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Show "1)E SPRING CHICKEN." lie Wins Although He Lands in a Uox Car. The "Liverpool Kid" Can't Get on to His Opponent's Reach. While the inhabitants of Provo were peacefully sleeping Monday evesing, a special freight, carrying two celebrated cele-brated "pugs," happened to be bearing bear-ing down oa our moral city. Hidden away in the corner of a coal car, out of sight of the vigilant "brakey," were sequestered Mr. "Liverpool Kid," and an illustrious personage surnamed "De Spring Chicken," both on the war path and looking for scrap and fame. The gentlemen escaped from their retreat re-treat while the train pulled up on the siding, and leisurely meandered up town. They fell into hospitable hands, however, and were tenderly cared for. Yesterday afternoon a mill was arranged ar-ranged for between the two aristocrats, and a purse of $50 hung up; $40 to winner win-ner and $10 to loser. The ring was pitched in the neighborhood of a celebrated cele-brated hostelry on Center street, and quite a number of prominent sports "accidentally" happened to be present. The Disi'ATtu mrin was selected as referee, but was willing to resign hi3 position after the first round, when both the combatants tried to jump him. hound oke Opened up rather tame. The Kid looked for his opponent's wind, but caught a scorcher on the jaw that made him see stars. Some pretty in-fighting was indulged in, and a clinch followed. When tho referee called "break away," both fighters fight-ers made for him, but he escaped with a black eye and a bloody nose. round two. Both men started in to "slug," clinched, fell, cot up again and started at it. The Kid's eye seemed to be in mourning when the round closed, and his bellows needed repairing. ROUND TI1REE. Close quarters seemed to be the caper ca-per from the start, aud excepting a stiff upper cut on the Kid's jaw, no damage was done. From the third to the sixteenth round both men merely danced around the ring, trying to kil time, but in the seventeenth the "Chicken" got in a right handed blow on his opponent's left ear and put the Kid to sleep. It is probable that these exponents of the manly art may meet again shortly, short-ly, ami two other interesting events of a like nature ar on the tapis. |