The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-07-05
PUGILISTIC.
a Challenge Made by u Canton Han
Accepted.
RVCSFCN"s
Sioux Falls Daily Press.

Sioux Falls Daily Press.
The challenge of W. S. Corson of Can
ton, published in yesterday Press, to
back c. c. Perry for 500 in a pugilistic
encounter with Scotty, the stone cutter,
or any other man in Dakota, has called
out the following reply addressed to Mr.
Corson by Uncle Billy Bainbridge of this
city, who declares that he is actuated
thereto by determination to let nobody
get away with Sioux Falls in anything.
Your challenge of Mr. Perry is before
me He agrees to whip any man in Da-
kota. This wakes up times. | was II
years old the last day of last April. If
your friend Mr.. C. c. Perry cannot find a
younger man to fight and whip, I will
fight him to oblige you. in foot
room On account of a lame hip, there
must be nothing but square hitting and
dodging | don want to fight, but will
if necessary, and | believe | can do him
up easily
When the reporter heard Of Billy's ae-
ceptance he hunted him up for an inter
view.
''The way feel about it, says he, is
that if the challenge had been directed
merely to Scotty the stone cutter, and had
not included any man in Dakota it
would have beens easy enough for me to let
it alone but when the. writer makes such
a sweeping banter, I want him to under
stand that Sioux Falls is on earth to meet
it.
You specify a ten foot room as the
place for the contest-why SOP
II am rather old to 60 skipping and
dodging about in a ring Real fighting
consists of good square kn, ,cks, and [ am
willing to risk my chances where neither
of us can get away from the other, bat
each has to take the best licks Of his ad-
versary-and it ought to be merelya 1ues-
ton of best licks.'
My horse was shot undo: me at the
battle lexington Mo-, in 1861, and fc,l
so as to catch my left leg under him. |
was shot through the right shoulder, a
terrible wound, had an ugly sabre cash
acress my right arm, so that could not
release myself. and when my comrades
pulled me from under the horse they
twisted my hip 50 that / was unable to
get around for months, and frequently
now-a w-a-days it fails me so that sometimes
| fall while walking'
''Seventy-one years is pretty good age
for a man who proposes to stand up and
knock down for the reputation Of his
town.
Yes, sir; bat if I=were .as. thousand it
would be the same. If some younger
man will do it I shall be content. There
are several who might, and if Scotty the
stone cutter will accept the Canton chal-
lenge, Sioux Falls need have no fear of
the result.
And the mild and kindly bat muscular
old man had a look in his eve which no.
body would ever suspect to be that of one
who wanted to strike at any perscn-but
he can strike as many a man knows.
DOBBIE
In addition to the acceptance recorded
above, we have been handed the follow
ing:
"W. S. Corson, Canton-Judging from
the pugilistic tone of the challenge Of June
%, We judge from the Scotty referred 10
that he is one of your own countrymen,
and that the Scotchmen at Sioux Falls do
not live on their muscle. but | will meet
you at any time with hard gloves accord
ing to the rules of the Marquis Of Queens
bury or the London prize ring, the first
three knockdowns to be considered vlcto-
tory and the fight declared accordingly, ,;
'ROBT. DOBBIE.