Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-06

| scheduled as n six-round AFFAIR. and
two wrestling matches made up q
program OF sports arranged for the
entertainment OF members OF Frank
Lewis Click Post. American Legion,
held Friday night at American Hall.
All the matches were fast and well
contested except the main event,
which proved to be extremely one
sided. Many members of the legion
and a few invited friends enjoyed the
bill The program consisted of the
following events:
Willie Cross VS.. Lloyd Sheldon.
three rounds. Sheldon won by good
margin in first two rounds. last
round even.
Carl Larson VS.. Ivan Wood. one
fall wrestling match. Wood won
with head chancery in eighteen min
| utes.
Arthur Sheldon, 14s pounds. VS..
Paul Howard, 145 pounds. three
rounds. Sheldon won on clean hits.
John Lang, l45 pounds, VS.. Archie
Amons, lab pounds. six-round match.
Lang quit in second round.
Arthur Sheldon vs.. Ivan Wood.
one-fall challenge match. Won by
Sheldon. challenger. in ten minutes.
All of the participants were local
boys and the sport was clean thru
out. Roy NJ. Good refereed the two
principal boxing bouts, and Archie
Amons was the third man in the ring
in the first bout. DR.. r. F. French
| refereed the wrestling contest.
Amons Is Some Fighter.
Archie Amons. who won a reputa-
ton as a fighter in France, was
matched with Lang for the feature
| bout. Amons showed his battling
class in the first minute of action,
stopping his opponent with two
| crashing blows to the head. Lang
| attempted to continue but was fore
ed to throw up the sponge in the Sec
ond round. He was decidedly no
match for Amons.
The men met in the center of the
ring and Amons swung both right
and left to the head, Earring Lang.
The attack caused Lang to reel but
he came back with a grin and rush
ed Amons. to receive a straight right
to the face. Amons toyed with Lang,
dancing about and tapping his heao
or body at will. Lang was grogsy
when the bell rang. In the second
round Amons merely went thru the
motions, demonstrating how easily
he might put his opponent to sleep.
He hit at will but let his glove fall
lightly on his adversary's frame.
Lang, however, bore in and received
pair OF smart slaps on the face. He
was Keeling and virtually out. He
raised his hand and was assisted
thru the ropes by the referee before
time was called in the second rounu.
Sheldon II oward Match Fast.
The bout between Howard and
Sheldon was last with both boys
lleager to mix. The first was speedy
round with Sheldon having the edge,
laying over three hard wallops which
caught Howard with his guard down.
Howard showed greater skill in COW
ering in the second round, but Shell
don again had the edge. ducking
Towards offerings and coming back
with lightning-like swings which
broke thru Towards guard often.
The third round was the fastest
exhibition Of the evening, the lads
roughing 1t from the start, exchang-
ing blow for blow In the middle OF
the ring. Sheldon. however. again
| showed his superiority in landing
telling blows. which Howard took
without fiinching. Howard showed
more ability to ind his opponent i
anatomy in the closing round 1t
| was Sheldon's fight on clean hitting.
Good Night for SheFdons.
Another Sheldon took home the
| bacon In the hrst preliminary match,
Lloyd Sheldon winning from Willie
Cross, in a fast and clean three
round mill. Cross showed lack OF
condition and tired easily. He dis
played the greatest gameness howev-
err and gave Sheldon a close chase
toward the finish. Cross left his
guard open turnout the round and
was forced to take considerable pun
ishment.
In the second, Sheldon put Cross
down for two seconds, but the latter
was back and at his opponent. Cross
slipped and again went to his knees.
Both boys were mixing it at the bell
Sheldon had the first two rounds
! ~ q sccS margin hit an accident IN
the third slowed him UP. In eluding
a blow he stepped back thru the
ropes and fell. Cross rushed Shell
don when he came back to the cen
| ter OF the ring and swung twice.
Sheldon quickly took the aggressive
and Cross was forced across the ring
into the ropes. Both boys were rap
Idly firing and the bell had Joyful
sound to each. Sheldon won the de-
cision.
Wrestling Matches Excellent.
Two excellent wrestling matches,
with plenty Of action, rounded out
the program. In tho hrst bout Ivan
Wood pinned the shoulders Of Carl
Larson, with q head chancery. after
eighteen minutes. The grapplera
put in two minutes In testing out
strength and seeking an opening.
Larson played for Woods legs, final
~ going under in an effort to mop
his opponent. Wood was behind
most of the time. playing Tor q neao
scissors, body scissors and crotch
hold. but Larson wiggled away sew
erAl times.
Wood at last secured q head chan
Gerry and gradually forced Larson TO
his shoulders. It was q good match
with both men showing ability. Arth-
ur Sheldon, winner Of the boxing
match with Paul Howard, challenged
the winner Of the Wood Larson