Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-29
SWOLLEN SLUGGERS.
The Fight Yesterday Between the ST. Joe
Md and Kid Bridges Bridges
the Loser.
Seven Rounds With Hard elovss--A
Large Crowd Witness the Fight
Full Account.

The hard.glove fight between the
81 Joe Kid OF Fort Worth and Kid
Bridges of Gordon, for 5000 a aide and
gate receipts, came of yesterday at
the hrst siding west OF Weatherford
on the Texas Il Pacific railroad. A
special train left the city at 9 p. m.
with about seventy passengers. At
Weatherford the Gordon coal miner
aud his hackers. with number OF
Weatherford people, boarded the train
and the whole party proceeded to the
place agreed on for the fight, which
was reached little after 4 D. m.
The spot for the ring was Immediate.
ly selected in clear field on the side
of the track and the ring inclosed.
Then came hitch about the referee.
as 2. II. O'Donald, who acted as sec
ond for Kid Bridges, and John Glow
the second of the st. Joe
hlu, could not find q
man that they both knew
and were willing to agree upon. After
q great deal of discussion and some
squabbling, they both finally agreed
upon Luke Short.
The fighters were then brought out
aud placed in their corners. Both
men presented fine appearance, but
II was plainly evident that
the ST. Joe Kid was greatly
overmatched in size and weight
Kid Bridges Is ak feet two inches tall
and weighs, when stripped for fight
ing, lis pounds, and the st. Joe kid
is only five feet eight in height and
weighs 1852 pounds,
When time was called for the first
round both men came up looking con
tident. During this round Kid
Bridges pressed the fighting, and
the st. Joe Kid was mostly on the
defensive. Several passes were made,
but neither man was hit hard until
near the end of the round, when Kid
Bridges got in one that brought the
st. Joe Kid to the gr )und, but did moi
seem to hurt him, rs he was up again
Immediately. At the end OF this
round both men went TO their corners
very little worried.
The next four rounds did moi
amount to much, for neither mar
sixth round the ST Joe Kid com
menced to press the fighting and put
in several good body blows, but wa,
never able to reach Kid Bridges face
When time was called for the sew
enth, both men went at 1t as II they
intended to make 1t little more in
teresting About the middle OF tn,
round Kid Bridges led out with his
left on the ST. Joe Kids side and fol
lowed with his right, taking the st
Joe boy right under the chin anC
knocking him silly. The st. Joe Kid
fell like beef and lay several seconds
without moving. Just then O'Donald
Kid Bridges second, jumped into the
ring and Glow claimed foul and tooH
his man out.
Great excitement followed, the Cor
don men claiming that their man hsC
won the fight fairly, and the 81
Joe Kids second aud back
ers claiming a foul. The refere,
took the matter under advisemen
and did not render decision unit
after he returned TO the city laat night
L nder the rules, foul was unques
tionsbly made by the second Of Kic
Bridges, who had no right TO get II
the ring until time was called, anc
Mr.. Short, the referee, On decided, Civ
ing the fight to the ST. Joe kid.
For time the excitement was &c
high that a general fight was immi'
nent, but the friends of the two pugil
lists concluded to await and abide by
the decision OF the referee.
Neither of the fighters had mark
or lost a drop OF blood, and but for the
foul the fight might have gone on fol
au hour or more, as L
was evidently the policy of the
st. Joe Kid to worry his oppo
nent down. The blow that knocked
the st. Joe Kid down did not neces
EARLY knock him out, and IL KID
Bridges second had not got excited
and made foul by jumping into thu
ring, the st. Joe Kid would mos
probably have come to time all right
and the fight would have been muci
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