Putnam patriot., 1916-05-05
WORLD OF SPORTS
Boxing

' bt lhHo AAscfc5ttN III tue hfb VI efAi uf' ! Iense. Four bouts were pulled of, the last one being six round spsrfing ex ' hibition.
 For the opener Blonde Landry and 1 Brunette Tetreaut went three rounds. The boys were in the festherweight class and mixed it lively. The first round was about even In the second Tetfeaalt had a shade the better. Lan- ! dry got across 8 right to the head but Tetreault retaliated wilh a couple that bafely reached and finished Co the ribs ss the bell rang. in the thifd TetreauIt was the aRgressor He IVES swinging wild and landing about one in five He got couple Of lelts to the rios and had the blonde boy on the defensive 8s the final round ended. il was Telfeaulrs bout
 ln the second event Kid McKenna, lbe pride of Mechauicsville, andYoung Provost Of Putnam, were the contend CTS. Mekenna showed Che same qniekness. shlftiness and good eye that has been getting him quite local rep. uiation Both boys were given hand & they stepped Into the ring
 ln the first round heKenna landed light left before the echo Of the beil had died away and the boys cinehed. He followed this with another left and in the last few seconds vas landing rights and lefts at will
 In the second the Mechaniesville boy continued to put both gloves across, Provost holding his guard too low to protect his head and he was not quick enough 10 stop the lightning like jabs of the boy from up river. McKenna was rushing his opponent about the ring and inflicting blow after blow while Provost was satisfied to make weak attempts to reach the body but with little success.
 In the third .McKenna opened the proceedings with right and left with steam in them. Provost tried gamily to stem the tide but Il was apparent that he had gone out Of his class when he took one from the nifty Mechanics vile youngstef and the affair was get ting so one-sided that Referee Demers called halt. Mckenna was given a hand for his fine work and Provost for his gamness IS the boys shook hands and left the ring.
 In the semi final Young Allard fnil ed to show up and Silver Beansoleil, with a Bob Fitzsimmons build, volun teered 10 go against Young Benoit. The first round opened with an exchange Of light taps to the head. Beausoleil wns boxing with one eye on the crowd and the other on his opponent and would hnVe worn himself out with eX. enough. He showed wonderful left that worked like a windmill or the handle Of the town pump but Il prov. ed dangerous ns the bout progressed 'fhe first round was Il tame affair. In the second the boys tried 10 go to | 1t. The ring was full of swinging arms that seemed beyond their owners con. ! trol. benoit managed to get few short jabs to the body white in fight ing and the boys seemed loath to break from clinches.
 In the third Benoit had a shade over his opponent and landed couple oi telling blows. There were a lot of tries but for the most part they were wild, In the fourth Beausoleil came back and evened up the bout by getting to his opponent with lefts and rights and had the better of the final two minutes all the way. He bowed to inc l crowd as he Jeff The ring as he appar- ently had the spectators on his mind | all of the time
 For the final, Young Angell and
 Young Lavine gave a six round spar
 ring exhibition For amateurs the | work Was good They took things easy flor the first period but warmed
 up as the ooul progressed. There was 1 no attempt to land any sleamy ones and the hoss had hardly worked into good precipitation when the bout end | ed.
 This Thursday night Pete Demers | the referee, an oldtlme boxer, will give d four round exhibition with Young Angel. Not many of the fans have seen Pete work out and they will be interested in this event. other good bouts will round out the card. On ac- count of the mission the bouts will not begin tonight until o'clock.