South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-23
Open Series Board Tonight
"Knockouts"
BY I'd. ". smith.

Here's a yarn about how whole
idInly of about so. brothers. cousins.
ehcies-eN cry body but the aunts-was
AH"ehed out cold al glove contest
on the east side
+. j. Carroll. who used 20 operate
extensively in the boxing game. now
with a club or two and then again
VIII ngnter or two mad a light
weight on his staff named Frankie
Baher- anu he was one OF the toughest
httle BITS OF hgnting machinery one
would md IN a years travel
RMS L. j. Carroll 1 speak OF now
- not the present senator who ala
inucn TO push boxing Dill through AT
SpIih sheid this spnns, Out "a veteran
Joker ana manager, who has been
around chicago Tor years ana years.
ne Baker Doy came from good
family ON the west side and was a
wildly enthusiastic young fellow who
IouSnt because he loved IL, and fairly
reVeled M the game. There was no
stopping 10 MIN at aI.
Now, the Baker family frowned on
Frankle's athletic ambition They
couldn see such a career at all for
Iheif dear little boy and as a result
lHihSs were blt unpleasant at home
Tor frankie. But ne kept on lighting
Just the same kept On winning and
kept ON arOuslng the family curiosity
IS mis- feats
FINALLY, after Baker had won eight
or nine contests the family decided
u was about time 20 give the boy a
lttle ENCOURAGEMENT 10y lending their
august presence at the ringside So
the next time show was staged at
the Twelfth 81. Turner hall 80 tickets
were purchased in a block and the
Baker family deposited itself therein
10 watch the young offspring do him.
self proud, and incidentally. do the
other fellow good
Frankie's opponent that night was
the redoubtable stockings" Kelly.
who was pretty good just then and
could battle like an enraged tiger.
And they went at IL like a couple
OF Wildcats. Baker TO show the home
folks how good he was ard Kelly to
demonstrate that the folks ought 10
keep frankie at home
In about so seconds both men were
busted and covered with blood
Baker got an early lead and was ham,
mering Kelly freely during the first
two rounds, but in the third the old
fox in the lrishman began TO crop out
in his generalship and frankie was
having a rough passage.
Suddenly Frank got a wallop on
the jaw and down he tumbled. He
Lou through the gore that smeared
his features. The wink being a failure
he essayed a grin just TO show that
everything was lovely and for the folks
not TO WORRY.
The grin settled it. None Of the
home folks over having seen ring
combat before-nobody had ever seen
a bloOdieT one than this, by the way
they didn't know what was happening
but in a few seconds Uncle Dave real
lied il must be something dreadful.
He's getting killed" yelled "A rela-
tive, and straightway he made a wild
dash for the door of the hall. In
stantly panic seized the other 40 mem
bers and immediate friends of the
Baker boy. They bolted i'm "a body.
not one Of them even looking back
at the ring.
I've never heard what they said to
frankie when he got home that night,
or the next morning, perchance, after
getting boiled out in a bathhouse, so
that the evidences of combat were not
quite so prominent. The referee call
ed il a draw but both men were badly
beaten up. At any rate frankie kept
on boxing but never after that did the
relatives gather to see him perform.
Baker was an innocent looking
youth even when he dOnned the war
paint OF the QUeensberry arena. He
always looked much as the calf is
supposed TO look when the butcher
walks I'm on him.
One night they took Baker down 10
the Sheridan club to box a German
athlete who had been wrestler. He
was a ferOciOus looking chap who
fairly bristled with muscle.
My. my, what a shame TO have that
nice looking boy slaughtered" the
members said as they looked at the
men in the ring.
They lost this feeling soon after
the battle began, for Baker gave the
German about as artistic a lacing as
man ever got with a pair OF five
ounce gloves. Near the end OF the
bout. as a parting shot, Baker landed
a swing on the bridge OF the Germans
nose that not only made large beet
like bunch out of that member. but
BACKED both Of his eyes as well.
Coming down the street after the
contest the German had difficulty in
breathing and taking out his bandanna
blew his nose vigorously. Instantly
both eyes were shut as tight as CLAIMS.
somewhat a common happening IN
the ring. Then the German con
vulsed the crowd about him by gazing
around with his sightless Orbs and OBJ
serving calmly:
"Who put the lights OUT"