Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
by j. G. GRIFFIN

THTRTY-EIGHT rounds of fighting,
and the least enjoyable part OF
Il the whole show was the Windup'
Rube Smith and Russell Van Horn
billed as the headliners on McCarey S
pork and bean show fought like wild
men at times-that is, their arms went
around like windmills and bloody face
on each side was the result. AT some
stage of the go the "under wraps
term was most appropriate, while at
others it looked so almost real that the
small crowd present grew excited, one
knockout was in order and this was of
the phoney variety.
Taken all in all, there wasn't much
of what is known as class on the pro-
gram handed out. The forty-two
rounds of fighting billed was therein
spots-and the slaughter-house kids got
their small moneys worth.
The show opened with a white boy
named O'Roake and black lad called
Anderson mingling over the short
course. In the opening period Ander-
son had it on the other youngster every
way from the ace, and it looked ike
curtains for O'Roake. In the second
pertod O'Roake showed his Irish ana
made the black bird quit. That's about
all for this pair.
Harry Rose, with fifty-seVen klnos
of Heintz advice in his corner, was
whipped by Luccas in the second num-
ber on the card. Rose stood OF ana
timed the other fellows swats Tor the
first three rounds, but Luccas Kept
coming and in the fifth closed Harrys
Iamn with a left cross. The closing
round was rather slow, because Rose
was about all in and Luccas didn't
have any too much to spare. Roses
grand young chief second had one good
point in his favor-he knew more about
the game than the man who started II.
McGovern Is Beaten
Terry McGovern displayed a little
more confidence when he went out to
meet Mike Kutchos than he did against
Johnny Coulon, but at that the boy
who was once Tom McCarey's prlde
displayed tints of amarillo at various
stages of the ten-round fest.
In the opening periods McGovern beat
Kutchos to the lead time after time
and it looked as though Mike was IN
for trimming. About the fourth
Terry began 10 SLOW up Jul INuNNAiNt
kept right on after his man and earned
q slight shade in the fifth. No damage
was recorded in the next, and the sew
enth was productive of some real fight
ing. First Mike took the lead and then
McGovern came in for the hOnors. The
Greek finished faster and whatever
advantage was to be given belonged to
Kutchos.
Terry was sent to his knees in the
i off ffV1rr frin q
lot of wild swings that meant nothing.
He backed up all the way through the
ninth, but in the tenth McGovern met
Kutchos punch for punch, and fur
nished a fast windup. 1t was case OF
a good start for McGovern, but he was
taken back behind the pace and made
his move a little too late. The race
track term is "belate4 rush.
Arthur Collins kidded the Turk for
ten rounds, and after it was over every
one heayed a sigh of relief. The Turk
is expected to kill someone some of
these moonlight nights, because when
he swings there is no telling where the
glove is going to land. Abdo inter-
spersed a speciality in the shape of
his national dance and fought in his
usual rough style, but had bad inning
in the eighh, when he bumped into one
of Collins swings. 1t was Arts battle
at every stage, and ADdo SnOulu De
sent back to the bath house.
Eyton Calls Flynn
Smith and Van Horn furnished the
windup, and the feature of the bout
was a tilt between Charlie Eyton and
Jim Flynn. In the early rounds Smith
hit low repeatedly, and Eyton went to
his corner to caution him. Flynn was
behind Rube and tried to bluff Charlie
out Of It, but EytOn was on the job
to stick and carried his point.
Van Horns best round was the fifth,
for after he had established shade
lead in the periods preceding it he went
out after Smith like a real one. Two
hard punches to the kidneys slowed
Smith down for a little while, and in
the exchange Van copped all the
change. He opened Rube's face up and
spilled the claret and beat him to it on
every lead.
The spurt seemed to have taken the
steam out Of Van Horn, for the next
two periods were nearly even. Smith
kept coming. but, as Charlie says, he
got it, too. He had the better of the
infighting and in the eighth, ninth and
part of the tenth eVened up for Van
Horns early advantage. The boys
displayed signs of savageness in the
closing round, but both were there to
shake hands at the final bell. A draw
was about the real ticket.
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