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Show ENGAGED IN A PLAYFUL mm Although bearing ulnmistakablo ovl-dence ovl-dence on their faces of a hard and fierce struggle, George Gates and Fred Brooks, when arraigned In Police Po-lice court this morning on a charge of disturbing the peace by fighting, entered pleas of not guilty and sworo that at the time they were arrested they were engaged In merely a playful play-ful boxing bout. One cf the men had an ugly cut on tho side of his head and his faco was badly swollen. Theso Injuries, he testified, wero all received in tho friendly tussle which the police mistook mis-took for a real rough-and-tumble fight The court 3tatod that in Its experience with "friendly tussles" he had never seen such plain evidence of rough handling and found the men guilty as charged A fine of $5 each was administered no |