Imperial Valley press., 1909-01-23
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Chick Reeder, the BaSebaIIiSt, Proves to Be Powerful and
 Experienced Prizefighter

The result of the fstic combat pro- noted at El Centro last Tuesday night by the Athletic Club was painful surprise to the sports of the county seat and to MT. Wm DeCoursey. The gentleman of the Norman name was one of the combatants and he met with great disappointment due to dark map with a bundle of knuckles concealed in a glove
 The way Holtville denuded El Gen. tro and Imperial of greenbacks was scandalous, and the exultation of the Holtville baseball outfit over the out come of the job put up on an innocent prize fighter was deuced inconsider- ate.
 A sinewy person known in baseball circles as Chick Reeder turned the trick. DeCoursey thought he was an ambitious amateur who needed chas- tening, but he had another think la ter, and now he is wondering who Chick Reeder really is. There is no uncertainty as to what Reeder is. He is one of the most formidable men of his weight, 145 pounds, to be found in the ring today, and he knows the game thoroughly He whipped | DeCoursey easily and knocked him out in the twelfth round.
 DeCoursey's ring weight is 125 pounds, and Reeder agreed to get down to 133 but posted no forfeit and failed to make the weight, and De- Coursey consented to meet him at 145, supposing him to be a novice and relying upon his own superiority as a boxer. DeCoursey said, after the fight, that he agreed to the clean break because he thought that would deprive Reeder of any advantgae due to weight and that he would win by out boxing Reeder, but it turned out the other way. He out-boxed me-. said DeCoursey, and my only chance would have been in rough in-fghting, but he might have beaten me in that too. He's too big, strong and clever for me, and he's an old hand at the game.
 When the boxers stepped into the ring and fell into fighting attitude, it was plain to experienced observers of the game that a large dose of trouble had been mixed for the little old veteran of the ring. Reeder stripped in perfect condition a 1.-the, sinewy, splendidly-muscled man, and he assumed a crouch that made one think of 8 panther about to spring.
 For five rounds the two boxers felt each other out, Reeder taking the az gressive and DeCoursey warily on the defensive. In the sixth Reeder let go in earnest and only the gong saved De Coursey.
 As the little man went to hIs cor ner he shook his head to one of his supporters, meaning that>he could not win. He knew he was outclassed and was in for a drubbing, but he is Irish and doesn't quit until the game is done. So Billy DeCoursey, actually beaten to the floor in the sixth round, went grimly forward did his best and took the drubbing that he might have avoided easily by remaining down any : one of the score of times that he was knocked down by his conQueror. In the seventh round De Coursey even forced the fighting showed up . strong and tried to land a lucky punch. In the eighth he had a shade the bet. ter on points, but in the ninth Reeder knocked him down several times and from that time on De Coursey was on the floor about half the time, talk ing the count whenever he had a chance. Reeder's blows were so pow , erful that more than once De Coursey , was sent to the floor by a blocked , lead
 , In the twelfth Reeder buffeted De Coursey all around the ring and ended the fight with right on the jaw that , sent the smaller man to the floor. face l i