Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-28
SOLDIER BOXERS
TRAINING HARD
FOR navy men
SchofieId win Be Well Repre-
scented at the RingSide
Tomorrow

Especial Star-Bulletin Correspondence
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, May %.
The boxing element of the Schofleld
garrison can be found every evening
in one of the vacant mess halls OF the
cavalry post. turned into training
quarters, where vigorous preparations
are being made for the bouts to take
place tomorrow night on the dock
alongside the q. 8. s. Maryland.
Boatswain G. r. Thompson of the
Maryland, and Chaplain Ignatius Fealy
Of the 1st Field Artillery got together
and arranged five bouts between five
sailors on the big cruiser and FIVE OF
the best mitt-artists of the newly or
ganized Schofield Athletic Club. These
five bouts will be the main features OF
the program tomorrow night, and II
is predicted that they will prove to
be some of the most interesting spar.
ring matches seen In the territory for
good long time.
Charlie Cooper of B Troop. 4th Cav.
airy, will be matched against c. ID,
Motheral of the Maryland, for four
fast rounds, both to weigh in at 135.
Motheral is said to be clever scrap
per. Cooper is well known at Soho.
field, where he has been a fayorite at
the last two smokers. On February
12 he knocked out his opponent, and
at the last smoker on May Is, he went
four rounds to draw with Willy
Montgomery of C Battery, who out.
weighs him nearly 20 pounds. Mont
gomery is to be pitted for four rounds
against w. ]. Crosby of the Maryland.
both to weigh in at 14S. Crosby is un-
known at Schofield, but 1t is expected
that Montgomery will have q tougher
proposition to tackle than when he
met Charlie Cooper.
Bobby Moore of X Company, LIST
Inf, has on his hands for four rounds,
Paul Coutoumanos Of the Maryland,
who boxed at the last smoker with the
younger Mickels brother Of the Mary.
land, and put up very comical ex
hibition. AS Moore is one Of the cley.
crest boxers at Schofield It will prob
ably be more serious affair this time.
Both are to weigh in at 133.
Young Mickels is to try four
rounds with Billy Neumann OF +
Troop, 4th Cavalry. Neumann found
big Mickels too much Of proposition
at the last smoker, so he Is going to
tackle his younger brother. Neumann
has far from lost his popularity by his
failure to whip big Mickels, and there
are mighty few. fans at Schofield who
wouldn't walk to Honolulu to see this
cavalry lad put on the mitts.2 These
two must weigh in at $50.
Big AIickels will again be In the
main event, and will go six rounds
against Vincent Miccio OF K Troop,
4th Cavalry, both to weigh in at l62.
Miccio was knocked out by Neumann
in the first round last February, but
Miccio's hackers say that he was not
in sufficient training, and that he can
lick Neumann any day in the week.
Miccio is a game scrapper and VIII
tackle anything. At the last Schofield
entertainment he volunteered to meet
the crack navy wrestler at the last
minute when it was announced that
the navy mans opponent had sprained
his shoulder. He put up very cred
table showing.
The referee for the bouts has not
vet been announced, but it is under
stood that one of the officers OF the
Maryland will officiate.
All the army, navy and marine
corps have been invited by the sailors