The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-02
A1G11IcAH Ino1oH BOUTS
36DA01D uI1911D1 CROWD
(By Our Sporting Editor)

With the auditorium taxed to its ut;
most capacity-before crowd Of red
largest aggregation of fans ever assem-
bled in the local arena. the William
J; Carroll Post. American Legion, Of
ssth osy ssassd the asSete SHOW fSa
wound up the entertainment program of
the State Convention held here last
week. The prog; program was "a. hummer ne,
terminating fight fan could desire and
the entertainment committee may be
we'll commended first upon securing such
an excellent card and secondly upon the
successful and satisfactory manner in
which the bouts were arranged and
STAGED; The music Of the ZEE eyening was was
newly organized group Of musicians
kept the crowd we'll entertained while
the ring was being rushed to COM
The first battle Of the evening was
called promptly at 8 o'clock, featuring
Young Brock. St. Louis Louis product IT, and and
Charlie Pttts who hail. from MIME n
fairly well in the first round it was evil
dent as the fight progressed that both
were rapidly weakening from the pace
apparently had the edge. The end came
in the fifth when after A few mad mad
ruSneS, BROCK cllncneO with MS Oppon-
ent, In the mixup Pitts landed hay
maker to the jaw and Brock hit the floor
and was saved only by the beih. In the
sixth Brock made a game but futile
and the fight was then stopped in order
to save Brock from further punishment.
The second bout featured Gunner Joe
Quinn the latest sensation e a. OF Pa MnneapGh Rpth
to take home the berries. Altho Glea-
son was clever it was nevertheless evil
outclassed QUITO @ by ~ his more rugged oppon-
ent. Quinn took the first round by
shade. The second was draw. Glea-i
t nSws Son ssesa Ssae to hayH H d Or wae
all Quinn's and from then on the Gun
ner seemed to have the edge. 1t was
clean, snappy exhibition all the way thru
men, the bout went the scheduled ten
rounds. Quinn was awarded the deci-
Probably the biggest hit Of the even,
ing was the third event wherein Jim,
mie Moran and Mike Cassidy, 131 and
129 lbs, respectively, g, endeavored to an
ni1ilate each other. This pair oil, Of harps rps
crowd in constant uproar. In all 1t
was a slam bang. knock down affair.
each battler hitting the canvas vas several W
go ten rounds but the end came early
in the sixth. when Moran fouled his
1ononnent Thus Cassidy was awarded
the decision and the crowd gave him
big hand as he left the ring.
The main go Of the evening was, the
ten round affair between Gus Bloomberg
and Jack Joseph's both Of MINNEAPOLIS;
This pair of Mill City maulers treated
]bition ] Of boxing. both men showing
speed and endurance: Bloomberg has
exhibited his wares in this city before
but Thursday evening was Josephs ini,
tial appearance In the Wonder City yaad ana
with his work. He packs q wicked left
and knows how to use It, and had Bloom
berg on the defensive thruout the great
er part Of the fight; In the eight, eighth
and he was constantly. forced to the
ropes and at times battling in his own
corner. The bout was called a draw
although in the writer's opinion Joseph's
Seemed to have the better Of the argu-
ment
Capt. Gross WIN Rs-organiss 90. ,.
Capt. F.. Otto Gross has been given
to re-oyganize CO. D. and has called q
meeting at the Armory for, o'clock
Friday evening Of this. week. Minot
cannot AFFORD to lose this company and
unless 4 e mmssatsiy a9sl ely
ret it. Any able bodied man between
Is and IS Is eligible to join. Capt.
Gross must start of with at least 30
p.ng ap onS oo opea After ssu
reaches so, the company will receive all
necessary equipment. Ex-service men
may Join for one year and men who
have not been In the service must join
Capt. Cross was First Lieutenant Of
Co. D. at the time the organization was
taken to the Mexican border and he was
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