The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03
DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT.


Contest Of Two willing Fighters who
We're Not Hard HGtters
The policeman having gone away. the
fight was resumed. The scene was the
outer end OF a South street wharf.
OF the two fighters one was considerably
taller than the other and so had a longer
reach. but no was handicapped by having
something the matter with one Of the fingers
Of his left hand, which was tied up with a
white bandage. Both men were plucky
enough, and when the policeman was far
enough out OF h way, Come on!" says
n Of them. and in n minute they were at
IL again, sparrng for an opening.
Ordinarily a fight between two men is a
pretty brutal thing TO witness, but some
how this fight didn't appear TO strike any
OF the -~lo0kors-on as being very bruta al.
nor was 10 30 in fact, FOR of these two men
neither was a very hard hitter.
Both fighters kept steadily at the job but
OF the two the taller took everything all
the time very seriously and wanted to come
in TO close quarters and fight rough and
tumble. anyhow, while the shorter man
mad a grim sense Of humor that made him
smile occasionally, and he wanted 10 make
il a stand up give and take fight. So when
the tall man mad forced the fighting and
closed in and they were grabbing each
other anywhere they could and wrestling
or whaoking away at each other with swing
blows with their fists the shorter man
would say. not to escape the fighting but
because that wasn't his idea Of how TO
fight, Break awayl" and some Of the by
the same thing.
Then the men would break and face each
other and prance around again and hit &C
zach other, the blows sometimes landing,
though often avoided, but both men keep
ing busy all the ime
He's game, all right was h remark
OF one ~bystander, referring to the tall
mans keeping on fighting though he had
thai crippled finger.
BIZ not many remark were made though
tho onlookers did smile occasionally at
some Of the wild sparring tho men did.
Presently the tall man managed TO land
something of a singer on the left side Of the
shorter mans face. The shorter man
shook his head as il 90 shake on the blow.
smiling his grim smile at the same time;
and everybody smiled with him.
And then the men clinched again and
tuGged and slugged at each other for q
while then once more to break away and
face each other for stand up fighting.
But when they broke and stood up this
time and began sparring Il was discovered
that the bandage on tho tall mans finger
had got loose and unwound.
AS ne stood with his hands up; ready }
there was seen a strip OF white cloth ak
or eight inches long unwound and hanging
down from that wounded finger, with every
prospect that the next movement Of that arm
would whip the bandage OF altogether;
and IL didn't seem right to the men looking
ON that he should fight In that shape and
'n Can hit ( o.. they said. but the tall man
d;dnt uea h m that iiRhE: he was for keep-
ing right along with the fight, and the
shorter man was equally ready. and 80 they
both advanced sk~irTnishinS FOR m opening
and ready b bang away at each other
again, but this time there was nothing
stand for IL. They thought the fight ought
10 stop and now they closed In on the fight
ors and kept them apart, n so by unant-
nous decision OF tho spectators was this
fiRht brought 20 an end.