El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29
BOXING BOUTS
PLEASE CROWD
Exhibitions at the Julian
Benefit Proved to Be a
Real Success.
D. lid RUTHERFoRD.

Amid chorus OF applause. whistlinE
and stamping OF feet, a form carried
along on an old pair Of clutches and
with a thin piping voice hobbled out
TO the front Of the stage Of the Texas
Grand theater, Saturday night. and en-
deavored to express his appreciation
OF the presence Of approximately $50
FL Pasoans assembled in the building
This form was one known as Mike
Julian, the Iegless newsboy, and for
whose benefit the crowd was present.
and some IS snappy soldier boxers had
contributed their services in ma king
II a success As a result Of this turn
out Nike viii be sent back to his home
in Pueblo, from which ne has been alb
sent for several years, but has been
unable to get there because Of lack OF
funds. The receipts were approx
mately $3.50.
Jack Mcnamara, the bouts, eight OF
them in all, were exhibited to the au-
dieEce and given their due share OF
APPLAUSE No one who occupied a seat
in the big theater at the start Of the
entertainment left until the show was
ended, which is a good evidence that
IL was a success. Interest most OF all,
however, centered in that legless form
back Of the stage. where Mike, seated
on a box. watched the bouts and
thanked the participants The public
also thanked them with great deal OF
applause for their clean, clever work.
but most of all for their fundamental
idea of appearing in the ring, which
was to help Nike"
Johnny 0Iuszopf. welter champion OF
the army and a good baseball catcher
besides, and Corn. Barron. of the 20th
infantry, went on in the headl1ner az
fair of the evening. This contest,
which went eight rounds, brought out
some clever boxing by both boys, al
though Barron appeared 10 be some
Is pounds lighter than his shifty op-
Donent It was probably the cleverest
hardly an FL PssOan present in that
crowd. Saturday night who did not
Wish that boxing would be held in this
city, so Impressed were they 2y the
The two little Patterson twins. Mar
tin and George, Weighing 20 pounds
each, opened up the card witt Tour
rounds OF snappy boxing The HJtie
fellows, although boxing with the SOFA
pillow mits. put I'D a clever 1lght ana
received considerable applause
The two soldier boys by the names
o. Andrist and HeWes, Of the 10th IN
fantry, were next on the program ana
both put up a clever fast bout for four
rounds Hewes is an old hand at the
game and is wei known to FL Paso
fans, as a fast clever boy Anorist CID
some good blocking and OFFENSIVE
work, which entitled him to considera-
bic credit. Two more WelterWelghts
by the name OF Powell and Equals
then met in the ring and put up fast
fight The only t=5 knockdoWns OF
the card occurred in this stanza-
Jimmy Dunn, Of Pueblo. a middle ,
weight, then appeared IN the ring
against a sturdy infantry product BY /
the name of Sienachi- Dunn is a clean
cut boy who has probably seen q good /
bit OF service in the ring, while MS !
hpuonent is one OF the fastest boys !
that has been seen here IN a long /
while ''Stoupy" Social and kid" Dan /
nebury. two young fellows Weighing !
about 90 pounds each, then put up
a rapid fire battle for rounds Billy
Smith refereed the main bouts with Bud
Rutherford assisting in the prelimina-
ries- Jack Flynn was announcer