El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27
GLBLETS

! EATTT PUSHBALL proved one OF
! / the best attractions OF the last
Bliss field day meet. Fatty just
romped here and there and every
where. rolling over privates and treat
I ing officers the same way. Never was
a more impartial fellow than Fatty
He fattened out the boys in fatigue
trousers and would have done Brig.
I Gen Hornbrook the same way. only
I the general was too good a Splinter
] ITS not so much Afr. Pushball rolling
over you that hurts your feelings as
the % pairs OF big shoes a fellow
knows IS close behind" said one OF
the players who had been there" Even
II he was a bit rough. Fatty made a
hit Fans VIII watch for his appear
ance at the next field meet with in
terest
FL PasO has two champion Hexathlon
teams, one holding title Of the world
+ In its class. the other the honors Of
America These titles were won de-
spite the fact that many Of the hest
young men IN local athletics were
serving Uncle sam in the army and
navy There is just as good talent
IN sight for this years local Hex team
as last year. The thing that faces ~
athletes now is Work-C0od hard work
g Il NAE uIlLll Lle Hex IlnalE. InGr la
Ine price which must be paid TO keep
the titles in Fl Pas0. And the boys
and young men 10 whom Fl Paso cIti-I
zens look 10 keep the hOnors here
are not the kind 10 shirk what II takes
to win. We are going TO hold the titles
for at least another year-probably
half dozen All ready. heavet
For the time being the Cactus club
IS no more That is, the organization
as conducted for the last several years
no longer exists, Art Woods having
turned over the management Of the
Cactus alleys to be open 10 the public
generally. War so depleted the ranks
OF the once numerous and powerful
bowling aggregation that the club is
disbanded. probably 20 be reorganized
later Had not the war interviewed IL I
is probable that FL PasO would have
been represented by a team from the
Cactus club at the National Bowling
congress which convenes in Cleveland !
m March Last year during the time
the congress was in session. national 4
records were euualed in many cases
by local bowlers on the Cactus alleys. I
James d. Duffy, better known in FL ]
Paso as Battling Burke" is confined /
at the l. s. naval hospital. Brooklyn. ]
having been wounded in the leg By a I
torpedo while helping TO whip the 1
Hun Duffy. in a letter to his old .
lighting friend, Frankie Fowser. I
states that he is on his way to recov- ]
cry and hopes TO be soon again on the d
Atlantic which he crossed six times .
during the war.
frankie Fowser. who whipped EN-
fast as they came about FL PasO and .
on his eastern tour two years ago.
says that he viii not engage in ring
DaItles again y began to notice q,
= y nrn# H. -
going wrong with my boxing powers" I
states FOwser. but for the life Of me
] couldn't figure out what II was Ny
strenth was as good as ever. I was as .
fast and could both give and take as I
much or more than I ever did YET ]
was not right The cause now is quite
clear It is my eyes. I was badly de- I
ceived in my last bout. having trained i
by daylight at which time I can still 4
DO fairly well When Il came TO the 1
final the lights lost me I found my
self mlsJudginE distance bady. both fu
hitting and blocking. / never felt so 4
foolish in my life. Right in the mid
die Of that bout discovered what my
trouble was and knew that I could
never box again"
FL Pasoans who saw Fowser in
training also in his bout with Clar-
snce Ross, say that Fowser was rem
1ered practically helpless By the glare
u electric lights on the night OF bat
tie Says one Of his trainers. Frankie
was lost At infighting he has always
been a bear He is Of the substantial
lass OF bOxers-never wastes energy.
HIS accuracy in hitting was always
lose 10 uncanny. All that was gone.
Why, ! saw him in the daytime in a
ocal gym make Ross look like an
mateur. 7 noticed that frankie was
lot right in the last round Of an ex-
libition bout between him and Bad
Daddy Anderson, at Fort Bliss before
he Fowser-kOss battle. but couldn't
ell Just what II was while Fowser
himself seemed not TO have noticed II [ 1
That he fought Ross to a draw under
he circumstances and in half blinded J
ondition. is tribute 10 Fowser's {
'ameness. When FOwser went TO his ]
orner in the fifth round OF that bout =
e said to a second: Boy. my eyes are ,
one. The second said STAY with IL I 7
frankie. il you can Why. damn YOU ]
GU didn't think I was going to cuff. 9
I'D you2 I'll be there at the finish II / /,
am blind as bat And he was"
T
II Fort Bliss promoter is found I {
mo VIII stage bout between Tommy ; C
'elson, now boxing on the Pacific
cast, and Tommy Carter. the fast &
iliss lightweight. one Of the best y
outs staged at the fort in many I q
rooms ought to result The good thing 4
.DN- eu1A q Dol@ Is lLldL II EaSo and q
Hiss fans know both boxers-have v
cen them both in action repeatedly. / O
here is no doubt about the ability o
Z each in the squared circle. More h
yer they would be wen matched. @
shen Nelson left FL Paso he said he b
0uld never make the featherweirht
init again. Since he has taken on T
eight and would probably enter the a
ing at l31 or 1872. Carter can make p
30 easily or 1913 with more effort. Il
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