The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-23
MONTPELIER
Boxing of Varied Qualities Was Fur.
nished. Last Evening.

Twenty four rounds Of good, bad ant
indifferent fighting were furnished last
evening Mt the armory to fair sizeC
, crowd OF fistic fans, one Knockout be
ing scored during the show, but the
main feature, l2-round 60 between
ex-Sergt. Swarstrom and Eddie Bar.
CELL of Quincy resulting in a draw, al.
though had decision been rendered
the Quincy lad would probably have
been returned the winner on his clever.
ness. The Gallagher brothers of Mont
pelier furnished the opening event, a
four-round affair. Both were quick
and worked steadily but all the blows
were struck with the gloves opened
and neither suffered any punishment.
Their work, however, was fast and it
pleased the fans more than the later
bouts. Probably the best match of the
evening was the next one on the pro
! gram, four rounds between Kid Holmes
OF Montpelier and Young Lord of Ber-
lin. Both boys were with the YD di-
vision in France, where they boxed
day after day Last evening they "went
to it" hammer and tongs and at the
| finish neither was able to hit hard
enough to hurt. To their credit it may
be said that they fought fair and hard
| from start to finish and from fight
| ing standpoint put on the best event of
| the evening. Sailor Wheel of Buring-
ton, who claims some championship or
other, still retains his honors, whatever
they may be, as he disposed of chal-
lenger, Battling McGovern of Benning-
In fha fourth ,2f, aab~ IL
eight round affair McGoyern started
like a cyclone and finished very quietly.
He swung wildly and bindly and evi
IDENTIFY tired himself by his tactics, for
when the sailor hit him couple of
walops in the fourth he stretched him
self on the mat and it was with much
difficulty that he could be persuaded to
get up at all He wanted to spend the
rest of the night in the ring, but ON
his back, not on his feet The cham
pion" showed quite a bit of skill and
easily avoided the Battlers would be
haymakers. Swarstrom and Barcelli
put up a clever exhibition. the Quincy
boy being about the cleyerest in-fighter
who has exhibited in Montpelier. Swar-
strom WAS unable to hit him and most |
vi NHt IEHl DOtH lHfH Ntft III a tilntH. I
The death of Mary E. Fiske, wife of |
F.. ). Fiske, occurred last evening at !
her home, 3 College street, after an |
illness of a years duration, six months |
OF which she had been confined to her |
bed. The deceased was born in Roch- |
ester Aug. 20, 1850, and passed the |
early years of her life in that town |
and Bethel She was twice married, |
her first husband. Julius Bassett pass
ing away in 1889. Five years later she !
was married to Mr. Fiske at Bethel and
p years ago they removed to Montpel- I
Ter. where they have since resided. Mrs. /
Fiske is survived by her husband and 4
two children, Miss Florence Fiske Of I.
and Fred J. Bassett OF Seat n
tie, Wash. The funeral will be held
Changes in the schedules Of the
& Wells River and Central
Vermont railroads to conform with the
daylight saving laws of Massachusetts,
and some New York cities were made
known Today, tie change in the time
tables of the NJ 4 " X road to take
effect Monday, April 20, and on the
Central Vermont road Sunday May ?.
All three trains on the Montpelier &
Wells River road leaving this city will
operate on schedule one hour earlier
han heretofore, the morning train to
cave at $3.50 o'clock instead of 80,
he noon train at 1920 and the mixed
rain at 80 y. m. The so-called pa
Ter train from Wells River will arrive
n Montpelier at 1890 a. IN. and the
afternoon mail at 5:05 p. m, or 10
minutes earlier than it does at present.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
edward 4. Barber of 10 Downing
trete died yesterday and funeral sery
ces for the child were held al , o'clock
his afternoon, Rev. c. d. Piper, pas
or of the Baptist church. officiating.
burial was made in Green Mount ceme-
cry. The baby, Muriel, was four
months old.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva j.
lull. whose death occurred Tuesday
vening, were held yesterday afternoon
I her late home. lj6 Elm street Rev.
'harles st. John. pastor of the Con-
regational church. officiating The
carers were Clair and Grover Temple :,
on, Harry and George Hull. Burial :,
,as made in the Worcester cemetery.
The Brunswick is more than a pleas :
re giving instrument. II is the ideal 4
for the home, 10 develop in /,
rowing children love and under y
landing of all good music, for it plays T,
he music of all artists and il plays il h
| its best. Genevieve H. Wilder, a
ehool street. Phone 55-M
Walnuts SIC a 10, Saturday special u
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