Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-27

height and reach, but Il seemed dur
ing the first round that the advantage
OF skill and science lay with Hunt
who fought carefully and cleverly
covering M nicely when the occasion
/ required and ever and anon landing
a slam on the features Of his opponent
which seemed OF sufficient force TO
Jar the filling out OF his teeth II he
/ had any At the conclusion Of the
first chapter OF the story there were
few In the audience who would have
cared to risk any real money on Con
zalos. and the view prevailed that the
army man would make short work Of
his adversary.
The native son. however, while lack
/ ing In boxing science. possessed an
ability 60 rush OF which an enraged
bull or "A locomotive under full steam
might we'll be onvlous, and a wicked
ewing which frequently went Wild but
was not to be resisted when Il aid
/ land VIII n tho Second round was
about half gone ne rushed Hunt into q
corner and before the soldier could
cover up landed a right swing upon
/ his nidriff with the force Of a pile
/ driver. causing him to stretch his
length upon the floor That Hunt was
astoniRhea and dazeR was shown by
/ the TACT that Instead of ayailing him
self of the count and taking his time
Ito recover he Immediately sprang 10
! his feet and stood hands down. CROSBY
and helpless. Gonzales thereupOn I'M
ishcd the job In neat and workman
Ike manner Another vicious swing
10 the stomach and a left hook to the
jaw and the man OF Mars made pre-
cipltate departure through the ropes,
where he lay listening 10 a simple
lesson IN arithmetic repeated by man
OF imposing architecture who stood
over him and tolied OF the seconds.
And the subsequent proceedings IN
terested him no more"
The crowd was not nearly so large
as Il should have been. Il was a
cynical and suspicious crowd, which
evidently bore IN vivid remembrance
various malodorous wrestling bouts OF
months gone by. n was made up Of
people who had been stung so often
that thcy expected little else, but who
were compelled 10 admit, when the
affair was over that for once Alhu-
lqueraue had been given an exhibition
of clean straight, honest aud high
GLASS sport
Manager Mark Levy has won golden
lcplnlons for the manner In which tht
bout was handled, and the fans of th'
city have come 10 recognize the FAC
that his name In connection with
sporting event is an absolute guaranty
OF honesty There Is no doubt tina
the next event pulled of by his club
which will be I'm the near future, vii
receive a much larger patronage thai
the one last night.
Why IL a Preliminary?
As a rule the preliminary Is merely
a time killer put In with the appaI
ent idea that Just so much time mus
he consumed during the evening an
90 provide against too-sudden ter
animation OF the mann affair cutting
short the pleasure OF the spectators
In the large sport oenters where bi
safe receipts enable the payment o
slzoable purses, and where there ar
, always promising boys of rea, talen
TO be had, something resembling en-
teriainment may be derived iron
these little curtain Taisers. but undo
conditions such az exist IN Albuauer
que, the only purpose served by th
preliminary Is to tax the patience 2
the audience.