The evening world., 1911-11-02
Colorado Cowpuncher Ridi-
culeS Marquis of Queens
berrys Article Telling How
a Man With a Cane Can
Stand Of a Thug With a
Revolver.
BY BOZE rCLCER

- INV III ost ~
w known TO ~cowpunchers OF Col
orado as Red" It Is his first
trip East. lie Is t%hirty-one years old.
8 feet 2 In height. weighs @i pounds on
the hoof. has fought Indians by the
day or the Job. Is the dread Of every
cattle rustler In Route County. Col
crado. and has boxed with champion
prize fighters for the amusement OF his
friends. St!ll. he Is NOT n White Hope!
Mr.. PfeiYer. who looks like Carl Nor
ris. excepting that he somewhat resem.
bles a winner, will probably go down In
history as the only man who came out
OF the West during the year OF 1911
and was not accompanied by a nan
aser who proclaimed him as the COM
Ing champion OF them all.
In fact. Carl P.eiffer. In the prize
ring sense. Is not a fighter at all lie
Is here for the fun of seeing how we
do things IN the East, and his main de-
sire vas to meet the ball players. But
Tor his anaxement at an article By the
Marquis OF Queensberry. In which the
latter declared that a man with a cane
could stand of a thug with a revolver.
' phoohply WOuiu never nave
broken Into the sporting page at ALI
But he couldn't stand for the zane
stun.
You will have to hear Pfeirer pro-
nounce The word Marquis to get him
good but when he uttered something
'ike "Markweese" and began to dilate
on The Idea Of putting a walking cane
up against a gun. the ball players and
0tDef Gn0rtlnU man ssha e.-sA.-l
round knew the real dope was coming.
A 1 gather from this article said
Pfelrcr. when a man is being held I'D
py a FELLOW with a gun all he has to
90 Is to make a sudden stroke with
the cane. stab the thug on the wrist
n the fights over. where'd this fel.
low come from. anyway. Joe?" he asked
OF Joe Humphreys.
MARouis'a FATHER WROTE
PRIZE FIGHT RULES.
Why. his father wrote the pr,ze
hight rules" replied Joe.
Guess he never saw a man bandl,
a gun who knew how observed the
~cowpuncher. III a man could use -.
cane that quick I should think the
hold-up fellow would also carry one
Instead OF a gun. That's foolish n
now he added on second thought. 1T
q man could whirl a zane around be
fore the follow could shoot, then he
couh work twice as quick with ths
gun. That's q bad thing for the Mark
weese to print. anyhow. for IL VIII tr
All the gun men or to standing ter
feet away when they hold a man up
M. Pfeiher laughed heartily at thi.
and then the ball players got him
started on his career In the West a.
q fighter.
what do you think OF p~rize.nshuns
a. a trader asked Rube Marquard.
wei. ! don't think much of It," re-
piled the big. blue-eyed scout as his
eyes twinkled. II did 1t a few times fof
fun. but as a business I believe COW.
punching Is better. I fought Morgan
Williamson. the Wyoming champion, and
Lem McAlpln, the champion Of Colorado
but I didn't ket a cent for Il. At that
he added. what I learned from thos
fellows kept me from getting killed in
a night with q cattle rustler named
how to handle your fists"
Tell us about 'Dogy.'" the gang de-
manded. But Il took some time to &c,
Pfsircr. who II timid, started.
He began by explaining that "Dogy'
IN q cowboys name for q thin steer,
and the cattle thief In question had
assumed that name. He never had any
other, 30 far as the sherir Of Route
County ever knew.
THE sheriff deputized me to 20 and
get this fellow" said Pfeiner. "And
he told me he would hand me some
extra money. I hitched up a buggy and
went after him. A crowd Of ranger
had already caught Doggy down at 4
little place called Mabelle. but It was
up to me to bring him home. a dis
lance OF thirty miles. I dlsarmed him
and put him In the buggy. had my
gun on the other side n felt pretty