South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-20
PERRILL AND ZILL
IN 10 ROUND DRAW
Welsh Bests Holmes - Fay
Again Gets Shade Over
Jimmy Quinn.

Tony Zill, Youngstown, o., and
Bud Peril, Terre Haute, Ind, fought
20 a draw in 10 rounds OF fast and
/ furious fighting in the headliner
bout Of the boxing show staged at
the Oliver theatre by the Twin City
Athletic club Friday night. Both
men stood up and exchanged pun
ishing blows in a fashion that drew
rounds Of applause from the local
hstic fans. Ed Smith OF the Chicago
American refereed the match.
Both Zill and PERIL displayed
some OF the cleverest footwork seen
in tho local ring for some time. and
both were clever In the art OF in
/ fighting. From the time the gong
sounded at the opening OF the bout
until the men shook hands at the
end Of the 10th round the crowd
was treated to plenty OF action.
Opening Is Even.
In the first two rounds the fight
/ ing was about even, the Ohio boy,
| however, being the aggressor. In
/ the third round Zill continued TO
/ force the fighting, but the Hoosier
/ lightweight succeeded in blocking
several blows and putting over sew
eral Earring lunches.
! Zills reign OF glancing blows al
/
was met by PERIL with right and
Ohio streak to change his tactics.
PERIL then began to study his man
and was forced to chase him around
! the ring to land his blows.
The Indiana fash came back
strong in the fifth and landed
punches 10 good advantage on the
/ Ohio boys right eye. This, how
ever. only put more fight into I'll
and after an exchange OF blows he
made the Hoosier change his meth
cd of attack.
! A straight overland blow landed
! by PERIL on Bits nose at the open
ing Of the seventh and after a series
: of short jabs TO the face the Ohio
boy was bleeding. PERIL also push
ed the fighting in this round. In
the eighth and ninth Zill had the
shade on PERIL and time and again
he landed punches with telling eff
feet on the Hoosier. Both battlers
came back strong in the 10th round
and exchanged blows on even
terms
Welsh Is Winner.
Eddie Welsh, the local light
weight added to his popularity
when he easily outclassed Billy
/ Holmes OF San Francisco in the
semi windup bout, which went eight
rounds Welsh again demonstrated
that behind both his fists he has the
! power needed 10 put his coming ri
I walls TO sleep, but in his opponent
/ Holmes, he met a battler who was
mot only clever but who has had
several years experience in the
ring.
In the first three rounds the fight
ing was on even terms, with each
| fighter studying the method OF at
tack Of his opponent. In the fourth,
/ however. Welsh took the aggressive
and landed furnishing blows 10
\ Holmes head and body.
In the fifth round Holmes dis
/ played some Of his remarkable foot
work and ducking ability and blow
after blow that Welsh started for
\ his head was lost in mid-air. The
sixth, seventh and eighth rounds
/ Welsh's blows were registering on
\ his opponent in a manner that sure
would have meant defeat II the
/ hight had lasted a few more rounds.
| Kid Fay Of Niles. Mich, shaded
Jimmie Quinn OF Chicago in a six
round preliminary bout. Beth men
were unusually fast and exchanged
( blows in rapid fashion In the earlier
{ rounds Of the fight. The Niles boy
I kept on the aggressive in nearly all
I OF the rounds.
Toughy McCord and Young
I White. two local youths, fought four
l fast rounds 20 a draw At the open
/ ing OF the evenings entertainment.