The morning call., 1892-08-27

kindly volunteered to act as master of
ceremonies, but for some reason this cele-
brated parsonage did not show up. How
ever, thick-set young man, who knew his
business, came TO the front and the show
managed to worry along without Billy.
Long after the hour set for the opening
Oh the festivities so few people had re-
spOnded to the benefit that the mapagers
decided to wait yet little while longer for
quorum.
To while away the time a thin young
man, with his hair so smoothly Ilastered
down that 1t looked as if it was painted on
him, hauled piano ou. Of the wings and
played few tunes. Finally at o'clock
the referee trotted out a couple of thump-
ers and the show began. This was a very
pleasing scrap between Mr.. Quinn and Mr.
wilson, pair of gawky youths. whose
early education in the art of rib-roasting
had been sadly neglected.
Their efforts were as graceful and scien-
tiflc as those OF lazy man brushing flies
OF himself in hot weather. but the perform-
anee uckled the spectators vastly. Once
they got their elbows locked and the referee
had to disentangIe them before the fight
could proceed In the second round Wilson
hit Quinn so hard on the mouth that the
blow drove his mustache in where he could
taste 1t. This disconnected Mr.. Quinn
somewhat and he said he did not care to
further prolong the hostilities.
AHNuR tUb UED6I bClt0IlHC 6AllDitlO0S
was 90 between Mr.. Kemp and MIR. Dale
The former was nearly seven feet high,
while Mr.. Dale was considerably below the
average. Owing TO this difference in stature
Mr.. Kemp frequently stepped on his op-
poGent while the latter WAS lodging away.
On account of the informal nature of the
affair the referee took no notice of these
fouls. but allowed the gentlemen to proceed
IN their own inlmitabie style. 1t suited the
spectators much better.
Then came the event of the evening. the
grand go between the legless scrappers.
Before this, however, Mr.. Mcguire had
short bout with gentleman fully equipped
with legs In order TO show the folks his re-
marksble agility.
The first round was productive of loud
cheers Tor Mr.. Mcguire, who instantly be-
came a great tayOrte on account of hiS
painful shortage OF legs. His misfortune
gave out the impression that the other fell
low was engaged in mortal combat with
large pink post or an overgrown churn-
dasher IN constant motion.
1t was necessary for Mr.. Mcguire to keep
constantly hopping about in order to MAIN
tain his equilibrium.
At the conclusion OF this fight, which
ended In draw, Mr.. Scott came hopping in
for the grand event of the evening The
crlDples shook hands, hoped back, squared
on and sailed into the fight as if they had all
the legs they required. Both have been
shorn OF the right leg. but Scott's is miss
ing only from the knee down.
After few exchanges Scott suddenly
caught Mcguire a swinging blow on the
neck with his right. AT the same time he
swung his stump against Maguire's only
prop, scoring the first knOckdown. Mcguire
landed squarely on the end of his stump,
but shot up again as quickly as if he had a
powerful spiral spring concealed there.
The round ended with sharp infghting In
which the hOnors were even. If either man
landed full blow the recoil would prove
fatal.
Mcguire again went down in the next
round from an uppercut which set him
backward faster than he could hop in that
direction. From that time on both men
fought cautiously. The hopping took so
much time that they had little left for
slugging purposes, and at the end of the
third round, which was CONSIDERABLY
shortened by the referee, the great hopping
match was declared a draw