Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-06
Training Rules Were Novel But He Was a Glutton For
 Punishment in Ring.
FOUGHT BOUTS HERE r
Many Pine Bluii Residents Rcmemb I Eiim and His Clever Opponent,
 O'D0nncil.

The sporting writer of the Lit Rock Gazette ill recent issue givpA an amusing account of the career yA "The Terrible SWede" and Bl O'Donnell, two well known old tilHn pugs who fought many battles at thn old arena in the rear of waat is he { the Brookhill hotel, on East Thi' | avenue. Mike Holland, Arthur Murt ray and many ether we'll known resi- dents of this city recall the figh 5 with many interesting details and the following clever review of the Mem phis battle between the two will be read with interest here
 What has become of tue "Terribte Swede?" Everybody who kn5 w any thing about prize fights 10 or 12, Q even as far back as l3 years ago wasn much on that; but when it came right down to getting a cornar on punishment he was the high fi- nancier of the ring He never was happy unless his face looked lika somebody had used it to fan the fire 'He weighed the neighborhod of 135 pounds, and somehow he managed to get as far as Memphis. In those days N there was a sporting druggist there, Fnamed George Battler, and he kept N the Swede, so the story went, tied up N in his back yard. It vas part of the janitors duty to bend a erowbar tn I the Horrible Kids head each morh- \ ing before breakfast, and at night E just before bedtime to massage him with a hatchet. His diet consisted largely of pie and cigarette.
 "One day the janitor was sick. He was sick for a week; and the Terri flying Kid began to pine away Said he was neglected, and that if some- body didn't run a switch engine into him there would De nothing worth liv- ing for. So they arranged fight He was matched with Billy O'Donnell. a game little fighter, who weighed in at 130 pounds.
 At that time the Pastime Athletic Association was becoming a stamping ground for pugsj almos't-pugs anl former-pugs. The fight was staged ill the Auditorium, over in Memphis.
 'sThey fought 20 rounds. That $, Billy fought 20 rounds. Billy swung at the 'Swede and the Swede would swing at the place the punch seemed to come from. After a while he saw it was only a waste of energy; so ne mosled hither and yon about the ring, counting the spectators, or speaking 10 a friend here and there.
 Now and then he would pause and fleck an imaginary piece of lint from his trunks. Once in while he would feel of his nose to see if it was brok- en yet. And all this time Billy was ndustriously pounding away at places calculated to do the most good--o" I harm, as the case may be. Every lit- | tie now and then the Swede would remember that Billy was in the ring but not often He would look at Bil- ly moment suddenly in a startled | manner, as though wondering whlt
 ne was doing there. Then Billy would land a blow that should sink
 l battleship. The Swede would ther
 breath freely and sigh in relieved
 manner. It was all right then |
 was like hearing a strange sound il
 he hall at night and you can't quit,
 make out whaL it is; and finally yo,
 ire satisfied that it is only one of tn,
 family.
 "The Swede would often lapse int
 melancholy moments when Billy be ! gan tiring out. Whenever Billy pn | on more steam the Swede would smil | happily and contentedly. By and b | ais eyes were closed and couldn't se \ now many spectators had stayed t
 zee the wind-up. Presently his ear | became useless and resembled cou i pie of cabbages. He could still hea
 the birdies sing; but their voice | came to him in a half-hearted man
 ner."