Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-27
lack Ryan Of Memphis, Tenn.
Will Battle Perry BliUen
Main Bout at N Metropolitan
Four Bout. On Legion Boxing Gard Will Include Leading
Talent of Grand Forks. The University And East
Grand Fork. With Clean, Fast Work Featuring The
Various Events.
FRANK Killman VS.. Bob Smith.
Arnold Iago vs. Fighting Farley.
Scub Saunders vs.. Joe Dietz.
Jack Ryan vs.. Perry Bhven.

Above is the card Of the American
Legion boxing exhibition to be staged
AT the Metropolitan theater this after
noon commencing at 3 o'clock. Ed.
Doran of Crystal. has been " as
third man in the ring for the main
event when Bliven of Grand Forks
will meet Ryan, the southerner:
mill and the doors will be opened at
2:3o O'Clock. There. has been a heavy
advance sale of seats and, the largest
crowd that ever witnessed q boxing
exhibition in this city is expected at
the mill to be put on under the aus
p,ces OF the American Legion this
afternoon.
Dad Hayes. manager Of Perry
Eliven, the Grand Forks lad, has an
nounced that his man is In the PINK
Of condition and.Swill be on his toes
FOR the mix with Ryan, Who comes
10 the local ring with southern laurels
freshly won. The dope has 1t that
The ,rangy southerner is expecting
more or less tof an easy time OF II
with Bliven, but IT that is the case
Bliven's followers declare that a mar
named Ryan has a. complete Thanks
giving GU surprise in store for him.
Three or four years ago .Bltven
showed up well in various preliminary
ENeHLS dlIu ~ dllcSgH w S
T.. S. navy at the outbreak. of the
war he was taken in hand by veterans
Of the ring and developed to a high
Z class Of skill. He met many OF the
best sailors in the square ring and
showed/up to good advantage, DEM
onstrating himself a formidable
battler.
Since returning to Grand Forks,
Bliven has featured in several pre-
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at Grafton. He has shown UP well
and in his bout with Zespy a few
weeks ago startled his friends with'a
display OF shifty footwork and a
terrible. wallop in his right glove. In
this bout he Knocked Zespy for q goal
early In the second round OF a sched-
uled Fix round 81 -.
On Armistice day Bliven took the
ringside and newspaper decision IN
his bout with Frank Mantell. claim
ant of the welterweight championship
Of Canada. r
Ryan1a Battler.
Ryan is a fighter of no mean repute
in the south where he has met some
Of the fastest boys. He is purported
to carry a mysterious something hid
den in his right bunch of five that has
made more than one hopeful slumbel
and later awake to count the pretty
stars.
A travelling man in the city last
night regretted that he could not re
main for the bout as he has seer
Ryan perform in the south and de
clares that one Of the best little
things the Memphis boy does is t.
knock 'em for a home run. 4
Ryan is sort of q lanky lad ant
from appearances he will make
Bliven show the best that's in him.
The Preliminaries.
From the lineup Of preliminar.
events it is expected that the bes
pre-main battle bouts Of the year will
be seen this afternoon, for the Legion
men have spared no pains in securing
suitable boxers. They believe Atha
too often good main events r pre-
coded by bouts hat are not wortl
the time consumed and have made
a point to secure the best card o
preliminaries available.
Several new men to local ring fol
lowers will be seer in action toda,
with the securing of a new man from
the East side and a couple of fight
ing fools from the university.
Hide is expected to fly when Franz
Killman and Bob Smith of the uni
versity finish the formality of shakin
hands for the curtain raiser OF tn
matinee boxing exhibition. Both o
these men have been working har