| Show he re thinks he can whip anybody raf rac the fl lowIng following ol communication to the editor of tha the now new york sun is a little ahead of anything of the kind which has yet app appeared eared earod As a literary bruiser mr bancum bascum is entitled to the championship 7 SIR 4 I 1 see seo that there has been another little prize fight on long island between a couple of would woula be pugilists chambers and dansin in which beddons was most unmercifully punished and tilt tiit that t too from no other calise cause than that being I 1 fou found iid lid in bad com company pany I 1 notice also aiso that tom toni alien allen has card saying that if charlo charlie gallagher wants to night fight him biffi da as 1 has been cen con q st stated abed ho ilg will vili give him a chanco chance ill two tivo weeks from his meeting with any amount from upward eive elve hundred dollar what chatan an eno enormous 1 amous sum of ready money to propose to fight for nor wow how if jf Galla glier giler would do the tho right i thing ling which I 1 have llave no doubt ho he will he lie will willii wait wail alt all upon mr mt alien allen and place him ili in a condition that he will not need the aid of a couple coupie of stout dentists to extract a pair of boots from his stomach I 1 I 1 haa had expected to quit this thia business and retire to privateer vater life unless I 1 could edlet a d with the government for the tho of whipping all prize fighters and putting a stop to this 11 infamous practice in the united stater for which I 1 li llave vb made madi e a proposition to congress but as the government seems slow to take hold of 0 lf my proposition A I 1 wish to make the following proposition through your paper piper to the above named gentlemen viz if rf those nive five would be pugilists will willment meet me at salt lako city on the ath day dax of november next I 1 propose to bet as follows I 1 will bet tom alien allen or any otheman othen other man any amount from froin upward that thab thab that charley charley gallagher with me nic to train him for two hours can whip him inside of twenty rounds I 1 I 1 propose further to bet I 1 torm lorn oni alien allen that I 1 can lick him inside of el elbit eight ellit bit lit rounds I 1 will w ill lii bet that I 1 call can whip gallagher allag her ber and alien allen both inside of twelve lounds I 1 will bet reC foole that after arter i two hours training with me either elther allenor alien allen or gallagher can lick him and not receive a scratch 1 I 1 propose to bet fifty thousand more that I 1 9 herrand mccomie Mc IW CooIe Codle both at it one and the same time inside of or gour four armund around but with the tile express understanding that tha I 1 lira am not to be held res responsible dorany for any deaths or serious accidents that may inay occur during this littlton business trans traus transaction action and notwithstanding cha chambers eibers whipped on leng long island a few days since yet I 1 propose proem o to bet chambers or any of his friends the sum of that with one days daya training I 1 can caup pub put ut ri eddons geons in a condition that he lie will whip chambers bersand aud and punish him badly inside four rounds after arter which I 1 will bet bel seddona and chambers cha chamb mb ers era 24 ojo that L can whip tiem both inside arsh x rou round iid ild and not receive a scratch I 1 will furt lier iier bet the sum 0 of f sio 1 11 1 that if this last bet is t taken a 1 neither chambers nor wl 1 1 1 evero ever OP or accept another fig ilg night fight ht after all the tho above bets are taken j and the mhd business transacted I 1 propose tabet to bet beb loo that I 1 can whip I 1 alien allen gallagher mccoole TN maniber chamber and eddons all coming conting at maat me nt one and the same time inside of thirty minutes in in a regular straight ht out rough tough and tumble night fight provided I 1 am allowed the sek ser services of two good men inside the rin ring s ato ito to dragott dna dra drag gout out men as fast asi as I 1 render them thom unable nor for duty my dry uncle who resides in sow new york butcho but who is at present across tilo 06 briny beaul ocean will pile up any amount on my whipping any ten men in tho the world in an old ord fashion ed edT rough bugh and fight and will double the amount on my whipping adny eight men meu accord ing to the tho rules of the P it all at the samir samer time iut but they awin coming at me alternately T coh confess fatsi that I 1 regret my occur pation and as a general thing tiling tilo the bruising and punishing of my fellow men id open to objections on sonie sonic some account ya yet when iny ny country demands it of mo nothing 0 affords me more pleasure than a good drink accompanied by a social fight therefore TIfe I 1 have concluded to fight it outon out on this line if it takes all sur sui summer und and put my money MA rt cy where it will do the most sw 91 11 jl t sf s f I 1 would just say to the gentlemen above named that as I 1 have no other business of importance to at salt lake at the time above specified apeci nned fled their non attend kupce will bo be no serious disappointment so far ay I 1 am concerned but as I 1 have very many friends in that section who have not had llad the pleasure of witnessing any of my pugilistic exercises 1 and as I 1 expect president grant to be present T I 1 would rather prefer the gentlemen vou You lH accept my proposition propos iton I 1 also aiso wish just hero here to s say ay iy to the students who are training under mo mip that from this time until the ath orsett of september ember I 1 will be aamont at mont vale springs where they can have their regular lessons as usual all peers papers friendly to the tho cause will please copy THOMAS BASCUM BASOU hll bil daryville ville tenn aug ath 1873 |
