The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-07
Regular Athletic Program Given at Tenakee in Which Swift Work
 Witnessed.
so M E MAIN EVENTS
Plenty of Talent Among the Members of U. s. s. C. 3O9 Was Shown
 There.


 last Thursday night when a smoker was staged by the crew of the U 1 S. S. c. 309. Several boxing eventf were pulled off during the evening by members of the crew which went we'll with the crowd.
 The account of the events given to the Empire by one of the U. & s. C 309 crew follows:
 The first bout between Kid Blackie and Battling Bumps was clever mill ing from the first to the last tap Of l the gong.
 Although Kid Blackie outweighed | Battling Bumps hv seven popn1s. he had to keep stepDlng to get aw1v from the clever work of the blonde battler This fight was judged draw.
 I The next event was be+wnen '"" Battling Flea and Shifty Il,e and it proved to he very en: artain'~~ from the spectators standpoint. The first two rounds were an exhibition of excellent footwork and fistcuff abil | lIy Ou tnO pdlt Ol DOtu pdl tlSlpdHto Throughout the bout both received the applause of the spectators. In the fourth round Shifty Ike began to show the wear of the battle, becom- 1 ing somewhat groggy. He was game to the core, however, and refused to i take the count which the Battling Flea tried to slip across. The decis ion was given to the Battling Flea.
 Then came a three-round bout be- tween Ruby Red and Whispering Munroe that proved to be quite a comedy. Both contenders were blind folded and had a warning or location bell attached to their ankles. Ruby Red tried to cop sneak on several occasions by holding his bell while he approached Whispering Monroe. When within range he would let go with a murderous wallop, which, had it have connected, would have jared Monroe's family tree, and more than likely sent him into the deep sleep.
 All in all this proved to be a clever bout. It furnished consider able comedy and was rightfully called draw by the judges.
 The next event was a bout be tween the Albino Kid and White Hope Andrews This was made a five round go by the worthy offic ials as the pipe of peace was out between the two battlers. It was a fight from beginning to end. The first round each spared for an open ing and to feel out the weakness of his opponent making this round lively but with honors even. The second and third round were sue sessions of fast milling on the part of both. The Albino Kid rushed his opponent furiously to the ropes on several occasions, which was the cause of considerable clinching in which the White Hope used his weight to a good advantage. All breaks and clinches were clean with the exception of one or two cases when the opponents became over jealous in trying to floor their ad- versary. Tho fourth and fifth rounds proved to be just as fast. By this time each of the opponents had judged his man to such an ex- tent that both were able to get in cleaner blows. They wound up with honors looking pretty even. This was the hardest bout of the evening for the judges to decide, but they came to the conclusion, after much parleying that the Albino Kid was entitled to the bout by close shave.
 The next bout was between the Astoria Kid and the Pride of Douglas las. Both participants stepped into the fray with exceptional speed and ability, and from all appearances it looked as though the honors would be even. After the second round in which the Pride of Douglas received a blow over the eye which was the first and only blood for the Astoria 1 Kid, the Astoria Kid seemed to de- cline and through the last round was exceptionally groggy. He looked as though he would have been lowered 1 by the Pride of Douglas, who was shooting across his ferocious pile driver blows in quick succession. In the opinion of those who know, it is thought likely the Pride of Douglas had his ire aroused when the As toria Kid drew blood and thereby marred his facial beauty, causing him to break his pick with the ladies. Next a three round bout between Vancouver Winters and Chicago Slim was staged. For comedy this bout surpassed anything staged out side of the movies. Our champ com edian, Vancouver Winters, put his face in Chicago Sims fist and was caused to take an astronomical ob servation. When. the blow was put across, Winters stopped dead in his