South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-01
Bout Stopped When Soly Went Groge
SOUTH BEND ON
PUG MAP AGAIN
Fort Wayne Boy Shows Up
His Opponent From Tap
of Gong at Temple.
BY Bob NIcAuIine.

by Bob MCAuliuc-
South Bend reclaimed a place on
the pugilistic map last night when
the Temple A. C.. sent the thousand
fans who attended the carnival
home in d satisfied mood.
In the headline attraction Frankie
Mason so far outcIassed and out
fought SOny Epstein that Referee
Adam Seifert stopped the bout IN
the fifth round or what was sched-
uled u De "a 10 round go. Five
rounds were enough to show
Frankie's caliber He fought his way
into favor with South Bend fans
from the time that Roy r. Wolfe
tapped the gong i'm the first round
until IT was stopped n the NTH.
When SOlly forced Mason 20
cinch in the first inning he
is where Mason shines Cool,
timing his blows TO nicely.
and showing himself 10 be a Won
derful judge OF distance, Mason
sent IN a series Of short jabs TO Sol
ly's body which sounded like u ma
chine gun. Not a Jingle movement
Il his body was wasted and this APP
peared clearer to the fans because
OF Soliy's jumping movements. The
Jewish boy hoped about the ring
like a rubber ball for three innings;
after that ne didn't have enough pep
left to continue IL.
SOlly Lands Two.
During the entire fight Solly land
ed but two blows which made an
impression on frankie, and the re-
suit produced was g broad grin from
the Fort Wayne flash. After the
third round il became question Of
how many rounds Solly could hold
out. as he appeared always TO be
in distress, paying no attention 10
the advice given him by his sec
onds
frankie gave away eight pounds
10 his opponent. but this advantage
was set at zero by the ring general
ship he displayed Another quality
OF Mason's which won him favor
was his department In all the
close fighting in which the boys in
dulged there was not even the
semblance OF a foul.
In his dressing room after the
night Mason showed a bad right
hand. This had bothered him be-
fore. and when he slammed SOlly
in the face during the fourth round,
he cracked one OF the small bones
there.
Ccpak Shades Mueller.
In the semi-windup Billy Cepak
Of Cicero, H., fought eight fast and
furious rounds with Battling Muel-
Ter Of Chicago. These boys weighed
IN at 126 pounds and both appeared
to be I'm lighting shape. The first
four rounds were even, but after
that Cepak. by his better ring tao
ties. shaded the Chicago boy. Dur
ing a clinch in the seventh round
Cepak wrenched his right arm.
which put that msmoer out Of bust
ness for the remainder Of the go.
Mueller. realizing this. cut loose
with everything ne had in the final
round and thereby earned a draw.
This fight seemed TO please the fans
who applauded both boys literally.
II was a slam bang affair from start
TO finish, both boys being willing
10 swap punches. and both taking
plenty Of punishment
Kid Howard Goes Up.
The opening bout was stopped in
the second round by Referee George
willard. Joe Murray OF Gary. whom
Adam Seifert is managing, and who
would rather fight than eat, started
10 punch the tar out Of Kid Howard
of Chicago. which made him so
grOggy that Willard sent him back
TO his corner to stay. When Seifert
wrote 20 South Bend last week, stat
ing that he had a conner in the per-
son of Joe Murray, he hit the nail
on the head Seiferts boy never eX-
tended himself. being content TO
worry the Chicago boy through the
first round, and slapping him so
hard in the second that il was call
ed Off With a little more ring eN-
perience Murray will ascend the
pugilistic horizon.
More Bouts Coming.
Promoter Sworths of the Temple
A. e.. who staged the bouts express
ed himself as being well pleased
with the way the fans turned out.
and hopes TO put on another show
out OF doors during the latter part
OF May
Joey Murray. acting as second for
Raft Mueller welded "a wicked
towel between rounds. lie sure
knew how 90 swing IT,
Timekeeper Roy Wolfe became