East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-30
.M|TT GAME IS GOING
IN BAKER WITH FAIR
SUCCESS SAYS NEWS
Pendleton Neighbor Has Card
of Local Talent That Fans
Seem to Support and Dull
I. Days May Revive 1t Here.

With football memory and bas.
ketbali a hope, sports fans here have
little to look forward to in the next
few weeks. Boxing. which is having
more or less of an inning at Baker ana
other cities Of Pendleton's size in the
state. has not taken hold here this
'all to make its bid for favor.
Over nj Baker Wednesday night a
couple OF bouts were staged, one Of
them ending in knockout in the third
round of 1O-round go. The prin-
cipals were Billy Bordeaux. the knock
ar, and Claude Mcknight, the knockee.
McNaught Is already angling for a
return match. according to the Baker
papers.
TIE Baker boys pulled off two box
ng and one wrestling bouts as their
known ever a vide territory. From
ACCOUNTS, however, the fans are turn
ng out to see the exhibitions and Joe
Elliott. Iaatc.ih aker. is SAID TO
iiiIins ~ something of carl for the
holiday season. La Grande also gets
treated oeea ,ionally to a hoxins e...n-
'ltion.
Legion Gard Lost MObcy
Boxing in pendleton pr ..ec an ex-
pensive pgstine for the boNs of the
American Legion, who stst Gu the two
-arls recently offered hero A lineup
NJ performers % the same G. liber as
readlined at Portland all last winter.
erected both audiences. rhe stuff
ihown here had anything noA offered
N pinr 1nA La Gran1- shaded for
reputation s'rtrsl ways.
The high class talent Of last winter
md spring proved TO be high priced
md the legion added to its deficit sew
sral dimes by the cost of red ink 1t
was obliged TO purchase after the card
On July 3. Five rafting good fights
we're given on each bill and the fight /!
RS alone drew from $3.50 to $3.50 each I
according to nationality. Johnny
Soye Grew down the last named figure
or sending Puggy Morton to sleep in
lO-round affair that was a hummer.
pcrtiand this fall has trimmed the Z
,aiaries OF the mitt wieiders and many
II ihe boys who sneezed at $3.50 for I
light or 10 rounds six months ago will (
,ome up for air for several kopecks
ess nowadays. A fighter has TO eat,
$ well as other mortals.
Would Repeat II Supported
Had the fans here shown an incli-
alton to support the legion in its eff
Orts to put on boxing cards, this fall 4
fould have brought forth some en-
by now. The boys do not
eel like digging into their jeans to
he tune of several hundred for the .
ory of giving Pendleton a. fight,
hey got plenty of glory at $50 per I.
lonth and up, as gobs and doughboys i
nd are mighty willing TO take the {
eadache of promoting a card If the
DIN of the realm comes forth in suffi- $
lent quantities to meet expenses. II
If Baker fans are supporting fights :
18th mainly local characters or nearby /
rtists as principals, perhaps few $
ull nights may induce similar trial
ere. Suffice to say that hereabouts 5
re some boys who could put up more
crap, If bit less science, in six {
ounds than some of the high priced =,
entlemen who were here earlier TINS
ear. Most of the material on the le-
ion program was high class, but the
ans did not appreciate the science and
eauty of the pose and dodge and cried
or action, Some of the local material.
opped off with a good headliner from
he big city. might be welcomed before
he snow fall.