Douglas Island news., 1920-03-19
BOXING LESSONS
 FOR DER HELNIES
0ldhmc English and American Sport Now Becoming Popular
 in Germany

Cumam waut to get on easy terms lwih he world again by "acune human doing everything Chat ey- orbody else docs and being agreo- ably broad-mudcd and cosmopolitan.
 W tho rest of Che world boxes. o tl.y pro going to box. too. iuat as ncy dance "dic Foxuott" or "da. 0ucHonn"
 Thro H mo reason why they should not mako good boxers and ,hoy probably wlL but liko eyey- .nme cse'tbov do. they are taking |It ao tremendously earnestly tlot |tb.y make it funny at fmt
 Public boxing in Germany was forbidden tcn yoau ago as "too bru- uI" hut One nurc for Che recent big 0rht was 5o.000 marks. and Che .boa. aas cost l50 marks Am alleged Turk "uom Babylon.
 called srbr. Nabir and Dane named EcscroG were Che boxers. rhs match had been billed and boom oI for weeks. and seven or eight thousand people saw it including aomc women Walters constantly carried beer to tho audience.
 um there was mo. nearly so much boxing as speech making When che reht umc to am end in a general ummt at he sixth round tberc were somc thirty people In Che ring besides Che bozcr and ho.r seconds rud ftc majority of these seemed to be making speeches. which were however, mmd.h'c in Che general wroar
 uetvoou e,ory round some orator would advance wth stately trcad to .l. muH. of thc ring and announce n.t .Uerr somo,h.nrton has pre- .ort.I or Che frH am additional nr.. ol m. m.r'a'- which Us now .hart thc pr... of a good dinner
 Before ho nH round am au- u.m.u appeared uumphanIy. waving muo buc banuote "A. Danish ..orsmru." hc nfol und- Howmlg ~ given am cNm rr.. or tw um.h crowns. which ar ne present rate Of exchange s. lIa mar..
 s.nH hazoI i'm n .hovv vay and H. tricks fe.eH..I fhc Germans .m- mmr m Is technique thcy explained lo each other "Coloal, raHIou.'
 EuI gradually thc Dauo opened ou. and began io score until u Che fnh round he eul open tbc Turks .ar and shook him un a uuc. Tho consequence of fhis wos that at thc beginning oc thc next round sabr vmld moo. lo.yr hIs corner and lcau- oI ohtmateIy ou thc ropes talking To nr ..ord.
 r.m fHo row started. Tho rof ..e had uo dn what to do The n.ue was trying to make bis on- naucr. frlt s.bris seconds iump- of mro .ho ring io keep him off,
 The speech makers began s.mu- uuoou ouuonf The seconds skip- pod through che ropes Timckcepem Judges. seoretm.os promoters. pour cI i'm to rct Che others out
 The audience began to how. with r- Chairs were kicked oyor Al m.a was made for tbc rIneade Al
 ucu .rourhouao" seemed inwit- ab'e and ore saw people hurrIodly transferring tboIr noto eases to inc .de pockets.
 Thm one 70. the officials had a brain uavc He flung himself upon ue indignant Dane kIssed him. pull- ci his ears. vopt ou hIs shoulder I b'm again.
 The house nW that Che decision h.d eoao arans. bo Turk They chm. mnHoally Two enormous urru Of aure' which would mve beu conspicuous at any public funeral in England iod with srmuers of .Ik ribbon. were has- uIy parsed mp and thrown over Eck- orons mock W bc looked like a nrlo buU at show Clamor and poc0hc continued indefinitely but fho situation was savod
 The Germans cannot quite mako mp choir minds to adopt English tame ror boxing yet their own lan- emec can only provide Che most ap- naUme eGuvalcuu Wha. o.l one say obou. "UmNammcmne" as a word for a cIuch2 Or "aufwarisha- teI for upnorcut2
 Itera are several amateur box ne omm starting In Bcrlu. and a weekly boxur paper Such profess aouas as have appeared are dis- uncuv accoud-ratc. however and it as Is announced. five good American bayor arrive here next month to