East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-07
GOOD CARD PLANNED
BY PENDLETON A.A.C.

Pendleton A. A. c. has arranged
fine card for the boxing and wrest-
ling fans this winter In the several
meets scheduled will be some of the
really high class boxers and wrestlers
of the world. Zbysko. the great Pol
ish champion, who is after Frank
Gotch, will appear before the p. A.
A. C. February 2S, with Ben Jackson,
amateur northwest heavyweight
champion. Zbysko is anxious to
wrestle Montanic, the famous Indian
who wrestled Frank Gotch and Man
ager Dudley Evans is trying to in
duce the big Umatilla brave to accept
Champion Willie Ritchie is to make
a tour of the northwest and the Pen
dleton club has made him an offer
to box for their members with some
northwest boy.
Bud Anderson, the lightweight who
has been beating them all on the
coast is after date and the wires are
hot looking for a suitable opponent.
Montana Kid, who had a newspaper
decision over Jack Carpenter, is also
on the list. 1t is probable that he
and Anderson will box here late this
month.
Charles Jost is now at Portland and
will make the round of the P. N. A.
clubs to sign up for meets between
p. A. A. C. boxers and the Multno
mah Seattle, Ballard, Columbus and
Spokane clubs for return meets dur
ing the indoor season.
There is to be a club smoker on
December 18th at the gym at which
there has been arranged the finest
card yet offered to the fans at a club
evening. The doors will be thrown
open to the public for the first time
and as Jockey Bennett, who boxes
fifteen rounds with Billy Gaffney,
will box Buddie Stevens four rounds,
the fans will get line on the little
featherweight champion in action.
Gaffney will also box four rounds the
same evening and the opportunity will
be afforded for a comparison be-
tween these two great little boxers
There are some really good amateurs,
members of the boxing and wrestling
classes, who will go three rounds and
the rapid advancement made among
the club boys in boxing and wrestling
promise a surprise to those who do
not regularly attend the club.
Young Hackensmith will wrestle
best two in three with a local black
nest Pineau, who wrestled with Eddie
smith who is said to be conner. Err
O'Connell, will be here to prepare for
his match at the local club. Young
Dixie Kid, the colored boxer, will go
three rounds with a colored oppo-
nent. Brook Dickson, the local light
weight, will appear in three round
bout with the club instructor and
several of the local threater perform
ers will appear to fill out the caro-.
This will be the first time any OF
the fans have seen Instructor Dudley
Evans in the squared arena since the
now famous Qocally) Barney Mullen
match. Dudley is working out every
| day at the club with the classes and
promises a whirlwind three rounds
with the local champ who will appear
with him as an opponent.
Frank Cody of Portland, the well
known Pacific coast manager, Will be
present in charge of Jockey Bennett
and will appear as referee. Frank is
! some boxer himself, having been a
member of the old Portland A. A. G.
class at the time that Chas. Jost en-
| tered the boxing game. Frank has
handled many of the best coast boxers
and thinks that Bennett Is the best
boy at 122 pounds in the country.