, 1888-04-17
A BLOODY BATTLE.
Sterling and Jimmy Bush
Fight Eleven Rounds.
A Rafting Mill for Blood on Colo
RADIO Soil.
Bush Was a Stranger, and Sterling
Took Him In.
The Defeated Man Still Under a
Physicians Care.

Tue contest was a genuine, old-fash-
Toned mill. Both men went IN to win,
and a rafting fight was the result. The
sports enjoyed the affair hugely, but a
number of the INITIATED retired go soon as
blood was shed, which CORY event oc-
Cured quite early in the fray.
The fight was arranged some two weeks
since, and was for a purse of $3.50, Lon
don prize ring rules. The principals
wore Jimmy Bush of Los Angeles, CAL,
weight 1424 pounds, and Jack Sterling
1.-THE Cockney) of this city, at las pounds.
The contest occurred on Lone Tree creek,
in Colorado, about fourteen miles from
Cheyenne, in the regulation twenty-four
foot ring.
The spectators numbered in tie neigh
borhood of 100, and included a number of
well known men about town, a quota of
business men, a coterie of sports and a
squad of reporters. 1t was an orderly
gathering, no brawls or disputes taking
place among the spectators.
The ring was pitched in a bend of the
stream at l o'clock. After luncheon the
crowd pressed to the ropes and the fight
ers appeared.
The reputed terror, the bold bruiser
from the west, was the first to enter the
enclosure. He was attired in black
trunks, dark blue tights, tennis shoes and
kid gloves minus the fingers. He looked
lean and rather weak, having apparently
been overturned. Bush was taller than
his opponent, and had longer but simmer
arms. He glanced around ferociously and
ventured the assertion that the Cheyenne
man would wish him far, far away before
the end.
Sturdy Sterling, well muscled and
clean cut, only smiled as he stripped.
The Cockney wore blue tights and bright
red stockings, gymnasium shoes and
gloves with elementary fingers.
Bush's second won the toss for choice
of corners. and, with admirable fore
thought, seated Cockney with his face to
the sun.
The purse was swelled by a collection to
which the ~bystanders. keen for the fray,
contributed quite literally,
Several gentlemen declined to act as
referee, but u good natured citizen was
finally prevailed upon to accept the office.
At 2:20 o'clock time was called, and
Bush was crushed to earth with dlsas-
trious effect Just fifty-eight minutes later.
Appended is the fight by rounds:
Round Bush staggered towards
Sterling's corner rapidly. The latter ad,
vanced warily. The Calitornian's long
arms looked formidable, but the Cockney,
with his heavy muscles and solid breast,
was undismayed. Bush appeared on the
aggressive and Sterling circled around
him cautiously. Suddenly the former
made a quick feint with his left. Sterling
c~ross-countered and landed heavily on the
strangers right eye. Before the men
separated there was a rafting exchange,
Cockney landed on his opponent features
three times in succession and saved him.
self by ducking on each occasion. Bush
was angere1 and went in to finish his
short foe. Cockney took a light body.
blow, rushed his man and sent him to
grass with a right handler.
Round Both men jumped eagerly to
the center. Bush led but fell short.
Cockney landed on the damaged eye again
and his second shouted First blood for
our man" Allowed" calmly came from
the opposite corner. The spectators now
become very much interested and odds
were offered on the Cheyenne man, who
forced a clinch and dropped Bush heavily
on his back at his own corner.
Round 3-Busk was a blinker, his dam.
aged eye was in a terrible condition, but
he did not seem to mind it, and with a
sickly smile invited Cockney to come Up
and fight" California landed lightly
with his left and backed his antagonist
around the ring several times. Cockney
deity eluded a swinging right-hander
which would have inflicted considerable
damage, unfinchingly accepted a couple
of rib roasters and returned one. Bush
clinched and was thrown.
Round Without any sparring Cock
ney, who had become quite confident of
victory, landed twice on his opponents
bloody features and got way nicely.
Bush gave him a ~resounding body blow,
and received a singer on the shoulder in