Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-23
GREAT BOXING CARD
WAS PUT ON BY
ATHLETIC CLUB
Washington Birthday Scraps
At Elks Last Night Were
Best Ever Seen in This City.
Fans Got Big Run for Money

Every real sport that went out 70
see the entertainment gwen by Mark
Levy's sewing society last night may
figure himself just exactly four dol
lars 10 the good this morning. Which
being Interpreted. means that Mark
! put on a Eve dollar show for one doll
, lar.
81 was good all the way, and NOBODY
In Albuquerque has yet been heard TO
register a complaint against the brand
OF athletic activity that was handed
out II Marks scraps keep on gct-
ting better every time as they have
been doing. Il VIII not be long before
the Pacific coast will have nothing
whatever on the Duke City as a CEN
ter of fistic art
/ Two cugtain-ralsers were put on TO
precede the main bout. The nrst one.
/ between Alfredo Sal6zar and Barber
/ Robinson. went for six rounds. aud
barring the peculiar defensive meth
/ DDS OF salazar. Il was a corking good
scrap. The native citizen - "a stout
/ husky lad, with q mighty wallop and
an unlimited capacity 20 absorb pun
ishment, but he Is sadly in need OF
somebody TO teach him the game.
( Smiling at tae audience. pushing his
raven locks back from his alabaator
brow and sticking his head between
his knees al the first suspicion OF au
attack by his adversary seem TO be
the main principles OF the Sulazar
method of eXpounding the rules laid
down by the late Mr.. Queensbury.
Robinson forced the lighting through
out the bout and did his htele burned
est TO land a *. o. punch on his adj
versary bat whnt can a man do when
the other guy shuts up like a jack
knife every time you lock like you
are thinking about hitting him? The
decision went 70 the knight OF the
razor ana shears by "a large aud SUM-
Client majority
The seini-nnaI. between the Chey-
enno Kid and Young Herrera (whpm
a wild-eyed lrishman In the audience
Insisted on calling O'Hara) was it,
self better than most OF the main
bouts" that have been staged Ia Albu-
querQue. IL went for eight rounds.
and they were eight rounds ohock full
OF fight The boys were evenly
matched. weighing about 145 pounds
each and in height, reach ana ag-
grossiyoness there was little TO choose
between Thorn. During the FIRST two
rounds Of tho go the Cheyenne XII
forced the lighting and had things
pretty much his own way. but from
the third round on Herrera seemed
90 Increase in confidence and speed
aud during those rouds had dlsucl
shade on his opponent This fact
doubtless Influenced the decision In
/ D. HaH HNaI b. a -.
referee az the conclusion Of the bout,
though there We're many In the audi
ence who thought that the Cheyenne
Kid was entitled 10 a draw.
II Is not too much 10 say that the
main event between johnnie Murphy
and Eddie Gregory was the best boul
: ever staged IN Albuquerque. The
! first round OF this affair had not pro-
ceeded thirty seconds before che au-
dlence was fully aware OF the fact
that two masters OF the game were
pitted against each other Gregory
outweigned the Denver boy by severa.
pounds, ana ia the matter OF height
and reach his advantage was even
more pronounced. But Murphy, VIII,
In his street clothes looks like pini
and white high-school kid who would
never do anything more violent thar
say "Oh fudge was a workable Wild
cat for aggresslyeness and bolt o.
lightning Tor qulckness. The Rator
man Is clcver-in fact few men "a
clover as he have ever been seen ~
A,buqnerque-b he needed an hh
, cleyeruess last night.
And right here Il Is well 10 say that
, there are few better defensive asht'
. ors in the country than Gregory ane
! feW VINO are better able to put up d
good, clean, scientific contest the sOrt
/ mat the fans Ike 10 se 10 has boer
, thought that he was lacking in STAN
ina, ana mat when h came to "a Cruel
ling contest 'Sith strong man h'
! could not SO the distance. Those who
, saw him last aight have gotten rid o
, that idea. For that Murphy person
, was about the busiest little kottle OF
/ tea that ever hit these parts anC
J kept Mr Gregory occupied every sec
/ ond 90 the sixty ninutes that the
! ngut lBsted knd al the finish Greg
nru p.nu ou.rt hlf ua fresh na hia On.