Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-24
COLLINS TRIES TO
SIGN WHITE HOPES
FOR Big BATTLE
Sport Loving Element Miss
es Real Treat of Year
Compton and Jones in One
Fast Round.

Promoter Nick Collins, who has kept
the sporting card alive in Boise with
boxing and wrestling matches, is peev-
ed. So are the sporting editors of the
Boise papers. They were all left off
the invitation list to attend a little
fistic encounter staged Sunday morn
ing on River street between, James r.
Compton, who gained fame as a de-
tective in Boise. and Otto Jones. man
ager of the oxford hotel, who came into
some little prominence because of
Compton's activities A dispute unset
tied but of some standing has been on
between them. They decided to settle it
"as between men" yesterday and Jones
charges Compton used brass knuckles.
Youth, however, told. II all of the
ringside reports are correct Jones slip
ped few haymakers over on his
heavier opponent that all but counted
him out and, after taking the brass
knucklcs from him, brought his OPP
ponent to the city.
Since the news of the fight leaked
out Promoter Nick Collins has been hot
on the trail of both combatants He
wants to sign them as principals for a
main go at Forest park. 1t is under
stood that Jones has agreed to box or
wrestle but there is some doubt as to
whether Compton can be signed.
Preliminaries lmpromptu.
The preliminaries to the match were
somewhat impromptu. The two acct
dentally met at the RandallDodd gar
age at 7:15 Sunday morning. Jones was
after gasoline and desired to inspect
his car before starting for Arrowrock.
Naturally the meeting was not friend
| ly. Jones remarked that in view of the
fact he was off for Arrowrock and
would be absent from the city it might
be good time for Compton to raid his
hotel. To This Compton replied that so
far as he was concerned a little more
personal conflict would be more sat
! isfactory. That met with Jones APP
prevail and he offered his car to take
both of them to the city limits. Natur-
ally the few by-standers caught the
drift of affairs and messengers were
dispatched to inform fight fans.
Make Forest Park Look Tame.
Before the sporting element of the
city, which never misses something
good in the boxing line, could reach the
spot of encounter, however. Compton
and Jones had staged a five minute
round, a little longer round than the
regular code allows, but long enough tc
settle the affair. Jones says that when
he got out of the car Compton was
standing with his hands behind his
back A suspicion of brass knuekles
flashed through his mind and Jones de-
manded to know what Compton had II
his hand. In answer to this query
Compton started, preliminaries. AS
there were no eye witnesses to the be-
! ginning save the fistic artists and they
are modest, suffice it is to say that for
a few minutes Forest park arena look
ed tame to what went n. Jones hooked
Compton under the chin finally and
there was "A near knockout. Just as this
/ had been repeated several times, spec
| tators arrived in time to see Jones
cross with a right and follow with
/ left Apparently both were satisfied
They climbed into Jones car and came
back to the city. Jones had bad sealI
wound and a deep cut in his lip. Sew
eral stitches We're taken in. Compton
Z was cut and bruised about the head.
4 One of the men who was with Jones
at the time he was at the garage say:
that the conversation leading up to thu
encounter opened first with Jones re
mark regarding his absence and rait
and Gompton's reply that only those
3 who ran bawdy houses need fear raids
Compton then left the garage and re,
turned in a few minutes after. wheI
the two men climbed into the automo'
bile. No Genial has so far been giyer
! out by Compton to the charge tina
! brass knuckles were used by him.
Admiring friends of Jones gave hin
a reception at the Oxford hotel las
might decorating the rooms Will
boukuets of flowers before he returned
from Arrowrock.