The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-02-27
'KID Ross REDEEMS
HIMSELF MAKES A
HOLYSHOWO Of BONES
SWANSON WASN'T THE GOAT
Rabbit Rogers Put Up his Usual
Coed Fight but Was No Match
Tor sRnns8a Win n Coming
Feasibility smith aud Iefls
Grey Had he Crowd on Their
Toes-DiHercnce Opinion a. 20
NE Better Man.

Grey Had Ne Crowd on mclr
Toes-DiHercnce 0plnlon as 20
NE better Man.
Kid Ross Is himself again. and
the fact that Hook Rones Knocked
him out once upon n time al Dem
inF IS forgotten. How that -npht-
Ing dancing MASTER did nght last
saturday altcrnoun3 May be the
GALAXY Of DISTINGUISHED visitors and
civilians had something 10 do with
u for Colonel Durfee. commanding
the seventh Infantry. Majors Lock
wood and French. and nearly an
the officers Of The Twelfth Cavalry
and Twenty fourth Infantry were
there 10 see the doings. aud lhrrc
were dnings. believe muhi The 2iih
Infantry arena was iammed ari The
fifteen rounds of lighting IN the
main event vas all and more than
was 10 be- expected and the lesser
bouts were all worthy Of big time
and irst liners. Returning 10 the
aforesaid Ross Bones battle. Bones
took a world Of punishment and
fought like a drunken sailor on
hnd IN the south s,as FOR q hours
noss had his measure and besides
IVES more clever and knew the finer
points Of the game better. Boncs
had remarkable endurance and rs-
simulated all that Ross could give
him. IN the eighth round boih.
nphtinE like demons. fell through
The ropes and whanged away al
cach other On the ground. Al an
other time Hook B0nes fell through
the rnpes. Al that Bones had three
~ the rounds.
Captain Harry O'Reilley. who VS.
the physician Of Freddie Welsh. cx-
lightweight champion boxer Of the
world while he was champion aud
also a close friend Of the late Jack
MrGuigEnn. the famous boxing pro-
moter Of Philadelphia. was the first
referee. hut be refused 10 continue
after the hnh round because Of the
continuous fouline by Hook Bones
and he did not want 10 dlsqunlify
him and stop the contest as the SOL
diers wanted a run for their money
because their fun had been shut
% a ercat deal lately because Of the
quarantine.
The fight went the limit with Dun
Farrell substituted As referee. and
Ross was declared the winner very
properly.
Swanson Wasn't the Goat.
Kid Swanson told the Courier last
week that Rabbit Rogers would
have 10 win over somebody else
besides him. that he wasn't going
10 be- The scat IN order 10 LET The
nahhit come back into The limelight.
and he was correct. The fight wrnt
the i0-round limit and Swanson
won BY a city mile. The fourth.
seventh. ninth and tenth rounds
were full Of pep. The Rabbit had a
couple Of the rounds. The decision
WIS renfc,rd 10y a committee OF
iuaecs AMI Il Wis n popular n ae-
cording 10 the applause ~ the
fans. This bout was 10 decide the
champion lightweight honors Of the
champion lightweight honors Of the
2tfh Infantry.
Henry Davis refereed the semi
final.
-shfts" and LEFTY" Fight Good.
The preliminaries were great.
IN the Smiih-Grey bout Smith was
IN more scientilc Of the two. Grey
with a longer reach and taller mixed
well. hut was on the defensive most
OF the time. II Is Ia be hoped the
boys will be put on for 10 rounds.
The NJ paso Times said "the Co x
hoxcr snapped the formidable
smith. blow for blow In The early
rounds. and In The last four rounds
o~uipointed his opponent Grey had
a good mragin 10 spare ri the m
ish. This bout was declared a
draw.
Caicli- Blackburn bout o. X.
Babe Cabell and Blackburn were
carded for a six-ronna opener. The
men put up a lively bout Cabell.
the younger of The Two, wal kept
pretty busy avoiding punishment.
Lleulenant White, The new ath-
letic officer OF The cath Infantry,
presented as good = card rs any ~
his predecessors and beat many a
previous show. The crowd was
large. good-naturcd and noisy. And
everything went on as Il should
have.