The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-04-01

SMOKER
Pulled Off For the Striking
Switchmen Makes Fans
Sit Up and Take Notice

The Athletic smoker, for the benefit
of the striking switchmen, was pulled
off in Fraternal hall Wednesday night
according to schedule
Six fast bouts were pulled off with
out wait and without delay" as the
circus spieler says and the ringside bugs
howled with delight. Young Toler and
George Johnson went to the mat for
twenty-minute wrestling match and the
way those kids went to the game was
good for sore eyes. Neither kid loafed
a second during the bout. No fall.
Hunky Hines refereed and at the close
of the bout complimented both yonug-
sters for their fast work.
Six fast boxing stunts, four of them
four round goes and the others three
rounds, filled the rest of the evening.
Tracy Solomon was the third man in
the ring but beyond looking as wise
as tree full of owls, didn't have much
work to perform as the boys all boxed
clean breaks. Two colored gents fur
nished the comic supplement to the ev-
ening's entertainment. One was clever
and the other one nix, but the unscien-
tific scrapper carried side line of
stunts and poses that would have put
moving picture machine on the blink
and the crowd howled.
Kid Shingles and Kid Long mixed it
for four rounds as did Spider Kelly and
Kid Harris. Get on to those stage
names! These kids are husky young
sters and not afraid to mix it up and
they kept the crowd in good humor
with some fast milling.
Kid Ward, who claims to be light
weight champion of Northern California
and Cyclone Smith went together for
three rounds which from the standpoint
of cleverness, was the cream of the
bill. 1t was just friendly exhibition
of skill with no desire to punish on the
part of either boy, but each one had
whole bagfull of tricks which they
shook out in those three rounds. Smith
was out of condition and badly wind
ed at the conclusion of the bout but
he showed speed and cleverness and
carried the game right up to his young
er opponent.
Reynolds and Rossert closed the bill
in three-round contest, and take it
from us the faA' got THAR dollars
worth right there. These boys didn't
do any parlor waltzing but started right
in in a real old walloping contest that
brought the crowd to their feet. They
We're evenly matched both in height and
reach, and it was give and take all the
way home. There wasn't bug in the
crowd that wouldn't cheerfully dug up
a simoleon or two to see those boys
mix it in a real scrap for real money
BY the way simple ring announce
ment was made that Hunky Hines and
Ballenger would meet in a wrestling
bout in this city sometime in the next
month, positive date not determined
Some of the wise ones had it tipped
off to them sometime ago that negotia-
tions toward match of this kind were
under way, but couldn't get a sure line
on it. Perhaps this little announcement
didn't make a hit, whatY Both of these
wrestlers are old timers in this city
and the wrestling fans know they are
there with all kinds of class. Guess
they won't draw big house Quit
your kidding.
Well, you fellows that stayed away
missed bangup time. A neat sum
was cleared for the benefit Of the
switchmen, who have stood the gaff for
four long weary months and every
body had a good time. Pollard. Rob
erts and Campbell, the committee APP
pointed by the Trades Council TO handle
the affair, deserve a whole lot of credit
for their hard work and the successful
way in which everything was managed