Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1918 — HE CALLED IT FIGHTING [ARTICLE]

HE CALLED IT FIGHTING

It is told of a certain young outfielder in the National league that he was testifying in a murder trial in his home town and was asked to describe to the jury a fight he had had with the defendant, who had a reputation as a “bad man” in the community. • ’ > “Well,” began the ball player, “first I knocked him down, and then I kicked him in the face and then I kicked him in the stomach and then I —” At this point the judge ventured a remark. “You don’t call that ‘fightipg’, do you?” he asked. “Sure,” replied the witness, "what do you'call it?”