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Show rr"jm"'r vp- ------ SL:!:y Exlillltlo: cf Altered Prizc-Kjliltj. Ly Puerile Pue-rile FcalLcr-Vcljiits Last liijLt. That allesed fight at the 'Athletic club last nisht 'was probably on the square, -but whether it was or not Is Immaterial.' It was nothing .more nor less than a Sunshine-Pistol exhibition with the comedy element eliminated. A more inferior boxing contest has not been seen at the duo in three years, barring the Baker-Oglesby fake of last spring-, than the exhibition put up by Baker anJ Attel last night The melee ended In the ninth round or thereabouts. there-abouts. No one was Interested enough to count them. Baker claims to have landed a blow on Caesar's chin In that round. If the Mow actually did land. It was the first one to find Its destination destina-tion in the nine rounds. Caesar at any rate went to the mat. where he re--mained for the necessary time, and Ba-Jfcer, Ba-Jfcer, poor boy, thinking he had re-i;'emed re-i;'emed his fleeing reputation, did a Jig" ' ',lward his corner. lUpon emerging from his state of com "Ureat Caesar wept." He protested that the "blow" landed on his eye. whereas Baker insisted that It reached the chin, and a goodly number present Intimated that It was a pure case of "lay down." At any rate, back to the umbrella shop, Caesar; you can't fight here on your brother's reputation. And then Baker George Baker of Baker-ville Baker-ville discussions of whom has all but brought several local sporting writers to blows. Well, Baker is a lamentable example of that class of young men out of their proper calling. His exhibition last night probably vindicated his honor, hon-or, but alas, for his skill or science. The "fight" as a whole was remindful of a moving picture exhibition, where the pictures move regardless of the laws of gravitation. Nothing but the Inch rones stretched around them kept the combatants from sliding, out t sight. Referee Donaldson t stood In a corner and smiled. Tie farce was preceded by a four-roujid four-roujid preliminary by Christy and McDonald. |