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122 is going to polish off one of the newspaper men!"

"Go for him, Carl, and show him how we licked the Tagals!"

"Make them fight one at a time, Dutchy! Two to one isn't fair."

"Form a ring, boys, and let 'em have it out to a finish."

So the talk ran on, and soon the crowd grew larger. Then Jerry Nickerson tried to hit Carl again. The German dodged, struck out swiftly and surely, and in an instant Nickerson measured his length on the deck, and lay there like a log.