The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-04

the first hit, Iardy was dreaming
gek dreams and it. was only mat
ofs time and "a few more: we'll
placed hits before Tardy took the
count Of ten.
In consenting to fight Young, it is
rather doubtful whether Tardy dis
played an unusual gift of nerve or
whether he displayed an unusual lack
Of sound Judgment. The least that
can be said lis that Tardy is mighty
lucky to get away with it as well rs
he did for it was very evident that
Young still had something in reserve.
Tardy, at first glance, could be seen
to be out of condition to fight an
artist like Young, and it is doubtful
If he would be any match for Young
even if he were in the best Of condi-
ton. Young has poise, delivery,
action and punch which will win
him favor wherever he appears in
the ring.
Johnson Shades Raymond.
Contestants in the semi-windup
proved to be very evenly matched
and the FIVE scheduled rounds were
completed with only a slight shade
decision in. favor of johnson. The
first round proved very close and was
recorded as a draw. The second,
third and fourth rounds went to
johnson by a margin. In the fifth
Raymond came back strong and for
a. time it appeared that he was 60
ing to best Johnson, who later turned
the tables on Raymond and landed
several good blows which caused him
to take a count of eight. Time and
again throughout the bout "Pete"
had Raymond in a bad way but in
stead of following him up when he
had him under cover by the ropes,
he brought him back to the center
of the ring.
johnson was able to land several
good hard haymakers through Ray
mond's defense and succeeded in
winning the press decision. Raymond
displayed good science but his blows
lacked effectiveness, appearing to
add to Johnson's enjoyment. This
bout was we'll enjoyed throughout
and was one of the two instances in
which the contestants were we'll
mated.
= Tibbits Knocks Out Reed.
Thomas Tibbetts, XII Pleasure
club boxer and champion of his class
in four divisions of overseas troops,
scored a technical knockout over
Archie Reed in one minute and five
seconds after the first gong in the
first round of scheduled four three
minute round bout. Reed started off
well but only for a few seconds was
he any match for Tibbetts, who sur
prised even his close friends and fol-
lowers by showing remarkable speed
and science. Tibbetts pushed through
a heavy one that brought back re-
turns and Reed started to take the
count, then changed his mind about
getting on his feet again and decided
to "sit it out" on the ropes, thereby
taking technical knockout. Back
ers of Reed were somewhat disap-
pointed to see him get bluffed out by
Tibbetts and not stick to the scrap
as long as possible.
= First Preliminary Close.
With both contestants practically
:all in at the end of the three
round preliminary, Club Frost won
over Harry Peterson by slight shade
in each of the rounds. The match
.1wsss good throughout and displayed
fine work for the lads. Peterson was
inclined to place all his confidence in
the, ahaymaker style, but failed to
slkSd any which took much effect on
Frost. Frost displayed good science
and aggressiveness at all times. Each
went down once in the second round