The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-10
ANOTHER BIG
BATTLE READY.
Boxing and Wrestling Bouts at y NJ.
c. A. Tomorrow Night viii be
Up to old High Stand
ard.
EVERYTHING PREPARED
Appreciation of New Era in Y. m. C.
A. Activities Is Not Confined to
Business Men, Ladies
Night May Come.

the squared circle and the white mat
in the Keokuk Y. M. c. A. gymnasium
tomorrow night.
| Arrangements have been made to
care for the increasing and already
very large attendance which these bat
ties are drawing every week Admis-
sion is by passes issued by forenen
to industrial workers.
; The management announces that
| tomorrow nights program will equal,
IF not ecel, that Of last week. The
action in all matches promises to be
fast and furious, but since there Will
be skilled surgeons and plenty Of FIST
aid on the battle ground, 1t is not
deemed advisable to place ordors for
flowers before Wednesday morning.
Entertainment for the fans Will be
supplied by such splendid and able
talent as Mysterious. Bailey. Midget
Hteiby, Terrible Sharp, Sparkling
Brooks, Awful Long, x Ray Happy
Laws, Sturdy Schenk and others.
All Ready for Zero Hour.
| C. Nelson, the referee, who, by his
! quiet pleasing manner and efficient
work SO popular1zed himself last week,
will preside in the ling again tomor-
row night. Hubert Nelson will press
the button on the Big Bertha which
starts the barrage and then declares
an armistice. Stretcher bearers will
be chosen from the audience. Pull
motors, gauze, sponges and other first
aid will be found in the corner dug
outs bark of the first line. The dis
itinguished service medals will probaa,-
lily be shadow crescents hung under tn q
right or left eye of the warrior hero.
] The contests start at 7:3O o'clock
sharp, and at their conclusion visitors
are priyiledged to use the gym floor,
the athletic equipment and apparatus,
the plunge, the shower baths-in fact
any OF the many desirable features
which the Y. M. c. A. has to offer.
Match Maker Kirch requests that
any one who will take part in either
a wrestling or boxing contest at the
meeting next week see him after Cha.
teau Thierry tomorrow night
Visitors should be sure that their
passes are properly made out as they
will be collected at the door.
May be Ladies Night.
Industrial employers and employees
of the city have claimed the Y NJ. G..
A. for their very own at the athletic
SstNAA
week, and with the backing Of leading
citizens and the efforts Of the man
iagement, these entertainments have
attained a popularity beyond all ex-
pectations.
/ In fact, the mills are creating such
a widespread interest that even the
ladies are clamoring for Ladies'
night The management says that II
1t is possible an exhibition will be put
on for them as 1t is quite well aware
! that amateur contests before feni-
nine audiences are. being given hearty
support all over tle.country.
+ The contestants are entering into
the spirit of the game like the thor
oughbreds they are and are finding
plenty of red blooded sport to repay
them for their efforts, and 1t is just
and proper that they be supported by
their employers and the heads of the
". NJ. c. A as G. NJ. Rich rem arked
in his address to the employers and
employees ON last Tuesday evening,
when he said: ANY man who will
enter a protest against such clean,
manly sport as this is no mans man.
watch him"