Pkerton's face, the limb reaching com.
petey the shorter mans guard lhc sparring
was very poor between the men, AFTER showing out
their left hands each others faces for the time allowed
by the Marquis OF QuecnsDurys rules-that Is, three
minutes round and minute between each-they
received
howcvor, before they had a fourth round, as the
referee in doubt after the third round which
the best After the fourth round the award was gwen
In favor OF piKerion Tor the best and s,raightcst
hitting.
Tncn followed sparring between middle weights.
These were
CHRIS. BRADY AND j. r. MAsTERsoN
Thcy were no sooner called from their corners BY
the than at il they went IN earnest, Maserson
leading of and landing his left on Brady's
Brady missed VITA his lett, and then they rattled
away lett and right in rally. There was then con-
aid In n eruhla
ming about the stage, with more misses than
hits each seeming inclined 10 damage hts opponents
pbysiogncmy, but with all their attempts at hitting
they unsuccessful IN shing cacn other Just
before the cosc OF the frs; round they countcred each
other the face which tho stralghtest hitting
that they MADE during me round; Tho Sec
ond round better than tho hrst, as the
men warmed up to me Nv, work ana r 'ney soon
hitting became round handed, anu seldom blow as
delivered IN front Of tho face. The blows when de-
livercd were generally the side of their heads
They stopped after the three minutes were up
aud went to their corners. Tho third round opened
by Masrrsou landing right-hander on tho
left side of DraGy's head, whom they commenced
n rally which tasted Tor several seconds the men let
tug fly right and lett They clincbed, and were
then parted They were warm, and they fought
with both hands quite lively all over tho stage Alter
top Mast erson declared the winner, but really
there little choose between the two as neither
seemed TO havo tho most remote idea OF tho art of
self deienco.
1he sparrers that came before tho people wero
WILLIAM NJ. MCCLELLAN AND I. =. ADAMS.
These gcntefDcn nave nne IDEAS oil tho science, one
beug u teacher OF the art and the other export
Every person IN The mousse were disappointed with
the exhibition they made. Instead OF giving u grand
display tho they irented tho immense audience
TO stage pantomime combat Of two up and
Two down. Mcclellan would strike left, right
and lett, which would be stopped pretty
by Adams; then Adams would 60 through the
movements, and these pronclents went through
the three ROUNDS allotted To them Ia this fashion, and
the audience very much disappointed.
The fourth engagement with the gloves was between
TWO heavy weights,
JAMES PiLKINaToN AND MICHAEL WELSH
This right merry set-to. Tho men went to work
they faceu each other, and they fought
sharply from beginning to end. Tho principal feature
OF their boxing good counter hitting. without,
however taking any pains to stop ench others bowe.
They both bleeding at the nose before their time
was out. When they were In tho third round Captain
Williams had TO interfere and admonish them not TO
fight SO desperately; srcr which they took tho affair
more cisurely, ana when the time up Filkington
was declared tho winner.
Another bout between middle weights nDished the