El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-24
4 RMY Boxing Bouts Are
"A Viewed From New Angle

obligated TO Beck Of The Herald for
inviting me-
tional Sporting club OF London II
was bohemian. cosmopolitan, exclusive
The banker rubbed elbows with me
mechanic. the race horse owner win
with the private, the West Pointer with
the circus agent In short, the as
semblage was truly American.
Cannot Describe background
The BACKGROUND / cannot describe.
Rudyard kipling, perhaps. could come
somewhere near doing il justice l
cannot. Instead Of the White shlrI
fronts and evening clothes OF the Ma
tional Sport club assemoIage, mere
was an unbrOken circle OF army hats
brown sweaters and soldiers Just com
mon soldiers, through whose veins
flowed the redest OF red blood All
were happy. Each eheered good ma
turedIy for his favOrites not one wished
for an unfair ruling.
Yes, il was a gala night have
been in the game for 20 years nave
successes Monday night, l felr In
wardly proud that 1 have chosen the
boxing game for my livelihood
II was a wonderful night FOR an
argument against the socalled reform
or. who sees in the manly art OF sell
defence only the downfall OF the cOun-
try Every heart beat faster When
pair after pair of healthy looking
ceremonies and with the courage Of
a lion each performed against his op-
ponent- OF course there was earnest
competition but as each bout ended
there was the friendly handshake, the
nice little compliment each 10 the
other and the orderly. good natured
crowd cheering their favorite-
Picture Is Immense
The picture was immense fOur
bands were stationed around the arena
Tnnra Gu1aulfd singing by Elea
clubs or whatever they are called in
the army and not single unpleasant
feature marred the evenings entertain
menI. No objections OF any KIND can
honestly be entered against boxing as
conducted at Camp Cotton Monday
night And outside the arena the same
good order prevailed The entrances
were well handled, ana those IhaJ
came in motors had no reason TO fear
that the auto would be gone after the
entertainment \ patrol OF armed
guards saw 10 that Yes, some OF the
promoters Of similar events could take
lesson aplenty. and this includes
yours truly.
some RInEside Impressions
The actual boxing events are well
covered BY the regular sport editor
Please allow me to offer the following
notes which especially impressed me
during the evening.
The bands and quartet entertain
ment-hOw atJentively everybody paid
attention TO them and the liberal ap-
plause.
The demonstration Of the Massachu-
sets boys when their colonel arrived
and went TO his ringside seat 1
learned his name. Col A l. Logan. in
private life judge Of the first judicial
district Of Session Of course military
life fOrbids an officer 20 respond TO
such an ovation, but I bet the colonel
was itchy 10 turn around and wave q
-'hOWdy'' to his boys
a first lieutenant, named Fitzgerald.
acting as the announcer, megapnOne
and all. 1 hope some day he VIII he
around when I have a big show and &C
cept the same job a second Billy
Jordan
And Capt H A. ChOuinard. chaplain
Of the regiment. just think Of it, boys,
the preacher He was the whole works
behind the guns.
Capt A. p. Watts. than whom no
more democratic fellow ever lived. ar
rived early and occupied a ringside
seat He introduced me TO several
friends and was entertained all even
ing by Al Butler, of the Sells-F1oto
shows. Al certainly kept the captain
busy listening. Wonder what the sub
ject was2
The announcement for good be-