El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-11

rORE than 1000 fans witnessed
M one Of the best boxing shows
IL OF the season Saturday night
at tire y. II. c. A gym Of the 64th
infantry. Fort Bliss. The show was
weu staged, bouts lively, aecommoda-
tions for fans excellent, all eombin-
ing 10 make a good evenings sport
The sensation Of the evening was
one Hockbones, Of Memphis, Tenn,
a acuIlud" gentleman OF some class
as fistic exhibitions go HockDones,
who claims the middleweight coloreQ
championship, went two rounds with
Pad Daddy Anderson, OF nec-lsl-4l-
cal repair unit No. 900, and also two
rounds with Clarence (kid) Ross, II
Pas0 middleWelght- When Anderson
appeared on the stage, Weighing
some 215 pounds and rather lat look
ing. there was some merriment, as
he appeared slow. Hockbones,
trained 20 a nicely. contrasteQ
strongly with the big army man ana
there was much winking and nudg-
ing Of ribs
Anderson a Surprise.
The surprise opened Up when BAD
DADDY" got into action he was
anything but slow and after the Ilrsl
Jew complimentary passes made by
the two smokes" by way OF teellnS
each other out, there was hot time
until the final gong Anderson
landed frequently on the champion
and the effect OF weight back Of his
blows could easily be seen
Hcckboness however. was the faster
OF the two and caused the champion
neaTVWeighr Of Fort Bliss 20 knock
some Big holes out OF the AIR now
and then as Wel IS cleverly blocking
many hefty ones he was IN ana -
with lightning quick steps and had
The big man guessing AT tunes HOOK
bones cut loose now ana then with
fast ones that garnished bad
Laddy's' mouth and nose with cherry
before the bout was ended Bones
also deliberately took blows from
lis heavier antagonist that would
Lave put ont an ordinary boxer. snll-
Ing ia . way that kept The fans
cheering
When kid" Ross entered the ring
for two rounds with Bones, there
u-as some fast Milling both weigh
ing about 15S pounds and each ike
wise beng in good condition kOss
used z LETT triple jab effectively many
zlIucE a1ring the Two rounds, reaching
LIS opponent but his blows lacked
SCAN 70 rattle Bones. The latter
Els right after Ross all the time
and when he struck il was the e1-
fectiEe blow OF an old ring general
lie uzed what was necessary and left
Tie resi- 60 Nearly all Ross sitter
punches were blocked With time
Ross should be one OF the best OF
lis weight in the country The only
tlIng mat he lacks was clearly ap-
parent in his match with Hockbones
Saturday night-the right kind OF
hitting. This he should easily obtain
by a few years Of practice and study
with men such as Hcckbones who
have had more experience
Medical Student Knew.
The show opened with a four round
mill between Pvt Tafora, Of the med
zeal corps. 18th field artillery, and
Pvt Icholtz, OF the supply company,
18th field artillery, at 120 pounds.
Evidently Tafora' s knowledge Of hui
nan anatomy warned him the proper
time 10 cezsc and still be in good
running. for at the end OF the third
round he announced that IL was his
official time 10 cease His wind was
rot SO lengthy as that Of Icholtz. who
appeared good for several more
rounds The bout was a good one
while i lasted. Icholtz's superior
condition giving him a lead early in
fhe second round.
Little Man Wins.
Pvt Louisi, Of battery D, 18th
field artillery. at 155 pounds, met Pvt
Naudillo. but not nearly SO hard as
Iandillo met Louisi, who was out on
his feet at the end Of the fourth
round Mandillo, who weighs but 130
pounds. IS from D company, 64th in
tantry- and volunteered to take the