El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-15
Had Been Cautioned By
Referee Against Fouling
The Big Event of Sunday in Juarez Was the Ten Round
Fight Between Halford and Duffey, as It Develops
Doughty Little Boxer in Duffey-Twenty Rounds
Arranged Between the Two for a Future Date.
CBy G. a. Martin.)

~LAINLY fouling frankie Gage at
least twice, Battling MantelI,
4 the touted Brooklyn wonder, lost
the decision in the Juarez arena Sun
day afternoon in the fourth round.
Manteu showed coed fighting qualities
and won friends as soon as he started
nghtlng; why he did the fOuling, his
friends could not understand, but
foul he did and clearly, too, seven after
he had been warned once. With the
second foul, which was quite low the
referee held Cages glove high in the
air, the crowd hOOted and hOWIed, Man
tell protested and Gage bowed and ran
to his dressing room and it was all
over.
From the way the first four rounds
went, it looked like it was going to be
good fight and the fans were much
disappointed when the affair came to
Its sudden end MantelI plainly was
IN as much favor with the fans as
cage and was making good until the
fOuling.
Duffey Makes Good.
The real feature of the day and the
thing that gratified the fans was the
discovery of a new fighter who has
the nerve to fight and the ability to do
II, too He is Eddie Duffey. a new
conner The 10 round go between Max
HalfOrd and Eddie Duffey was one of
the best ever pulled off in Juarez and
it was more moneys worth than lots of
previous fightS-taking the whole Of
ferlng of many of the past exhibitions.
The fight brought into prominence
one of the gamest little scrappers who
has ever put on the gloves in Juarez
Eddie Duffey is the staying kid and
he stayed with HalfOrd until he gave
the sailor plenty and then some"
The night was snappy from the first
gong Along IN the fifth. Duffey
seemed to be weakening from the eff
fects of the kidney punches HaIford
then he
peared to recover his wind and the way
ne fought the tall sailor was a caution,
and he received punishment that would
nave made an OK grOan. without an
apparent Vince. He cut HalfOrd'S face
badly and on the whole appeared to
come out of the fray at the end of the
the sailor.
Another Fight Coming.
HalfOrd, afterwards challenged Duff
icy Tor 20 round go for a $500 side
pet and Duffey lost no time in coming
back with a challenge for the winner
10 take all of the receipts Halford
accepted this and if they fight. it is
going to be some fight There are
MANY who would have bet that Duffey
could have finished" HalfOrd inside
of five more ROUNDS. The little short
fellow is well built and he has the
endurance that makes a fighter. With
proper training, If Duffey doesn't win
next time inside of 20 rounds, HaIford
viii have to be a better man than he
was Sunday.
As a real fighter. Duffey is the
cleanest man. HalfOrd, early in the
game weakened Duffy by continued
pounding of the kidneys in cIinches.
but when Suffey felt him out bit. ne
was able to block much of this work
and in the clean fighting Duffy was
the superior, though a shorter man.
In the eighth and once before, Hal
ford got in some rough work by jerk
ing Duffey when in the clinches and
was hoOted by the crowd for his
pains.
Some Hard Fighting.
In the ninth round both men did
some clean fighting, and they fought
a good fight right up to the bell
Both men seemed to be weakening and
at the end HalfOrd looked all in Hal
ford's face was bleeding badly from
cut over the right eye, which Duffev
had been frequently massaging with
the glove.
In the tenth Halford tried for the
cllnches as often as possible in an at
tempt to get away from Duffey's blows
and get in some kidney punches. Duff
fey continued to massage the bum eve
for him, however, and HalfOrd only
occasionally got q punch at Duffey's
Kidneys The fighting was fierce near