"In 1877 The Dodge City Times coverad a prize fight between Nelson Whitman and Red Hanley, who was billed as the "Red Bird from the South."

The Times reporter took detailed notes on Hanley's demolition: "During the forty-second round Red Hanley implored Norton (the referee) to take Nelson off for a little while till he could have time to put his right eye back where it belonged, set his jawbone and have the ragged edge trimmed off his ears where they had been chewed the worst.

This was against the rules of the ring so Norton declined, encouraging him to bear it as well as he could and squeal when he got enough. About the sisty-fifth round Red squealed unmistakably and Whitman was declared winner. Red retired from the ring in disgust."