Evening journal., 1919-07-04
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than those who had seats nearer th'
ring
Jock Malone. Of ST. Paul, and Navy
Ralston. Joliet, H.; weltors, started
what was announced to be The final pre-.
liminary OF the afternoon little he
fore , o'clock They pui up the mosl
entertaining scrap OF The program so
far Malone's clcvcrncss keeping the
spectators in am uproar. Before go-
inc 20 tbe center OF the ring Malone
huns a tiny figure Of monkey TO the
middle rope IN his corner 70 swung
there throughout the milling
Malone easily won his bout with
nalslon lie got The decision al the
end of ten rounds. during which Rslslon
hardly touched him. tie had The navy
hov almost out several times, but
lacked the finishing punch Ralsion
was mere novice 10 the speedy and
shlfly Malone. who had been training
with Dempsey
More slowly at this time the crowd
0as rolling in through the entrances.
HaVlng been told That the main bout
would not start until 3 30 they pre-
ferred TO take no chances with the sun
The souihside Of The arena. however,
was almost run andithe norihslde was
iammed The womon's section was
practically full Every box had al
least one Wemau. so far as could be
seen from the ringside. James J. Cor
hct. former heavyweight champion.
was one OF those who preferred The
shade under The stand 10 exposure IN
the arena
Jack Rose who trained Freddy Welsh
Cor numerous championship battles
Nfat In the press section and criticized
several of The preliminary boys. SlN
hundred Chlcsgoans were expected "a
arrive shortly before > o'clock. Billy
Gibson manager OF Benny Leonard,
worlds lehtwelght champion, was
bringing tranload from New York,
They had not arrived shortly before ,
O'Clock. Leonard and Gibson was In
the audience, however. as were Freddie
Welsh and Jack McAuliffe, former
champions in this division. Johnny
Coulon. former bantam champion, was
also here
An army observation balloon In
command Of the army balloon squad,
broke loose from It's moOrings al 2.2l
%. m. and scared over the ring. The
balloon was manned boy a soldier ana
second man. a passenger, wiener
civilian or soldier, was not known.
The balloon rose rapidly and drilled
out over The lake
BETTING around the riugsida was
preltv lively. Even money followed
ihe crowd from down town. The last
biz hel recorded was made IN tae
pecord Hotel when $4,000 was placed
Freak betting had fallen on but there
>yero MANY requests for bets on The
sound I'm which the fghl would emf
Toy Rickards wife and q party en-
,ersd The arena. There were about
.,veniv women i'm the party which
,niercd shortly before The balloon
broke away
A camera man took a big panorama
machine into The ring ana everybody
stood while he shoi "a photograph.
Celebrities began 10 make their zap
pearance i'm greater numbers. iohn
dempsey. brother OF Jack, stood on a
seat near a corner of The ring and said
that Jack was sleeping in a cottage
near The arena. u was The irst aii-
ihentc word that had COME from the
shallenser's camp TO day.
Irvink Berlin. well known song writ
pr. took a seat in the SEQ section honS
with sam Harris lhe New York the-
pirical man. Harris was at one Time
manager Of Terry McGovern.
The semi-wnd-up developed into "a
hard-fought match Iremainc used
lan IN fle body with considerable cf-
reci hut Mason stood up well under
,his sort OF bombardmcnt and came
hscl, rleverlv with rights and lcits TO
10 head. The third round found the
non practically even and neither SHOW
me anv signs ~ wear in The third
,fason feil through the ropes after
-nsh by Tremaine, but hopped up I'M
hurt. A..
fourth round. The round ended Win
Inc men stationary i'm the center OF
Firm round Mason isbbed left.
Tremaine swung his right and clinched-
Mason stuck his left TO iremaine
c;,in and Tremaine clinched. Iremalne
missed a right hard cross. iremaine
shot left to body and Mason rocked
him with a right TO the head. Ire
maine shot right and left to the body
sf short quarters. They clinched on
even terms. Mason got in two lefts as
the round ended. Tremaine jabbed with
LEFT and went TO a clinch. Both missed
rights and lefts and they clinched
again. Tremaine was trying to reach
Mason with a right cross, but was
missing. Mason claimed a, low blow.
The round ended in a clinch. The
fierce heat told on both and they slow
II D 1rr f4ta 4 u N
NTH round. giving an indication OF
what Il would mean to ihe big fellows.
Round 6 Tremsine swung left to !
tie Jaw The Detroit boy was forcing
The tight. but landing few punches |
Tremsine shot a hard right to the /
stomach. They clinched fighting. but
Mason had The better OF the clinch.
Tremsine dashed In with another left
but missed. They exchanged rights
and lefts In cllnch. Tremaine landed