Bisbee daily review., 1913-02-16
NACO TOBECOME
FIGHT CENTER
Bout Will Be Staged There
Today; Harry Gilmore,
Coast Promoter, Will
Be There
WILLIAMS VS.. ROSS

What may be the entering wedge 4
In making Naoo the fight center, in . /
fist.c sense, of this section viii be /
driven today when twenty round |
decision fight will be staged in the
Mexican town.
The scrap will be a lishtw eight az
fair and viii be between Kid Williams |
and Jimmie Ross, both to weigh ~ |
pounds ringside The rounds will be |
of three minutes each with one min |
ute intermiss.on. The scrap is for
side bet of s200
Both OF the principals have gained
some reputation in this section, hav
ing been seen n a number of minor
bouts. The referee and other OIL
cials have not yet been named.
The promoters OF the fight hope TO
make of Naco what Juarez was for
short time during the rebel oecll-
patton. breaking point for fighters
in their tours across the country.
Many good mitt art, SITS, who have
gained but little fame and want to
get a tryout on the coast will he
willing to put on first class bouts for
small purses, in order TO help out
travelling expenses. ii the gets a rep
utation good scrappers from I'll Paso
can probably he secured. in the
meantime the Accommodations will not
be of the best, itSut some good scraps
are promised.
! Williams is managed by Harry Gil
more, of Los Angeles. who will be at
| the ringside. Gilmore is one Of the
best known promoters on the coast,
/ ranking along with Carey, though not
owning an arena of'fhis own. He has
developed some pretty likely mater
ial. One boy in particular Jack Her
rick. is going to make them sit mp
and take cognizance in the middle
weight division. Herriek had a good
| try out in JuareZ and made good.
| That was when Orozco held the town
and the scraps were pulled off in the
lbuil ring. The promoters never got
much OF it. as a husky rebel stood
at the gate and froZe onto most OF
the tox Office receipts, but the pub
tic saw some good bouts
Gilmore had Herrick there and his
man put il all over most OF the Fl
Paso fighters Then along came Ho-
ward Morrow who matched up 10 Her
rick in every department, reach.
weight and the rest. This was along
about the time that Tommy Ryan.
lex-welterweight and middleweignt
champion of the world was present
talk champion. had his little tin with
Jim Flynn. who was training for he
July oFsirth scrap with johnson.
Tommy said some harsh things about
Flynn, which later proved shout cor.
rect and hied him to FL PasO He
spied Morrow and Immediately start
ed arranging a fight with HeTric6.
,Gilmore was willing and the boys hik-
ed round to a newspaper Office ana
put their monikers on the articles.
Both started training right away
Gilmore had 10 90 10 the coast for
a short time and that was probably
the reason that Herrick didn't get all
the training that was coming to him.
Tommy Ryan took hold of Morrow
and almost made the big boy cry, he
worked him so hard. He yanked him
out of bed before the sun was decent
ly up and had him locked in his room
long before they run the owl car
out OF the barns. Between times he
worked and no trunk juggier in EI
Paso worked harder
The scrap was pulled off the latter
part Of July. A good padded arena
had been put up in the circle where
the bulls were wont TO be slaughtered
and the bull ring was packed. Rebel
guards, with enough deadly weapons
and ammunition to sink a l1lttleship
were stationed through the CROW
and the whole place had pc
turesque look. with the flags flying,
band playing and everybody expect
ing every moment 70 hear the federal
guns outside the city. II wasn't the
tamest thing in the world. those days
attending a prize fight. PascuaI o.
ozco, ST., father OF the northern revO
lat onary leader. was sitting al the
| press table and the fact didn't help
/ the reporters to write any
On schedule time the fight started,
and from the first il could be seen
that il was Of the real championship
class The boys mixed Z ND strong
at the tap Of the gong and both were
lClinched and punching hard at The
end Of the round Round after round
this continued Herrick was doing
his hest and Gilmore kept plugging
for him. but Morrow was getting the
better Of IL. He has a crouch and a
deadly method OF lnfghting that, Il.
be Is properly ira ned. is going to put
him in the championship class some
. day. It was about the eleventh Of
twelfth round when Morrow dropped
his man first They were at The
ropes and Morrow was raining N
short arm jabs and uppers. Herriok
vas trying TO clinch and managed 10
get away from the ropes when a de
layed right hook took him fair On
II the law and he d-cUged He was eaT-
Cd by the bell Morrow kept up ais
fast work. with all the aggressive. fer
round aIter round after that twelfth
BAT Herrick. with all the beating nc
was receiving, seemed 70 be getting
fresher. Finally. in the eighteenth, he
took the aggressive and from that
time on. even after the severe beat
ing he had received, he had the best
Of the fight. The scrap was rhenom-
inaL considering that Herrick had
I had but little training and that lie
lhad BEEN pounded all over the ring
for searly an nogT 4