The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-23
REAL SPORTING
Y. NJ c. A. event
Boxing Bouts and Wrestling Match
Last Night Wore Real Thing
and Made Hit with Large
Rinoslde Crowd.
OPENING OF BIG SERIES
Every Tuesday Night VIII See Many
Men There to Witness Genuine
Sport That viii be
pulled OF.
OPENING OF BIG SERIES


A. gymnasium keeps anywhere near
the interest 1t had last night for q
large number of admirers of the man
|ly art, during succeeding bouts, 1t Will
be to Keokuk what Madison Square
garden is to New York.
The fight fans were there in good
|ly numbers last night to see the ex-
|hibition bouts that opened the series
OF real contests to be put on every
Tuesday night hereafter.
They saw some remarkably good
work OF all varieties, from very Skill
full handling Of the gloves to mixing
lit up worse than any political party
or corporation ever dreamed OF.
There were some nA1tterings OF
"frame-up" when Danielson and Turn
err spent several minutes in close ana
low toned confab over the fighters IN
the frst bout before the gong rang
But there was no frame-up, ana the
incident was only incidental to the
two officials not oeing entirely IA.
miliar with real contests with real
factional feeling rife. This was prov
ed when the two wrestlers put up as
pretty a march as one could wish 70
see.
Some Scientific wrestling.
Goode showed fine form and skill.
Handicapped greatly In size ana
weight, and for limited affair the
wrestling match was interesting. II
covered a period OF ten minutes
straight wrestling under purely anna
teur rules which bar the strangie
hold, double Nelson, scissors and the
painful and inevitably affective toe
hold. The match was at eaten
weights, Sandrock having the advant-
age in this respect by about twenty
lto twenty-five pounds. -Goode, how
ever oyercame this advantage by a
i DISPLAY Of the most remarkable
lscience in breaking the most danger
GUS OF holds. At one period In the
match he broke at least four OF the
imost DANGEROUS holds that can be
pIaced on a man The referee - rem
derinp his decision took into conslo-
Grafton the weight Of the men, hgur-
ing that their science was on par
and Notwithstanding the fact nat
lGoode was on the defensive all the
thine, gave him draw.
! Failing the Beans.
The ringside seats, the gallery and
the bleachers woke up as soon as the
gong started the first fistcuff fracas
between Mexican and Murphy, TOT
they mixed it from the first instant.
Mexican weighed in at 129 POUNDS
and Murphy at 148 pounds, but tney
looked like two wildcats In COMBAT
as long as the thing lasted. Slam
gangs at the head and face ralned
from and on both men, and arms were
\ nrincipallys fails In a minute, NC
Kean picked up Murphy and simply
tossed him over the rope into the
front row of spectators. The referee
awarded the bout to Murphy on a
foul.
This foul was not deliberate or In
territorial and cali be excused on tne
! ground that the milling started on
lat a pace so sudden and furious that
the contestants themselves let the sit
i,1ation get out of their hands, me
foul was he result OF a swinging LETT
lead by Kelly which was ducked by
Mexican. The strength OF the lead
Threw the weight Of the upper half OF
Kelly's body across Mckean's le1t
ishoulder and neck Mexican raised
Ito straight position. shrugged his
shoulders and Kelly was tossed over
the ropes outside of the ring. Thls
foul concluded at its beginning con-
test which promised to be a most In
! teresting polt both from the stand
noint of speed, science and stamina.
/ A Younaster with Future.
4 Goode showed his versatility by ap-
pearins again, this time in the ring
a gainst Sharp, the latter 11S-pound
school how who soon had the admir-