The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-07
Our Daily Sport Story

Wood is the place and daybreak is the time."
 MT. Bowiy eyed the captain closely while he spoke.
 T have already ascertained as be- comes a vigilant officer of the Law and Order Society both time and place. Oldhams Woods at daybreak. You are right captain. and I compliment you on your cooperation. The officers are notified and the fight will be pre- vented"
 The sun had not thought about shin ing upon Merrie England when the captain left his couch on Tuesday morning. Like a thoughtful husband he put on his clothes quietly so as not to disturb Mrs. Crabbes matutinal siumbers and putting an odd looking package in his pocket sallied out. If IL was the captains purpose to aid in the prevention of the fight he went about 1t in an odd fashion. Every body in Henley knows that the short est way to oldham's Woods is past the mill and over the footbridge going due south. The captain bent his way due north. He crossed the Spring Farm toiled through the bracken, becoming dew sodden, and then veered into a sequestered vale surrounded by wood land.
 z. "oS nut eHc OnIy one Tn the vale, some hundred rough looking men were there and there was a ring being roped off
 Ill guess Bowly's tramping towards Holdham's Woods by now" muttered the captain. taking deep interest in the proceedings.
 when the brawny champions entered the ring the captain had no difficulty m settirg an excellent position to view the nght. In fact, he seemed marvel ously familiar with the whole proceed ings and spoke to one or two snortive looking men by their first names. be- Cap" '"'"A as
 Greatly relieved to see that none of Hemiey's citizens were present the captain gave himself up heart and sou1 10 the light. The Sheffield Gamecock had much the best of 1t at the start ana handled the Kid as he pleased.
 Five pun to four on the C,amecoclr ,, called spectator. hoarsely.
 Hon." yelled the captain. "band doubled if you've the grit"
 DouoIed 1t is,' replied the man.
 The Kid then dealt the Gamecock blow perilously near that point of man physique beneath which a blow S barred by the rules of manly sport.
 Foul. foul" shrieked a voice won NAoUoAS to the Cqntain
 lie peered past a bulky gentleman py ms sloe and there stood MT. Bowly. req laced and angry shaking his Get uhoer the nose of a man who was in Q oeep voice denouncing him as a liar
 Ihe captain funk hack behind his bulky companion and remained hidJan untll the Kid with a fierce rally had transformed the Gamecocks face into mass or bruised and bloody flesh and was hailed victor
 Collecting his bet the captain slu,L away with the certainty that ba bad not been seen by MT. Bowly and enter- ing the woods drew out the packaee from his pocket and took a long dran, or spirits. Then he hastened home and informed ms spouse that he had taken a walk Tor Indigestion. That after noon the captain walked down the street with that pleasant feeling that Is the concomitant of a bet of fen pounds won by keen Knowledge of form when he met MT. Bowly.
 That gentleman's usually benipn countenance was ruffled as if some m pleasan- cir9ums tance had hnpnened to him during the morning.
 T regret. captain" he said. "that ,ve were misinforIned as to the place where the fight was to be held. Ii oc- cured. l am told, somewhere to the north.' '"e
 Hit was a great pity" remarked the captain. Hi couldn't 20 with tba pity" eea'
 T couldn't go. either" said MT. Bow ly. and l regret greatly this miscar- riage Of JuJtice."
 And the captain continued his walk slCwlV shakinA his head