Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ar Appearance of the Com-batants.—Eleven Terrific Rounds in Twenly-two Minutes.—Morrissey Declared Victor, and Hailed asthe Champion of America.—Gala Day for Ruffians and Blacklegs —A Disgra
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ar Appearance of the Com-batants.—Eleven Terrific Rounds in Twenly-two Minutes.—Morrissey Declared Victor, and Hailed asthe Champion of America.—Gala Day for Ruffians and Blacklegs —A Disgrace to Civilization.—Growth of American Pugilism —Result of Emigration —Branded as Felony in the United States.—Remarkable Career of Morrissey —Convictions for Various Crimes.—Serves in the Penitentiary.—Fights wilh Yankee Sullivan.—Morrissey Wins —His Great Match with Heenan.—Public Atten-tion Engrossed by it —Spot Chosen for the Sport —Laws and Magistrates Shunned.—The Con-testants Shake Hands —Their Tremendous Prowess.—Blood, Brutality, and Mutilation.—HeenanStaggers in the Eleventh Round—Fails at the Call of Time.—The Sponge of Defeat ThrownUp—Morrissey at the Post of Honor —He Sets Up a Drinking Saloon.—Enters Political Life.—Elected to Congress.—Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Tho swelled, to bnn«ting. every vein,No token gave he yet of .ACCOMPANIMENTS OF THK PRIZE RFNO. NTIL within a romparatively recent period, prize-fighting has not been known in the United Statesas a popular entertainment, nor as a professionconducted on regular principles or rules of so-calledmuscular science. It however commenced severalyears prior to the date fixed by this narration, andthe names of Hyer, Beasley, Kensett, Fuller, Ham-mond, Secor, Bell, Sandford, McLane, McCleester,McCluskey, Lilly, McCoy, and some others, haveearly notoriety in the annals of this brutal anddemoralizing sport,—a phase in the development of American society
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