El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-08

I TORT BLISS boxing. the cvnosure OF
i all eyes on Christmas afternoon.
is 70 have a new adjunct provided
{ by the military authorities OF the dis
trict which is TO be used for the one
and most desirable way TO get IN
touch with every one in.ordsr TO show
them Just what class OF NIT pushers
are appearing in the army camp.
Just a short time before Christmas
an atrplaue is TO leave its hangar at
I Fort Bliss and viii make a tour OF the
[ city dropping pamphlets and stream
ers describing the bouts. It VIII make
tour OF the entire district before re-
turning 10 the aviation field. The
idea was iuaugurated by Col. Francis
" Glover. district adjutant as one
OF the mediums TO boost army boxing
and the plane Is TO be placed al the
disposal Of the district athletic Of
ficer for the purpose OF making the
tour OF the district. lust when Il will
so Up IS not certain, but Il win be
sometime in advance Of the holiday
card
Jack Reynolds and Natty Natsuda
continued consistent training Tues
day afternoon with their respective
sparriug partenrs and at the end OF
their brief workouts each pronounced
that he felt fine except in the case
OF the weller champion VINO Is suffer
ing from two boils upon his right
arm where Natsuda was also affected
a short time tgo-
Jack has notified matchmaker
John Mcintosh Of the Fl PaEO ns-
ISOLATION Of this unfortunate oc-
currenee. but has not asked
postponemenf Of the contest upon
this ground a. Il was previously
postponed from November 80 be-
cause OF Matsuda's illness from
the same cause, and he knows
that the fans are anxiOus to see
the two in action. He f. not ad-
vuneinE the information about his
condition as an abb, either, but
intends to 20 through with the
match indifferent to how he feels
The FeIter champ has been under
the constant care Of Hphysieinn
for four days and II Is hoped TO
have the afflictions cured up be
fore the contest. All means are
being bent toward that end
The question Of rivalry between
Natsuda and Reynolds as the two best
men OF the weller division is caus
ing much discussion among the mat
fans, particularly that in regard 60
the matches the two stars have had
with Guy Elliott who is considered
one Of the best and toughest men OF
the division Reynolds has met AMI
defeated Elliott, while the latter has
lost one bout TO 4iatsuda. this coming
shortly after he met the weller cham
pion at Cedar Rapids He met MAJ
suda in a return enga cement, later.
however. when in the best OF condi-
ton and defeated the Japanse cham
pion. In his first bout he was handi-
capped for the reason that he han
been decisfvely defeated by Reynolds
on Labor day just short time be-
fore
home town on Sept. 6, (Labor day.
and was thrown in more than an
hours hard wrestling. The idea that
he was thrown ain some manner as
outlined by friends OF the japanese
wrestler is certainly correct as Jack .
identical hold which returned Alatsuda
victorious IN his last match with ]
Billy Scho5er at Liberty hall
Il sure must have been In
aaome maHner.7 The Cedar Rapids
papers gave the victory to Rey-
nolds in accordance with the YER
diet OF the referee and popular
opinion as IL was obvious that
some decision muEt be given fol-
lowing such a decisive ending.
Elliott himself conceded the vie
tory to the weller champion and
asked that a return match be ar
ranged nj a later date
Jack North, one Of the sporting j
gu vi 3 u LES 440AAE1s = manager OF j
Guy Elliott and II is also reasonable ]
20 assume that North who has shot /
quite a bit Of publicity down TO FL !
Paso particularly in care of the
writer, favorable 20 Elliott would /
view the contest with eyes that could I
see nothing unfavorable TO his candi- /
date for the honors. It dsn't reason /
able. however TO state that Matsuda I
wrestled Guy Elliott and threw him
on Sept. 6. THE SAME DAY THAT /
4 i or ~
did not. Elliott and Reynolds met on /
Labor day, Sept 6. at Cedar Rapids /
and any attempt 10 match Matsuda I
and Elliott in a postmortem affair al .
Spencer, Iowa. on the same date hints I
strongly Of fabrication.
Guy must be some speedy
wriEEler. He can urestIe Hey-