El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-27


amid q riot Of ratification. the Seventh
cavalry left the Fort Bliss field We'd
nesday afternoon winners Of the Feb
'ruary field meet. carrying with them
the boxing cup and in permanent pos
session of the Cen Howe trophy, won
by the Seventh three consecutive
times. The Fifth cavalry carried away
the trophy for dismounted events and
the SD field artillery the cup for
mounted events.
{ During the morning the lead was
taken by the Fifth cavalry and SD
field artillery. which tied with .
points each. the Seventh cavalry and
RemoUnt grandtrailing with II and
points. respectively. while the Sew
enth field signal battalion captured }
counters
Overcoming handicap Of eight
Z points, the TOmplSins Scrappy
riders proved that they @are right
" dubbed the ssFiGhtinE Seventh"
by wallopinE cut "a points in the
squared circle and winning the
meet.
Good Bouts.
The boxing bouts. taken as a whole,
were about the classiest and scrapnlest
seen herea bouts for many moons
There was no stalling, no clinching
and wrestling TO mar the game. no in
territorial fouls The spirit of the box
ers was highly commendahle and the
uftt work reflected credit on both
prepared the contestants TO appear for
their regiments.
Williams vs. Duquette.
The afternoon opened with a bout
worth all the price Of admission TO any
Of the recent boxing shows held here
'abOuts. when PIGGY" DuQuette, FlItn
cavalry. and led Williams" seventh
cavalry. went after each other FOR
keeps The style of the two differed
Just enough to make things interest
ling. Williams pushed the fight from
the start, but Duquette had way OF
slipping in ripoers on his retreat that
started claret on Williams beeZer
LANDED on PIGGY" hard enough TO
itopple him over. although IL could not
be strictly called a knockdoevn-
Each boxer made the other miss
rather frequently. but DuQuette uld
1.-THE better work in taking advantage
iof Wflliams-s misses In the first and
second rounds Duquette showed the
better generalship and landed the
greater number OF clean blows. al
Though Red" continued to push the
flight IN the third round Duquette
seemed to lose steam and Williams.
always on the aggressive, took the
round and was awarded the decision
Iron Man VaIsvic.
+ In the second bout Of the program
E shotgun" DeTalan. Seventh cavalry,
administered a kayo 10 Valsvic. S2d
E field artillery, after doing a big pack
age OF hard work Valsvic went in
determined to stay. and although he
was outWeighed and less experienced
than the rider. he proved game 20 the
bone After being dropped twice by
mmm -
arose and landed a lucky one on the
Shotgun" Jaw that put Devalan grog-
gy- Had Talsvic known enough about
the game to realize his ADVANTAGE. he
might have won the bout But he
didn't. and after that was never given
the opportunity.
Twice more the Seventh rider sent
the gunner to the mat in the first /
round and three times in the second ]
When Valsvic arose the last time he
still had fight in his mind. but went
searching after an opponent IN eX- I
activ the opposite direction from 4
where Devalan was waiting 70 con-
tinue the game RECOGNIZING that the
Eunner's steering wheel was not work
ing right. referee Lieut. Carl J. Studer
stopped the bout. returning Devalan
winner.
IN the featherweight division. Tom
my FelsO, Seventh cavalry, bested I
Prussack. Fifth cavalry. all the way
over the three round route. Had Tom
my not seen fit to be kind TO Prussack.
the latter would not have finished his
journey over the rocky road. Prussack
has good right, but could not land
IT, He IS game, too but out OF his
class with Felso.
Another Tommy, Also.
Tommy Murphy. Fifth cavalry. gave
Kid Garcia. Seventh cavalry. the hard
est lambasting handed out during the
afternoon. Garcia started the bout by
carrying the fight TO Murphy. pelting
Tommy over the head and wasting
his strength on Murphy's arms Oc-
casionally Tommy peeped out OF his
cover and smiled that pleasant Irish
smile Of his, then went back and let
Garcia beat some more. When Il no
longer proved attractive for Garcia !
TO beat on Tommy's head and shoul-
ders. Murphy came out OF his shell
further and permitted Garcia to pound
him anywhere he wanted TO. Garcia
took the bait whole. Suddenly Muir
ply cut loose Garcia went down like
a log. When he arose he was present
ed with a second package and again
smelled canvas The fighting that
followed when Garcia arose was Of
such a nature and rooters were max
ing things so encouraging for both
contestants that the whistle could not
be heard and the boxers went right on
until Lieut.. Studer sent them to their
corners. IN the second round Murphy
cut Garcia at will. bleeding him pro-
fusely. finally putting him down and
but Garcia sustained q broken hand
in the first round.
When SNYDER, Seventh cavalry, and
K0waski. Fifth cavalry, came togeth-
Pr, each hit at the same time and each
was staggered. Snyder pushed the
fight during the first round. after
which EowasBi took the lead and won
the welterweight honors Of the after
loon- The bout was SLOW, both boxers
leglectinE ample opportunities 70 do
something TO the other.
Johnny SudenberE. although
HiddIeweighf. appeared in the
lightweight class md without
combat took the five points need
ID to make the Seventh winner OF
the meet.
Hanna Wants a Bout.
After this. Hanna. heavyweight OF
he Seventh. entered the ring and
challenged the world. Big Boy" An
ierson. OF the Fifth. began TO shed
clothes for the fray. not permitting
INV boxer to get away with such a
sweeping affair. but for some reason
he two cid not get together.
Officials for Bouts.
Officials for the boxing meet were.
lent. Carl j. Studer. referee: Judges.
apt. Latham II. Collins, Seventh cav
Try: Lieut.. C. H Mccall, Fifth cav
Try: Lieut. Barnhardt. sgd field artfl-
cry. Lieut. Gladfener. remount sta
ion Announcer, Walter A. Williams /