El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-04

on at TT. Bliss by members Of
= the mechanics shop repair unit
No. sos. OF the quartermaster's de-
partment in the army Y. N. C. A
auditorium. proved 70 be a success in
all four Of the bouts put on
The best bout Of the show was a
three round affair between Sergt
Johnnie Meyers and Sergt Jack Will
lia..l-. at 10 pounds. Tne first round
was fast and even Meyers proved a
master IN the art Of straight jabs
during the first. and opened the
second with a strai ght one that
roasted under Williams right eye,
cutting and leaving Williams dazed-
Meyers went right after his man and
had him all but out when the gong
sounded
Williams recuperated during the
minutes rest and not only came back
strong but outboxed and outfought
his opponent during the third round.
Both boxers had q kick and mixed
milling from start TO finish. Both
we're going strong at the end. It was
a good draw. Both men were from
unit No. sos.
Pvt. Hockett. Of 4 company. and
Pvt Hollis. Of D company, middle
weights, put up three good rounds
Both milled with q viii and in add
ton showed considerable cleverness-
SerEt Costello and Sergt. Blogan,
both OF unit No. sos, 1fO-Dound men.
went three fast rounds, Costello be-
tng awarded the decision on points.
Both athletes took severe body
punches and were the color of the
setting sun about the waist, RIBS ana
kidneys when the bout ended
Pvt. Allure Injured.
Pvt. Lewis Allure and Pvt. Harry
Bishop. 110-pounders, boxed four
rounds to a draw In the first round
Allure Tented Bishop into right
hook 70 the Jaw, which came near
ending the bout In fact, Bishop
would have been counted OUT haa II
not been for the friendly gong
Bishop came back IN good shape for
the second round and Allure 1rac-
tured his left forearm by the force OF
. how connecting with his oppo-
nents elbow. BE Eamely finished
the fight and got draw, IN spite o.
the handicap. Allure is fast ana mas
a good defence for q boxer. Of limited
experience Referee Bad DADDY
Anderson was cheered when the bout
was called draw
4Rad Daddy is Good.
The cleverest work Of the evening
vas an exhibition bout between An
derson- who refereed the former
bouts. and SerEt- Conrad, OF the Eltt1
cavalry. The latter weiEhed lsV
pounds. while Anderson tipped the
beam at 215. Both are old timers
with the ulitrs and gave four ROUNDS
Of scientific blocking and clever foot
work. Both artists received the glal
hand several times. both from the
fans and from each other Sergt-
SiegsI refereed this bout Sergt-
conrad is we'll known. having charge
Of the stockade guard Anderson,
who is a negro was formerly the
trainer Of both Jack Johnson anu
San Landlord. He was also box
-ug instructor at West Point be -
anxious 10 take on any man OF MS
weight at the fort
ter's department are not generally
considered a fighting unit. the bouts
show that q decidedly fighting spirit
uerVades unit No. 5O5- Lnat there
were not knockOuts is due 10 tne
fa.+ that the r-embers Of tho UNI
decided Il would be better for the
snort to use eight-ounce gloves,
have more milling and less serious
results. This is the first show pulled
off 1T the fort lately where so heaFy
cloves have been used and permitted
the contestants TO kick hard as they
1Ieased with minimum damage TO
Mess sergt. Allen. a former vaude-
vile star, won generous applause
from the patrons Of the game pc
tween bouts by singing. de also
served as official announcer Lieut.
Robert Macdonald was matchmakeI
and is to be complimented on the
care and Judgment shown The first
essential OF a good boxing show Is
matches properly made. While the
bouts At the fort have Invariably
been good. in the past several IN
even matches unarred the bill more or
less II is to be hoped that IN a.
future shows the same consideration
will be shown as to poundage and ex-
perience. Where there is a consider
able difference in weight and the
fans want TO see men meet neVerthe-
less. then the plan adopted by Sergt
Conrad and Bad DADDY" Is comment