The daily sentinel., 1907-02-26
FOUGHT TO A FINISH
Two Young Boys, Pupils IN my
Schools. With Fists Set
tie Differences.

From all accounts a very thrill
ing and exciting puglllstic mill was
pulled off in Grand Junction last
night and only the interference OF the
city marshal and truant officer pre-
vented the fight from occurring eary
in the afternoon in the presence oil
a hundred or more interesting spec
tators
II seems that two young boys oil
the city. both members of prominent
families and both well advanced IN
the city schools. have for some time
been suitors for the hand OF the Sane
fair young girl
nLe age of each boy is around the
Seventeenth year mark. The rivalry
Tor the smiles of the young lady has
been fast and furious and it seems
that it reached such point that the
two boys concluded that there should
be an understanding reached as TO
hich lad should continue to worship
at this particular shrine of beauty
Tnty decided that no plan would be
bcuer than the old plan. descended
ficm the medieval of perhaps even
rom the Dark ages. of allowing the
ali consuming question to be settled
III ough a hand to hand contest, the
b,st man in the fight to have the
whole field in the race for the hand
of the girl.
i was whispered about among the
toys OF the schools that the two
young men were to meet in fierce
combat yesterday afternoon so at the
conclusion of the afternoon session
ef the school the boys gathered about
one hundred strong on the campus.
Word of the impending struggle
reached the ear of Miss Kahn, sec
rotary to the superintendent. who is
out of the city just at this time. and
she telephoned for Truant Officer c.
c. O'Neil who is also city marshal.
That officer hurried up at once and
he found a great crowd of boys
gathered near the high school build
ing and surrounding the two gladia-
tors The final arrangements were
being made for the mill. 1t was stat
ed that the bout would take place on
avenue. AS soon as he saw what was
up the officer advised the boys to dis
perse and let peace and quietude
reign. However. the boys moved in
n II
mony as moved Napoleon's army
when 1t crossed the Alps. The officer
chase that was exciting as well as
amusing. The boys made every ef-
fort possible to give the officer the
slip but he was too quick for them
and he succeeded in keeping them
from gathering on any one spot long
enough to pull of the fight and the
boys finally divided up into small
squads and dispersed. 1t was a mer-
ry chase however that they lead the
officer and such piece of laborious
exercise he does not care to repeat
soon.
II then seems that the friends of
the two boys then got them. together
and a reconciliation was brought
about. but only for the time being.
Late in the afternoon one of the
boys called upon the young lady. This
was too much for the other lad and
he sent formal challenge to his
rival and with only a few friends
present the two boys met in the
chlldren's park last night while the
moon was shining brightly and went
at each other with their fists. 1t is
said that it was terrible battle.
How many rounds 1t lasted has not
been officially reported. and it is al
20 hard to tell which boy Jared the
worst Each today bears plain evil
dences of the fight yet each boy seems
satisfied with the result. The boys
fought like young tigers.
This morning the truant officer in
terviewed the two boys and warned
them that If such another fight took
place both would have to answer a
grave charge in the court
The affair has been the all absorb
ing topic in school boy circles today.