Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-27

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George Steunenberg.)
| chose a Saturday night for a trip
trough Whitechapel, as it is then
hat the famous East End is seen at
IS best. l began by entering a the
ter where flaming posters announced
boxing tournament and by paying
70 shillings secured seat near the
ngside. The house was filling with
en- and boys, and tough looking
becimen, who looked like he might
ave been Jack the Ripper himself,
box seat next to me, / bought a
rogram for a penny and immediate
became popular with my neighbor;
Il ran his eye down the list of names
nd remarked that there would be
some bloody good fighting tonight. +"
rom him l learned that ambitious
Duths who applied here were paired
q to fight each other, the winner
eceiving a 'arf crown" or 81
nts. A boy with box of oranges
Rs passing through the crowd call
3 out, Oranges, two penny; an
her was carrying tray full of
wis containing something to eat.
ok the Ripper bought one and, as
was eating it with a spoon, took
couple of sidelong glances and
dyed it to be boiled fish.
The program stated that the
armament would begin with a few
uts between "novices" at the
light of eight stone six" Soon
seconds went to their corners and
ben all was ready couple of young
lows in boxing tights stepped brisk
into the ring. The referee, a
prty looking fellow in evening dress
tn baggy trousers, stepped forward
d introduced them in loud voice
follows: "On my right, Bill
lacy of Liverpool; on my left, ALI
Okes of London" He stepped
pm the ring as the gong changed
d the two combatants met with a
sh in the center. Then followed
rec rounds of hard fighting. which
is rather awkward and sometimes
using. At the end of the third
md the referee entered the ring
announced in a loud tone,
boxes, winner There was a
nd of applause and then in honor
the good fight made by the other
n he added, Put your 'ands to-
her for Tracy" The audience
ut their 'ands together" in another
and of applause and the combat
Is left the ring just as another pair
tered.
At the sound of the gong this pair
led each other for an instant, then
Pre- We're few swift passes, a
Ashing knockdown, 10 strokes of
gong and the fight was over. The
tor walked from the ring and the
lquished was carried out as the
t pair entered.
This pair seemed to be rather I'M
emily matched and the smaller man
Hiekly went down; rising and fly
q at his antagonist, he went down
pain. Then the referee entered the
hg and announced that las e didn't
ant to see the little fellow get is
W broken, s would ave to stop the
sht. =
They were followed oy a couple of
tinny youths who had apparently
ever been in the ring before. They
ew at each other and their wild at
empts at fighting soon had the house
h roar of laughter. The fighters
pined in the laughing at first, but in
couple of minutes they were pant
pg too violently to scare up smile.
ne Of them made several fierce at
mpts to reach his opponents head,
issing it a foot each time. where
ION young eoekney in the back of
81 hall shouted. Kick i'm" They
prried through the three rounds and
the ring exhausted.
When the novices had finished. the
cree introduced Buck Shine and
Lewis for a six-round go. Jack
Ripper. who was now eating his
eond bowl of fish with a bit o.
ead' informed me that they were
others-in-law, who made their liv-
BY fighting one another: he add
that they were bloody Burgers
night and would eat one another"
cir lighting proved to be skillful
rrng and ii seemed 70 me that