The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-18
FOUGHT FOR GLORY.
Messenger Boy and saloon
Roustabout give an Exhibition
of FiSticuffs.

People living in the vicinity OF Jackson
and Suffer streets were somewhat sur
prised yesterday afternoon at seeing little
groups Of newsboys. messenger boys and
miscellaneous youths wandering Ssxout the
neighborhood and heading for a vacant
shack. Some passed the occurrence by
with a suggestion that some new baseball
club was about 10 be organized. The o.
ficer on the beat also had the same idea,
40 doubt. and was jollied along as good
thing by members OF de gang" These
law-ahiding, Christian people did not Sc
riously object TO the boys rendeEvousing
in the neighborhOod. so paid no further
attention TO them. But the boys worked
a coup on the good people and actually
pulled of a ten-round "go" with Ave-
ounce gloves. the principals being Pete
kump. who does odd chores about the
De.cho saloon. and Johnny Garrison, an
a. ID. T. messenger boy. who has pugil-
istic tendencies. There was no wrang,ing
over referee stakeholder or anything
of that sort, any old thing going.
II was intended TO fight Tor $50 a side.
but Kump. whom the boys call Bis
marck" was shy the twenty 'plunkS," so
the purse question was dropped. kump,
who weighs about 100 pounds and stands
close to six feet high. kept telling his
friends that he could punch holes in
Clarkson, and also is said TO have made
slurs on the latter's abilities as fighter.
This was more than ClarkSon could stand,
so he decided to settle the matter. as his
honor was involved. He called on kump
and challenged him TO fight ten rounds
with five-ounce gloves. kump was will
ing, and yesterday afternoon was set for
the time. De gang was put on" and
when time was called in a small room.
scarcely large enough 10 turn around in.
there were at least $50 pairs of eyes
straining 10 get look at the scrappers.
Tommy Builene was chosen referee
Clarkson, who is fet inches tall and
weighs ies pounds, was seconded by a lad
named Esplin, and Jack Likens looked
after Kump. One of the fieet-winged mes
sengers of the A. ID. T. gave the following
account OF the fight 10 a Post-Intelligencer
reporter:
Say. on de square. It was great so.
and Johnny more den poxed dat Dutch
ham. who Is tree times as big. Why say.
he'd get under a swing, and before your
lamp could flicker Johnny would rattle de
big guys Stats wild his right. Say. dat was
great. and how de gang yelled. Once,
dough. his Bismarcks got Johnny a-napin'
and he didn't do a ting TO his left window
but knock out pane. Johnny was dead
game, dough, and comes baok like cy-
clone Say dat boy is a wonder. Beiees,
/ believe he can put up good SO wild Tom
Bullene himself. / do. on de dead. Kump
fought he had dead easy mark In Johnny
but when de finished de ten round he found
out dat he wasn't de only diamond in de
pack.
us he game, We'll, / should tiptoe 10
cacSle. Why, you couldn't make dat hoy
quit scrappin' wild an AK. Say. | tink
Johnny can DO dat Dutchman IN tree
rounds In twenty four-foot ring Johnny
is an Irish-Ameriean. an dat combination
can't be beat on cart. DO you tink? Not
on your crayon! say. II dat mug WIZ
Johnnys size he wouldn't last a mint
What?'