The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-01-11

stock vi the whole press gang Of 81. Louis.
One very hot summer evening, about ::
o'clock, the writer met Huntley in front Of
veil known saloon on the corner Of
Sixth snd Olive streets. He had IN TOW n
handsome young lrishman Of 6ne physique,
who Was about twenty-thrce years old, ard
likewise as drank ~ n barn full Of bi;ssi
OWL. Huntiey stopped the writer and told
him that be and his friend, who was n
wealthy yourg cooper nc ewner IL nsa-
chine chop, had teen On . magnificent
| whiri since IL o'clock. the lrishmsn of
courre paving Tor all drinks; AMI that he
(HuntIey) wished To shake" his friend.
Al the moment the writer met the two
fellows they were engaged in violent CON-
lro.sr-y over the manly art ii self deisn-e.
The young IrishIDsn msintain-j
with much v~hemence that drunk ~ he
vas. "he could knock the blood spot out
II Huntley in two minutes and hall an!
not hall try" The writer wanted Huntley
To take the young Hibernisb home and put
him To bc,i, bu, both OF them insisted On
going to the Missouri gymnasium, ON ~,
Charles street, wLcr- they could test their
rkiii and Po~.Is with the gloves, with the
writer 10 act a. umpire and ,scoLd TO both.
The tao !erairsa to the gymnasium. and
by the time they go; there the young lri.l,-
man WAS druuksr and more bellicU.e thar
ever.
Said the Y. l.: "Bc jsbers! this foigh,sn'
n go;n' IN bs conducted accordin' till the
s,rictest rules Of the prize ring, dye mind,
aud the two both vi us must strip to the
huff"
We tried To persuade the young fellow
that this was not necessary, but he insisted
On il, threw off his coat aud vest, tor. Of
his -usp.ndcIs, buttons ard all, and then
begsn Ola his shirt. lie wss covered with
preparation and his shirt chung 10 his
body ~ tight n il he we're covered with
coating vi glue. The writer refused To
take a hsEd I'm the proceedings
and assured them that they were
both too much intoxicated To see each
other, let alone Int each other. While
the young lrishmsn was tearing and tug
Sing u, his shirt, which he finally succeed
ell IN getting of, Hun,ley put his head
unt;es tie hydran,, tel1gcd hIs head with
water and came up smiling To the scratch,
looking very much like u drowned rat.
The young lrishman and Iun;iey pu. on
tine glover. The younS Irishmsn coJi,; no,
his lie, while Hun,ley, who wa ~ quick
on hi- feet ~ n cat, went dancing and leap
ing about his staggering opponent like a
Con,:n che Indian about q victim, who WA
bound to the stake and awaiting horrible
,o,iures. Suddenly Hun,ley hs~ At the
young Iri-bnsn like q Wild cat .et OH,
Of bag, threw ou. his long arm and struck
his opponent such a terrific blow. in the
torches 81 that both of them went ,umbiing
aud rolling and sprswIing over tie SAW
dust floor, ~ IL they had b-en sho, ou, q!
Cannon. Before Hun;lcy could re, up,
having knocked himself 81 his own IN
steady pins by the force Of his blow, the
young lri-hmsn go, as.ride vi mis- breast,
held him on the i.t Of his back, and be-
gan Ia hang .imir-sly With both hands 1T
Hun,iey's isc-, like 4 blind nan tying 10
beat a drum. The writer himself had to
lie down and laugh ut the ridiculous sight
Of the shirli~ss man sitting as,ride Of tine
other and banging away 1T his PROSTATE
foe ~ il he NrFe breaking rock. The uui-
pire tumb!ed hiU oi with great difficulty
ard insisted taa; 'lhat was not ii.htiG- ac-
coriing TO the rules cf the prize ring. to
be hammsring away ~ q fellow while he
~as lying on tire flat II his back" Both
we're covered with sweat and sswdust, and
il -obered :hem = iit,le To tumble around.
Tire umpire wsniei them to cs!i IL a
".iraw," but they wesc boun.i ,o age ii
throagh. Huaticy WA almost sober nov
snd too much Il match for his victim.
They squared I'll at each other
and soon locked horus. Hunt,sy
plugged away al his opponents lead
With grss, fury until he backed hin
up sgAinst rack full OF Indian
club snd dumb bells into which he tum-
bl,i him by u blow square On the nose.
A. the lr,shasm lay among the scattered
appars;us, and the overturned rack, with
the blood streaming FROM his noae, the tears
from his eyes and the oa,h- from his lips,
the umpire rushed in, picked him up and
declared she fsh; ga draw" After both
hsd washed their faces, We st'emp.sd TO
pu, The young Iri-hrian's shirt on hi,a.
The effort Was like getting . mum er seven-
teen FOOT into n numher two shoe. He
wa Is limp % rag ard 10 was finally
necessary to lay him down hst on a spring
board, As il he were corpse, and pull hIs
shirt ON jy by main force. The writer
thes said To Hun.iey: "You got drunk
With this fellow, helpe,. him sper.d all his
money, and have had the iun oi banging
him around for MALT an hour, while ne vas
too drunk To hit you except when he "a; on
you, and ~ it is nos dark, lie il s;ill drunk
and you sober, yen ought To get on the
cars and take him home"
This Huntley sol.n,n,y promised to do,
and Of went the two, srm in arm IN the
twilight. An hour later the writer va.
called by his duties to the corner Of Ninth
and Wellington avenue, about three
squares from the gymnasium, where he
Iound the young IIi-hman sitting sound
asleep on the cuTbs,one, and liable 10 BE-
picked up at any momen, by the police snd
put in the station hons. Hunt!ey had
simply brought HIM there, and like the
'elfi,h whelp that he was, deserted him,
.sst him al like an orange from which he
,.d sucked all the substance, and left hin
IN hi; lxte