El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
- - - REPORTER.

-0HDD1Y MOLTANE, the bantam
weight champion, defeated Cipl-
rano Ortegon, 1910 Athletic CLUB
.,b.r,,,on. In q. clean. snappy boxing
Itch AZ the Y. N. c. A Saturday night
before q crowd Of lovers OF the many
.-+ Of fistic self defence, representlLs
both organizations +1,-aa
The bout was fought IN Two l1ISS
minnie and one four minute EoUnus'
The men were well matched ana LI ~
~ time they faced each other IN Lle
ring. until the clang OF lAS -Ill'' 9'--'7
IL was one spirited 90
The first round was WhlrlNllll'
both men got into the game III q - 80
and drove each other an over l-lS -
---5fhou+ either man having gained me
5--o-7+sza bv the time the gong SOUND
with the first round a draw, the .1 eE-
element of the spectators vas ~ - - II
- The second. OrtegOn opened =" -
- corrosive onslaught tnaI ."
forced MoItane to retreat clear 20 L.-5
r0pes. though he 1alIsu " -
through the man 5 ue-e-- 1900
- 9-v telling blow. Once lAO4tdlS
7f-r-a5 as he backed before the an
1efic mans rush, but quickly req
80 bo7ance Then MOltane IGrneu -
rressor. and finding the me - -
9o5-+ in the Athletic cnamploLs "
49, 49, +-aa+ed him to a rapid IRE OF
T-elI placed uppercuts that set ms AoSS
bleeding prOIusely. oo-~oD
Regaining the offensive, OLesgH
ruehed MoItane to his own corner,
s-t-f-,c- mo the water bucket ana
Smashing its contents over the spSo-e-
tors nearest the rope. his gam y .
only temporary, as MOllane sOOH "a ~ =
him hack to the center Of the ring anu
handed out severe punishment eaoli
blow telling, until the gong struck
lIolfane Wins second.
7roItane was given the decision 1of
the second 49, --.-~+.-
tors acted like each individual was
The ven leader on the side lines OF q
college gridirOn, and made enough
noise to exUnguish q dozen callopes;
OREGON repeated his opening tactics
of the second going after MOlUane Win
a furious rush that drove MIN 10 anu
half way under the ropes repeatedly
The i man proved me oeller SLa5 - ;
for as the squirt of Ortegon's onslaught
bevsn to- weaken, MOltane was there
with the goods and punished has oppo-
nent numerically MOltane.s superior
defence and his speed enabled hin 70
keen his head protected throughout the
entire bout, while he ratned RAPID IRE
of stiff uppercuts on his antagonist
face. splitting open ms cneek anu Keep
ing his nose bleeding continually.
Twice in the final round, Moltane al
rected q clean cut, well aimed NIT tHal
sprawled OrtegOn nat on the uoor- lie
Instantly regained his feet both times,
and, though fast weakening, stayed
with id. putting UP q game fight until
the timekeeper struck the final gong.
Ortegon weigher III pounds TO Mol
tane's 113.
The bout was refereed by A. n Har-
ris. boxing Instructor Of the Y. n C. A.
The judges were Z. A. Ward and a n
Harris
The Athletic club is an organization
Of young Mexicans on the south SIDE
with whom the Y expects to have sew
eral matches during the winter.
Good Preliminaries.
In the preIiminaries Angler Foster
and George Johnson, High school boys
fought q rather tame bout Of three one
minute rounds, Johnson winning. John
son assumed the offensive at the be-
ginning and held it through the bout
Each boy seemed possessed of a pecu-
liar fascination for the nose Of his Op-
pOnent, for the majority OF blows were
aimed at that target and the result was
decidedly CORY on both sides The bout
was JohnsOn's second public one, and