Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
EXHIBITIONS UNDER TENTS
AND IN THUNDERSTORMS
Light, Middle and Heavy Weights
Mix It Up, Many Funny In
cidents Developing.
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

eral others in going after the boxers as
special features. During the past week
the Board of Trade of Moosejaw financed
the Stampede gathering Of cowboys.
broncho busters. ''bulldoggers." etc. ETC..
and as a side feature a bunch Of Yankee
fighters was secured to battle on four
different nights, with one another and with
two Canadian scrappers. Alex Robertson,
q good-hearted son Of Scotland. and Jack
Whelan. an Irish brewer. formed the COM
mittee on boxing. and they surely gave
the natives a treat. 1t was on a par with
the excellent show presented by the cow
boys. who, by the way, are to invade
New York city in August and give the
fasteners a taste of real cowboy sport
The boxing contingent included Len Row
lands. Freddy Andrews. Sid Mitchell and
Charlie Metric of Milwaukee; Maurice
Flynn of Chicago. Joe Herrick of Ke-
vance, Ill. and Harley Risen, manager
Of Rowlands. There had been practically
no boxing of class in these parts since the
Luther McCarty tragedy at Calgary a
couple of years ago. but Messrs. Robert
son and Whelan decided to take a chance
and give the fans some real sport They
more than $500 persons and covered with
canvas, but the second day windstorm
tore the canvas roof into pieces.
The first night of the carnival
together in a twelve-round battle. 1t
was a great fight. the real goods. and
Referee Jack Whelan said Draw"
which was a fair and just decision
put up most creditable battle against
the hard-hitting Rowlands. In the sec
ond nights show Maurice Flynn of
Chicago won the decision over Charlie
the full distance. Metric hurt his side
and had a rib injured, otherwise he
might have done better. Freddy An
drews and Winnipeg lightweight
named K Q. Fingard fought ten
rounds, the Canadian getting the YER
dict However. Fingard scaled away
above the limit of 1875 pounds, while
Freddy was just under 1341. Fingard
looked a good welterweight, but he
showed real class as fighter and will
no doubt be heard from later. He
claims he can do 1913 pounds ringside.
and If he can he will be matched with
either Flynn or Andrews for fifteen
round battle in August. The real ex-
element came the final night. when
Eddie Brusso. brother of Tommy
(Brusso) Burns. former champion of
the world. fought Joe Herrick of
Kewanee, Ill, in a real thunderstorm.
The ring was soaked with water and
rain came down on the men as they
faced each other. The battle was short
and decisive, Herrick putting Brusso
down and out with a right-hand upper
cut to the jaw in just two minutes and
twenty seconds Brusso was heavier
than Herrick by about ten pounds, but
not so clever. Joe shot in two hard
lefts to the face and as Eddie fell into
a "feint" the Kewanee boy let go the
right uppercut and it was all over.
The blow was a terrific one and Burns
was out for nearly a minute The
boxing carnival was a success, and now
other Canadian towns want to follow
the pace set by Moosejaw.
Funny incidents frequently come up in
the boxing game During the boxing car
nival at Moosejaw Joe Herrick of Ke-
vance. H.. and Sid Mitchell of Milwaukee
were booked for contests. but neither one
knew whom he was to meet 1t so hap
pened that there were no trainers of box
ers in the place. SO the party of Yankee
fighters turned to and helped one another.
On the fourth day of the carnival Herrick
was booked and he had Mitchell work
out with him and then give him a good
rubbing and massage, lasting over an
hour. Sid was pretty well 'a1l in from
the labor. but he was nearly taken off
his feet hour later when he met the
manager Of the show, who said to him:
"Say. Mitchell. YOU are TO fight Herrick
tonight. twelve rounds TO decision. The
other fellow did not show up
Fight. is it," said Sid Not much will
! battle that fellow after working my
bloomin head off to put him in shape for
this evening"
No one blamed Sid. but things were ad-
justed when he agreed to box a four
round exhibition with Joe while another
bout was substituted for the feature
event When Sid and Joe got together
for their exhibition, the announcer took
particular pains to explain that il would
be only friendly set-to However, both
let go hefty wallops. and in a mix-u
both landed rights to the Jaw at the same
time There came near being a double
knockout in reality. but the spectators
thought il was only in fun, and that the
boys staggered about for a moment like
real actors
When it was over Sid looked over at
Herrjck and remarked: That's what /
get for putting you on edge for battle"
Meyer mind, Sid" replied Joe. the
next time will return the favor"
The stampede" was a great graft for
some of the hotels and restaurants In
connection with the Hotel Brunswick
is a cafe run by Chinaman named
Louie Wong Wung. Louie saw visions
of immediate wealth and supposed it
would start with the opening day
Tuesday That was the day eight box
ers arrived. They had real appetites,
and at 50 cents a meal Louie made no
profit of them, in fact IL looked so
bad Wednesday evening that Louie hung
up a sign reading Closed ' Thursday
there were 10000 people on the street
and few places to eat. All the cafes
doubled their prices and made a harv-
n
his hard luck Friday he hung out an
other sign which read: open for busi-
ness. Meals only so cents" Business
was bad again as people began leaving
town that evening and few knew of
the re-opening. The boxers, however
got next quick to the fifty-cent meal.
and all day Friday they Toasted on the
Chinaman. Saturday morning the old
sign Closed" was out again Poor
Louie vas a poor guesser. The boxers
were on deck Saturday morning for
brea kfast. and We're sorry to see the
sign They met Louie in the lobby of
the hotel. but he only glanced at them
with sorrowfuI look and said
Mclean Fighters he eat big
As a result OF the European war the
boxing game has received quite a
boost ia Canada. There was time
IN the not far distant past when the
fst!c art was INDUCED in freely in the
Dominion, but lack of care in handling
the game caused the authorities to put
a cheek to II Since the war started
frNveVer. and thousands of soldiers
have been encamped at various towns
ir the great northwest and In the east
che sport has had gradua! revival
The soldiers like sport and they take
TO boxing like ducks to water. 1t is
natural that the Canadians follow the
old English style of straight stand
UP boxing. with plenty of feints and
cleyerness thrown in. They are no,
up to the American style as well as
might be expected. but they are apt
pupils and are quickly following Uncle