Show NOTED LEATHER PUSHERS ENGAGE IN COMBAT in ili spite of the fact that there are many followers of the leather pushers in ili richfield a sporting event of sorts escaped the great majority of these alleged fol followers loNers of the bos ox ing game on oil the night of birthday anniversary last week it is not generally known that two noted leather pushers packy me ic farland abild jess willard or lets letb see was it joss jess mcfarland hind and in packy IA willard lillard anyway i it t d oe s nt matter which the big thing ii is that two sports of sorts ports foregathered fore gathered at a local hostelry ostensibly to disc discuss bus business matters but in ili reality t to 0 take a swat at each other the discussion had proceeded for sonic some tinie time when the tempo temperature grature increased ind and tile the discussion waxed a ed warm not to say hectic eventually one applied the short ugly epithet to the other that made roosevelt famous in liis his nature discussions arif ill alip on on oil the he receiving end besent P d t the li e epithet ithee they decided decide that till ceas this his was zeu the point where friendship eased e d and I 1 both longed for the others boie deep red ruddy gobs of oc gore ere honor could be satisfied the they ore decided to engage in conflict 0 out t under tinder the clear sky where there was plenty of room for fast footwork wild swings and ring tactics out under tinder the stars they went anil and then they they about to relent and forgive each macli other but not so with the camp followers certain knights knight of the grip who longed for diversion they by sundry remarks and suggestions fired the flagging yeal of tile the leather pushers to the point where jess willard started to clear decks tor action but packy tile the hero of many a bloody field remembering shak Shake es peares injunction thrice best is ho he who iio gets his blow in ili first whaled khaled away with a corkscrew wallop val lop that gave jess pause said pause being secured e on the hard unyielding pavement be for tile the count of ten tell jess essayed to rise and either resume the contest con tet or make it a footrace footracer foo trace but packy the alert was on oil the job and this time tried for a K X 0 and nearly succeeded again jess sought re cumbering cambering cum bering on oil the aspli asphalt alt and my reads of stars were shooting all around him when the count reached eight jess jes made a dash for an er act posture only to meet a stiff up pei cut and he li decided to call it a lay day and declared an all armistice pending negotiations for a complete hiir surrender packy was willing and like noted liero hero in ills his lady of the lake unscathed but breathless he arose and sought the seclusion of ills his room here the two belligerents got together talked over terms of surrender made due apologies and decided to bury the hatchet they are now sworn friends and allies |