The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-13
BLUFFING THE sCRAPPERs.
How the Slim Young Man Intimideted Sey
eral Pugilist O sports.

How the Slim Young Man Intimideted Sew
erai Pugiiist @ sports.
Detroit Free Press.
81 saw a funny thing in Cheyenne q few
weeks ago." said q Detroiter who returned
from q Western trip the other day. Il was
wandering round town to see the elephant
and chance led me into q big saloon where
ali the trappers made their headquarters.
Back of the saloon was o building where .
professor of the manly art gave lnstruc.
tiOns, and where the 'puEs,
each other at exhibitions. They were
trying out q new arrival that day and
should say there were forty or fifty toush-
looking chaps in the place. Soon after l
entered ayoung man who had come through
from Denver in my CAT dropped In. he
couldn't have been over twenty-four years
of age. while he was over six feet tell and
his weight only about 120 pounds. He was
long-faced. thin and long-legGed. and re-
minded you of nothing so much as q boy
on s9ilts. Two men were getting ready TO
60 on when long legs peeled OF his coat.
and climbed upon the platform
That WAS q def to tho crOwdW
Exactly. and in about q minute they
put O man up TO punch his head on. They
gave len g-leas a second and the first thing
he did was take the glasses of the young
mxn's nose. M latter reached for them
,"'ExCuse me. but I always fiaht with my
glasses on
"'But they'll get knocked of or jammed
"'Don's you believe itl It's never hap
pened yet. and don't think it wall now
Tho sorapper over In the other corner
couldn't make 1T out. Here was . man 90
sure of himself that he was going to pnt up
his dukes vito . pair of eyeglasses on his
nose. He must, perforce, be q knooker-ous
from Knockervslle, and 1t was better to
retreat thar to carry around q broken jaw.
He therefore r~etreated. Several others
came onward but when they saw long
legs seated cross.legged in his corner with
those glasses placed so jauntily they didD't
want anything of him. Then he gos mp
and said:
/ always fight In glasses. as I'm q little
near-sighted. will. however, remove my
glass eye aud false teeth If deemed best.
Will your best man stop MP here for q
couple of roundsf
but no one stepped. He waited a min
ute or two and then pulled off the gloves
with q look of disappointment n got into
his clothes and we went out together. He
didn't look to mo at all like o scrsppeT, and
rs we walked down the street / said:
"'What sors of . deal were you Givina
that ere wdP
IA gigantic bluff he answered with q
laugh. .
81 never struck q blow in my life. not
even in Tun.'
"'But suppose one of those s%orappers had
tackled your
81 should lave backed down and ssked
'em ell up TO drink. But there was NO dan
ger. I've tr,ea 1T half q dozen times before,
and the glasses always settles EN-
How about the glass eye and the false
teethf
81 simply rung 'em in TO help on the
bluff. Haven's got q faise tooth in my
head, n both zee are perfect. It's Q bluff
of my own invention aud works like q
charm. Please don't give it away
And that afternoon" said the Detroitev
In conclusion. when We took the train
east there were q hundred sports down at
the depot to see Ion g.legs of. and I'm q
dutfer IL they didn'tp present him with q
bottle of wine and give him three cheers
and q tigerp!'