Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-12-05 | Page 7 | Bantam M'Closkey's Funny Experience

p. p BANTAM FUNNY FUMY EXPERIENCE Opponent ert H Has Haz to Forfeit 10 10 for fori i Every Pound Hes He's Over V ST. ST LOUIS Dec 5 Mason n the following follon Interesting atory about one c ct Cf McClosky's experiences In Inthe th the tho line We Ye JIt had a u m match for 01 McClosky at Carnegie Pa la lat last t fall Call he said and arni Mack Jack was As to meet a little coal miner r there at pounds The ml miner and ht hi hla were greatly afraid that Mack MacI would not make the weight and when I suggested ed putting up a forfeit of oC 25 they would not agree The Thc only thins thing they would do doas was as as to ma make e an agreement that the thc theman man who could not scale at the thc right fIgure was to forfeit 10 for each pound he was o over or r weight This was a a. new wa way vay of ot doln doing bu business busi l- l nf ness S for tor m mp mc but as I knew tack Mack could make the wel weight ht and didn't stand to lose anything on the thc scheme I agree agreed They The didn't have nn any regular lighting fighting scales at the town and we had to wel weigh h hIn In on an old pair pall of or grocery scales Mc Ic CloskY stepped on them and ne never raised the bar Then the miner got on on and the bar shot up as If It he hc wel weighed hed a a. tonI tonI tonI ton I moved mo the scale up a couple of pounds still still It didn't move Then I put putH It H up a l couple of oC rounds pounds more and as the bar did not budge I shoved ed I It t on up The miner weighed pounds and I kicked for Cor tso SO claiming that the half pound counted as a whole one His managers raised a a. kick and we finall finally compromised on 70 iO It was about the easiest mone money I ever made Mack beat the miner all right 1