THE RING.
John L. Sullivan's latest scheme is to organise a Brotherhood of Pugilists for the protection of the championship titles, the laurels won, and for the general good of fighters. Some would-bebut unknown (f pote " sent the following to an American contemporary :— When the fierce and savage slugger ain't slugging, Ain't a slugging : Or the spry and spunky scrapper doesn't scrap, Doesn't scrap : He lores to spend his leisure time in plugging, Time a plugging : An inoffensive bag n dangling on a strap. On a strap : When tho bad and beefy bruiser starts a scribbling, Starts a scribbling : Ho does not like to drop his gifted pen, Gifted pen : And what with all this wrangling and this wriggling, All this wriggling : We will novcr see a good square fight again, Fiorht attain. i
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 346, 27 February 1889, Page 4
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134THE RING. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 346, 27 February 1889, Page 4
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