The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-20
eLuFFlNc THE scRAPPERs.
How the Slim Young Man Intimidated
the Sports.


How the Slim Young Man Intimidatea
the Sports-
81 saw funny thing in Cheyenne
few weeks ago." said a Detroiter who
returned from western trip the other
day. II was wandering around the
town to see the elephant, and chance
led me into a big saloon where all the
scrappers made their headquarters
Back of the saloon was a building
where professor of the manly art
gave instructions, and where the. 'pugs'
thumped each other at exhibitions.
They were trying ont new arrival
forty or fifty tough-looking chaps in
the place Soon after entered a young
man who had come through from Den
yer in my car dropped in He couldn't
have been over twenty-four years of
age, while he was over six feet tall and
his weight only about one hundred and
twenty pounds He was long-faced,
thin and long-legged and reminded you
of nothing SO much as boy on stills.
Two men were getting ready to go on
when long-legs peeled off his coat,vest,
tie and collar. put them in my charge,
and climbed upon the platform"
THAT was def to the crowd?"
Exactly, and in about minute they
put up a man to punch his head of.
They gave long-legs second and the
first thing he did was to take the
glasses off the young mans nose. The
latter reached for them and said
1~,,< Z h. ME- ,,
my glasses on
''.But they'll get knocked off or
jammed into your face
Don't you believe it! It's never
happened yet, and l don't think it will
now
1.-The scrapper over in the other cor
ner couldn't make it out. Here was a
man so sure of himself that he was go
ing to put up his dukes with pair OF
eyeglasses on his nose. He must, per-
force, be knocker-out from Knock
ersville, and it was better to retreat
than to carry around a broken jaw.
He therefore retreated. Several others
came forward, but when they saw long
legs seated cross-legged in his corner
with those glasses poised SO jauntily
they didn't want anything of him.
Then he got up and said:
Gentlemen, there is no limit as to
weight. 1 always fight in glasses. as
I'm little near-sighted. l will, how
ever remove my glass eye and false
teeth if deemed best. Win your best
man step up here for couple of
rounds?'
But no one stepped. He waited
minute or two and then pulled off the
gloves with look of disappointment
and got into his clothes and we went
out together, He didn't look to me at
all like scrapper, and as we walked
down the street l said:
"'What sort of deal were you Civ
ing that crowd?'
"a gigantic bluff he answered,
with a laugh.
Are you a fighter"
"I never struck blow in my life
not even in fun
But suppose one of those scrappers
had tackled you?
{" L should have backed down and
asked 'em all up to drink. But there
was no danger. I've tried it half
dozen times before, and the glasses al
ways settles EN-
+" How about the glass eye and the
false teeth?'
$ I simply rung 'em in to help on the
bluff. Haven't got false tooth in my
head, and both eyes are perfect. It's Il
bluff of my own invention and works
like a charm. Please don't give it
away
And that afternoon" said the De-
troiter in conclusion, when we took
the train east there were a hundred
sports down at the depot to see long
legs off, and I'm duffer if they didn't
present him with bottle of wine and
give him three cheers and tigerr'-
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