Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-12-29
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A Gladiator Writes About His
Treatment Here.
ROYALTY ENTERTAINED.

| ieN WEEKS ago Sohn mctOrmtck, n
noted wrestler AMI buzer, brother of W .
u. Mccormick. was In the territorial mr.
trupol,s and made Q pleasant call al THn
CiriSks office, where he interested the
editorial fore. by relating some IT his
wrestling aud boxing boais with few of
the bes' In the world, During his shori
stay In the city he wrote several co,nmu.
nicatons about th- wee, 10 the Philadel
phia it-,n The following communication.
being Of local in,esrst, 10 given space;
ALHrorKRQuk, N, NJ, Dec 10, 1874.
Friend Siick--l wrote ,o you sn,ne time
ago asking you 10 send the The Item Ia,
would like to keep myself posted on
what was going On In the sporting line Ia
th. east, hut l have not received pape,
nur word from you since. Well, never
mind sending me them now, for exp~r,
to he back 10 dear old Philadelphia 20 ga,
my Christmas dinner. have severed ms
conaections with the Robert Downing
company left them o. III Paso, Tex. for
! got tirs-i II the travelling, for ever since
W. len San Francisco We have been doing
"o'hing but riding all night aud day, get
on 'he ,r.ia, ~ and give the p~rforma nance
and catch the traia sgain. This life 10
No, whA, IL is cracked up to lie. although
l have had hic- trip Of Il and was
treated very nice by Mr.. Downing. by
the way he 10 . very clever boxer and
wrestler, AMI ecod sword tighter aud he
IL very kind While In Frisco the lead.
ing ulan ~ the company, Eimond Hayes,
left and joined the stock company Of
Stockw-ll's theAter. ~ that made n change
In tbn ~ mi II ka1 10
I would wrpstie 6rst, and win NV fail
and than put on my suit Of armor and
then do the sword Eight with the Rlsdia,o,
and he would kill mo every night I did
not like the hies of dying "a utten M auH
the company a, III Psso and took run
up here to Albuquerque N sea my brother,
who In deputy sheriG of bsruaiiljo
county, New M-Iico, and Q pronipeus
mem Ter II the AlbnquerQus volun, ,eer
6r- department.
Lsst night ] Was entrrts ined by the Al
buqueiqu- Athletic club, by the way,
which 10 = very fine club for such an out.
nf. the-way town II ia lifted M very
due they have everything In the line Of
mAchiner, pulleys, and every thing p~r
tAiniug 10 the line II athletics. ftey
have = very Abl. corps ~ instructors
Billy w1simsnss- is the instructor ~
wrcstling; he 10 . middle. weight Aod q
very clever one, fnr wr--tl-d him Batur.
css night At their regular monthly enter. /
tainm-nt, aud h- KEEP me looking out for
mys.lf He IN one of the ceverrnt frl.
lows ] have met. and he hss got lively
s-t of scholars. Billy Mason. the boxing
instructor. II q gooi one; he 10 also a
miidl..~eight; lac n we'll known through.
nut this country and stands very high
with thsa i...ntal.. 4 Ia. l... Al
ncqusintAnce IL Vim. r MCKNIGHT, who
IL president II the Albuqu-rqu. Athl.t,
club, and he IL also IN. of III. proprir
tore of the ALBrorKRorB DAiLy CITIZEN
he Ia very in- s'd genial fellow. and |
'ould ~ = long ways Ia se- . goni,
squar- sport also hal th. pleasure of
meeting the r"ninr member of IHH CIR
iDks. Hon Thos. Hughes, Well, will |
,l-ni i-w mor~ days herr. and then |
will leave for the eas by way of ksusss |
City. ~ Lnuis, Chicago and P,ttsburg
That 10 u can get away frum the bgys |
they want Ia hold me over until Chriss.
mas. ~ that ] can take part In their Sth
irtic carnavrl There y an old B0siou
sport here; his na,pe 10 Rcoat Knight He
says he will keep me here nc take me In
the ring and punch m-. He 10 ths father
at the sports bercj he goes mt every day
ard dver twenty hvs or thirty miles "a .
bicycle IN ih--s m"untA'n roads. ! was
his gurst yest-riay. aud when Nc came
bo,n- from riding ] vas pretty tirei. fos
Il 10 no cineh ri,iirr wheel ap q noun.
tain rad. bu, II 10 al. right to eosst d"wn
them. Well. ! will rlnses bnpln9 10 sse
you or The Item ssn. whtsh would be The
rame thing | reInasn you're.
Jonx y. hccozs,cK,
AlhssQuerque, N n.
Mac" crclo~.d clipping which de-
srrii-s n i5.minut- bout st wrestling
with Msrb-i. In which MeCormsck tailed
Ia throw his opponent
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