El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-16

NICK GDNDI added one more vic
~ tory to his string Of battles in the
won column OF his record and Jack
Douglas established himself as a
heady game little scrapper who will
fight as long as he is on two feet
Friday night in Is rounds at the
studorium motor group arena. Gundy
used his fast left hand to punch his
way to victory and while round after
round it seemed merely a matter Of
Douglas coming up and showing his
nose and eyes in the way OF Nick's
gloves he showed spirit of gameness
and craftsmanship that has not been
equalled here since Bobby Green stood
off Otto Wallace for an equal number
OF rounds.
The decision went to Gundy Mt
the END OF the battle and the fans
were too tired with the poor order
of milling to express their mp
proVaI or disap1roVaI-
Gundy Has Lead.
Gundy established q big lead early
in the contest when he opened a cut
on the nose OF his opponent and the
the claret began TO stream II worried
Douglas a great deal but the Frisco
battler kept coming in gamely and in
several sessions fought the speedy
Gundy to a standstill. the fans ap-
plauded his efforts when he landed a
stiff right cross OF hard jab. Gundy's
left hand maintained the margin he
won during the early round and he al
so punished Douglas in the last few
sessions with stiff , inches to the face
and BODY They failed TO stop Jack
however, but gave the fight to the
former Seventh caval-y Tomplzins
Terrier on points.
Do lgIas Is Popular.
When the first bell called the two
boys to the center OF the ring Gundy
was the favorite both in financial
and sentimental way with the fans
The clean boxing Of the little
scrapper had established him aE ,
big fistfc attraction here but the
Fan who could not understand
why Young Limcoln-but n stones
throw away in lrlEonn-had not
been matched with him instead
Of an unknown in Douglas, did not
come out to the bout In large
numbers and there were many va
cant seats IN the hrenn- These
same fans are now trying to fig
ure out just why Otto Wallace
should be matched With Gene Del
mont after his defeat ut the hands
OF Tommy Carter and the south
ern department champ is a local
Douglas fought himself into popu- /
larfty as early as the second round {
when he took several stiff punches
in an effort to land one. He showed !
uttle but an ability to take punish :
ment in the early sessions and II IS I
the fact that he did not waver before I
the onslaught Of Nick which made /
him such a favorita. Gundy won
every round up TO the sixth by sub I
stantfal margin and the sixth session
was taken BY Douglas as he fought /
back fiercely after an alleged foul on
the part Of Nick on the eastern side OF
the ring. The caTalryu1an did not step
mack when the two men were separ-
ated and soaked Douglas a pair OF
crosses on the Jaw which Jared him 70
the ropes
The seventh belonged TO Douglas,
the eighth was even and Nick did
some nice work in the ninth. The
and the 18th could be called even
Gundv took tho last three, as while
Douglas fought back fiercely IN the
last session and shot in couple OF
hard let's Gundy retaliated with stiff
blows to the jaw and took the session
on points
The following was submitted sat
urday morning by a local boxing
critic who believes that Douglas
should have been awarded the verdict
in the sixth round He also says some
thing about the work Of the referee;
In the sixth round coming out Of a
clinch Gundy nearly ended the fight
by landing a foul blow to Douglass
Jaw, following with q second effective
swat 811ch dissatisfaction was ex-
pressed among fans that referee Lieut.
Mccarthy should permit the foul to
pass unnoticed- Had the blow been
struck Immediately after referee Nc
Carthy's instruction for the two TO
break. Gundy might have commended
that the blow was unfntentfonaI but ftl
happened after the order TO break had
been wen and the referee had per- /