El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT CHAMP
VICTOR IN FIERCE RING BATTLE
Milwaukee Scrapper Unable to Cope With Speed of His
Opponent Who Uses Speed and Height to Great Ad-
vantage; Decision Of Referee Roy Emik Immensely
Popular With Biggest Crowd of Fans This Season
nr Run RurHERFoRn.

7 LIGHTNING fast Tommy Carter
Il southern department boxing cham
pion, punched his way to a cleancu5
victory and additional honors Fridas
night in the motor group Studorium.
when he was awarded the decision
over Otto Wallace. Of Milwaukee, con
sidered one Of the fastest little men in
the division. When referee Roy Emik
stepped toward the boxers and await
ing for them to shake hands. raised
the right mitt Of Carter, there was a
tremendous burst of approval as COM
plnns the advantage gained during
ne majority Of rounds he was clearly
entitled TO the fight More than 1000
rams witnessed the contest il being
the biggest turnout in several months.
ggresslveness, clean pune hing and
speed featured in the victory Of Car
Ter, whose rise from preliminary boy
20 one Of the foremost scraDDers 'of
MS weight in the south has been the
sensation Of the glove game in this
district
Wallace time and aEnfn Etepped
into a ssraieht left or n body wal
Top which Carter by n rapid shift,
shet nj his opponent AEain the
speed Of the southern department
titieholder was a marvel 10 his
friends, rs the little fellow repeat
edly stepped away from \ dan
gereus clineh or using his foot
work beat otto 10 the punch in
many Of the smuggling dueIs.
Used Fast FOOtWOrk.
Carter started in to use his boxing
skill from the first round, and It was
due to the slipping. sidestepping and
dueking Of the little fellow that
caused several Wallace supporters to
think that he was running away and
was not the aEgressor. The word az
greSsiveness in boxing, is defined. not Z
IN the work Of the scrapper who hacks
up but the one who leads and lands
and Il was invariably Carter who (
stepped 10 the front with a swift left
hand lead to the head or body, and
while he used his feet to great advan-
tage in getting away from his sturdy /
rival. not for one minute did il con-
stitute running away. as he always 1
came back with more than his share /
Of the exchange
otto Popular As Ever.
Wallace fought his usual clean bat
tie and at all times was dangerous /
Otto used his left hand half swing and 1
half hook to damaging effect in one i
or two Of the rounds. but It was the I
miss great deal In the 18th and /
18th rounds Wallace landed but few
blows as a result OF the tactics of 4
Carter in keeping away. while the NIL /
waukee boy was the recipient Of many i
let's and rights which were shot in /
as Carter was stepping away and /
rocked the nOrtherner- Carter received !
a split lip in one OF the early rounds I
which bothered him slightly, but was
neneed BY small piece OF plaster
applied BY Rufus Williams, chief
Round ore very Fast.
Carter opened up the bout by shoot
ing left TO the head and was tapped
himself when Wallace retailiated with
an identical blow. Carriers speed be-
gan to show as early as the initial
session as he stepped out OF several
clinches handily and at one time
slugged with the Milwaukee boy. Car
ter also had the better OF some stiff
exchanges IN the second. using a right
cross with effect on Wallace's jaw
Carter boxed cleverly and continued
TO show considerable speed. Wallace
missing one or two fast blows. Near
the end Of the round Carter accident
ally hit his opponent low and imme-
diately apologized by putting out his
mitts.
wallace Took Wen.
Wallace had an advantage in the
third, when he opened up his artillery
and did some pretty boxing and also
got in some heavy wallops in the
clinches- IN the fourth the superior
reach and height OF Carter began TO
tell as he boxed cleverly at long range
and kept Otto at a distance.
In several exchanges Wallace
shot n left to the head but was
I
blow from Carter, who whipped
out his left mitf and stopped the
little northerner. Carriers speed
and defensive work with his left
hand prevented YaIIace from get
ting in several damaging left
hooks. The first. second and
fourth rounds belonged to Carter
and the third was decidedly Wal
lace-s-
A Hard Battle. !
The fifth went to Carter and, while
Wallace took the sixth. and the sew
enth was even Wallace opened Up I
IN the clinches, but the fans were sur {
prised 70 see that instead Of Otto :
the Green engagement, the blows were
returned with good measure by Car )
ter and he enjoyed the mixing at close
range. Referee Enik parted the boys 7
several times during these rounds. The
eighth was slightly Carter's and the )
ninth also belong to the Fort Bliss -
boxer The tenth was Carter's best I
round, Otto being sent to his knee for
the count Of nine with right hook !,
blow was Sudden. +
50 suddenly was the blow delivered
that many OF the fans failed to see it g
and the first intimation OF the power
behind IL was the weakening OF Wal q
lace, who halfway sank to his knees Il
he then went down on one knee and =
remained there for the count Of nine =
when he arose and was rushed to the =
ropes by his opponent. Carter sent .
several let's and rights to the head d
and body but was unable to floor his
1iminutive rival. who fought back :
strongly near the end OF the round =
md landed some telling blows in the F
,linches.
Carter I'm the 1Ith did some nice q
boxing and landed several telling =
tabs- Otto took the 18th by quite =
n margin, Carter having apparent
" stunE his hand while making
swing, which was blocked. II was 4
in this round that he reopened the 4
cut On Carriers mouth and also
made n small r-ash on the side Of
his face with n left.
Reserved for Last.
The 18th was even, the little fellows II