National Republican., 1883-02-27
PETTY PATS
Palmed or on the Public BY Mace and the
Maori for heavy Blows.
The Entertainment witnessed by Large
Audience.

... Audience.
The Theatre Comiquo was last night tho
objective point of all those citizens of Wash
ington who have au affcctionate leaning to-
ward sport, and to whom the battering of
bruisors is more beautiful than lovely sunset.
The audience was, however. generously
sprinkled with scons of uppar tendon, and al
numerous assemblage of curious gentlemen
who were not exactly sure whether slupgingl
was piece of ceramic ware or q new speCtac-
ular drama. The boxes were occupied BY
prominent Washingtonians and in the lower.
right hand box were Mr.. Richard X.
Fox, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Jem Mace, several
congressman, and some representatives Of
the newspapers. The latter, however,
quickly took possession of the stage,
where there was more breathing room. of
course every auditor was attracted TO the
Comque by desire to sec tho famous Jem
Mace and the prodgious Herbert Slade also
called the Maori indulge in the exquisite
art Of iisticuhs with soft glove. These two
WORTHLESS were down on the programme at its
latter end, but the previous apccialtcs were
very good, and the audience did not express
impatience for the appearance of the great
attractions. The first act of the evening was
the German dialect singing of the Wiunctts,
who were generously applaudcd. These artists
were followed by Gus Hill, whose munipula-
tion OF the Indian clubs was fine exhibition
Of strength aud skill; Tom Granger and
Eddie joyce in humorous " sketch. rrplete
with antudeluvian pleasan ries, entitled "a
RHfliC for an Eight Dav Stove" after which
/ H.. 1 tss.f. To- ,,,A
Cronin and sullivan entertained the people
with variegalcd musical performances and
Irish sketches A huZz of expectation per-
vaded the auditorium when the scenes were
shifted for the appearance of
KELLEY AND MURPHY,
two light weight boxers of good reputation and
quite evenly matched. They appeared in a
sketch, Scene ut n Boxing school," Kelley as
Sumiug the character of boxing master and
Murphy that of his pupil, while Mr. Mcmahon
enacted "Old McGiunis," the pupils father.
The three rounds between these young men
were exciting exhibitions Of hard hitting.
Tho touch and jump methods adopted
by all travelling boxers, were entirely
wanting, and the rcsounding raps of
the soft gloves on the faces and bodies of both
contestants did not indicate the Use of sound-i
ing gloves, but denoted that muscle hadl
driven fvers" against hard flesh. Both
men seemed to be in earnest, and while
Kelley was greatly the heavier Murphy's
agility and science placed him conspiCuously
forward as the best man. After the close of
their humping act they were called beiorcI
the curtain, which Immediately thereafter
arose upon
STEVE o'DoNNELL AND CTS HILL,
who were down on The programme for a coll
lar aud elbow wrestling match. This affair
was also "A fine exhibition of skill and agility.
The contestants writhed and squirmcd like
limbcd snakes, Hill being the aggrcssor all
through. After three minutes of shrewd
tusslmg O'Donuell, by clever inside leg
hold, trippcd Hill aud landed him sauarelyi
on the stage, with both shoulders down, thusl
winning the first round. In the second round, J
after five minutes sCrambling, Hill threw
ODonnell over his shoulder and fiat on his
back. The third round was won by ODon-I
nell in four minutes, and then every man in
the house bulged out his eyes and galcd in |
tontly stagcwards for that part of the pro-
grRmmc had been reached which read
GIand dsllqy Of the art Of self
dGIense between
Jem Mace,
champion pugliat of the world, and
Herbert a, Shade.
the Muoii, the New Zealand giant,
wuo viii be m tened
TO fight John l.. Sullivan
for the Chumpluush' of
America aud $4,000.
A sigh of relief arose from every breast
when Mr.. r. J. Nolan, the stage manager,
stepped before the ioOtlights holding
TWO BELTS
heavily mounted with gold and held them
up t1lhG HdmiTing glances of the multitude.
NJ " Nolan said the enc in his left hand was
th9 ghauPiop belt Of England, which Heenan
andSaSers, fought for aud which Mr.. Jem
Mace, the champion of the world, won and
held after twelve battles for it. The other
was the magnificent belt which was presented
to Mr., Mace by admil ing friends in Australia.
Mr. Nolan then put the belts in the hands of
Il have here he said, Richard K Foy's
check for $500, which lie viii put up as
forfeit, that MIR. ade can whip John l.. Suli-
van for 5000 or $4,000. Mr. Fox, will YOU
please stop here ?"
Mr.. Fox was in the hoN, and was not par
ticu arly anxious to DIS lay himself but the
audience pursued him with beagle like de-
manda, and he came on the stage. Mr. Nolan
asked him if his allegation about the check
was not true, aud Mr.. Fox, evidently not
wanting to be knocked out, replied that il
was. This approval caused the boys in the
gallery tn appaudingly explode, and AS soon
as the juvenile ebuIitiOn had subsidized Mr.,
Nolan introduced
THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE EVENING,
and called time. Slade lowered in white
shirt and trowslrs and the redOubtable ,I,m
Is,
Slade weighed 23) pounds and Mace 1856. I
They met each other ia the center of the |
stage shook hands, aud the Maori led of with
an atiectiOnate right handler Oh JeIn's nose /
which was responded to with a gentle smile.
Twice more dad the New Zcalander examine \
the anatomy of his masters Uranium, and I
then Mace woke up and began playing
tunes on Smdss brvRJ and ribs
winch the pupil accompanied with raps on the L
head aud neck. Alter a show of parrying [
and stopping quick blows, the pugilists re- /
tired to their corners and the orchestra struck
up few bars OF clIills and fever music. The
second round wa5 built upon the standard of /
the first, but was relieved by some very l.
pretty paTyiRg 10y Mace, who showed his /
Olden science by stopping numerous lightning Z
strokes of Slade, la the third round Mace
breAthod very hard, TO give the inn 4
preston that the bout was something 4
terrible, aud gave Slade some echo raising /
body blows, which did not, however seem TO +
worry the Maori All dur ng the match Slade
made Mlce's head his objective point, while l.
Mace paid entire attention TO his pupils +
breast aud ribs. After the cur,a,n fell THE
lEfuBLICAN reporter looked tho men over
Mace was a Little flushed aud out of
breath, but Slale showed no evidence
Dl having cNcrtcd himself His flesh
.o the touch feels like India rubber,
having the same resisting aud elastic quail T.
lies and behind his shoulders are immense
nas.c, of muscles. Altogether he is very
much like sullivan in his proportions aud /
)uild, but does not seem TO have such a quick /
elnprr rs the Boston bruisor
The audience did not have u very high opiu-