Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-06

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Maud sansster found tho play Of the
gloves sufficiently exciting.
that Glendon was escaping serious
damage, that the editor leaned to her
and said:
young Pat will win all right. He's
conner, and they can't stop him. But
he'll win in the sixteenth and not be-
FORE"
"Or after?" she asked.
She almost laughed at the gertrude
of her companions negative. She
knew better
Powers was noted for hunting his
man from moment to moment and
round to round, and Glendon was con-
tent to accede to this program.
His defense was admirable, and he
threw in just enough of offense to whet
the edge of the audiences interest.
Though he knew he was scheduled to
lose, Powers had had too long q ring
experience to hesitate from knocking
bis man out If the opportunity offered.
He had had the double cross worked
too often on him to be chary In work
ing It on others.
IT he got his chance he was prepared
to knock his man out and let the syn
dicate 60 hang.
Thanks to clever press publicity, the
idea was prevalent that at last young
Glendon had met his master.
In his heart Powers, however, knew
that it was himself who had encoun-
tered the better man. More than once,
In the faster infighting, he received
the weight of punches that he knew
had been deliberately made no heavier.
On Glendon's part there were times
and times when a slip or error of
judgment could have exposed him to
one OF his antagonists sledge hammer
blows and lost him the fight
| Yet his was that almost miraculous
power of accurate timing and dis
tancing, and his confidence was not
shaken by the several close shaves he
experienced.
He had never lost a fight, never
been knocked down, and he had al
ways been SO thoroughly the master
Of the man he faced, that such a posi-
bility was unthinkable.
At the end Of the fifteenth round
both men were in good condition,
though Powers was breathing q tride
heavily and there were men in the
ringside seats Offering odds that he
would elbow up
1t was just before the gong for the
sixteenth round struck that Stubener,
leaning over Glendon from behind in
his corner, whispered:
"Are you going to get him now?'
Glendon, with back toss of his
head, shook it and laughed mockingly
up into his managers anxious face.
With the stroke Of the gong for the
sixteenth round Glendon was surprised
to see Powers cut loose.
From the first second it was lorna
do of fighting, and Glendon was hard
put to escape serious damage. he
blocked, clinched. ducked. sidestepped,
was rushed backward against the
ropes and was met by fresh rushes
when he surged out to center.
Several times Powers left inviting
openings, but Glendon refused to loose
the lightning bolt Of blow that would
drop his man.
He was reserving that blow for two
rounds later. Not in the whole fight
had he ever exerted his full strength
nor struck with the force that was in
him.
For two minutes. without the slight
est letup. Powers went at him hammer
and tongs. ~;
In another minute the round would
be over and the betting syndicate
hard hit. -.
But that minute was not to be. They
had just come together In the center
Of the ring. 1t was as ordinary a
clinch as any in the fight, save that
Powers was struggling and roughing
1t every instant. ~
Glendon whipped his left over in q
crisp but easy jolt to the side Of the
face. It was like any Of score of
similar jolts he had already delivered
In the course Of the fight.
To his amazement he felt Powers 60
limp in his arms and begin sinking
the door on sagging, spraddling leg
that refused to bear his weight.
He struck the door with thump
rolled half over on his side and Ia,
with closed eyes and motionless. tn,
referee, bending above him, was shout
ing the count ~.
7 At the cry Of 'Nine!' Powers quiv
cred! as II making vain effort to rise.
'Ten-and out!' cried the referee.
He caught Glendon's hand and rail
ed it aloft to the roaring audience Il
token that he was the winner.
For the nrst time In the ring Glen
don was dazed. It had not been
knockout blow. He could stake hi
life on that.
Is bad not been to the jaw, but 3
the side 0f the face. and he knew
had gone there and nowhere else. re
the man was out, had been counte,
out and he had fnked It beautifully
That ANAL thump On the door bad bee
9 CONVINCING masterpiecs.