El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23

THE championship title of the Dor
der which Sergt- John Padden,
B company, cath infantry, car
ries about with him, got into close
quarters Friday afternoon at the 18th
field artillery open air pavilion when
he met Pvt Luke, 18th field artillery.
The two went one hour and Is min
utes, when referee Marley declared
the bout a draw. Padden was the
aggressor and displayed the greater
knowledge Of the game but he simply
couldn't pin his opponent to the mat.
Luke's inherent strength was appar-
entity greater than Padden's.
At times Luke became the agrees
sor but Padden was never IN danger,
breaking the body scissors and other
dangerous holds with as much ease as
Luke writhed away from Padden. It
was announced after the bout that the
two would continue their argument at
some later show.
Grundy and Null Perform.
Thre good boxing bouts were also
a part Of the Washington birthday
program Nick Grundy, OF *" COM
psny seventh cavalry. beat Pvt. Nc
Carl. OF M company, saith infantry.
4-A4L WIS AIG dE6IEEEUE
his opponent outweighed him about
ten pounds and could have put AIcCarl
away long before the end OF the third
round had he so wished. Grundy had
not been matched with McCarl but
took the place OF 4 man who failed to
appear. Grundy is one of the best Of
his pounds that the United States
army has produced.
Pvt. Null. OF B" company. 64th in
fantry, and Dusty" Miller. former
Philippine champion. went three ex-
hibition rounds Null had his own way
about what happened The fact that
Miller is a good man makes Nulls
exhibition more noticeable. Null has
been an easy winner in several bouts
at Fort Bliss shows. being pitted
against good men each time. He
shows professional form. and II is
very doubtful II any man Of his
weight at Fort Bliss could stay with
him for more than a few rounds.
Pvt O'Reilly, 18th field artillery,
and Pvt Martinez, e" company, am
munition train, went three rounds to
a draw. The bout was a good one, the
men being evenly matched.
Harry L Osborne, physical director
Of the FL Paso military district, su
pervised the bouts and proved himself
a good announcer. Chaplain Fir. J. A
gave perfect satisfaction as
referee.
Three fast wrestling matches and /
regular cyclone in the way Of boxing /
was the treat afforded fans at Camp /
owen Bierne Friday night Pvt. /
Johnson, B company, military police, !
won in a wrestling bout from Pvt ]
Maddox, B company, ammunition1
train, after II minutes of fast work, /
using a body scissors. Maddox was
winded and did not continue.
In a second bout. Pvt. Alfrey. COM !
pany A. signal corps. gave Lieut. Bel
rose. Of G company, 34th infantry, a |
rough session, but Belrose's training 1
permitted him to secure the first fall /
In two and one-half minutes with a 4
head hold. Then they went II min
utes without a fall in such fashion 1
that at times their locked bodies 4
looked like a whirling mass Of inter
locked arms and legs turning on a i
flywheeL Alfrey, at 1S5 pounds. is a
bear. but without science; Belrose
weighed only 164.
Pvt. DeWolf threw Pvt. Smith after
u minutes Of fast work Smith came
back strong, however. and DeWolf
was unable TO secure another fall 1
after 20 minutes Of hard work. Prior
to the moment DeWolf threw Smith,
the latter was the aggressor and was
working on top all the time Sudden
ly DeWolf came out from under with /
a body hold and threw Smith so
quickly that spectators could not tell
how II was done.
Pvt Farley and Pvt Molash. in a
two round boxing match, put up a
regular humiliation affair. What /
they lacked in science was never no.
ticed by the fans, for there was not
A time during the two rounds that the :
referee might have walked between
the contestants without having re-
,eived half a dozen blows. so fast and 1
thick did they send in the punches
Athletic director Osborne and as
sistants supervised the show Pvt.
Brackler. Of the I'd engineers. served
Is referee to the satisfaction of con-
-estants and fans.