The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-03-09
RUFUS WILLIAMS WINS :
OVER BART GORDON
Winner matched for a star bout
with Mexican Pete Everett
this afternoon NJ 2;p0

fights held before the Midway
A. C. on March Srd, missed the
best series Of bouts ever held In
Columbus. For fast, well-man-
aged and clean exhibitions the
three preliminaries and the final
bout would be hard 10 beat and
we are glad TO see that Henry
Davis, the manager, arranged
such a good and interesting card.
The first bout furnished an
interesting and hard fought con-
test and went the full four
rounds; the second bout vent TO-
Hayden after fighting that was
well worth witnessing. Both
Hayden and Williams are clean
fighters and as both were willing
mixers there was no slack time
while they were In the ring.
The Semi-wind-up in which Kid
Ross met A. b. Harrison furn-
ished a good fight but Ross
wishing 10 make II short and
sweet mixed up a couple Of wal
lops in the second stanza that
produced the necessary sleeping
powders TO send Harrison into
the land of nod for the required
ten seconds.
The final, between Rufus Will
lam and Bart Gordon, furnished
the real surprise of the program.
Williams on physical appearance
had Il all over his rival Gordon (;
the later man appearing soft and
in no condition to fight. That
appearances are sometimes de-
ceitful was proven In this ten
round affair when Williams was
unable TO produce the necessary
punch to earn him a victory by
the X. o. route. The entire ten
rounds Of the fight belonged to
Rufus as he Is a willing fighter
and ready 10 mix matters at all
times and for this reason the
showing of Gordon whsa revela-
tion. In the second after
weathering a shower Of blows
that almost had him out he was
able to hang on and save him
self from a knockout. As the
third. fourth and succeeding
rounds passed and Williams was
unable 10 land the blow that
would have put his opponent TO
sleep the crowd began TO wonder
Just how much punishment Cor
don could absorbe. To prove
that he was far from being a
man on the point of being rocked
to sleep he came back stronger
in each round and was going
better in the tenth and final
round than at the beginning of
the fight. Williams earned a
fair and clean cut decision over
Gordon and was given the fight,
while Gordon won the adinirl-
tion Of all the fight fans present
by his gameness and staying
proclivities. We understand
now why nc is called "The Iron
Of Missouri"
Davis has arranged another
program for the 9th instant at
200 p. NJ. and as in the previous
fight Rufus Williams will be in
the main event, a scheduled ter
round bout with Mexican Pete
Everett. Everett is rated pretty
high in the boxing game and
his record shows him to have
boxed with johnson and Lang
ford. Williams il forced to NEE
man weighing twenty-eight
more pounds than himself IL
signing with Everett and while
Rufus IL q clean and willing hgh
ter and no sluggard he is apt t.
have his hands full in cleaning
up on Mexican Pete. Thomas
Hayden. whose fighting in thu
second bout of the last program
won him praise. meets Earnes
Gill in the semi-fnal on Frida,
and Gill declares that he vii
make il mighty interesting foI
Hayden; in fact Gilrs outfit i
ready to back their man to b,
returned the winner. A battl,
royal will start the program of
at 200 o'clock sharp on the al
ternoon of the 9th. Thos. G
Lakeland will oiliciate.