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In addition to our account of yefterday, copied into the other Prints, concerning the vio-ry obtained by Mendoza, we add the followingparticulars* ,The Bodth dn which Mendoza and Humphries fought, was of an octagon form.It held about fixteeri hundred people.Nearly, if riot the whole of that number wereprefent. • . • - .Each paid Half a Guinea for aQmUhon.The battle began precifely at one. _ Humphries was thrown four times in the U ^fir ftfix minutes, although Mendoza fought akI •mdft entirely on the defenfi-ae, as he continued j1ftan feve to t 1 to cto do for ten minutes longer.Mendoza, during that- time, ftopt every Iblow. .••/vieMendoz A then began to attack his antagonift, Idriving him from the centre of the ground to I -the railing, during which lie generally made P good two or three blows. I-tvHumphries always fell or hugged Men- j 'doza. ■ j •. I .Mendoza always contrived, in thefe falls, t0 Jjet‘ get uppermoft; - . L0,After fighting 39 minutes, Sir Thomas Aprice, one of the Umpires, called out; thatJ Humphries had fallen without any blow being Iftruck'athim. This , according to the Articles Iof Agreement, muft have determined the battle I in favour of Mendoza.- But Mr. Harvey .Coombe, the other Um-j pire, declared his opinion, that a Btow wnijP • ftruck.There being no other Umpire previoufly chofen- * • - ' tu!)Ut the above two, and the impropriety of :hoofing one then, when every one was interefted, ^eing fo apparent, rendered an impartial decifion impollible.Here, notwithftanding, Humphries braved Mendoza to renew the fight, and contrary, we believe, to the wifhes of the knowing ones, whootherwife would have made it a: drawn battle,!1Mendoza, at the defire of Sir Thomas Aprice, J ^ boldly renewed it. * {-The firft blow at this fecond onfet, Mendoza jllc ftruck Humphries under the left ear.uth-11 u n a 1 .This apparently feemed to decide the battle. ! For Humphries, after reeling back on the rail-1111scwng, fell on his face.In about fifteen minutes and an half Humphries fell, and was declared to do fo without 1 blow. 1 fThis terminated the battle in favour of Men-iozA. .1A Gentleman who was a.minute fpeftator ot J:he. whole, took notice, that Humphries fellcorty-iwo times, rime times of \yhifh Mendoza*ell under Humphries.mfctlr»
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Morning Star
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, May 08, 1789
Page 3
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David L.
WI, USA 21 Jun 2017
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