It's pretty hard for an American girl to make up her mind to marry a daintily rigged French count under ordinary circumstances, especially when she's a good scout herself and in love with a college youth, a typical "rah-rah" boy, who even holds a medal for two years' boxing championship at the college. Then, to think that father actually objects to him, preferring the count. She has long ago made up her mind what to do, however, and so persistently does she snub the count, that finally father says she can have her college boy lover if he shows himself able enough to earn, well, about $1,000 a week. Innocently, not knowing what that amount means, she tells her sweetheart of it, and so confident is she that it is a real "cinch" for him, that she almost makes him believe he can do it. Together with a pal of his, we see him bemoaning his ill luck, when they come to an athletic club, where a big boxing bout is scheduled for a purse of $1,000. And as they stand looking at the big announcement, the manager is seen to throw his cigar and hat down to the ground in disgust as he reads a telegram. They soon learn that one of the principals in the main bout cannot show up. It takes only a minute for the athletic lover to convince the manager that he can put up a good fight, and the deal is on. He lets the girl know about it quickly, and she comes to the club. The manager bores a hole in the wall between the dressing room and the ring and she just glues her eyes to it. The fight is on! Round after round goes the battle, the girl behind the wall seeing her lover now being beaten, now the aggressor. Every blow he receives strikes her heart, too, and at every rally she becomes hysterical with joy. Twice he is beaten to the ground, only to arise and sail into a furious sally. Suddenly he gathers his energies for a last attempt. And just when it seems that the strain is too much for his sweetheart he lands one terrific uppercut, and victory is his, so is the thousand dollars, earned just as stipulated by father. Of course he wins the girl. But does it not add joy when the pair learn that both father and the count each had a little bet on the winner?