Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-07-12
MOORE-HARRIS MATCH.
A Ten-Round Bout That Was Inter
esting and on the Square.


Roy Moore and frankie Harris at the
Rink Hall last Saturday night pro-
NOTED by j. J. Carberry. reflects credit
on the promoter 1t was clean scrap
through the whole ten rounds, there
being little clinching and the men
breaking clean when cautioned by the
referee.
There were two good and rather
amusing preliminaries. The. first was
between Jim Adams and Johnson
(colored). This was Around go, but
was won in the second round by John
son on foul. Adams hitting John
son twice after the gong rang. Ad-
ans was out to win this scrap but the
noise was so great that he failed to
hear the gong and lost the money.
There would have been no question
about the outcome if Adams had not
fouled
The second preliminary was be
tween Malone. a surveyor, and Rath-
skeller (IIotwater Slim There was
some real slugging in this match and
Malone proved himself to be quite a
scientific scrapner. In the second
round he flooscd Hotwater with a
swing on the jaw that kent him on the
mat for the count Hotwater didn't
know it, for he did not come TO for
ten minutes after the count was I'm
ished
ID. c. Dcnnison. announcer. next
introduced Leahy, of Smeltertown,
who challenged any man in the world
at l35 pounds c. l.. Bartlett spar
riuq mate OF frankie Harris. jumped
sny no 81 n l.
lenge. the match to take place in Yer
ington and the date announced later
on in the Times
r. +. Wright. on behalf of Tommy
Jones. challenged the winner OF the
Moore Harris bout. this affair to take
place i'll Ierington on September l.
The ring was then cleared for the
main event and Moore was the first
to climb in, taking his position in the
southeast corner. He was roundly
cheercd 4 little later Harris jump
ed into the ring. taking the northwest
Corner. = c. Carberry was chosen
referee. as considerable objection had
been made against Mcdonald Tor
referee. Each man was introduced,
time was called. and the scrap was on
as soon as the contestants had shaken
hands. Both were cautions for start
feeling each other out little, Moore
being the aggresSor. He finally land
ed on Harris nose, which seemed to be
surprise to Harris. This was
Moore's round. as were all of them
In the second he found Harris on kid
news and wind. and seemed to have no
trouble in landing In the third round
Harris landed his left, which for an
instant dazed Moore. but he quickly
recovered and went after his man
harder than ever. In the sixth round
it looked as though Moore had Harris
going The gong saved him. The
same thing occurred III the eigth. In
the ninth Moore bored in continuously
but could not land knockout as llar-
ris has great block. Harris recuperat-
ed quickly and came back fighting He
is came, and can and did stand much
punishment. Moore, however, was the
aggressor at all times, but failed to
knock his man out. winning the deciS-
ion on points. Both men fought a
clean. fast fight and the fans and all
were satisfied with the exhibition.
Should Carberry pull off another
match in Yerington everybody in the
county Will DC luCIC, DIS Ht ildS iiituV
a reputation for square bouts. worth
your money, and no fakes will be toll
Grated He expects to arrange a
match between More and Chico. If
he does il will be battle royal of ban
tamS for neither can afford to lose
at this stage of his career.
The attendance at the match was
fairly good but not as large as was
expected. The game is new here. but
if few more good ones can be put
on il will become popular and
profitable.