Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-22

atest Rival Fed on Ba.
Hammered with Rill-
lard Cues,
! lawn with Sand-paper, and
ra with Gingcr.rop, Brown
Ian, aud i'cpper-Sance.

Nt+ fphIlpdelp hin li'H"T'l
ne white Stnrof Texas said
fi m,rnsls pool-room nj Eighth
N. s,rrets last night. 81 am
- nc aght Gopher Bill ell Mon
Y ~, 81 900. His terrific uh-
Nv g,,ied man, and he has
n"s INN horse IN his frenzy.
Wv Knocked him out shall
n ,nnas,r,ul hall and challenge Sui
,,atch without gloves for
" sIIe I threw Gus Lambert
In New York, and VI II
rS sm GIN for Harry Hlll | should
ia ,,f Nal him. | AM going back
s.n'nIobt To spar with Mike
aker's face was black aud
Inc abrasions, ON his nose,
were numerous ana comprer
!. were decorated WIN large
n red Tissue pepper. as he fin-
~ KIN startling declaration n young
3 S,essscd In the extreme OF sport
t"le with IA large tin garden
4. in his hands approached He
"A within Ave feet OF the white
MI calmly took aim with the
SS NJ the red tissue paper on his
H! kThen he.Hred. The Times re.
1onS..k lodged the spray of the dis
4AVlU consIsting of about halfa gal
E,,aIpr. which struck the "Wbitc
.omrely between the eyes.
I.yrr mind said the Star, "that
II trainer,n aud he quietly pro-
Ewlth the account of his prowess.
49, nWhite Star of Texasn IL the
HATE Ekahle example OF fistomania
y,of the world holds record. One
I,yo lie was "a brlclSmaker In the
N of North Penn, known by the
of Harry Snag. He became
~ with the accounts he had read
.Il,stic encounters and throwing
Situation, came to this city to
bbout sporting resorts ana long
Importantly To enter the prize
w 'On Monday a,party of loungers
I pool.room, chief among whom
I<3 couple of young fellows named
hin and Jones, decided TO salts
inhibition. An agreement was
IA into between the White
~ and a member OF the party who
med the name Of Gopher Billn
the match on Monday
4, and IA truly remarkable
NV ~, x of training was entered
= ,. On Monday afternoon real
''"S rand by-passers ON the franklin
10 we're started 10y the sight OF the
IteStar," stripped TO his shirt
|cs and with twenty-Dound
b bell tied To each leg, marching
i'd the Enclosure for the period.of
~ hours. his trainers meantime
hing him from II ncighboring
Ialoon. lmmedia ely after this
lac the "Star'' WINS taken TO n
on Wood street. where he was
mn lee water bath and his legs
b with billiard cues.
bis II 10 harden ihem,p said the |
.sc |rs, and the Star bore the or
y Without ilinching. On Tuesday |
Iovitinte's face and head were |
y shaven, the Franklin square
fence repeated and n training
: begun. IL consisted chiefly OF
<(1 soda and bananas.
tcrday afternoon the star" NJ
wing lunched on twelve of the
md fortified his stomach with
composed Of brown stout, mus
Kin. vinegar, moinsres. soda VIA
Ind lpcpper'saucG was taken 10
.rgood park, on the Lamb tavern
where the full purposes OF his be-
lent trainers could be better ne
lished. First, hainrssed to u
cart, the wOnld-be pugillst
ID three miles.
low do you feel now9'' asked
Her Jones, IA the star" finished
: 81 lap.
lever BETTER was the answer of
kmilIng star who was then
,o out of the shafts of the cart. An
, n beer barrel waa then tied to one
|, nd IA broken dump-bell to tn"
r,and thus heavily manacled the
! r walked half mile and called
e nd for more bananas. His iace
~ then beaten with u knotied towel,
- DIR Ia harden II, aud his legs, IN
lin To the billlnrd'Gue treatment,
and-papcred. Thu syringe treat
vas first Introduced last night
I Monday the "Slnr" has been FOL,
j y about hy IN udmiring crowd OF
. dozen OF his hackers and train