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 BIG PRIZE FIGHT ON THE LITTLE CROW PRINCIPALS

MEGORY, THE METROPOLIS OF THE LITTLE CROW

REPUTATION, THE SQUARE DEAL CALIAS BOASTER

REPUTATION GRAFTING

.—Little Crow Reservation.

.—A. D. 190—Referee—Washington, D. C.

.—Flackler, of the Megory National.

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Round one. September. Principals enter the ring and refuse to shake hands, referee Washington, D. C. announces fight to be straight Marquis of Queensbury. No hitting in the clinches, and a clean break; a fight to the finish. They are off. Calias leads with a left to the face, Megory countering with a right to the ribs, they clinch. Referee breaks them, then they spar and as the gong sounded appeared evenly matched.

Round two. October. They rush to the center of the ring and clinch, referee tells them to break. Just as this is done Calias lands a terrific left to Megory's jaw following with a right to the body, and Megory goes down for the count of nine, getting up with much confusion, only to be floored again with a right to the temple. Megory rises very groggy, when Calias lands a vicious left to the mouth, a right to the ear just as the gong sound-