The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-30
WHITING
BOY. Gets
SHADE
Several Hundred Fans Cheer
Wildly When Two Willing
Preliminary Fighters Put
on Scrap at West Ham
mond Club.

-hoy r,,Iied of the real Wird-up oN"
che opening card last evening oeioi0
ssvsral hundred fight fans in the MICS
,-I,,b of West Hammond when Bathing
pa~,av a native son. and Herman "9o-
herf. OF south Deering, engaged Il.
slashing. furious. haymaker pe'l'o iV'
six exciting rounds
sne,tators we're on their feet cAeef-
INC the bovs from the start because -
ia w-tlingness the hundred ana 1"e"
,,-fonr poanders displayed. LA 1te
ere, round Herman. went 70 nus Al9e
90 ,n The second Barney was on ms
= sacond. Blood was drawn az ua7
srv outset and Referee RUDE Meyers
SIS s~Dftnkled with il during the pro
-sss.of the hght. Both boys hit hard
a,a FREQUENT and for rough and 'uino47
e~h+ars delivered clean blows. harheS
asrrad a draw by his aggressive give
and take style and hard hitting
o,xeefe All The way.
.ha se-mf-,vind-up Joe Sullivan Of
r~,traeo and Danny O,Keefe of Ironaate
fought eight rounds at l5o' tHe
hat,~ Won on points by Okeefe' VINO
b arrressor from the start This
I'm MAS also a real night which gre"
10 intense at times that spectators
~oea IN their feet. but while sullivan
held O'Kesfe TO a draw In the en4t0'
~{~+b and earned the laurels in the
- ~ 81 hombardment of short arm
- tabs the rest Of the engagement
0.Keefe's. The bows scrapped At
fQs hounds. Maurice Champagne act
~aferae. It looked in the eighth
nat Maurice would have a knockout ~
49, a4E+a-a were leaving
ava-vthing open and pumping in fuli-
~o,,+a hlovs. each seeking a go-to-sleep-
sullivan was forced to hang on ana
a1at+ the bell the last of this round
And Oh. by the way. Joe Bishop OF
waiting and Joe Genail of East Chicago
we're On the card. They boxed very
7entramanlv for ten rounds It must
ave been good because the fans started
ho,,a slong about the seventh. Bishop
shaded cenal as a shadow boxer. ball
room, dancer and fencer. II the crowd
hadn't seen so much real lighting IN the
preliminary and semi-wind-up events
,bev might have enjoyed the boxing
nont-and very good boxing il was, too.
A. a matter Of fact each Joe tried to
aafbox the other and they gave a skill
=, .xbfbftion of footwork and sparrlng.
..hs bovs we're underweight. both less
nan a hundred and thirty The first
round they doubled all up just ike
rag,rsr box fighters and then looked at
o.cb other for three mtnute Bishop
dtd frv I'd slap Genail but they We're 50
mr. anar+ he couldn't reach him. Bishop
beoawa aggressive in the second when
frs action quickeued = little In the
+sfr8 Genail displayed hat peculiar
turtle stoop and cover he has which
anused the crowd. In the fourth there
a. a neriod Of cIose-in boxing.
FIFTH ROUND-Bfshop smiles
lovfnrlv ar Genail and the latter
r-aciprocates. They waltz and hest
tate. Bishop tags Genail and the
latter gives chase. The bell wakes
them UP. Referee Champagne is a
little out of breath Otherwise
everybody is all right.
In the sixth round il looked like q
fight for a little while but after m eN-
change of notes diplomatic relations
we're resumed. in the seventh Genai
led all the way and in the eighth the
boxers mixed. Bishop landing a majorIts
Of the blows. In the tenth Art Stewar
woke up the fans around the ringsid'
and told them il would Soon be over 81
they had better get ready to start home
Bishop cut loose with a number Of lefti
and one Of them went wild, HITTING
Genail on the nose The Whiting LAX
was awful sorry but it couldn't b
helped. One of those regrettable acct
dents which happen every now and thel
In boxing exhibitions. YOU know.
Everyone went home we'll satisfied
however. Each fan saw two dollar.
worth eff fight between Battling Barne,
and Herman Webher-one Of the s%tiffes
lfttle bouts ever put on by hundred AM
twenty-four Founders before a loca
u Sullivan and OKeefe We're wei
matched and willing workers too. An'
as for Bishop and Genail- they had
good start for a twenty round fight.