Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
.BOUVARD SHADES
GEORGE NEL|CHER
MASON CITY LAD OUTPOiNTS
CEDAR RAPIDS BOXER
IN FAST BOUT.
FEATURE EVENT OF LEGION
SHOW is EXCELLENT MATCH
Cedar Rapid. Bantams Put on Fast
Four Round Bout, Sammy Frei-
singer Winnins-Ray D;sgins, Of
MeIbourpe, Surprise. Fans BY Pin
ing Heavier Opponent.

Jimmy Bouvard, Of Mason CtN
and George Melicher, OF Cedar
Rapids. appearing Tuesday night IN
the principal bout of the first show
of the season under the auspices OF
the American Legion Athletic Cup
boxed a fast six rounds to a draw
1t was the most satisfactory match
yet put on by the club. the boxers
giving an excellent exhibition OF box
ing. Altho the fight was declared q
draw, Bouvard won q popular de-
cision. Melicher had shade in the
first and second rounds. and Boutara
had the advantage In the third. NTH
and sixth, the fourth being even.
At the close of the bout Bouvard
announced he had once been rocked
to sleep by Melicher but believed he
could beat him and asked for ten
round match at later date. Mel
ichers manager accepted the def
for his man, saying they. would meet
the Mason City lad at any time.
Melicher's weight was announced as
1870 pounds, while Bouvard weighed
in at 1875.
The Bouvard- Melicher match was
the feature OF the biggest and best
show the Legion club has staged. A
four-round bout between Sammy
Freisinger. 11s pounds. and Chuck
Addy. 100 pounds, both OF Cedar
Rapids, In which the tow-headed
Freisinger had lead, and wrest-
ling match between Ray Diggins, OF
Melbourne, and Arch Neilis. OF
Omaha. with the Marshall county LAD
winning, were of little less interest
TO the fans.
Large Crowd Sees Bouts.
A large crowd witnessed the open
ing show of the year. The exhibition
was clean thruopt and all OF the
bouts. with one exception, were high
class and closely contested.
In the principal bout Bouvard
showed superiority in short jabs,
wrich he used with telling effect. and
in reaching his opponents face in the
In fighting. He covered excellently
and kept his face well protected
&ncllCItSI, Will a lO1is iSchSii' - en-
ly led to Bouvard's head but seldom
broke the Mason City lads defense.
In the semi wind-up Cliff Ellis
proved no match for Rich Kennel
ley and Referee Hugh O'Conner call
ed the bout off at the end of the third
round Kennelley played with his
opponent and might have put him
away at almost any stage of the
game. Both fighters were from Des
Moines and weighed in around $50
pounds.
Bantains in Fast Bout.
The Freisenger-A ddy bout was a
fast one with Freisinger having the
edge in all Of the four rounds. The
winner. 17-year-old lad. shows skill
and if continuing in the game should
become hard boy to beat.
Nellis, French Canadian who has
won some fame as mat artist, was
no more surprised than were the fans
when he failed to stop Ray Diggins.
The weight of the men was an
nounced as 155 pounds, but Nell;s
looked ten pounds heavier. Diggins
was on the defensive for the first
ten minutes and let Nellis wear him.
self out. For the last twelve min
utes Nellis was entirely on the de-
fensive and succumbed after twenty
two minutes of wrestling when Dig
gins secured a half-Nelson and