The sun., 1890-10-19
RArsY ON BkLLIaERENcF.
Some GroGgery Occurrences Viewed
from Behind the Bar.

Some GroGgery Occurrence oo Viewed
from Behind the Bar.
Ratsy Is q bartender in the most bellicose
groggery of fighting neiGhborhood. After a
recent encounter on the premises, Ratsy was
asked what had been the cause OF the row.
"One gent had nose what was swelled and
reddish and he came IN here with it," was the
reply. Another gent said to him. All! poi
soninR the air with that nose OF yours? Then
they scrapped.
Fair fighting has gone out OF vogue in New
York" he said. Ten years ago Americans
never thought Of striking blow except with
the fist but nowadays the idea in sudden
fight is to do your man up in any way possible
Whore / travel l am constantly witnessing
rows. and II q man punches another am will
ing to make an instantaneous bet that the man
attacked will retaliste in some underhand way.
II there is bottle at hand he uses that; or If
he has heavy stick with him he begins to
club his assailant 1t is going on from bad to
worse all the time. and in very short while
fist fighting will have gone out OF use here en-
tirely. man who wants to use his fists gets
no announcement. A friend Of mine who is one
OF the gamest and squarest men In the world
had won the enmity Of big, desperate chap.
who went about declaring his intentio
of knocking him out the first time he sawim
My friend heard the threats. and decided that he
udu Sob ~ uoiehd hlulscll aHolubt Il
One night the two came across each other In
an uptown, resort, and my friend jumped
forward to plant his f1st in the other fellows
fase: As ne ne did SO he received Lick kick in the
the h9sd VIII @ cans Sasa1sily enough; he
single Chance 10 defend himself. The expert, @ :
euoe caused him. to abandon fair fighting
work to find the man who had whipped him in
such cowardly way, and coming across him
ha to an sns GG% Sa
jumping on him III he was well nigh dead;
T." You see 1t Is al very M WELL" Ratsy medita;
man. but II It rests to choose between being
antagonist up In the best available way. You
arc apt to use the quickest means at hand to
SPOUT fEhtne say keep out q it When HuISs yo9
can. ana when you must fight don't putupy2ur
Rnd Of he R saS or RS
with his fst. but IL he is an unfair fighter he
will 99E about hin P, for weapon hId he has
sSRnS ha ha Want az xiii him. 2
as being in any way dangerous II you can
knock knock him S.nd down. 90 II even II you have to
snoo o SSw orf sDG asy
and and. eowSrdly as 4 II may rn seem to You. Down
Ratsy went on 10 say that the best experts
even experienced bartenders. can't Judge OF
biceps that arc covered by ccostsleeves. BY way
young YOU Il man AMIR from out Of town chan ced to entsr r
resort in Tenth avenue. He was thirsty and
him over and SAID that his iGe was locked qp
young man from out OF town glanced up quick
y on hearing this; and Observed that the bar
Rs Gun D sye Ese
mouth. and an air OF constitutional pugnacity
oo,i nlsmonad, please not TOO sweet sweet and % ESry
into tho bartender eyes.
Tho tough evinced a little surprise at this by
toner from heal 10 foot, and retsTtsf; Il said
me lee was locked UP. SEQ! viii you take
Certainty pot" replied the quiet young
man. Iwould Ike y have you open your
safe and get enough leo out to make mo .
~ Az; . chase y.rSsIf round do block" was
room. eEtcndod his right arm across. the b1r
the collar " nls .Srket, ngd pulled him over the
e99snts,. counts. Fora ace q nttssn oL twegtg sec:
which tho young man from, CYt Q. town Il Oh
yeTy hrmly on his teet while the bartender
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or Us 70 Dg mHn had hGIshss.
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