The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-04
BOXING POPULAR
AT GREAT LAKES
ALI Glasses Represented
Holds Bouts Each Thurs
day Night
(Ry Associated Press

Great Lakes, ILL.,, Aug. 4.-Boxing
the greatest game Of give and take
arousea more Interest among the IL,
| 600 youths OF the naval training
station here than any other sport
Each Thursday night every embryo
blue jacket who can possibly dodge
any interfering duty hikes to a
natural ampitheatFe near the lake
shore TO watch bouts that determine
company or camp championships in
all classes from batams to heavy
weights.
Scores of high class boxers have
been developed. Unlike the profess
sional game. aspirsnts are given
no fat" purses to allure them-they
heners or the honeFs of their camp
or company. There is no "staIling''
or brotherly love tactics, Every
round brims with red bloodsd an-
ton,
BY elimination, the best boxers In
each class have been discovered,
! each of whom holds q championship
belt presented for his weight by the
business men of Chicago, New
corners and other aspirants, after
proving their ability In the ring, are
given an opportunity to challenge
the champion, for his title. Bouts Of
three two-minute rounds each are
held regularly. A big natural ampi-
theatre seating 5000, Is the scene Of
the battle which is done In a regula-
ton ring, under the personal dlrec-
ton Of Gunner Jack Kennedy, form
er boxing champion Of the Atlantic
fleet,
Kendall CLASSY Amateur,
Wilbur Kendall, who halls from
Kokomo. Ind. is declared by experts
to be one of the classiest amateurs
developed in years. Kendall, q
lightweight, was so far above the
rank and file Of boxers at the station
that he tried of successfully defend
finally retired" giving the cham
pionship belt to Naman Favor, Gal
weston, Taxes, boy, who had shown
the most class among the aspirants.
Joe Dowd, who received his first
training in the amateur rings OF
Niagara Falls, n. Y, and Detroit, is
holding the featherweight title
against all corners, while Steve Gun
shaw, Wilkesbarre, Pa, is the best
Of the batams. --..
krIppsndorf Tops Heaviss,
William Krippenderf of Cincinnati,
Ohio, tops the list of heayyweights.
He Is huge, powerful youngster OF
20 years and promises to- develop
into a Jess Willard in size before he
has attained his full growth. Krip-
ring six times since he Joined the
navy, and only once was his oppon-
emit able to hold him even. He scor-
ed four technical knockeuts and
eaBned one decision.
Krippendorf is not a born fighter.
If he was, Gunner Jack Kennedy,
who is in charge of the glove men
wouldn't have had to coax him into
the roped arena. 1t wasn't that Bill
was afraid. He simply didn't know
how easy it was for him to box.
'WlllaFd' Laid Up.
The Willard of the station at
present is laid up with a sprained
ankle, sustained when he attempted
to chase an opponent around the
ring in recent bout, He expects
to be back in the game in a few
weeks to match clouts with all
Other glittering lunminaries in the
division at the naval
station are Maurice Flynn and Eddie
Nearing, Chicago. Flynn, before he
enlisted, generally was considered a
conner in the lightweight ranks and
Gunner Kennedy hopes to make him
champion Of the navy.
Nearing in his day had few equals In
his division.
Favor, the Galveston lightweight,
and Billy Walters, former lA5
pound professional have been en-
gagged as assistants to Kennedy, who
plans to turn out a bunch OF boxers
to whip their weight in
wildcats,
Everybody Is a boxing fan at the
station, from the greenest recruit to
Commandant Moffett himself