Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-15


blows on the chest, which sounded fol
the next few seconds like the drum
department Of the May festival. Wee
den was thrown.
Eleventh round-Weeden came VI
laughing and bandying jokes with the
spectators, while Malony's appearance
was lamentable, his face being much
disGgured and his wind badly broken,
Mallory kept his opponent off for a
few seconds, while he struggled for
breath; then Weeden forced the fight.
ing, and they struck several wild
blows until Weeden went down.
Twelfth round = Weeden got in
three sounding clips in succession
without return, two on the ear and
one just above the belt. The comba.
tants then exchanged visitations in the
stomach and the round wound up
with Weeden'a receiving a singer in
the face that cut no his forehead in a
very noticeable manner.
Thirteenth round-Malony aimed
a ricked one at the cther's face, but it
was neatly stopped, and the Irishman
acknowledged a noser and two on the
chest. As an attempt to get his an
tagOn mist in chancery, it resulted in a
locked fall.
Fourteenth round-Malony put in
his left on Weeden's cheek with ter
rife effect. This was followed by
some long range humping, and Ma.
lOny knocked the other clear off his
feet.
The next three rounds we're all in
Weeden's favor, and his friends were
Offering odds of two to one with few
takers. Mallory was evidently getting
tired out, and his face was losing all
semblance of its original SELF
In the seventeenth round the Na-
lony crowd claimed a foul, declaring
that their man had been struck below
the belt The referee decided other
wise amid great uproar.
Eighteenth round-Malony seemed
10th to leave his corner, while Wee
den was as eager for the fray as at the
beginning. The round was in favor
Of Mallory, however, when the men did
get together, he putting in two heavy
blows on the body and wicked drive
on the forehead, and before Weeden
could retaliate Mallory fell to escape
punishment. Another claim of foul
by Malony'a hackers caused a row and
a general stampede. The rest of the
fight, though gamely contested by the
bruised, bleeding and breathless Ma
lony, was all in favor Of Weeden, who
hammered his mans body and face
with every conceivable kind of blows,
all possessing one point of similarity,
in that they were very heavy. At the
end of the forty first round Malony's
hackers, or some of them, raised yell
of foul, which the referee would not
allow, and the ring was taken posses
sion of by an excited mob and two or
three impromptu fights were in prog.
ress inside the ropes, amid which the
principals and seconds Joined hands In
the center, and Weeden said in loud
voice to Mallory: "0wney, are you
willing to call this q draw? l don't
want to kill a man." Mallory accepted
the situation, and the fight was SO de-
cided. The time Of the battle, which
was acknowledged by all to be one of
hottest that has taken place for some
years, was seventy minutes.
With the exception of bruised
right eye, Weeden shows no marks Of
the ordeal through which he passed,
and it is believed would have been
good for forty rounds more. Mallory,
on the contrary, is in a pitiable cOndi-
ton; his eyes are both nearly closed.
His nose and mouth are badly swollen.
and his face generally has been beaten
black and blue over It's entire surface.
Added to this, his wheeling early in
the battle showed that be was not in
good condition, and if the fight had
been continued no would probably
have been knocked out of time after
few more rounds, especially if of as
severe a character as those through
which he passed. He was slow in
leaving his corner nearly every time
after the first dozen rounds, but it was
from sheer weakness, and not the con-
sequence Of any want Of pluck or
determination on his part to do credit
to the national Colors worn around his
waist. General regret was expressed
by the spectators tn at the mill ended in
so unsatisfactory manner, and many
expressions were heard of wish Of
another meeting by the boys, to be
fought out to the bitter end, without
any outside interference to spoil the
sport and prevent the best man gain
ing the honors that are his due. Dur
ing the row at the conclusion of the
fight, a man, whose name is not known,
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