Show SPURNS BOTH PUGILISTS I uouisville Lovers Who Appealed to the Manly Art Get Cupids Cold Shoulder I Louisville Ky Sept 4For the hand and heart of Julia Ring of 1730 jj Highland avenue whom they both 4 fclaim l to adore James Gleason and Dun jjollins fought with bare knuckles for 1 fpeventcen rounds In an Improvised ring jack of lleldelberg The battle hoer ho-er was in vain for now the dame for jlvhom they fought spurns them both and declares that ahe will horsewhip the first one that sets foot In her yard 1 For some time Gleason and Collins 1 who are the best of friends had been admirers of Julia Ring Their wooing tU1d been done together Ot late both grew tired of this double r wooing each thinking that his chances I alone might be better Neither was L I willing to give place to his friend ando 1 = and-o they decided that as was the cus i tom in days of old when knights were I bold they should fight for the hand It and I heart of the loved one Friends < were consulted and seconds chosen IjjThe battleground was to be in the feu Mdal State of Kentucky and a wooded Spot In Campbell county Just hack of i Heidelberg was selected ht t Toe contestants stripped for action Land took their places with their seconds j sec-onds In their respective corners The husky bricklayers scorned the thought pf boxing gloves and with bare lcnuck es fought for seventeen rounds Never lilld champions fight more valiantly to defend his belt than these men fought for the woman of their choice Blood hftowcd freely but it did not dampen I the spirits of the contestants At the 1 pnd of the sixteenth round Collins was r ioggsf and was slow to come up for the seventeenth h He refused to withdraw but as his I I frIends nnd backers were of the opinion that Gleason had much the better of thc contest they refused to allow the buttle to go on and Gleason was de hared the victor and the winner of the fair damsel il f They had figured without their host r though for when the fair Julia was told of the battle and Its results she Refused to have anything to do with either of the men and denounced them as drunken loafers and vagabonds r |