The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-06
Under Queensbuxy Rules.
How Cowboy and Sport Settled Dis

aoW COWBOY ana sport Serted dispute
Night before last an Arizona cowboy
and sport got into a dispute at gam
bling table, and i'm the alteration which
followed, the gambler pulled six
shooter and placed it against the other
breast. The cowboy, looking at the re-
yolver, laughed and remarked: 81 hav.
emit any weapons Then go and heel
yourself . was the reply, land come
back and have deal. -
The cowboy went away and solicited
several people for the loan of six
shooter, but, he being a stranger, no
one would accommodate him. He re-
turned, however, and stated to the gam
bier that he had .'boned a dozen men
for a whistler" but couldn't get one.
He expressed a willingness, however,
to settle the row according to the usages
and customs of the p. R., and mention
ed the Queensbury rules as the sched-
ule by which he would like to run his
train. The gambler said he was ready
to settle the row in any way that was
satisfactory, and if anybody had copy
of the bloomsbury rules, he would like
to look them over. A man was at once
dispatched to a bookstore, and copy
of the rules was secured.
The gambler then sat down on a stool
and gave the rules a critical inspection.
He finally remarked that the absence of
kicking, gouging, and face-hitting ac-
I corded with his ideas of square fight.
He was ready to make the game right
there.
81 tell you, boys, the man who drew
up those rules had a heap of good horse
sense. He wanted to see the best man
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At this point the cowboy wanted to be
allowed to take look at the rules him.
self, with view to refresh his memory
on few points. This being allowed,
everything was settled, and the two adj
journed to the rear of a saloon, where
an extensive back yard, surrounded by
a high board fence, gave the contest
ant every opportunity to have square
fight, and was a sufficient protection
to the police, An impromptu ring was
pitched by stretching a clothes-line
across the corner of the yard, thus Civ
ing the men triangle to fight in. BY
mutual consent seconds were dispensed
with, and extra bottleholders appointed
to restore the equilibrium of the occa-
sion.
When the two toed the scratch the
cowboy sent a heavy highlander, but
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counter in the jaw that sent him to
grass. In the next round the cowboy
was badly punished about the face, but,
closing on the gambler, threw him
heavily, falling upon him with consid-
cradle vim, and knocking the wind out
of him, the select audience cheering
loudly. In the third round the sport
did some clever work of a decorative
character on the others face, but the
cowboy closed again, and by his supe-
rior strength downed the other in his
corner as before. In the wind-up the
gambler reached the others nose with
well planted left-hander, and was again
thrown and badly punished about the
head. The repeated falls used him up
and his bellows were in such bad con-
dition that he elevated the sponge and
asked for a recess. The cowboy, al
though the winner of the fight, was
much the worse punished of the two.
1t was fairly fought, quite satisfactory
to all hands, and there is no danger of
a resort to six-shooters.-SGn Lake 7TI-
ba171e.