Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1896 — An Anomalous "Bruiser.” [ARTICLE]

An Anomalous "Bruiser.”

Couper, “the ex-prlze fighter and author,” who was one of the enrolled police force during the troubles at Johannesburg, formerly enjoyed a great reputation in South Africa, by defeating a local Goliath in Kimberley. Since then he has done a great deal for athletics in South Africa, and has written a book—an exceptional accomplishment for a prize fighter, but not surprising in Couper’s case, since he Is a well-educated man and, indeed, in most matters a complete contrast to the accepted type of “bruiser.”