Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-05
TOO MUCH FOR THE COWBOY.
a Colorado Pugu1ist Takes the Wind Out
of Boaster from Wyoming.


FORT FETTERMAN, Sept. 15.-The COW
boys do not have any such fun as they
used to have, but those who make their
headquarters in this neighborhood have
been enjoying themselves a good deal of
late. Some time ago the boys had nothing
to do for six months in the year. Now
they are busy nearly all the
time. First comes the general round
up, then the calf roundup, then hay
ing, then the beef roundup, then the fall
calf roundup, then the gathering in Of
bulls and weak cows, and finally winter
of feeding hay.
Many of the old-time cowbows IN this
section resented the idea of making hay,
and some of them quilted the business in
disgust when asked to go into the field
for that purpose. One of the dissatisfied
members of the fraternity was Alex The
bold, man who considered himself one
of the toughest on the range. He made
good deal of fun of the haymakers, and
whipped a few of them in fist fights when
they undertook to reply to his taunts.
After a while he got a reputation as
pugilist, and one man after another
whom he encountered was polished off in
fine style.
II will teach you tenderfeet and hay
makers a new art" he said. SIN our day
we shot and shot to kill, but it will never
do for you to try that on. Don't you fool
with the weapons. Learn to defend your
selves with the fists. That is all you will
ever need. Put away your guns and I'll
show you how the thing is done."
After he had whipped every cowboy in
the camp and found himself too big for
the company he was in, some one sug-
gested that he ought to go out into the
States and travel on his muscle. Every
body agreed that that was the proper
thing to do. He had gained all the glory
he could among the cowboys, and all that
he now lacked was recognition outside.
He fell in with the idea very quickly, and
some of the boys, seeing chance to get
him into trouble, proposed that a sub
scriptiOn be taken up to take him to Den
YER and prepare him for match with
local bruiser. He assented to the scheme,
and few days ago, accompanied by four
or five of the boys, he left for that city.
Once there, Thebold announced himself
as the cowboy knocker, and claimed that
he could whip anything that went on two
feet. The city sports looked him over,
pronounced him good, and persuaded
Johnny Glow, the champion of Colorado,
to make match with him. The cowboys
put UP the money for Theb0ld, and one
night last week was selected tor the mill,
the place chosen being base ball park
on the outskirts of the town. The men
and their hackers proceeded thither at
midnight. The moon was shining, and 1T
was light enough to see pretty well.
While the seconds were arranging the
preliminaries the cowboys began to hope
Alex would not kill the other fellow at the
first blow.
ooh, l won't murder him." ThebOld
said, confidently, shut Pll show him what
kind of battering rams they rear on Crazy
Of cnnil him and
then call for another one. l don't WanJt0
use up all my fun in minute.'
When time was called the Colorado
champion man jumped into the ring quiet
" and Thebold bounded In with an air of
defiance. They shook hands, and then the
cowboy began to dance up and down.
Pretty soon he made a terrific lunge at
Glow and struck him a singing blow on
the nose, drawing blood, but leaving his
own head unguarded. Glow was stag
gered for an instant by the suddenness
and force of the blow, but recovering
himself, he hit the cowboy crusher on
the left ear and followed it up as quick as
lightning with another bone breaker on
the neck.
Thebold sat down, got up, walked
around little, holding his head in both
hands, and trying to assume perpendi-
cular position, and then said:
"BOys, believe that cuss has broken
my neck. He's just one too many for me
on this roundup. Take me home"
All hands did their best to persuade
him to try it again, but he resolutely re-
fused.
ePm not very well, and 1 didn't sup
pose you had any such knockers as that
fellow is. Pm going back to Fetterman."
The boys brought him home, and since
then half dozen of them have whipped
him, and others ale coming in to try their
hands.