The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-07
VICTOR AND VANOUISRED
Pugiiists AS They Appear Before ard
After the Encounter.

tltff TN" Enc OunIfr
From the New York Journal
MufiiCd to the ears In a dark blue
sweater the heavyweight sat in his
dressing room. \ couple OF burrows
denoting concentrated thought appear
ed in the narrow space between his
eyebrows and hair. He was about to
enter the ring and expose his chin to
the deadly Knockout blow. Near this
magnificent human brute lowered his
trainer. also attired in a sweater. and
keenly alert to every move and sound.
The suave gentleman in the role of the
financial hacker, who manipulates the
gate receipts, was also there, trying to
appear gay and debonaire, but palpa-
bly, anxious. At the bolted door stood
a fawning tin horn sport without a
penny in his pocket, but with a good
prospect Of fondling a couple of dol
lars If things went right. He knew
the heavyweight from having seen his
picture in the pink periodicals and
worshiped him accordingly.
The dressing room contained little
beside the heavyweight and his friends.
In one corner was a wide cot of rough
boards hastily knocked together. on
which the pugilist reclined, thinking
that he thought. On a table opposite
stood a number of bottles containing
whskey, alcohol and liniments. There
was also a sponge, some fans and tow
els. and under the table a tub of ice
Outside could be heard the roar Of
the rabble at Sc per head, enjoying the
preliminary bout as seen through the
murky haze of tobacco smoke. The
, event of the evening--the meeting of
T the Observation-Disclosures next on the
/ programme. a favored few gained ed
mittance to the dressing rooms, for
. there were two or three retreats. Sub
+ stantial looking men in cheese colored
oVercOats and diamonds a shade or two
lighter crowded in to shake the hand
of the thumpCr on whom they had
stakcd their money, and to whisper a
word Of announcement in his ear.
Some who were not sports, but had
friends in that line, gazcd aweStruck
at the reclining gladiator and has ar
ray of fighting paraphernaiia.
Having exhausted his oratory in
making the match. the heavyweight
had nothing to say. and those who did
give vent To words spoke in subdued
/ whispers Ii was a painfully solemn
and impressive occasion Now and
then the trainer lest he be overlooked
i'm the shadow Of the stellar attraction
clipped a bit Of court plaster with
which he tcudcrly dressed an imagin-
airy scratch on the picked paws OF his
| employer
| Eventually the battle takes place
and at the end Of an hour the heavy
weights are back in their rooms. The
winner is now the most voluble of the
excited thronC which crowds the small
+ apartmcnt to the door. lie recapitu
lates every blow given and taken dur
ing the fight and points out on th'
chin OF the hacker the exact spot or
which he landed the final punch. EV
erybody is deliriously happy for they
have won money. and call the backe
familiarity hv his first name. Tina
aStut" individual is effusiNely solicit
ous for the welfare If his trained ami
nal. and presses uTCn him a drink
brandy from a very small and curious
IL wrought bottle. The shape Of IN
dosk creates the impression that IN
liouor IS Of a superior quality, distil!e'
evprrsSly for winning puSS.
lie is low about dressing himself, J
the victor. for tho rcd weits an
, rouces on HIS neck, breast and arm
enhance his popularity 100 per cent
/ Hut he affects not 10 notice tines
. wounds and chats cayly about bow p
knew that dub wouldn't hn ~ X VII
. him. etc They all finally depart. no"
over with tho gate receipts. ana Spen
the night I'm drinking champagne.
Across I'm the other dressing ro'l
+l,a dub ~-tS hlinkiu" liZzilN NJ Nac@r
~ he shakes 80 that the trainer
: F ,r.arl. 10 dress the fallen idol TheI
j. No one present but the trainer ana
connie, II poor hut loyal friends WI
= had nothing 20 stake on the resui