The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-11-12
suaee.. Of. Bemidji Celebration
Due Larselyto Local Sup
i port and ex-sersice Men
EVENING CARNIVAL WITH
i: DANCE PROVES SUCCESS.
Main Event Of Boxing Match
Cause. only Dissatisfied
T.. - Expression Of Day

Ralph Oracle post of the American
Legion are largely responsible. The
.number Of ont Of town visitors fell
far, below expectations although
ana II delegations attended from
nearly every neighboring town and
city. The condition of the weather
was, undoubtedly the only holdback
OF the attendance. y
The entire program was carried
out. as planned and with the excep-
ton Of the boxing match between
Farmer Lodge and Dick Franklin
each event was q, feature. Perhaps
tie biggest jollifcation event was the
chrnival and dance in the evening at
tAsFarmory' where everyone appeared
tphave q .'real"% time.
One Of the most enthusiastic, pa
rades ever held in this city opened
tho days celebration with fine spirit
and from then on everyone entered
e4db event with PEP. The football
tame which started soon after dinner
fanaiShad exceptional entertainment
tor q. lxfge attendance. The contest
tertaihstsd faYorablyt to all local fans
whlIh hhar whistle; announced the
eaoSA of the game with the score at
s to- in favor OF the Bemtdjf aggre-
. gafl1. i IL VII Z " -, :
M boxing matches soon followed.
I 1t % arlnory, and with the excap-
/ ton N the main event between Dick
.kQf. aii<izt md IAArsasJ.
Lodge ofaMinneapOlis, which termin-
kted In Little fight and much argu-
raentv with lbss than one round Of
t3rAGht aEhtinE, each bout was a
feaAuse. Eddie Smith vs.. tx. O.
Shadow" furnished !. curtain raising
annusemeht' preparatory to the Pet
erson vs.. Rabern three-round bout
which terminated in an apparent de-
cisioni for Peterson. Both fought
Esllely till the last gong but Peter
syn. showed his superiority in speed
and wind thru the entire second and
third round.
! Thomas (Tommy) Tibbetts XII
Pleasure club boxer, of Bemidji,
ShoNed real scrap from the start of
his scheduled Esix-round bout with
Gene Dwyer of Hibbing and in ap-
proximatelys one and half minutes
Won the bout with apparent ease. AL
though this bout terminated sooner
then was expected everyone ap-
parently was satisfied that Tibbetts
was the better man.
.: Gunner Joe Quinn of Minneapolis
and Ted O'Reifly of Marble, went
the full extent of the scheduled six
round bout. Although 0Reil1y show
"a exceptional ability to take a hard
beating, Quinn showed far better
skill lind ease In fighting. Punish
ment which Undoubtedly would have
proIed = knockout for the majority Of
ftkhters was taken with a laugh by
O'Reilly.
! Beginning at 8 o'clock, supper was
served to approximately three hun
drod Fifty ex-service men and women
Il the rooms Of the Bemidji Civic and
Cp1nmerce association by the Wo-
mems Auxiliary. A smoker followed.
sAt 8 O'Clock the armory was the
lcen4sof the celebrating in every res
lect. From the time the doors open
~ until the wind-up early this morn
iiiE,i tSpep" was evident at all times
Those who did not care to dance
found plenty Of entertainment at the
carnival which proved to be one of
the best ever held in, Bemidjf.
1t is a certainty that, If every city
in the United States as large or larg-
or than Bemidji celebrated in the
same proportion as this city did,
Arnistice Day was we'll observed.