New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

ers had surged into town to be
amused and they looked it.
Harmony mounted the rostrum and
said his little speech, while the sad
eyed farmers applauded him. He
wound up by calling attention to the
three-round match which would be
offered at once.
"This Is not an ordinary boxing
match, ladies and gentlemen" he ex-
planned. "You will see here real sci
ence and real fighting between two
finished opponents. Permit me to
present Dorlando, former lightweight
champion Of Montana"
Mr.. Hergesheimer climbed into the
ring, extended his chest and bowed.
"And Kid Swift" said Harmony,
at which moment Omar came in
silently from the opposite side, lama
teur champion of the Pacific Coast"
Omar nodded modestly. Harmony
dropped out Of the ring and rang
the starting gong. The crowd took
a long, delighted breath, and the
boxers circled for the preliminary
blows. For the time being every
one forgot the string of circus
wagons and even the open cage con-
tanning Nero the Ferocious, which
was roped off 80 that the jungle
king couldn't sideswipe the uncau-
tious.
However, Nero was there, prowl-
ing up and down his cell and ap-
parently very moody and morose.
Every SO often he let go blood
curdling below, and while these
were heard and noticed at first, they
were subsequently drowned out by
the roars of the German band and
then by the wild and enthusiastic
shouts Of the four thousand ranch
ers watching the battle.
Harmony" said huskily, "this
was good idea Of yours"
Great" he shouted back.
Then he changed his mind. Four
Iseconds after Omar and the tanner
of Nero had entered that public
arena to do battle I observed GER
tain shocking changes in the old
and formal schedule. During those
two dry and dismal weeks coming
down the San Dimas Valley we had
all become accustomed to a regular
fistic routine.
In those previous bouts Omar and
Dorlando had f1uttered about each
other in harmless way, and every
so often Dorlando took wallop at
Omar. Our boxer had softened his
punches, according to orders, and
had permitted Dorlando to win his
fight, generally being knocked down
in the final round and crawling sal
ly out Of the ring, amid the plaudits
Of the crowd, while DorlandO stuck
out his bosom and bowed with his
hand on his stomach.
IN THIS, his 'snal battle, and be-
fore a large, cheering public,
Omar had altered the program with
out consulting any one. He gazed
out over the four thousand specta-
tors, and apparently came to the con-
clusion that here was nice time to
show crowd of fellow men how
good fighter he was and just how
Dorlando really stood as compared
with him.
Following out this secret thought,
when the bell rang Omar walked
over to Mr.. Hergesheimer, who pre-
pared to dance bit before striking
Omar. Omar swung his left fist in
a sweeping circle, and, as ,Dorlando
lodged, Omar curled his arm into
the shape Of pretzel and sunk his
right fist so deep into Dorlando's
tender stomach that it looked like a
man reaching for something in a
churn.
At that instant Dorlando saw five
hundred flying fists, and they all hit
him on the nose. Omar knocked him
down with one hard punch and hit
him twice as he fell. The tiger
tanner grunted, turned to green
and sickly hue, and hit the end of a
post with his spine. He gasped and
then inquired:
what does that mean?"
"That was the father of this
Omar said calmly, and then he
landed his left fist against Mr..
Hergesheimer's ear, knocking that
useful organ loose from its moor
ings. "Here are some more rela-
tions," he added, following across
the ring and swinging with great
JOY.
Dorlando arose to his feet, went
completely mad, gave a hoarse cry
and tried to kill Omar Gill with his
hands. Omar backed off and planted
two hard hIOwS oro IN oitbor <,1~o~