The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-07-20
SOME FAST AND FURIOUS
BOXING AND WRESTLING
The North Yakima Athletic Club
Pleases an Enthusiastic Crowd at
Last Thursdays Mill.

Eddie Thompson succeeded in putting
on number of interesting matches last
Thursday evening and the crowd felt
like they had gotten their moneys
worth when the fun was over with.
There were three good wrestling
matches and four excellent boxing ex.
hibitions, and from the tap of the gong
in the first event until the curtain
went down on the last the house was in
Il state of continual laughter.
II. Powell and Kid Morton opened the
entertainment with a wrestling bout
in which Powell was given the decision.
This was followed by what should have
been a fourr round boxing exhibition be-
tween Jimmie Wilder and Harry Smell.
The former boxer was in dire distress
before the end of the second round,
necessitating the management to give
Smell the decision and stop the pace.
A good exhibition of wrestling was that
put up by two local plumbers, Henry
Sans and jeff Broullette, the latter
winning the first fall in 80 seconds.
Sans then succeeded in putting the
shoulders of his opponent to the mat in
four minutes and 10 seconds The work
of Broullette was much cleaner. how.
ever, and he was given the decision.
One of the best mills of the evening
was the fOur-round boxing contest be-
tween Leo Bivens and Jack Davis. Da-
Wis halls from Seattle and he certainly
brought the stiff punch along with him,
as Bivens will no doubt attest. The
Seattle sport did all the leading and
handled himself like an old hand at the
business. He was given the decision.
Next came one of the most entertain
ing events of the evening when l.. r..
Case essayed to throw two local Jap
anese the best two in three. Only one
of the little brown fellows put in an ap.
pearance, but he afforded enough fun
and certainly had Mr.. Case in an en-
barra ssing position several times be-
fore the contest ended. In just exactly
| minute and p seconds after they be-
gan mixing matters tine sturdy little
Jap had won the first fall and to all
appearances without very much effort.
He made the white man look sick as
long as both We're on their feet endeav-
oring to get a hold and in the second
round at one time very cleverly sent
him flying over his back, much to the
amusement of thu crowd. The Jap
knew nothing of tine tricks in the bus
mess as compared with his opponent
and consequently lost in the end.
Tn pride of North Yakima, one of the
most scientific of boxers and an all
round sport, was next pitted against
a husky lad from Tacoma. These box
ers We're Brocky Piles, sometimes call
ed Barney" and Jack Mcclure. Bar
ney had never, up to this time, been de-
feated in the square arena and he had
justly won the title "The Pride of
North Yakima" Now Jack also claim
ed the title of the nonpariel and asserts
that he is blood relation of that
truly great fighter, Jack Dempsey. All
these facts were made known to the
onlookers and when the two celebrities
entered the ring they received warm
applause. Well, such a mixup you never
saw. Biff, bang; and all the time.
There were no feints or sidesteps or
sparing for openings. 1t was just a
continual bore-in from the tap of the
gong. Barney threw up the sponge in
the middle of the third round, but not
because he had been whipped; just be-
cause he couldn't fight any more.
The heavy weights were George Wash
ington Brown and fellow who calls
himself the Montana Kid. The latter
gentleman was given the decision after
three rounds of good boxing.
The judges in the contests were Joe
Kipling of the National Sporting club
of London, and DR.. G. J. Hill of the
natural sporting town of North Yak
ina. The decisions of the judges were
fair and impartial.