The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12

THERE CAME UP A HEAVY SNOW.
 was one of those mo decision" affairs, and both were dissatisfied with the l outcome.
 The ending of this battle was so un- | satisfactory to both of us and there was so much talk among the fans that It was decided to match us again. Goes to Battle In Snow. To have a second match sounded all right, but am here to tell you that we | had our troubles right then and there. | The sheriff of the county came over and told us that if we attempted to | light at Omro that he would arrest the | whole bunch and that a few of us might get in the pen. That gave us 1 scare, because that penitentiary thing didn't make much of a hit with me. The sheriff said the authorities higher up had notified him that if he didn't prevent the fight his job would go to some other man.
 The fight bugs" wouldn't have any delay. however, and they got busy. Being a mere kid and searching for adventure, this idea of doing some thing on the sly got next to me. and I was right in for it. Fails was also willing to take chance. So the sports went to work and hired all the rigs in town, and early in the morning we set put for Rhineland, Wis, which was lust across the county line. Our troubles were not over yet, for lust as we started there came up heavy snow. That was the first time l had ever seen it snow in May, but 1t was bitterly cold. We two fighters didn't have any way to ride. and while some of the fellows offered to let us sit in their laps we decided to hoof it. IS it would be good training anyway. The snow came down in great sheets. In fact, 1t showed so hard that we couldn't see a hundred yards ahead of us, and we were afraid all the time of being stopped by some constable who was just as liable to let his gun go of IS not I had on my little seven dollar suit, but before I had gone two miles the wind had blown it out of shape. and almost cried
 Fought In an old Barn.
 The whole gang of country sports Rnally landed safely across the line. and, frozen nearly stiff, we fighters were taken into a big barn that had formerly been used by goats. We had to jump up and down to keep warm. and when I donned the fighting togs the goose pimples broke out on me as big as small peas.
 After everybody had got their bets hown a long. lank country "sport" was selected as referee. The influence that caused him to be selected was the fact that his daddy owned the barn.
 We'll. we finally went at it hammer and tongs. It was ten rounds, and every minute was filled with tough fighting. The crowd was bowling all the time and urging each of us to knock the other out, but we couldn't.
 At the end both of us were fresh and ready to go on, but the sport" who had been refereeing grabbed both our right hands and. holding them aloft, exclaimed. "Even up, boys. hangfd- tled if she wasn'tv'
 Of course he meant by that peculiar decision that we had fought a draw bout.
 Money Rolled Through Cracks.
 There was no purse to fight for. but the generous sports began showering us with coin. We immediately decided to divide evenly all that was picked up. There was some tall pickings too The cracks in the floor were very through. Not to be done out of any thing. we got . hammer and a crow bar and pried up the floor blanks. When we had got all the coin together Fe each had $150.