The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-05-02
CAMP DODGE WON
SOLDIERS BOUT
CARRIES OFF cANToNMENT HON.
oRs FROM CAMP TAYLOR.
MCFARLAND AND GIBBONS DRAW
Great Exhibition Between Master Box
ers. caddock Easily Beats But.
termore. $4,000 Cleared for
Soldiers Benefit Fund

/ SOiutSIS DSUcNI TuUu
Des Moines, April 27---Camp Dodge
won the ntercantonement boxing
tournament with Camp Taylor last
night at the Coliseum, and Mike Glib
bons and "Packey" Mcfarland, boxing
instructors Of the rival camps, met in
a draw in six abbreviated exhibition
rounds. Earl Caddock, champion
wrestler of the world threw Sergeant
Buttermore Of Camp Taylor in :06
and :O2 in an exhibition.
Camp Dodge won the tournament
by getting Referee Ed Smiths decis-
ion in three bouts and draw in one
Lieutenant DeGrasse. in the 1876 pound
class. was the only loca, representa-
tive to lose lis bout.
The soldier contests, as had been ex-
pccted, easily featured the program,
The mon met in four two-eight-ounce
gloves and clean break rules. The
large gloves prevented knockouts as
at least two of the Camp Taylor rep
resentatives would have been stopped
had the boys been mixing with the
regulation fourounce goatskins.
| Although the tournament did not
draw the $4,000 house that the camp
| authorities had hoped for, it must
have added at least $4,000 and pos
sibly more to the athletic funds of
| the two cantonments. A large crowd
of enthusiastic fans saw the bouts and
cheered the contestants.
The Three Hundred Fiftieth regi-
ment band and the base hospital glee
club Of Camp Dodge added to the en-
ioyment of the program. The band
was cheered more than the boxers
and was forced to give two or three
encores after every number.
Forget They are Irish.
Mcfarland and Gibbons boxed
rounds of ninety seconds duration only
Mcfarland plainly was not in condi-
ton to go any distance. He looked to
be at least thirty pounds heavier than
when he was in his prime, but the fat
! about his "tummy" did not appear to
slow him up any in the short rounds,
| for he mixed on even terms with Glib
bons throughout the exhibition.
Both men who are Irish, forgot all
about their nationality as eight ounce
gloves We're used and neither exerted
himself. Most of the blows were slaps
or were landed with open gloves. 1t
was fine exhibition of clever block
ing, ducking and footwork, the things
that the military authorities are seek
ing to teach the embryo soldiers, as
aids to bayonet fighting.
Camp Dodge won decisions in the
! first two bouts, lost the third and earn
ed draw in the fourth, so that when
the last event4the heavyweight bout
was called, the best Camp Taylor
could get was draw in the tourna-
ment and the last bount had to be won
to get that, Ollie Anderson of Camp
Dodge won that bout and cinched the
1 tournament for the Eighty-eighth di-
vision, which will challenge Camp Gus
ter to a tournament now. Camp Dodge
already had defeated Camps Funston
and Grant
i hnderson's opponent was Sergeant
Poole. The latter was too awkward to
cope with the Camp Dodger and serv-
ed as punching bag throughout the
flour rounds. He was game, but that
twas all the fighting ability he dis
played.
Seidel Wins Easily.
j The best bout of the evening, the
Buff SeidolSeargeant Thompson
contest. opened the boxing pro-
gram. Seldel scored heavily through.
out the contest with a left jab TO the
face and a right uppercut TO the stom-
ach Thompson took lot of punish
ment. but was boring in for more ex-
cept in the latter part Of the fourth,
when he was SO tired that he hung on
in the clinehes to protect himself
Sergeant Carmody. Camp Taylor
representative in the 125-pound class
Host decision to Harry Condor, be.
cause he insisted in rushing and
wrestling his smaller opponent. On
points Carmody probably was the win
ner but his tactics counted against
him.
Labe Safro of Camp Dodge was
given a draw with Corporal Ross in
the 1856 pound class. Safro was tout.
! classed in the long range work but
was bigger and stronger than his op-
ponent and scored at the infghting.
In the last two rounds Ross caught
Safro coming into him with right
uppercut several times, landing the
best blows of the bout. Referee Smith
however did not believe Ross had
enough of an advantage to get decis.
ion.
The only match Camp Dodge lost
was in the 1S5 pound class in which
Lieutenant DeGrasse was outclassed
all the way by Private Farb. The lat.
ter was the best boxed on the Camp
Taylor squad. lack Of aggressiveness
being his only fault He made De.
Grasse do most Of the leading and
eountered effectively
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