El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-01

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/ TOMMY NELSON FL Pasoan, feather
I 1 weight boxer, caused an exchange
OF the featherweisht title Of the Dor
Ger Wednesday night at the Studorium
show when he defeated Nick Gundy.
{ Seventh cavalry. in the fifth round Of
I a scheduled six round bout Nelson
3 fought a heady battle from the start,
weathering THE Giant Killers wal
/ lops during the first round with diff
fculty, but gradually seeking out
Gundy's weak points and taking ad-
vantage Of them, a thing that was
entirely lacking on Gundy's part Be-
fore the end OF the second round Mel
son knew Nick's open spots and pro
I ceeded 10 send in his compliments at
B the unguarded points while Gundy
continued 10 rain his blows in the
same old fashion with no regard to
I how Tommy could best be reached
Nick Starts Strong.
Gundy won the first round by n
/ wide margin, but paid too biz a price
I for it by some six or eight times. He
+ hit regardless Of whether the blows
counted or not, wasting his energy on
Ineffective blows. Nick seemed TO
have the steam, but scarcely any
judgment about using it. 1t was ap-
2
the bout that q few rounds like the
first would drain Gundy.
Nelson s.F'ecls Out
Nick opened up the second round in
the same manner-in fact. fought the
whole fight with no change Of tactics
such as Nelson's style demanded. Tom
my opened NJ in the second round and
tried several feints and counters TO
see If he was right in sizing up his
man, and proved Gundy's equal during
the second round IN the third Nelson
cut loose on the things he felt out in
the second and gave Gundy the worst
lacing Of the bout Nick came through
with a left jab that proved effective,
but Nelson shot back the same arti-
Gle, the two stabbing each other some
four times at exactly the same time
During the latter part Of this round
Nelson shot left hook to the side
Of Gundy's jaw. flooring the cavalry
boy for the first time in his career.
Immediately following the knOckdown
Gundy apparently lost his head and
hit wildly, but Nelson let the chance
slip TO counter effectively. The round
among the fans and cheering for
Nelson.
Even Up.
In the fourth Gundy came back with
mis- left. twice putting neat tilt TO
TOmmy's head, but both times showed
up the leads. Nelson continued TO
hit from all angles successfully while
about AL the blocking he had 10 do
was right to the head that was
coming slower and with less steam.
Gundy, however, by his aggressive
ness erened W the round, but, as in
the first, paid q heavy price for 1t in
waste Of energy
Gundy continued his rushing tao
tics in the fifth. sending Nelson TO the
ropes With Gundy feiuring to work
himself out of a corner, Nelson jabbed
with his LETT. tilted Gundy's head and
shot a half uppercut 10 the chin that
put Gundy down and out Referee ]
Lieut. Carl J. Studer raised the hand
OF Tommy Nelson. new featherWe ight ]
champion Of the border.
Nick Optimistic.
Gundy's weight was announced as
l2l pounds. while Nelson's was given 4
as 125. The Giant Killer" stated to- I
day that he has no excuses to offer. |
Il feel as good as new" smiled Nick, I
and after a rest I viii be after an I
other bout with Tommy. A few weeks 7
ago Tommy was knocked out by Kid 4
Young still he came back, why I
shouldn't - Sergt. Anthony Taft, /
Gundy's manager, spoke Optimisticallyi
regarding Gundy's future; ANY boy I
who battles continually sometimes
loses a game. but 1 call your atten- I
g
is still way up there"
Bones. the Comedian.
In the semi final OF the card, Young i
Hockbones, OF Columbus. n. n. more /
than gave the fans Their moneys
worth from a standnoint Of musical =
comedy That is. Hockbones furnished (
the comedy and Leo Bradley furnished /
the music. Hockbones hoped and /
laughed and everybody laughed with /
him He went into the ropes in an ]
awkwerd looking fashion, but when I
Bradley followed he always ran into I
a stiff left that slackened him up 1
some.
Bradley seemed to be the stronger
Of the two. but in hitting both were
on a par, lacking most everything that I
a preliminary boxer should have be- ]
fore he enters the semi finals. Each I
employed a neat left jab Neither I
seemed to have ever heard OF how to I
swing, hook, uppercut or send in a 4
straight right HOckbOnes used his 4
arms like a woman failing carpets ]
when he attempted anything except /
a straight left Bradley displayed /
plenty Of steam and might easily have
ended the battle in the third round /
had he known how TO hit. In TIE .
sixth round, after three knockdowns I
and fine display Of gameness, Bones
was put out
Real Thing.
When Fred r. Wedge. THE Fight !
ing Parson," and Charlie Short. Eighth I
engineers. came together, the best ex-
hibiti0n of boxing Of the evening was
dished out i'm large quantities Both /
are past masters Of the art Neither J
waited for any feeling out stuff but i
Waded i'm from the gong Wedge. who
has a vicious left. hung 10 on Charlie I
bout once sending the clever engineer