The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-09-07
BAD BRu1sERs.
Two Sedalians Who INDUCED
in . Prize Fight Yesterday
Afternoon.
They Had Q Difaculiy at O Dance
ana Settled il According 10
the Prize Ring.

IL " no, often that S-,islisn- ~, mp n
prize tight for the entertainment of the
public, but yesterday afternoon couple ii
young men tackled the jpb and made n
success of il. The principals we're Will
Hickman, = sion-usss,n, and But Phil
ips, a painter.
Moad.y night they ATTENDED, m"on-
light dance al Brosn'- grove. IN Company
with humter Of fIiend.. Some time dur
Ing the evening they had ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ing, bat did not coIoe io blows, each p.rI-
ing ~ub the understanding that they
would see sch other later. A. to the or
IGN ri the difficulty, the BAzoO man WA
unable To .scertsin; but il may safely be-
presumed that . woman vac st the bottom
Of il.
Ailer the isncr Was over, all the sue-ts
returned u the city, aud oG the way home
the principal top,c oi Conversation Ma
the ickman-Phiiips trouble. E,ch man
had his friends. and il was hoI~i tie al
is.r would t.e sniissbiy s-ttI~j. but IL
Nv siie,i nothing. Gore sss all that vouii
satisfy the parties directly interested.
Accordingly, Yesterday afternoon, each
man selected thse~ friends lo -~,, that every
thing was conducted on The sqn ere. AMI the
party vs-ir~d the Brosd~sy school house
yard icr the purpose al lighting IL ia, We
cordunx to the rules al the Londun ~ 2.
ring.
The repur,~r vas unable tn learn wh~th-
er they shi~,! their Casters inio the yar.i e.
0 sort ct preliminary; t.nt Ii - stated th,t
they lost no time in proceeding 10 DDS
in~>-.
The men were ahlus oi the >ln,e age, hu,
II va noticed that Hickman Gas in rather
the hest condition. / seieiee was appoint
ed, and after AL the srrsnxeni had
bxen completed, time w.s csiied and the
men sent at il IN earnest. Fem . gentle
man who witnessed the pummeiing, u j.
learned that it Vas about NJ follow:
First round.-Bo,h men put up their
duke ~ though they had been there be-
fore aud lively spsrins, withou, any
bal work we indnig-d in ior lev Sec
on.i.. Hickman displayed the greater sci-
time, he got in heavy one on Philips
noe, sending him I" gra~s and bringing the
ciar~t. FRS; biooi and knock down
claimed and allowed for Hickman. Alter
. short breathing rp-Ii, zine Was called
for the
Second round.-Philips evidently felt the
effects of the previous round, aud assumed
the defensive; while Hickman. jubi,snt
over his success, forced the q Citing. Feini-
we're INDUCED in nv both. when Philip
struck out with his eft and caught Hick
man in the mouth with q light one, which
produced frw drops of blood. Moe spar
ring followed, aud Philips vas sxain sen,
io earth by . powerful blow on the neck.
At this stage IL wss evident that Philips
was . whipy,-i M en- lie VA game, hog
ever. and came up smiling for the
Third and La, ronnd. Some pretty work
was witnessed ior n lee --.,ond-, when n
heavy blow Ne. h,nd.d Hickman IN the
breast. lie rc,siis's,i ..y striking ont Mild
~ with his right, bu; II ieii short 81 the
mark. Some~h,t ,xrspers,.d. he tris'! a.
again, AMI witi is.itsT result. Tie got ih
his work 49, Thoroughly thst Philip saw he
conld NJ yer win. r'.iii-d ou' h's hand
k~phiei ~ y lag oi irncs, and dsclsre,! that
he Was satisfied --''hold. enough, ~ u
were.
The time consumed in Ih- actual engage
ment ws- between three in.i iour minute
The principals then -hook b,s.i-. each 'is-
cIsrIng himself coni~n's,i, and the entire
party returned io t"~n, where h--r icr
2 ghs Wa ~ nt,!~F.