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Show .J- -i.. . m.,j aavaaaaaaMsiaaaa 7r.li2nt S'!t'.Lal:e Pr::!!t Participates in a Pretty r:I Air EViiilitrn in PIiil:::lfL!i : 1 . " ' 1 1 . PHILADIXFIIIA. llarch 14. One ct the prettiest hot air exhibitions, without with-out a redeerr.!-j feature, ever put up fn this city was that dieplayed before a Jeering crowd of sports at the Washington club, .when "Mexican Pete" Everett, he so-called V.'estern wonder, calmly laid down before Gus Ruhlin. , The bout was a. fiasco cf the worst kind from the very start, and that the Ppecta tors fild not demand their money back was entirely due to the fact that they JonsUered the humor of .the affair well worth the price of admission. The "big Akron fellow was In the pink of condition and had prepared Wmself to vpet eometWrj of his own class,. but his talents were not called into requisition. requi-sition. . H Everett was dopy from the start. When he first appeared In th ring he put p his fists as though he was really going; to fight, but this preliminary bluff va all he .ave the spectators for their .money.. As soon as Ruhlin made his first feint at striking a fclow the inan from the Greasjr country ducked his head and put wp his rciB;bfor his ac like a Mmld schoolboy facing his first opponent., op-ponent., r pv,iRuhl!t? chasei h,m all -wound the ring and the spectators began to' laugh, iws continued during the wJjoW of 4 be first round and Ruhlin. seeing that he on against a farce, confined himself to dealing love taps, which landed all JT'er Everot.t's body. ... , XvftB4-U11(t ther .Pwntoe of the same' tactics.' but' Gus was iifcT f fl8rurin vaudeville star, and suddenly landed a stlit TOndlttoi -00 th MJcl'.Jv( vbich put Mni down and out In a jarred fuse? to Z h01I'le, n1 RubUn Bm?Iei: vhlI Everc" 1M 'ck and re-kS3o?.Iv re-kS3o?.Iv WtL It wiu one of the most pitiful ex- is WTfJ I l?01 flBt,cuff' nd Mexlcap Peters reputation here now s represented by a llttte round rifd with nothing in it |