El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-02
PICKLE Fight Fans.

etc" Then the tide changed and Cor
don led for round Swat him. Bart.
Dor. let MIN fool you. kid; lam him
IN the snoot; break his nose: break his
arm: break his leg: break his head;
Dreak anything. Any crowd likes to
be with the winner, thereby scoring
one in the philosophy of life, and a
IgnT crowd IS no exception to the
adage that nothing comes across like
the goods" Gordon seemed TO have
a shade the best of the popularity
stuff and he was consistently backed
- q SLOMu u IOoleIS SllLlnS under Ine
presidents roost: they rooted for him
until the water soaked sponge rolled
at Gordon's feet He was financially
backed by as many more and there was
deficit in the bank accounts of many
Who expected to make q killing on the
Oklahoma corn cutter
Joe Crosses Himself
Joe started the psychological stuff
when he crossed himself as he came
out Of his corner for the first round OF
the fight Joe being a devout Catholic.
this was noticed by the ringsiders with
different angles of approval and dis
approval. One big husky contended
that he should have confined his devo-
tons TO the dressing room Another
said that that was what made Joe
good boy. Whatever the motive, 1t
was bit Of the stuff that makes the
world kin and was as unique as it was
spontaneous Gordon slipped it to a
few Of his ringside friends that his
right hand had been broken in Drac-
tice and that he was doing all his
fighting with his left, which won him
collection Of well earned sympathy.
with an occasional criticism for hav-
ing entered the ring in such condition.
boIh boys We're game, both founght
with every ounce of their stamina and
even after Gordon was down to the
count ne continued TO grin and bear
the wallOps which Joe handed him. The
crowd plainly showed its disappoint-
ment when it did not get a knockout
spilled by either fighter.
The fight was fought over by 500
pairs Of amateur fight fans coming
back on the street cars and the various
punches illustrated with varying de-
Erees OF skill That is what makes
fighting so fascinating and so popular
from q box office standpoint
Herrick the Champion
Herr1ck obl1terated all doubts as to
acy when he got the decision over Cor
don.
Cleverness and speed were matched
against weight. smuggling and expert
ence IN this match, and cleverness. as
usual, came out on top Gordon is a
game tighter, who can assimilate an
extraordinary amount of punishment,
but he is not in Herrick's class Her
riclc'S left uppercut to the stomach. the
main asset of the Kewanee boy, baf-
lied Gordon. and at times the rapid
variation with which Herrick would
assert his punches. would completely
outclass Gordon The OkIahous how
relied on a straight left, with a right
cross, and right uppercut to the ribs in
the clinches, but the cleverness of
1ierrlck IN doping out the simple box
ing form OF his adversary, usually off
set these Wauops to the extent that
they had very little steam behind
.heD.
GOrdon's Hand Injured.
Gordon fought with an injured right
hand after the 18th round, his seconds
the hand had been disIocated three
days before the fight. To his remark
able ability to absorb all the punish
ment handed out TO him, the staying