The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-31
ANACONDA NEWS
FOUGHT WITH BARE FISTS.
Battle Between the Terrible Swede and
the Mormon Pulled OF.

Battle Between the Terrible Swede and
the Mormon Pulled OF.
Herein IL told the tale of the battle
between the Terrible Swede and the
Mormon. 1t was great battle and
bravely fought.
In the first place, the Terrible Swede
and the Mormon are not the names to
which their pay checks at the refinery
are made out, but there are many and
various reasons why their friends do
not want the true names made pub
lie, reasons which it would be idle to
set forth herein.
Now the Terrible Swede and the Mo-
mon are lusty men, both with muscle
and mouth, and have boosted of their
pugilistic prowess to each other with
vast noise until a rivalry has sprung
up between them. Their friends, firing
of the rending of the atmosphere with
their boastngs, took counsel with them
and successfully urged them to do bat
tie with ungloved fists.
The meeting place arranged was the
street car barn on East Commercial
avenue and there the match was
fought, beginning at o'clock last night.
Jim O'Mera, better known as the Irish
Rough Rider, had been chosen as ref
cree, but was not on the ground when
the principals We're ready to do bat
tie, so a referee was selected from the
men at the ringside. The Marquis of
Queensbury rules were adopted, with
slight alteration which permitted blows
to be struck anywhere the opponents
could reach. 1t was also decided that
q seconds should be allowed fallen
fighter to arise. instead of 10 seconds.
Each man weighed in at $50 pounds
and looked in the pink of condition. At
the call of time the men advanced
81 N indication
that they We're out for blood.
For the first two minutes the men
spared carefully, each studying the
others tactics. Then, like FASH the
Mormon tented with his left, at the
same time making vicious swing with
his right, which, luckily for the Swede,
fell short. The great force of the blow,
which was like unto that of wind
mill under full sail, threw the follower
of Brigham Young off his balance. See
ing this his opponent launched mighty
blow with hssright
The Mormon saw 1t coming and
dueked, but his eyes had deceived him
and, instead of ducking under the on
coming mass of refinery muscle and
bone, he ducked into it.
In olden times chroniclers were per-
mitted to tell of a dull, sickening
thud." The use of that expression now
adays is attended with physical vio-
lence exerted upon the person OF the
user, so it will not be brought into this
truthful account of the fearsome bat
tie Were it used, however, it would
accurately describe the manner In
which the Swedes fist met the Nor
mons face.
Throwing both hands into the air the
Mormon groaned once and fell nat
upon his back. No sooner had he
reached the ground than he attempted
to rise, but thought better of it and lay
patiently there while the referee count
ed q, when he carefully arose and
dragged himself from the ring. He
complained of a heavy feeling in his
head, which he was at a loss to ac-
count for. Meantime the Swede was
nursing a hand badly bruised where 1t
had come into contact with the Nor
mons countenance.
The fight had just been awarded to
the Swede when the Irish Rough Rider
arrived on the scene. Tremendous was
his wrath that the contest had gone
on without him. He was about to adj
minister chastisemens 20 both princi-
pals for their failure to wait for him,
but the spectators by dint of argument
persuaded him to let them go In peace.
This they did, in all good friendship,
the rivalry between them being at an
end