El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23
Alumni 10 Attend,
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1T Will take a good man to beat
/ -speedbau Hayden" stated Nike
orrison on leaving FL Paso for Camp
shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss "Of course
inst how good Hayden really Is viii
not be known until he has tryout
against some firstrater such as Nike
O'Dowd, Ted Lewis or men Of that
caIiber. He looks fast, had a wallop
with a good preliminary jab that
cuts down an opponent, IS a good
ring general and apparently has all
that a first rater needs II is pos
sible that against a man Ike Lewis
or O'DoWd that Hayden might appear
into the ring with '-SpeedbalL Ross
looked fast as chained lightning in
his last few bouts but not so when
he met Hayden At any rate there
is nobody in the Southwest who IS
a match for Hayden unless he has
his light hidden under a bushel- He
is good man"
Now that the old Rio Grande base
bail Erandstand is torn down base
ball fans are wondering what IS 70
be done the coming season for place
20 play. There is no need to Worry
Fl Paso wants baseball such as Il has
had IN the last Few years ana VIII
have IT Il is q worthy branch Of
athletics, has been Clearly conducted
here, ana for such 81 Paso's spirited
citizens will make a way as they do
for other worthy and clean sports
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c. z Johnson. well known ath-
letic promoter OF COLUMBUS. n NJ,
who has been in Fl PasO for the last
three days. states that there is a
boxer in the gath infantry, Columbus,
y. II. who viii be a worthy opponent
for "Speedball' Hayden in a very few
moons IL he keeps on improving as
he has during the last three months
"Hard-hitting' Wright Is the athlete
referred to by Mr.. Johnson Wright
has fought q number OF memorable
battles at and near Columbus. He is
said TO be faithful trainer and not
afraid 20 take a drubbing to learn.
Tommy Nelson, writing from Los
Angeles, says that there is a custom
rigidiF observed over there at the
principal athletic clubs which pre-
cents a principal FROM being beaten
because he has from seven to II sec
onds in his corner. all trying to give
advice 10 the boxer at the same time.
the majority Of them knowing less
nish two seconds. They are men who
know the business That settles it"
Tommy Murphy got by with It In
taking On a heavy but the best plan
and the safest Is Tommy Feiso's-
fight EN- your own weight and al
ways win.
'ParsOn" Wedge is q wonder at a
comeback. A few months ago he
landed IN FL Paso in bad shape with
tuberculosis. Working out in a local
gymnasium when he became conva-
lescenr, he was unable to 20 two
rounds-short ones at that Thurs
day and Friday night he worked out
going four rounds with the gloves
Thursday night and four with the
bag. Friday he went eight again. in
Guiding two rounds shadow boxing.
They we're full rounds and done ike
Wedge does everything-with all his
might. Tommy Murphy must be right
10 win on Thanksgiving.
The Judges said Nick Gundy was
a loser in his bout with Kid Young
at the field day bouts but not a few
OF the fans have expressed them
selves otherwise on the subject
II Barvsy knight had trained
vel. there's that pestiferous little
word that Is always in the way.
One OF ths best ring battles ever
seen at Bliss was that between Tom
my Carter and KID Young at their
Studorium meeting While Tommy
won he didn't do the trick by any
great margin. Their Thanksgiving
set-to will doubtless be full Of ginger.
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Bliss has three Tommies that are
climbing to the top in their respec-
tive divisions Tommy Felso, feath-
erweight; Tommy Carter. light
weight; Tommy Murphy, any old
weight from flyweight TO super
heavy.
Red" Williams has & long. hard
road ahead OF him. especially Thanks
giving night