The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-05-04
THIRD FAKE PRIZE
FIGHT

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q Almost any man is liable, at
q some time in his career, to get
q "gold brick" handed to him, but (
q he usually profits by the expert ].
q ence and seldom "fallso second E
q time. But the lovers of the man {
q ly art in Winnemucca and vicini- {
q ty seem to be an exception to the {
q rule They have no sooner re- 6
q couped their losses ON one fake G
q than they are "picked OF" again,
q and each time by the ssame "pro- 6
q moter." &
q Three times within the past 6
u year has gullible public gone
q against the "real thing" First =
q it was the Craig Donovan fasco. g
q When the boys had been given q
q sufficient time to get out of debt q
q and have few dollars to the 6
~ good, they were given an oppor- e
q tunity to get even on the John g
q Weber "double cross - This q
q fake left so much soreness that it q
q became necessary to resort to un- 6
q usual methods to land the suckers I.
q third time. So holiday was q
ribbed up, with baseball, horse q
q races and other features To q
q make it strong the business pub q
o lie were made accessories to the 6
q extent that they were induced to g
q declare a half holiday for ''the q
q good of the town. q
q But it is over with, and it is =
. probable that the game is dead in q
9 this community. And if this q
O proves to be the case the lesson, G,
q while costly, will perhaps have 9
Q been money well spent. q
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The following account of the "bat-
tle' is taken from the columns of our
esteemed contemporary, the Humboldt
Star:
1t was 1895 clock when the men
entered the ring, johnson first and
Attell closely following. There was
no time wasted in formalities, the
principals being briefly introduced by
Joe Snelson, of Elko. Then the referee,
Al w. Pape, of Reno, was introduced
and he gave the men their instructions.
a moment later the gong sounded and
pugilistic farce was on. The first part
of the round the men spared at long
range, each keeping carefully out of
striking distance of the other. This
they varied toward the end of the
round by rushing into close quarters
and indulging in a stunt Oh fierce look
ing but harmless infghting, pounding
a tattoo on each others gloves. The
end of the round found matters even
because not real blow had been
struck.
The second round was practically a
repetition of the first except that in
breaking away from one of their lu-
dicrous exhibitions of infghting Attell
committed palpable though probably
unintentional foul. He struck John
son low, giving the latter probably the
only blow during the whole exhibition
that hurt him. johnson sank down on
his right knee and those who saw the
blow cried FOUL Right there the
decision should have gone to johnson
on the foul, which was unmistakable,
but johnson raised his hand and shook
his head, disclaiming the foul, and the
referee, whether he saw it or not, gave
the matter no attention whatever. AS
the round ended Johnson walked to his
corner like a drunken man, but it look
ed very much like he was taking a
groggy condition.
The third round brought the horse
play to an end. The fighters would
fiddle awhile and then Attell would
reach out with his left and tap John
son on the breast or give him a slight
push. Neither was making any de
fense and either had the opportunity
of landing one of his famous punches
that ought to have resulted in knock
out. But there was nothing doing in
the genuine knockout line or even the
attempt to end the fight in this man
ner. Every time Attell gave Johnson
tap or push the latter sat down and
then fell over backward and thumped
the floor lightly with his head He did
this three or four times, finally bring
ing the farcical exhibition to an end
by staying down for the full conut and