Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
Brutal BruIser..
DlsGRACEPUL RING PERFORMANCE NEAR
PHILADELPHIA.

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PHILADELPHIA.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-There was the
stormieBt kind OF a Hght down the river
yesterday morning, between Tiy Kelley
.end Tom TralnOr, two DOyertOWn roughs.
The former was seconded by J. Ne Mannus,
the latter By Pat Hennessy. The tao had
been fast friends, but because nf q row In
q d~anceh0use, some weeks ago, they re.
solved 70 meet in the priZe.ring and settle
the question OF physical U periOrity. Ever.
wat0hful professionals, anxious that the
hght should come Of, raised q stake Of
500 for the winner. Thus encouraged the
men-or rather the boys, for TrainOr ls On.
" tWenty.tbree years OF age, while Kelly
is tWenty-went Into regular training,
The battle .ground had been fixed at ELK
Point House, and thither the boats d rect.
ed their course, leaving the city at two
O'Clock, and, as the tide was running rap.
idly, landed at once Kelly was mot 30
lucky, but came near being swamped, aud
finally tell into the hands Of . police tug,
which was hunting after Hsh.net thieves
from Jersey. They were badly scared,
but for no ause. AS soon az the police
found cut the truth they offered Their as.
distance and towed them to ssOre.
All the time Il had been raining lnces.
Hduktye huu AAAAhNA pAAAI uh nuulg WtlN
cuTsinR the towards who had not come 10
time. When daybreak came, however, the
rain ceased TO fall for a lille, and kelly's
BOAT was discovered OF shore. Waiting
was then turned 10 rejOic ng, when Kelly
and bis hackers with ropes, stakes and
other paraphernalla made the land; but
the exultatiou was only mOmentary.
Policemen brought up the rear OF kelll's
train, aud the moment they were dlstin-
guishsd rrainlr's man ied In all direc &.
tiou, Trainor hlmse l being the irst u
decamp Fully al hour elapsed before
the retiri z army could be O%veThauled aud
made to understand hat tue officers we're
friendly, and just as anxious to see a bit
Of fun as any body else.
II was seven O'Clock when the bose
policeman, who by request had been made
tue referee, called time, aud Kelly aud
Trainor faced each other In the ring.
Kelly was the lighter Of he two, but pre-.
scented a better appearance than his OPP
,pJnent, Ira nor was puffy, and had q
weak look out OF the eve that wasn't
strengthened by the unexpected receipt
.ef Q sledge.bammer blow. He made two
or three feeble efforts 10 strike back, but
.over.estimAt ed his ability to walk on slip.
perry ground, aud fell rather awkward.
ly.
In the next round TralnOr picked up a
little, and tor q time there was some iair
sparring. The rOuad came to close by
kely'e administering severe punishment
on TrainOr's face, and lighting him down
under the ropes. Betting up 10 this point
had been In favor Of Trainor; and his
friends, seeing bic inability 10 cope with
Kelly, were only kept from rushing into
the Tlng by the rantte yells Of the referee
and the menacing attitude Of his aids.de
camp.
The other rounds we're fought similar In
character TO the first, when TralnOF, who
mad been chewing vigorously upon some
substance, squlrted the contents Of his
mouth into Kelly's face. The latter threw
up his hands, and, with q cry Of pain,
rushed 10 his corner. The referee shouted
"Foul" and the mob rushed into the ring
and with difficulty q general fight was
prevented. A rush was next made FOL
the boats, and all hands we're soon uudel
full sail for the city. just what became
OF the police no one knows.