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Pugilists In A New Role

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
January
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
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New York Star: A well-dressed youngman of gentleinanly appenrance, but somewhat under the nfluence of liquor, entered an up-town sporting resort at a late hour recently in company with a rather flashily-attired individual whose general outward characteristics were suggestive of combativeness. Taking intoconsuleration tho character of the place they were entering and the young man's condition, as well as hia youth and the company he was in, it seemed scarcely a safe resort for him to be visiting. A remark to tliat effect Erom a bystander to a meditative policeman whowaa standing near elieited a curious bit of information. "That young fellow will not get into trouble to-night," the oflicer rom.uked; "he's a strarïger in the city most likely, and the big chap with hun is showing liini the sighu. Vou seo, he makesaregularliviugthat way. Bunko steerer? Notabitoiit. He sa bit óf a bröiser, oí conree, in his way, but liis business it to act as guide and protector to just such groen customers as the one with him, who desires to see the towii. It i a tact, though you may not believe it. Go at night into any .saloon where sporflng men congrégate and yon will always find the same kind of people on the lookout for a pation. Tïiey usually dressfairly well. have a ready ilow ofconversation, and are rarelyobtrusive oroffensivu in manner, besidea which they ;iru always carefulto keep their wits about tliem wlien drinking. ilost of them, nearlyall, in fact, are professional fighters - celebrit ieö very often, jjast or present - and they are well known to the proprietors of every questionalile resorl in town. Consequently,1 when a young fellow puts himself un-, der their protection, no matter how rough a gang he may find, he ia pretty sure not tobe molested or involved in any quarrel. He paya his protector for hits services according to his ofcourscsettlingall tnenight'8 expenses - and Hms becomea relieved, as it were, of all responsibility, while his companion in this way manage to secure a living. Moreover, the latterknows all hackmen, and réceives a handsomo commission from thosa he can induce his charge to employ."

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Ann Arbor Democrat