The Washington times., 1915-07-22
LA FONTA|NE ADOPTS
RAP|D.F|RE TACTICS
viii Run Next Ardmore Show
Without Intermission Be.
tween Matches.

Patrons OF the next bill at the Ard
| more club when Tommy Lowe take.
on Willie Houck in the main affair will
see a decided change in the conduct Of
| the various matches. Manager James
LaFontainc has put himself on record
| as opposing the long intermissions be-
| tween the preliminaries. semi -windup.
and windups. and has declared that
the four preliminaries and two other
| matches Will he run or in quick sue
| cession. There will not be a fun min
utes wait between matches next Tues
| day night. as laFontaine does not
! think It fair to occupy the time OF the
/ fans during long intervals between
bouts.
| One other decided change for the good
Of the public Is LaFontaine's datermin-
| alton to start the first preliminary
promptly at $50 y. m. even though half
the spectators be not yet seated. H.
! wishes to run his club along the lines
| OF promptress and fairness. and these
are some OF the changes which he will
inaugurate. Ample provisions for
free ventilation will be made the roof
Of tho Ardmore Club has been con-
structed so as to remove n portion of II
| when the weather permits. This will in
| sure almost an open-air show-whch
| should appeal to the pugilistic loving
public.
| Three preliminary matches have posi-
lively and definitely been made. They
| will all be four-round events.
| Not the least of these will De an af-
fair between two Ethiopian youths who
| frequent Center Market and who have
| been out for each other" for some
| time. They are Joe Blackburn and
| Bull Mitchell. both OF whom have had
no little training in the ring. and their
battle Is expected to be quite as at
tractive as those between Patsy Dono-
van and Young Montana, Eddie Lewis
end Paul Day, and Sailor Jacobs and
Jack White
Patsy Donovan probably heads the
list Of preliminary boys. He Is a pro-
tege Of frankie Mann. and is said to
be conner In the l05-pound class.
| Young Montana Is known to be a fast
boy, and Is going especially good at this
time.
Eddie Lewis and Paul Day should
prove to be we'll mated boxers. La
| Fontaine has gone to some means to
bring these two lads together in the
ring, and their four rounds will be
watched with enthusiasm by most OF
the Aght bugs They will go in at la3
pounds
Sailor Jacob and Jack White will he
seen in light heavyweight or wha,
| might almost be called a middleweight
affair Each must make ls6 pounds
! ringsidc. which weight is expected tc
put them both in condition to furnish
q fast entertainment.
Next to the Lowe Houck battle OF
Tuesday night, WASHINGTON fans seen
most interested in the Kid Williams
Jimmy Taylor battle to hc fought next
| Saturday afternoon at Baltimore.
Fighting in the open ar VIII not be
strange to Kid Williams when the
worlds hantamweight champion stalks
out to defend his laurels against Taylor.
who Is a New Yorker
| Close students of the sport will no
doubt recall that the Fighting Tiger,
as he was dubbed by the Western fight
critics. fought probably four of the
greatest battles of his career outdoors
| for II was IN the open that he landed
the bantam wreath by knocking out
johnny Coulon. of Chicago. In the third
| round.
Previous to his titular test with Cou-
Ion Williams was the victor on points
from Eddie Campi. the California cham
pion. in twenty rounds and In return
mill registered a knockout over the Ma
tive Son in the twelfth round.
Then. too. II was by the sleep route
that he vanquished Charley I-edoux. OF
Paris. the bantamweight champion OF
France. in the fifteenth round.
All OF these mills took place in Ton
| Mccarey's arena at Vernon, Cal. and
they stamped Williams the marvel OF
the pug!istic world. No matter how
warm it may be on Saturday the tenn
| perature will not likely he higher thar
on the afternoon Williams punched
| Campi to the canvas. 1t was a sizzling
hot day. and Williams amazed the
Californians by his wonderful endur.