El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-02
MEYERS BESTS
JOE PRATT IN
AFAST BATTLE
Willing O'Neill and 'Anx-
ious' Stanley Should Get
the Kaiser's Goat.
NINE BOUTS ARE
FULL OF ACTION

a
unit sos. defeated Corp. Joseph
Pratt. Of field bakery, company
30. II. in the third round OF a sched-
uIed six round bout Friday night at
the weekly athletic show Of mechan-
zeal repair unit No. sos. in one Of the
fastest bouts staged at the fort this
season Pratt weighed some six or
seven pounds more than Meyers and
displayed the greater strength. but
Meyers was too clever for the baker.
Meyers has a left that would puzzle
better men than Pratt. and used it
successfully. following with a short.
quick right that Pratt could not
escape. although the same thing was
used on him from start to finish
'kickapoo' did II 50 quickly that
there was no escape. In clinches
Pratt fought TO a FRAGILE. but here,
too Meyers knew the game and
the least danger. Once loose. Meyers
always tore into his opponent with
such qu.ckness that Pratt could never
get his dough TO raise At the con-
clusiOn of the match, Kid Bryan chal-
lenged the winner Meyers accepted,
The match 10 be staged March Is.
Bryan appeared 20 be some ten pounds
heavier than Meyers and there is some
doubt as to whether he can make I22.
The stipulated weight.
Kaiser Killers.
OF the nine bouts staged. most Of
them were full OF action. Those who
are able 10 imagine 81 wildcats jump
ing a-straddle Of a West India cyclone
and the whole package confined in
20 foot ring for an elimination con-
test may get just faint idea of what
happened when J. II. Willing" O'Neil
met G. A Anxious" Stanley for a
WhirlWind in three parts. The two
Jumped to the center Of the ring and
both swung with = right. both land
ing. Both men hit out with the left
and both landed. These boys didn't
have any science-they didn't need it.
Their native ability surpasses all
science.
There WIS never a moment Of
hesitation on the part of either
during the three rounds-alvFays
they were swinging with one
hand or the other and landing Mt
least 90 percent. Each was rocked
half way to dreamland 40 times
and yet both were 70 <ulI Of fight
at the end Of the fray that @Bad
Daddy Anderson had the Job OF
his life in getting them apart. II
these boys 20 to France and either
ever gets a crack at the kaiser
-'-Gcodbye, BiIl.1 The decision was
draw.
A Coed Scout.
For a curtain raiser. Scout Oakley, 4
a Boy Scout Of FL Paso, was scheduled 1
10 meet Pvt. Dick Azcarate in a 4
wrestling bout. As the mat had been
removed. the two agreed to box and /,
made one of the hits Of the evening. /
Young Oakley, who is probably IA /
years OF age and weighs 10 pounds.
bored into his opponent like Terry /
McGovern in his best days. Azcarate, I
VINO is but few pounds heavier than 4
the Boy Scout. met the rushes with a
handy left that kept Oakley from 4
winning. They went to a draw.
Cop" Waters won over Pvt. Ryan
in the second best bout eof the eve
ming Ryan is a good boxer, but could 4
not stand up before the kick Waters 4
carried Ryan was in considerable 4
distress at the end Of three rounds /
and. while he got a draw Waters
could have ended il had he so chosen
4 boxer is seldom found who carries
4 right straight from the shoulder
such as Waters handles. He knows
how TO deliver It, too, as far as force
is concerned. When he learns to land
on the right spot, he viii be hard
man 10 defeat at his weight
George r. Capp went three exhibit
ton rounds with Bad Daddy Ander-
son and, while the big smoke was en-