A FEMALE PUGILIST.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 51, 3 December 1892, Page 3

A FEMALE PUGILIST.

CHAMPION QF.I;HE WOT^LD, Here is sornethin.g, -steep; f rom, a 'Frisco papev^--^iLf i!h:«^ foe'luclra thing; as"a! Vbma'u in'<;tM*;;pa:rfr of the ■world !>^£ehinf> iinstjhe :pugi Hstict ,;Wj9)4 d 0 $he, $nsf< fc n q.j* ?'^}.ve a •chan«.-e ty ;grat!ij[y her arabi turn, for^a ieniale \^h(r caiis pu-plf '^Mrß\Eijrtlia fi ipugilistiiof' the worl^v'y^jh^i^^Sha >came^fi4he. steamer Alameda,"accomDanied%y her *ÜBband, T ohalriOT Xiwh¥% a bruise*l; Hn MwN^l4bn^H^B^sb;e *has 'whippe<jfievety; SWo.man ?v^h«»}*&& retf J to face her .in Au9tf%Ha/"and 'ifedW-'/BhW wants aldh^de^loj^ter^a' |8# oflrhe unsexed^heir^e^iiii-^A mimca- !if i: yhe can find'tKem.'' iis champion of the' world She is prepared to fnjteet allcomers, and incidentally she is wiili g to try 86nclu8ioD8 with n>en her weight Lit the);e' be any ' m^n coVeTouS of the %lbry'of 'breaking a- woman's or having thTeir own broken in such an irrgloVious encounter. "I fight at^flt'6lb-(104lh);» Kaid Mrs Nelson, •'and I've lickod women of lOgr-^i4olb). t My ,'fights at!l2st (1681b;,a^nd I've knocked him • out several ltimes " < <■

This champion female bruiser is 'built like 1 an athlete. > She h»s a wellrounded, well-dsVeloped bust, shapely and muscular* trrms and < broad shoulders "Th'd. arms are-disfigured with tattooed dorigns' in India ink, -and ate Droned by while 'training for her figiitH.' She' has 4blatik/ l curly, short-cut hair, d*rk -eyes, & t uddy complexion, high cheek 'bones and «a firm, deiei mined-looking mouth, the boaufey'of -which is'somewhat "marred by upper owj.s,n t : So m%

%$ ye^^oW^and^UraSno^^^fesdia] Ttfrs 'N[^E)l*ofit;': y-; i-^^y^^asfe^ftid f^btfTQ^ka §boxerf i;-We.'tafl?liftv,^e«wn'»t^hft-iiffßw.<^ -and wh^K!nl?4adtoile^rn*d enough to give a ifliir t&Mbltio%-;-*he took rbe on "the rdadjnWith; hiiriv! -Ohftrlie ais ,an? -auctioneer!? '#fflLl' y * cheap-•'• vJaefc>'' you: /;>now/:an3;W^M|pWeJth^af;»]eultii|ra <]i *fairs.' rcouriße/-i^be pd'&i'lo^'o&st/b'^ amus^d^,^b^-'wfey-ga^ef ;.» boxing * exhibition^ ;i %i; h;' gloved. IV U;< Ifu*eo6'hl ■i became^ Hoibliwer'' ihal^l" tcould >;^lmDßt inock^ifty: h'u^bi*!nd^^ atidinowf hecannot 15'8^11^ bejfene -me HO Iroundsvi iFiom°^h«rtft.irß^we swent tintoolthe; musifvhalls »nd theatres, '■{ pfio3©"^aVauutSs/ %ne^dajyi in^ii^enss 3land'l learned 'there Wf»is sa:; wbm'»n iwho? 'th<>ug.iJl;>'WS^ou?.d^:b>fltN^mißftfia;nd^ ' challenged her. '^V^'fdugJrt^wt^Mrfih '- fiats ' ttf asm%adb#:; fSr^aßwiß^wjii dnd il* 'beat^r^^eilrh^^ndsi 8 ghßi^wiwa .• good pr/c, and I'• had ; to knoc¥ Mm, 'clean|ottt^^fter*that TerecW^etHmafty: challenges^ «foii^ht oall JiicompTa 5, glo*g« an^f bther's wiih^bnTe ' knucßteffi <%ok /.' my i t?*ecbra »compl(>ie^ bt;t«al?&fta^e j\ie£tenU Htfiiyl -womea' M|fee!%>lenie¥owhbnir;!i^x!ould: :get !a^£tia\ i&pf*sftj#e. BiSonra<tfJth^m. vrot e?K^d^MstOfllelißjwandisfeverkl times" i(E was^|^^^krf(i6ked3o^;im^splfv:d "Er. ! have^BelvWiial WopftiSs tfet InwSln in^ ;fights Sweral mMnot imfyiweigkt) >tboughf tn«y>^uldo #hi>j niiie.o'butei; »beat5 t th|m;eaßily. fl• don'tijikp toifijrhti <men,^btit ofieourke muist*d«r4t?ifi;il.caii^ ffind ?nwilh *w&vrsttmhtizMp < chalfeßge^^to^ <%*tijyh %6xAfniß afntPth^i •colonies stood&ilip*the«r«t^SpOTt*n&n''f seve^sw«fipik^,^b'at ffighPme^«b:l camemv** herejiil he»r; that you have e-^numliepqof i?;lady?= ffighters in the Ea%tp,^ff<l^[!h(vpe?toi-get'l a m^hedn^nififTSoiite ;;6f Uhtimi aie7 above my MttM Iffk^g^^^aWh il; ■San iFraa^«^ Ig^M? pJthibi%^4K^ theatres wirhiiny^:^u«ferafe^;hj^e andj thenj;gotEaf«t-;toaha>ft' a6gft£i*j^flpurel Of th^ufeiftldieß'-^ere^hSth^Meyii befo^ mmk Sm mM&&&3mw < hoping, that one: ofbiithef Ba p ihE^ancii^o nlus" f «fSM*^ißr a"gcioid pffe^^i^6ieh& I I d<«li^fi;ln|«ltt^»l' fe do l^r a*#^W JM3#i?»g 2^liofi§BooißJisdit*oaitißfie ;^era on the Btea'mer; voubbed for ihe

■■ ■' ■ ■! ' 'fact that Mrs Nelson m«y justly cl«im the -championship title, f-be boxed several times with >her husband while "crossing the ocoan. and invariably "had, itheibeet of it. " Ladies" desiring to arran^eja match wi:h Mrs Nelson'may ad-r^sslher at the American Exohange 1 ' i . I 1 "Among her trophies is a gold and ■silveri belt, -s->t with pecious t»tonea, ■ ,'W|iic%j.-ij' m Mace presented her for. ft liming the chaiupioiisbip title." i