El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-02
JOE HERRICk DEFEATS BART GORDON
IN JUAREZ FIGHT ARENA LABOR DAY
Kewanee Fighter Clearly Shows His Superiority in the
Ring-Gordon Fights With an Injured Hand;
York and Shannon Fight Draw, and
"Kid'' Lee Wins From Jack Dean

qualities of Gordon are credited. as he
was outgeneraled and oUIboSed from
Gordon stated after the fight in his
dressing room that he knew he was
outclaSSed. but held on win the de-
rick was appareneJly as fresh at The
end of the fight as in the 18th round
He reserved his stamina with expert
generalship. Gordon gave up distance
boxing early and tried for :nfightiag,
although Herrick would invariably
land in the breakaWay- The famous
One-tyTO puS Gordon to the mat twice,
once for the count # four in his cwn
corner and secnd time for eight sec
Herriek Easily Leads.
Herrick wiped out his former show
ing against Gordon in the first seven
rounds, easily OutbOXing the Oklahoma
fighter. In the first two sessions Cor
don did not land a single clean blow,
inability to solve the perfect defence
Of Herrick being the cause Gordon
was staggered by the one-two in the
second, and several singing uppercuts
to the wind also found mark IN Cor
don's anatomy between his ribs and
trunks. The KeWanee boxer got IN
several wicked rights to the head and
ripped in a series of left uppercuts 70
the stomach in the third. The fourth
was a replica Of the preceding st3nsa,
with the exception Of Gordon DelrS put
to the floor in his own corner with
away. HerricE swung a left % the
stomach, followed closely by right
to the Jaw, topping Gordon
Herrick delivered Yelling body blows
in a clinch, and staggered Gordon IN
the fifth with a right to the stomach;
The cumb ersOme Oklahoma Ia1 rusheo
his opponent to the ropes, falling TO
land effectively. The fifth, sixth and
seventh were Herrick's BY a large mar
GOrdon's advantage
Gordon had a decided advantage in
the eighth inaugurating the rouho
with heavy right to the face. Her
rick sent a hard wallOp to the kidneys
and Gordon clipped in a left to the Jaw
Herrick. sent a left to the stomach and
Gordon put a right to the jaw Goroon
rushed Herrick to the ropes, planting
a successive right and left swing Her
rick ducked and clinched- Gordon had
the better of a mixup, but in the break
away Herrick landed a left upper TO
the stomach Gordon came out strong
" in the ninth and gained the round
by a shade. The tenth was a draw
with Gordon shade on RESPONSIVENESS
while the eleventh and twelfth were
even. Gordon had a slight shade IN
the thirteenth while Herrick won the
fourteenth by a margin
The fifteenth was a draw and after
that it was all Herrick- After the 1
twentieth round, Gordon did practical /
" no leading at all, and was continu- i
ally on the defensive. In the 18th II 1
looked like curtains for Gordon, when /
the clever KeWanee boxer sent a swift !
one to the Jaw, Gordon going down for
the count o. eight. In the 2Sth Herrick z
rushed Gordon to the ropes near the (
pres box and told reporters to count 4
the blows he landed suiting the words /
with five hooks to the kidneys Cord !
on gained his feet after the knOckdOWn 1
and ran into a fusilade of right and /
left chops and upDercuts-
Gordon Stalls.
After the Goth Gordon continually /
stalled in an effort TO last the sched- 4
uled route and was warned several !
times by Ed Stewart, referee. Accord !
ing to Halford, Gordon said in the 30th I
round: Il am tired, but am going to |
try and last the fight out" Gordon 1
was the recipient of a storm Of gloves !
in the 32d when the sponge fell into
the ring Herrick installed himself as |
one of the greatest cards at the Juarez
arena by clever boxing during the 1
bout He was given great ovation on ;
his great exhibition. At times Her
rick would stall and gibe Gordon who
rushed furiOusIy in return. The bout
was witnessed by an approximate
crowd OF 2.4OO, the largest of the box
ing season
The PreIims.
Bob York and Billy Shannon battled
to referees draw decision in the cur
tain raiser. York is a clever cleancut
cision, should have received the YER
dict York did all the leading and cut
his opponents face in several places.
York was in good condition and
could have easily gone ten rounds If
necessary at the same pace He is a
handy boy with his mits. and although
he was caught by a wild right swing
and sent to the floor in the first
stanza, he offset this by clever boxing
in the latter rounds York was IN
marked when he left the ring, while /
opponent showed several small cuts on
his face and a swelling eye.
kid" Lee won from Jack Dean in
the semiwindup. Dean led for three !
rounds and a draw was the worst he
could have received. Dean is an elon-
gated fellow and continually jabbed !
Lee in the face and punished him |
around the head while he was I'M
marked. Lee won the fourth round by |
a margin but the decision Of referee
Jack Brace was unpopular.
Boxing Tips.
Young Gene. a brother of Kid Payo,
has returned from Silver City Gene
declares that he defeated Kid Flores
twice, in a six and ten round bout, but
a draw was the best he could get
against home talent Gene is a clever
little fighter and announced his in
-entton of making another trip to the
hilltop town in the near future
Kid" Harrison, who fought a ten