The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-05
WOULD SHOW MIST
AND PHANTOM IN
SAME RING
Newman Trying to Arrange
Bout Between Torres and
Gibbons; Big Swat Tour of
the East Planned.

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l enurt 10 match Inck Turrcs. the Mex
stan Mist" with Mike Gibbons, OF
I phantom fame. for a twcnlg-round
bout IN that city Thanksgiving day.
Torres n ready 20 take ON the 81.
Paul wizard and the only hitch to the
match o. furnished hy Gibbons re-
fusni to come 60 tcrms. Gibbons
wants most OF she money IN the Colo
rado capital for his services IN the
proposed production.
Torres has been comiug 20 the front
al high speed in the past year. His
| defeat % Kid Aihsrts. claimant OF the
wclterwcisht crown. and his consist
ent run Of Victories have gained him
considerable prominence In the west.
| where NJ Is looked on as the highest
ciufs weltcr the sports Of the sage
brush country have seen grow up IN
their territory FOR a number of years
Not since the DAYS ~ Young Corbett
has a Colorado fighter made such q
bid for pugiiistic honors as has the
Mexican lad
Master OF Cicvcrucss.
All who have seen the Mexican
! Mist" IN action IN the ring concedc
him the mastery Of cievcrncss. Old
Il NLNllANa SUIT Us I'iAAAAN AWAN 'AAf NNAA
srer OF Young Corbett, who carried
the Dunyor lightweight 20 the cham
pIonshlp OF the world. declare Torres
TO be one of the fastest and most sci-
entific fighters who ever crushed
resin beneath his gymnasium shoe.
n was popular around Denver for
n while 20 tell that Torres was yellow
ak the peel Of % lemon They con-
a. ~ Ha.N.a-l st.H
nc would quit under fire. The McXl-
can. not yet IN his twentics, was sent
AGAINST the best OF the local welters
and middicweights He howled them
over one after another with the great
est ease. with some Of them he cast
all scientific boxing aside and swap
ped blow for blow. He tried this
with Edle johnson Of Pueblo, n Of
the stinrst puuchers uf his weight
west Of the Mississippi. and ne came
through on top. After q while they
passed up the chatter about his SAT-
ron spirit
Pats Punch Int Service.
Torres for a while az the start Of
his career found hat his great clev-
/ erness alone could win practically Az
OF his fights and ne began to play the
Freddie Walsh game. The fans pro-
ceeded 90 howl about his 'stalling
and his manager, Louis Newman, got
Il into his had that he had to fieht
20 get the crowds and the change.
since then Torres has become "a
lightning fast slasher. combining his
science aud speed with the dash OF
the fighter.
Torres can land probably more
blows ia an opening than any other
welter in the country. His left jab.
especially, works tn much the man
ner OF a triphammer. He cats ana
slashcs with both hands and avoids
blows directed at him with amazing
ease. moving his head back or duck
Ing just the fraction OF an inch that
s. necessary 60 let his opponents glove
go whizzins harmlcssly past. when
he covers up i is impossible 10 get
at him az an.
Eastern Trip Planned.
Louis Newman will fight Torres
against Frank Barrieau, claimant OF
the w-elterweight championship Of
Canada, on November - In Wallace.
idaho. and plans then 20 start east
with him and stanley Yoakum, the
Iron Man" who is also under his
management. Newman claims that
Torres will trim every welterweight
and practically every middlewcight in
the country before he gets through.
Newman will remain In Denver with
Torres until after Thanksgiving, 10
the Denver promoters can hook GLIB
bons for Turkey day.
Stanley Yoakum lost "a hairline de-
cision 90 Joe Rivers ia a hfteen-round