The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02
MOOSER'S STYLE OF FIGHTING.
IT'S NOT At ALL PRETTY, BUT
WINS OUT EVERY TINE.
4 Disciple OF the Mighty wcsterner Gives
. Practical Illustration Then He
Explains to HIS Victim the Secret or
the system. and Tells About Mooser.

Explains TO HIS Victim the Secret or
the system. and Tells About Mooser.
somewhere out on the Pacific Coast there
Il an Interesting young person named
Mooser. who teaches people to fight. He
doesn't teach them TO box. to spar or to
stand under the lime light and talk. He just
teaches them to fight, and when a mar has
served a term under Mooser he uses fists.
teeth. feet, bottles, clubs, anything he can
get his hands on tina will subdue the enemy.
Mooser teaches men to fight after the
fashion the late Steve Brodie Of the Bowery
advocated. Whenever a friend Of Mr..
Brodie got into a Misunderstanding with
any one and seemed to be getting the
worst Of Il, the sage OF the Bowery would
stand by and yell:
Bite him, dash IL, bite him.
The ethics Of the Bowery forbade the
personal entrance Of Mr.. Brodie into the
encounter, but suggestions from the side
lines were perfectly proper, and II was a
prerogative appreciated and used on many
occasions by MIR. Brodie.
When C~hollymlke Of Brooklyn wiped up
the hallway Of his modest fiat with a min
lister whom he mistook for a burglar, n
then pitched him down the stairs into the
street. he owed his success in a large measure
to Mooser, because the minister was an
athletic young person who could not have
been licked so easily II he hadn't been taken
by surprise with the eGo,d dissdvant1ge
of ~encountering a pupil of the renowned
Westerner. Later on. when the minister
came around bearing the proper creden-
tials, ~Chollymike found that he was a pretty
good fellow, and, when he asked where
Chollymike got his peculiar style, Cholly-
| mike told him about Mooser.
you see,' said Chollymike, when a man
learns how to fight from Mooser he never
| forgets it, and while tho style instilled into
him isn't very elegant, it Is exceedingly
| effective
1T is said the minister.
Il first met Moser under peculiar circum-
! stances continued Chollymike. Il was
walking through the streets OF San Fran
| cisco one night when l saw three men at
lacking one. / had on a plug hat and my
| calling clothes but the situation was one
which appealed strongly TO me. II | had
waited a moment / would undoubtedly
have seen that the proper thing for me
70 do was to 60 In and help the three men.
But l was lust conventional enough TO be-
lieve that my duty laid with the one man,
and 40 after | had Invested myself Of my
hat and cloak ! sailed in, and with a punch
on the end Of the jaw laid n Of the three
low.
The two men left came for mo like Wild
| cats. and TO my intense indignation tho
man / had plunged in 10 help, stepped
back and let me tackle them both alone.
1t was a big job for a man in a high collar,
and l would nave been badly oil but for
the fact tina every once in a while when
was getting very much tho worst OF 1t the
lone man would step UP and calmly beat
nv opponent back. As soon as l got my
wind he would step aside again and lot
the fight go on.
Il guess we fought this way for about
twenty minutes, when suddenly the maj
l had started in TO help stepped forward
and kicked one Of my opponents in the
stomach. The man fen over and thought
be was dead. The other man my ally
punched twice in the nose in the most de-
iiberate manner Imaginable, ana he ran
down the street without waiting Tor more.
The man who had been kicked IN the
stomach got up in a moment, ana stun gasp
ing for breath followed him.
turned around TO tell the man 20 whose
assistance | had come that he was a cur
to leave me TO fight the two men alone,
and also TO say that that kick In the stomach
was the foulest thing | had ever seen in
my life in d fight, but instead OF being be-
hind me he was over against a renee talhInG
to the first Of the fellows | had put u
OF business with my nrst blow,
s'You won't do at all, / heard him Sa
TO the man, who looked pretty SICK. That
fellow who butted in there can mex a whole
basketful Of men like you. All he needs
is 10 learn to use his feet as we'll rs he uses
his hands. He meant well, but wish he'd
, kept out Of this. | meant TO hght TINS
thing out alone Then seeing me stand
ing there he said; You fight wei, my iIiehdi
but what you need is a little of my training
-'All Of I've got to say 10 YOU, l began,
Indignantly hut he shut me up. Don't
saw it, he said, good naturedly. Now, -
there any particular kin OF a dog you'd
like 10 have2 You meant well, OF course,
but your interference will necessltate my
giving that lesson all over again SllI'
I'd like 70 give you dog
Now, that was Mooser, and the man j
knocked out first was one Of his pupils.
Mooser had put him up sgainst the two men
to break him in, inc when he didnt, hght
with the vim Mooser thought he ought to,
WHY. Mooser ploughed In and gave nm a
few digs himself. Then the other TWO men
turned on Mooser, and i got the idea that
IL was n three-to-one affair. ] learned later
on that Mooser always paid his obilgatlons
with a dog. That was his pecuilarty;
He invariably stole the dog. ana as no nag
every good dog, In san ttanc,sco sPSrtea
he would provide you with any particular
breed that YOU wanted.
sMooser Interested me very much and
I enjoyed several peaceful evenings with
him. Once or twice he invited me TO out
see him give a lesson, but something al
ways prevented my going. But finally,
one night | met Mooscr wandering along
the busiest street in San Francisco. lilo
seemed glad 70 see me and remarked That
he had always liked mo since the night OF
that fight. He sighed after awhile ana
said he thought / had the makings OF a great
fighter in me il someone would only bring
il out. thanked him and IN an unguarded
moment said he ought 10 be able TO do 1t
II any one could.
Twill YOU let me?' no said eagerly, and
I said | would. | was expecting to get
an invitation TO box with him some night,
but lust then he sided up alongside OF n
shop window where two or three men
were standing. / followed and a moment
later a strange thing happened; Moosar
reached over my shoulder and hit, a big
laborine man across the face. The laborer
turned around like a fash and saw-me.
sThere was action In n second. Before
I could get my hand up the lahorer had
awaited me In the face. | looked around
for Mooser and saw him across the street,