The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-02-27


ed the Eagles smoker last night,
and three of the seven bouts
failed to go the full distance.
There was no stalling In any Of
them, and from the first gong un-
til the end of the main go the
fans were furnished with thrills.
Joe Bonds demonstrated In the
final bout of the evening that he
is improving all the time and
has a terrific kick in either mitt.
Art Wilson started in on him like
a whirlwind In the first round and
tried to rush him around the ring.
with the result a hard right
knocked him off his feet. Joe
put him down twice again in the
same session, and after scoring
another knockdown in the second
round, Referee Schock stopped
the contest and awarded 1t to the
local heavyweight.
Joe showed very effective left
while the bout lasted, and al
though his right uppercut was
somewhat wild at times in the
endeavor to land the X. o., 1t
battered into the Seattle heavy
with telling force. Bonds work
last night was a revelation to
many of the fans, and they were
heard expressing a desire to see
him tangle with Frank Farmer
again, or Ed Hagen.
In the other main event Romeo
Hagen secured a draw with
Frank Barrieau, which proves
that Romeo must have been born
under a lucky star. The clever
Canadian boxer had the contest
won mile. Romeo may have
been weakened by making the
weight, but he appeared to be
trying hard all the time. only to
be outclassed by his opponent.
Barrieau's work was pleas
ure to witness. He even excelled
in Romeo's favorite close-in mix
ing, and time after time jolted
the Northwest middleweight
champ with left and right upper
cuts as he broke away. At close
quarters Barrieau repeatedly jab-
bed in four or five stiff jolts with
either hand, while blocking Ha-
gems punches neatly. The Cana
dian showed last night that he
is by far the best boxer of his
! weight in this section Of the
| country.
Sammy Good surprised the
fans by his excellent showing
| against Ernie Barrieau. While
the Canadian lightweight Is as
clever a boxer as his brother, he
lacks the generalship and stam-
ina of Frank, and Good had him
in distress several times last
night. The first round was wide
ly Barrieau's, but after that Good
more than held his opponent
even.
Earl Corners was out-reached
and outweighed by Tommy Traf.
ton, who looked about young
enough to be Fitzsimmons' grand.
father, but the Tacoma bantam
pursued aggressive tactics and wor
the decision. Earl had some
difficulty getting to the tall Traf
ton, who had habit of standing
still at times as II trying to rec,
ognize a friend in the audience
Billy Williams had battered
Battling Wolff almost to a pull
in the first round, when the lat
ter slipped over a body punch
| Williams fell, claiming he was
fouled, but Wolff was given the
decision. There was much dis.
satisfaction over this decision
and the majority of the fans felt
that Williams had been fouled.
Leo Bishop lost the decision to
Eddie McLarney in four rounds
The soldier boy was entitled to
win. Bishop took worse pun.
ishment from him than he did
from Ernie Barrieau, McLarney
time after time staggering him
with a tremendous right upper.
cut. The soldier showed SC
much speed that at times he ap.
peared to be running race
around Leo, who was much puz.
zled endeavoring to keep track OF
his opponent.
Harry Mussen started out to
do some shifty boxing with Steve
Gardner OF Duluth, but the lat
ter's cleverness won him the fight
In the third round. after he had