, 1888-04-17

the left, whereat the Cockney smiled.
Bush backed away a few feet, raised a
hand to wipe the blood from his nose, but
quickly threw up his guard as Sterling
rushed at him. They clinched and fell.
Cockney was under, but turned his man
without trouble.
Round Blush was bleeding pro-
fusely but made the better showing, lead
ing his friends to believe that he still had
considerable strength and pluck in re-
serve. He struck the Cockney three
left-handers and landed with his right
once. This latter blow was received on
the head, luckily for the Cheyenne man.
AS usual, Cockney threw his man.
Round 6-Cockney's counten4nce was
still in its normal condition, but the right
side of Bush's face was a sickening sight.
Sterling ducked a swinging right and re-
ceived a smart slap on his bare back. The
coast phenomenon led viciously, but fell
short. In infghting Cockney punished
Bush quite severely. The clinch lasted
fully two minutes. Warm his ribs,
Jimmy" advised his second. The Califor-
Man obeyed by playing on Cockuey's left
side. The latter laughed derisively,
backed Bush to his corner and landed him
on his back, with a Jolt, at his seconds
feet.
Round Bush rallied, landed a ter
rife blow between Cockuey's eyes with
his right. The latter concluded to think
over it thirty seconds, and firmly laid
the helpless stranger on his back. This
was the shortest round of the fight.
Round S-This was the longest round
of the fight. Both were cautious. Cock
ney did not relish his taste of Bush's
right in the previous bout. He taunt.
ingly reminded the stranger of his
wounded eye, but this did not induce
Bush to reach for some time. When he
did conclude to strike the stranger
shot out the dangerous right, landing
lightly. Cockney touched up the bad
eye and caused a stream of blood to flow
from that member. Bush was cowed.
Sterling led for the good eye. Bush
lodged the blow neatly, but was unable
to elude two stingers sent to the face.
CALIFORNIA; right produced an abrasion on
the territorial mans breast, and he again
invited the Cockney to stand up and fight,
calling hiln a cur. Sterling was angered
and went at Bush hammer and tongs,
knocking him all around the ring aud re-
ceiving a few body blows in the fighting.
Bush was sent to earth with a wicked
Highlander. En- route to his corner
Cockney turned a handspring.
Round Blush received terrible pun
ishment in this short round. He led;
Cockney ducked. They eyed each other
for a minute. Sterling landed the right
and left solidly and rapidly on Bush's dis
figured face. The latter swung his arms
wildly. In the center of the ring Cock
ney pounded him numerically. Bush
retreated, was followed to the ropes, had
a tattoo beaten on his face and body and
was enticed to the enter of the ring.
An exchange followed, Cockney getting
of lightly. Bush was knocked down by
a heavy right handler.
Round lO-Cockney rushed gaily to the
center of the ring. Bush walked slowly.
Sterling circled around the coaster waiting
for an opening. Bush wanted someone
to send for a ''scrapper with nerve
enough to fight" Cockney called him a
scarecrow, and further disfgured his
c]ountenance with a le~ft-hander. Bush
led twice and fell short, rushed and
landed with his right. Lively intighting
followed, with honors easy. Cockney
tried for the good eye, but failed to land.
Bush shot out his right and Cockney
cross-countered, fought him to the rope
and felled him with a swinging left.
handler.
Round II 1t was a walking match for
a full minute. Bush seemed fresher and
his friends expected him to do some good
work. Cockney reached for the good
eye, and landed on the neck. For this
he received two blows about the head and
face and one on the body. Cockney Sc
cured his ~favorite hold at wrestling, rested
a momen and raised his antagonist from
the ground as though he were IA child.
Sterling held Bush aloft for an instant,
displaying great strength. He lunged
forward with his burden, shot into the air
and landed with a Jolt with his head on
the Californian's bare breast, and a knee
on his abdomen.
Bush grunted piteously, trembled con.
vulsively and lay as one dead.
Thirty seconds passed. Time was called
and the sponge thrown from Bush's cor
ner to the center of the ring. The fight
was over and the ringer was completely
knocked out.
Bush did not regain consciousness for
fifteen minutes and then only to inquire
his whereabouts He was bathed and
rubbed, finching whenever touched and
finally carried to a conveyance.
Sterling and his hackers were in high