The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-06
GOOD SHOW
At WRIT ATH-
LET|C CLUB
THREE GOOD BOUTS FURNISH
FIGHT FANS WITH GOOD EN-
TERTAlNMENT. TO BE WEEK.
LY EVENT.

A good crowd gathered at the Writ
Athletic Club last evening to witness
three of the best scraps pulled off
in this state.
The festivities opened with "A fast
match between Roy Young and Nelson
Coin, both of Ardmore. These boys
were apparently evenly matched and
for several rounds 1t seemed hard TO
pick a winner But in the fourth round
Young managed to land 4 couple of
stngers that made Coin apparently
dream of Christmas and other pleas
ant occasions, at least he seemed af-
ter that utterly unable to find his
man. He made valiant effort to
come back in the fifth, but couldn't
make the boat In any case that ap-
peared to be the opinion of referee
Edwards, who stopped the bout, stat
ing that he felt this action was justi-
fed on account of Nelson's groggy
condition. This gave the decision to
Young.
This was followed by a ten-round
go between frankie Sanders of Ard
more and frankie Manila of Pitts
burg. This scrap was interesting for
the exceptional evenness of the match.
Both boys were clever and showed
their thorough knowledge of the
game While Sanders seemed to be
the quicker on his feet and being
more of "A two-handed scrapper. his
opponent was possessed of a hay
maker that time and again caused
Sanders to stall momentarily, At the
end of the tenth referee awarded the
bout to Sanders on points. This ap-
peared to meet with considerable dis
approval from the crowd. Later on
Manila got up and challenged San
ders to fight 20 rounds, or to a finish,
winner to take the entire purse. This
met with loud applause from the fight
fans who seemed to think that the
match should have been called draw.
Sanders accepted Manilas challenge
and he and Manila will be matched
for a longdistance go in the near fu-
ture.
The final bout was tenromd mill
between Clyde Dwight of Louisiana
and Roscoe Afford of Lawton, Okla
homa. This was another match
where experience was matched against
the natural fighter. OF the two men
Afford entered the ring in apparently
better condition than his opponent
He seemed to be hard as nails, and
though Dwight seemed to be the bet
ter boxers he was absolutely unable
to phaze the Oklahoman who retained
his fighting smile" throughout the
bout Dwight landed more frequently
out AIlOruS DlONS were Ine more el-
fectiv% causing Rome havoc to
Dwights physiognomy. The first four
rounds were Dwight's, Afford took the
next four; Dwight came back in the
ninth, making the honors even. Both
men worked hard in the tenth, but
neither could produce the desired hay
maker and the bout was called a
draw. This decision met apparently
with the crowds full approval
In the course of the evening it was
announced that Messrs. Wilson and
Glenn will stage similar affairs ev-
cry Monday night Mr.. Edwards who
acts as matchmaker for both the Ard
more and the Writ Athletic Clubs an
nounced that Bobby Waugh would
meet Sailor Kirk at the next event.
Mr.. Glenn also stated that frankie
Manila would be under his manage
ment in the future, and that he was
sure the hard d-headed little fellow had
championship material in him.