The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-18
HOW SHORTY" kINKEAO
PUNCHED JACKSON

Monday morning there arrived en-
the local train tall well built man
whom old timers at once recognized
Shorty kinkead' the man WAC years
ago met the redoubtable Peter jack
son in boxing bout.
kinkead was named shorty" by
| the boys al the car shops. where he
| worked. because of his great night,
which was cons .derably over six feet.
He was also something OF boxer
! and i, was a well rooted idea in the
shops that the man VINO ever got hit
, with Shorty's right never smiled again
When Peter Jackson came mere II
the hight of his prowess ne challenged
all corners. ana Shorty was selected
as the proper man 10 Knock his block
CT
After the matter was considered
however III its various bearings the
! Carson authorities became alarmed
and suggested that the meeting take
place in Virginia City. ior they had
an IDEA if Jackson got Killed IN Car
son i, might queer :: as q sporting
lOWu
The meeting was therefore billeU
.or the Comstoch and even then the
CCnstock authorities cXacted solemn
promise from Shorty that he would
II, u
ri1ie right On Jackson. Shorty prom
lsed and several Of his frienus person
ally went security for his word,
Well the bout took place III the
opera house and the house was Jam
med. for d good many people figured
tna1 Shorty would set excited and let
his right go in an unSuarded moment.
kill jackson then and there. and the
sight would well be worth a dollar
and a hall.
Botn men were there on time and
their appearance on the stage was
a hint TO the audience that an ova
,:on was in order. and they got it,
punch was the admonition from tha
gallery as Peter Jackson walkel up
20 his man, and. while looking at his
JAW changed his mind and nit him
ii, the stomach. Then Jackson START
ed another blow in the stomach Wit
mis- left changing his mind again swat
IN, hn n
queer habit of starting out to hit
a man in one place and then suddenly
recollecting that he had business else
where would bff him in some other
portion of his anatomy. He nev Il
seemed really to know where he WAS
going 70 land when he started. he
sort of driftei in, but he always got
there.
BY the time he had gone at Shor; y
in this vacillating manner for about
two rounds. ana had raised Jumps
all over him. Shorty got SO mad
that he made up his mind
that he would double cross
with his right any how. and trust to
sympathetic coronors jury to lei
MIN down easy. in which event he
would only be stuck for Jackson :
funeral expenses.
While he was figuring what those
funeral expenses might be with al
ial Da
: more wallops and then he hberate'
} his right A second before Jackso'
had let off swatting' him. and wa
k lesinnins t. make one OF his shor
$ ar.a talks TO the audienc"
t SHORTY landed on the side ~
r head with that iron right arm an
the I'll weight OF his body behind tn
y blow. and Jackson. doubling up lih
8 a Jack knife with laugnter) con
r tinued to talk to the audience. The
C Sherry lost his temper and be%a
landing on Jackson's hard head vii
his right and Jackson continued cha
tin. with audience, as if unaware
the fact that Shorty was still there
D. The audience began to howl an
shorty retired to the side scenes whe
taking off his right glove he foun
s. that he had put all his knuckles o,
D ri commission ing to beat the sid
e. Of JacksOns head IN.
Shorty carried his right hand in
sling. for nearly a month and sa
e, that he would rather try to break u
- a V. & T. bog car with his fist. tina
Jackson.