El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-22


A THLETES- Of the SD field artillery
n took premier honors at the first
Bliss field meet Of 1913. Tuesday with
a total Of A points. The Seventh cav
airy. after a streak OF Jonahs during
the morning events, went down the
home stretch at the boxing events
with a speed that must have made the
Gunners feel uneasy, but lacked Just
two points Of catching up with the
artiuerymen. netting ~ points. The
fifth cavalry teams. putting up
game fight. afternoon and night. could
gather no better than 80 points which
gave them third honors-
Boxers Receive Medals.
AS a result Of the days meet. Col
L 7. Boiseau. SIND field artillery, was
presented trophies for mounted and
dismounted events. and as winners OF
the pushbau contest Col S r H.
Tompkins. Seventh cavalry. accepted
the Gen. Howe trophy and the box
ing cup for the cold Fighting Sew
enth." a sobriQuet strictly lived up TO
in yesterdays contests. Medals were
awarded 70 winners OF all boxing
events. the presentation being babe by
Col F. ". Glover. Seventh cavalry
Real Fighting.
As usual in boxing contests IN con-
nection with field day events, the
bouts were the real thing" WIKI
scarcely any exception. There IS no
doubt that better purses at Bliss
would get better Studorium bouts and
be great encouragement to longer fis-
tic arguments, but no amount OF purse
would get better results than has been
attained in the events where the prin-
cfuals battle for their regiments.
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bouts which enabled principals 70 cut
loose to their hearts content with less
danger Of cutting While kayos were
the order Of the evening. II came most
" from sheer force OF j0lts. but few
Of the boxers being cut
FeIso and Gundy Win.
Tommy Felso. Seventh cavalry. ban
tam champ Of Bliss. easily outpOintei
Battling DuQuette OF the Fifth cav
airy for bantam honors Of the bout.
while Nick Gundy even more easily
disposed Of Kid Gallagher OF the Fifth,
permitting the Fifth rider to stay the
limit rather from kindness than 9TH
erwiss. Gundy beat his man in the
first. then made an exhibition OF il
for the other two.
aSIoEger7 TrOberg.
Troberg. new Fifth cavalry star,
who goes after his man and never
quits until he gets him. beat Caruso.
SIND field artillery. in less than half
a round by the right-left-never-sto
system. Caruso was put out by six
wallOps TO the jaw and half dozen 10
the body. applied with sledgehammer
force which the Gunner could not
stop.
Shepherd in Grand Retreat.
Lavan, OF the Fifth. won from Shep-
bout Lavan against a boxer with
more ambition than Shepherd. would
undoubtedly furnish 90 percent OF
good bout With safety First Shep-
herd It was hard to do.
Sudy's Kick Wins.
Johnny Sudenberg. Seventh cavalry,
stopped Schammerhorn. SIND field ar
dllery, in two rounds Sudenberg
followed the general lines OF Gen.
Grants "hammering campaign" new
er letting up, shifting hard waIlops
from BODY to head. from head to body
until the Gunner's seconds threw up
the sponge.
Hanna KnyO's Conner.
Coe, a very promising boxer OF the
Gunners' team, met defeat at the
bands Of Hanna. Seventh cavalry. The
bout lasted only part Of one round, but
had enough crowded in that time for a
couple OF ordinary rounds. Both big
battlers were there to carry away
heavyweight honors. but Hanna's
greater knowledge OF the game en-
abled him 10 land a right swing 10
the Jaw that ended the affair
Fans were disappointed when
George Shanks. Fifth cavalry. took a
bout by default. Shanks is clever and
the audience wanted TO Sc him in ac-
ton
The pushbau contest proved a bear.
It not only gave the so soldiers on the
opposing teams in action and the Of
ficials on the field plenty OF work but
not infrequently gave fans their
choice OF getting out OF the way or
being run over. There were many
eases Of both during the three games
played to decide the winner Of the
meet
In the first game the Firth
cavalry was defeated by the SIND
Field artillery. SO. The Seventh
cavalry defeated the 18th trains
in the second game. In the decid-
ing contest the Gunners won, 20,
taking first place while the Sew
enfh thereby took second.
Frequently when the two squads Of
30 men each hit the ball from oppo-
site sides, the ball turned and struck
of at a tangent, boring through the
line OF spectators and pushing mount
ed men out OF the way. It scattered
the women, imposed on squads OF root