Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-09
GRUELLING SCRAP
EXPECTED FROM
GONG TO GONG
Winters and Shafer. Both
Trained Down 70 the Minute
Eager to Respond to Sound
Of Opening Bell.

NtAvn, ana pttuty ~ ~ may be
expected In the scheduled ten-round
battle booked for tomorrow night In
the Elks' tneascr. with Nv Winters.
81 Ration. and Kid shefer. Of Chey-
Fenne. a. the principals. n IL unf-
rcftally conceded that llghtweinhas.
when rightly matched uauallg put W
more spectacular exhibition IN the
RINK Than fighters Of amy other di-
vision II Winters and Shafer are
not matched we'll and n they do not
pot up a hammer and tongs scrap TO-
morrow night the dope ~ the fans IN
away off Winters IA never SAY
die Fighter and tho faster the going
the fiercer the mixing. the better he
h pleased. Winters IN the ring and
Winters out 81 the ring are two dif-
iercnt people. Apparently he ~ not
pugnncious and In his street clothes
gives the appearance that he would
do anything rather tnsn engage IN "a
flsfie encounter once over the ropes.
with four-ounce gloves on his mltts
and with the buzx Of the fight Fans
IN his ears. Winters Il eager for the
fray and forgets all about everything
but carrying the battle e. his oppc-
nent.
In an opponent tomorrow nigat
Winters Will find ono Kid Shafer. ~ho
drlftcd IN few weeks ago from
Cheyenne. Wyo. Shnfer wouid be-
picked as q fighter IN crowd tie
ls squarcIy built and has The face 81
fighter. although he has been suc
ccssfui thus fsr In keeping away frem
lhe tin ears Skaters nose n spread
over a considerable part % his face,
having been gliEhtly mashed on two
on s.-ee occasions. A veteran of do1.
ems ~ contests Shafcr h perfectly az
home In the rOped arena. lie IS
cool. calculating fighting machine.
he never Furnishes a man unncces.
sarily. but evcrlastinziy pushes the
fight forward, believing that iacsssg nj
hanmcrsng away az any man OF his
size viii eventually make him hoist
the signals OF defeat.
When two auch lads as Winters and
Shafer MEET tomorrow night, some
thing Is bound 10 drop. Notwithstand-
Ing that Winters injured his right
hand several days ago and VII be
prevented from using u az frequently
as he would wish. he Is apparently
the favorite over shafer In the down
town pool halls ana cluhs. Shafer,
~ course. Is looked upon as the local
end OF the batsic. and has "A most OF
friends who VIII bc IN the house to-
morrow night 10 see that be dOesn't
hack encoura cement from the parquet
and gallery.
The lightwciEhts are signed up 10
weigh In al las pounds tomorrow af-
iernoon "A O'Clock Both have
trained faithfully aud there viii likely
be- no difficulty on the weight pro-
position.
There viii be three minor events
tomorrow night the most important
Of which viii be a semi-windup for
riN rounds between Kid Bruce, OF
Trinidad. and Young Sam langiord.
Of Albuquerque. This bout should
prove atcmWinder Young Joe
Rivers. who is a crack Juvenile hase'
ball pitcher, and who recently turned
hts attention 60 the fight game. b.
booked 10 60 against Mackey Chavez
for four Hiauzas. Benny Carson ana
Maliy Matthews pair OF hh-quick
and stay-with-it battloTs will appear
IA slS-round prelim following ihe
curtain raiser.
Tho ticket sale for the fight caro-
opened today at Malsons and iudg-
ing by the hummer Of tickets reserved
"a smashing good house VIII witness
the four contests. which viii ee tagged
under the auspices OF the y, NJ. a. &
with Mark Levy a. personal stage d.
rector.