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+, to the Jaw which caught McCarty
on the point of the chin. The east
erner Slipped SIigitly when the
blow WIS delivered. but Gundy
sayN his chance and Ii counted as
4 clean knockdOwn for the Fort
Bliss favOrfte.
The twelfth and thirteenth vert
Gundy's. in the opinion Of the writer
/ Nick earning this by his heavier
/ blows The fourteenth was even, bui
I in the fifteenth Nick had his oppo-
+ rent hanging on Studer had con
siderable difficulty in parting th'
principals in this round After th'
end Of the round the big referred
stepped back and after consulting his
notes awarded the draw decision
Bobby Waugh. who meets Johnson
tonight in Silver City. and BOBBY
Green. who fights Otto Wallace OF
/ July z az the Studorium. were intro
duced IA the ring.
Shanks Is Victor.
In line with the standard of box
ing set by the leadliner, the semifinal
was preuily contested and proved q
be a battle between two OF the tough
est men OF the middleWeight class al
Fort Bliss Kid Shanks, the likely
Fifth cavalryman,l stepped around
Silent SOntag for six rounds and in
the seventh was awarded the decision
by the referee when Sontag appeared
all in. There was slight difference
OF opinion as 10 whether the bout
should have been brought to such an
abrupt end. but in considering the
fact that Sontag was unable to con-
tinue further and that he was holding
on, the referee was justified in his
decision. and many fans showed their
approval Of his judgment by applause.
Some Hard Blows.
SCltag took enough punishment to
send any ordinary middIeWeight TO
the mat and easily proved that he is
enc OF the gamest boys at Fort Bliss,
For SIX rounds he stood toe to toe
and snapped punches swith Shanks.
but those Of the blonde cavairyman
carried more weight and the Motor
group boy went down Shanks scored
several knOckdowns during the en-
counter He used both hands with
equal facility. while SonLag content
ed himself with consistent attempts
to get over his right cross and right
uDDercut each Of which came with
sufficient force TO knock out his
opponent A majority OF the blows
were blocked, and caused stiff coun-
tiers. however. on the part OF Shanks
SOntaG challenged Shank< for a
return bOut after the contest. and
il Is probably that they will he
matched again. If SOntae would
use his LEFT hand he is capable of
putting M much stronger hat
tie Lieut. CastIeberry refereed
the contest.
Battling Benson. Eighth engineers.
ana Kid Parr, Of the SIND artillery.
elashed in the second preliminary.
For about one minute Of the first
round the little fellows seemed TO be
evenly matched Then the boring
tactics Of Parr began TO tell and he
shot a series Of stiff punches TO the
head and body. Benson went down
only tn arise again. He was sent
down for the final count. however.
by stiff blow to the midsection
After the count Parr helped to lift
Benson to bis chair and was applaud
ed by the fans Lieut.. H. F. Long.
athletic officer OF the send. was ex-
tremely gratified at the success Of
Parr.
Terrell Wins Bouf.
Willie Terrell. one time box handler
Tor the Zone supply office. and where
ne earned enough muscle to acquire
a knockout punch. won the battle
royal between five negro boys. For
the first Few minutes the boys mixed
II merrlly. but they soon slowed down
ana competition WAS not so keen
Terrell used straight right and q
hard left upDercut and finished every
one or MS men in short order. The
last man in the ring with Terrell was
Henry Jackson. an exsoldier. and who
showed the fans some pretty SOARING.
ne ot1er starters in the battle. Non
roe Moore James Odom and Willie
AEant all received a hand for their
efforts The success OF Terrell marked
ms second straight victory within the
past month me dusky hattie havihg
won former battle rovai IT the posi-.