El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-13

TUNG again. was a general
~ remark. and the concensus Of
opinion. as a large crowd filled
out Of me Juz-ez ball ring Sunday
afternoon after witnessing three ira
vesties upon the manly art Of self
defence" perpetrated upon an 1nuo-
cent and indulEent gathering OF men,
women and children Of various hues,
shades, cOlOrs and sizes, and different
stages Of SObrlety-
The intense heat Of the sun super
Induced by the liberal use of tequilla,
added to the excitement and pleasure
of viewing their cOuntrymen in the
arena. seemed to have disquieting ef-
feet upon some Of our neighDOrS across
the river. At any rate, they were
dragged out This was really the best
thing Of the show.
The entertainment as a boxing carni-
val was nll-thdt is, there wasn't any
The writer understands the managers
are "bull fight promoters, very well.
we viii cOncede they are O. X as such,
but, as man-fight promoters We viii
stamp our dlsapprOVal- but IL was
about al good as could be expected,
as capable boxers are not to be gath
cred from pool halls, barber shops and
street corners
Boxing or fighting is a business in
itself. and naturally those engaged in
il are only to be found in boxing cen
tiers. Contrary to the opinion Of those
not come TO town in bOXcarS- In th6
writer's opinion, the possibilities across
the river are large; that is. if box
erS of reputation were imported, bona
fide contests were staged. a referee
secured of competence and knowledge
OF the game, with an announcer who
could and would announce, and pro-
per attention to details We're given
But this entails the expenditure OF
money Good bouts cant be pulled off
on shOestrings. These boxers Of class
T. ran~
and managers and trainers, and they
get it.
1t is very important to have an eff
ficient third man IN the ring, one who
will command the respect Of the
fighters To illustrate Some of the
sOCalled fighters engaged in contests
in Juarez entered the ring Seemingly
with one set purpose, tOWit- To win
on a foul as early as possible They
did not seem TO realize that they were
paid Off they were paid they should
have been paid about ten kOpeks; kO-
PEEK is equal to- a tenth part of a
fight
A real fighter won't look for "the
CUT and in California and boxing cen
tiers, real referees won't stand for il.
Unless boy is seriously injured. or
so much so to incapacitate him from
continuing ne has TO night or ne IS
banished from the ring and takes the
fresh air for compensation besides be-
ing blackllsted as a gutter
fought frankie Burns IS rounds with
a broken wrist dangling at his side,
and earned a draw, in New York
What a splendid chance to quit, but
not for Able, he was a fighter.
But to resume the review of sun
days fiascO- There were some novel !
ties pulled I have seen boxing from :
Boston to san Francisco. but the Kid /
Harris stunt was. unique Fancy a 4
trained athlete. billed and touted as
q clever boxer boxing two rounds Z
and walking to his corner. sitting Z
down and fainting- knew they
tented. while boxing. but fainting in
their own COrneT-Weu- that's a new
one I would suggest that Kid Harris ]
have that copyrighted as a new de-
vice of making a getaway
Anyway, the show had its humOr- !
Gus side There never was a soldier
quite as happy as Soldier Kerns was Z
when Kid Ross ("cullud") was dis
qualified for hitting him few harm
less blows after the bell had sounded.
He could hardly wait to have his
gloves removed, to sCamper to his
dressing room. Which. perhaps. was
all for the best In Frisco he would
have had to fight, or beat it, without
coin And what the gallery gods
would have done to the Soldier. in the D
line of comment. would have been /
larrasslng to our cOuntry's protection
Without desire to knock any ones