, 1879-04-06

Rccent Candidates for Fame and Bruised
Peepcrs-Two Unprofessfonuls Bang Away
at Each Other.
Special Di<patcA to TIE 1ribuns
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 5.-The prize-lgh1
between Chambers and Clark has set all tht
fstic fraternity By the ears, and in their naunts
nothing is heard except speculation on the quail
tiles Of the men who fought, the reasons o1
Ciark's defeat, and much additional ring lore
All this talk has brought about some challenges
and there are no less than half-a-dozen ring con
tests On the tapls, at least three Of which are
nearly sure to result in something.
The glove match between Prof. Murray and
Harry Hicken will probably be made over, and
may come to something, and there are chances
of innume1able battles of much lesser impor.
tance, one Of which took place yesterday morn"
ing, but proved sad failure. Thomas Hickey,
dock-haud on the Schuylkill Canal, employed
near the Fairmount Wafer Works, aud Harr,a
Jones, stevedore at Girard ? Point, were the men.
The fight grew out Of talk produced by the
Chambers Clark battle, and O verbal challenge
in Callowhill-street saloon passed between the
men on last Wednesday night. They
raised small purse, and agreed to meet
in the meadows IN the Schuylkill. This
morning Hickey and bis friends came down to
the place by q train that carries Workingmen to
Girard Point, and Jones, with a smaller and
much more espectable-appearing party, ar
rived .by horsc-cors. The men were to fight at
catch-weights, and, as neither Of them had had
any trimming and were both much it flesh,
they did not present very good appear
ancc when they stripped and faced each other.
Hickey weighed 162 pounds and Jones loO
Both wore white drawers aud heavy shoes.
n
at the word the pair went to work. Hickey
struck Jones on the shoulder at the first pass,
and ia return vas knocked down By clever
feint BIZ Jones with his right, and a slcdge-
hammer blow With bis ]cit that found resting
place just under the canal mans right eye.
In the SECOND round there was 20 execution,
and the meu danced round each other, and
made Intellectual attempts TO counter.
At the third call of "time" they each danced
10 to the scratch and had "sloGging" on
ton, but tie struck ont wickedly, and down
went Mr.. Jones, with his nose bleeding pro
f,1scly. In the fourth round Jones was In tile
aggressive, although he spared carefully, and
tlualiY straight, from the shoulder blow
Sent the canal man On his back. When
lime time was again called Jones was On
band, but Hickey had become involved in row
with his buttle-ho'der. with whom be violently
demonstrated with Ills list. There was quite
little fight in Hckey's corncr tryn:!: to separate
elapsed after the call had expired, aud the
referee, Buckley, declared Jones winner. This
brought dispute that to END in in
anncarance Of some railroad men dressed in
b|ue suits gave rise to a call Of police, and
ill.,. -neon1e hastily separated, despite the
encoIragsment contained in the words Of the
railroad men: awe only want to sec the fight"
aes r5S nsy o be @ H R6 @ jones 1s and his
friends returned by the way they had come,
everybody declaring that the tight as fight vas
= rcrr,ar failure. 1t is thought likely that the
men viii come together again. If they do not,
there will be plenty OF tights to take the place