South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-26
jEEN IN ST. LOUIS
MASON BEST BOXER
Is Verdict of Globe Democrat
of FIy-Weight Champion
to Appear Here.

when frankie Mason steps into
the ring ~ the Elks' theater. south
Bend. Tuesday night boxing fans
will see in the little fv-Weight cham
rion ONE titIc-h0lder that is not
afraid Co. risk his title. and in many
case with BOYS who outweigh hirn
by eight te 10 pounds Just tell
Mason where be- can get match
and the little fellow VIII Doe on the
fob. and according % George Biem-
er Mason's manager. h.s trouble is
keeping Frankie from boxing in
place Of looking for matches. why
ne would fight Jess willard If the
match was offered f!m and would
go into the contest confident OF out
pointing the heavyweight cham
pion." SAYS Biemer.
Recently be met Kid Regain a ST..
Louis hope who went into the rims
al about 116 pounds. and tne result
q the fight and the opinion of "a 81.
Louis sport writer regarding Ma
son IS best told i'm the fouowing ar
ticle clipped from the Globc-Demo-
crat OF the latter city. It SAYS.
"In one Of the most interesting
and cleyerly boxed contests s. en- iu
local ring in "A lons while frankie
Mason of Fort Wayne. Ind, out
pointed Charles Grouse of this city.
who boxes under the name of Kid
Regan. I'm ~ rounds. at the Future
City Athletic club last night.
1.-THE Indiana boy gave one or
the best exhibitions of the manly
art seen i'm this city I'm some time
Ills defensive work especially stood
out prominently. and for the first
six rounds ReEan had a hard time
laying a glove on the clever Mason.
while the visitor was getting 10 Re
sistently and had the local boy
bleeding from the mouth as early
as the first round
While Regain was willing and
did not hesitate 20 take the aggres-
sive. excellent blocking and slipping
OF punches by his opponent made
bis efforts worthless. Mason was
virtually on the inside throughout
the contest. stepping inside Regan's
leads with perfect Judgment land
ing 20 the head with short jolts
when coming in.
Mason Scores at Close Range.
cit was while the boys were box
ing at close range that Mason in
dicted the most damage. seeming
able 20 get his punches past the To-
cal lads guard despite the fact that
Began endeavored TO protect his
face by crossing both gloves i'm an
effort TO evade the Fort Wayne
bows blows 10 the head During the
middle part of the contest Regain
received a bad cut over the right
eve. which caused the blood 20 flow
freely However. this did not worry
the ST Louis boy. but. i'm fact seem
ed 20 arouse his fighting spirit.
THE ninth round was the best
of the bout. Regain starting off by
rushing Mason and landing some
good blows during the first minute
Of the session and Mason coming
back IN tho last part Of the round.
punishicg his adversary severely by
landing leTt and richt hooks TO the
head which had the kid" tired a.
the end OF the round. Both boys
went at top speed I'm this round and
had the crowd OF about 900 in an
prOar AS the fast pace the boxers
set i'm the ninth round seemed to
have taxed their strength. the tenth
round was slow i'm comparison and
about even. The last two rounds
saw Mason outpointing his oppon-
ent. ne taking the twelfth and last
period by a good margin.
Experience Wins.
SIT was simply a case or a veteran
opposing a ycUngster. with the eN-
penence and ring generalship Of the
veteran proving too much for the
youngster to overcome Despite the
fact that Regain was beaten. he
made an excellent showing. and the
experience gained i'm the bout with
Mason last nieht should prove 10 be
valuable 20 him i'm the future. IL
was announced that both boys
weighed I'm under the agreed weight
o. us pounds at O'Clock. Regain.
however. appeared TO De somewhat
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