The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-02-26
ELkS AND THEIR FRIENDS HAVE A
GALA Time AT THE ANNUAL SOCIAL
SESSION HELD ON monday NIGHT
Songs, Dancing, Instrumental Music and
Athletic Events Make Up Long and In
teresting Program for Big Crowd. :.

toast TO the EIks was delivered by
Senator Frank A Moore of Florence
lodge No. 611, the assemblage stand
ing during its delivery. The athletic
numbers then followed in the sub
joined order. arter which the refresh
ments were served. They were:
A battle royal between four boys,
two from Florence and two from Rock
vale. ]. L. Haley. referee. In this
event the purse was divided by the
committee of awards evenly between
the contestants
A three-round go between "Cowboy"
Reynolds and Railroad" Rutlin, R
&. Johnson. referee.
A siI-round go between Helm and
Wilson of this city. Or. c. H Graves,
referee. Helm was given the deci-
sion
Wrestling rnsucn. can,
between two Florence boys, Thomas
Cavansush of Florence. referee. Con-
test declared a draw.
A six-round boxing bout between
Charlie Kid Mex and Red" VII
liams. both OF Pueblo. DIR. C. H. Graves
being the referee. Contest declared
8 draw.
\ 10-round go for a decision between
''jlid" Ace OF Denver and Art John
son Of Grand Valley. Ralph J. wann,
referee. Decision was given to John
s.'n- This event was for a purse Of
5000. and was the biggest of its kind
during the evening. The timekeep-
ers during the boxing bouts were C.
F. Reeves and A T. fowler.
Notes on the Elks' Session.
Royal Jack" Haley fought a oas-
round. no-decision hout with two hoyu
from Roekvale and two fru,n FyorennnA
Jsck's right and lef; swings were mar
vels Of nstic ability. He was On
gagged as the referee but somehow or
other he was mistasen for a punch
ing bag
Red" Williams. the fighter with
the Roman nose. took great delight in
letting Young Orteso tattoo his promi-
nent probccis. Red gave a spfendid
exhibition of fancy and artistic poses.
He had an awful wsllop though, and
gave orteso real battle
Mrs. Moore. premier terpsichorean,
undoubtedly is an exponent OF Art
for Arts sake" II that is true then
practically every fellow there Monday
night was named Art"
Jim Caldwell. the check room boy.
is positive he could initiate Mrs. Moore
il It were not for the fact that in do
ing be would be required to move
too much territory.
&c. Biackie" was weli-named- He
was dressed in back naturally
about as black as they make white
man, and in the second round of his
go with Kid" Reyno ds things began
TO look awful black for him when he
got technical knockout
Ralph wann. the referee in the main
bout, plainly showed that he has been
the third man in the ring before He
put pep into the istic encounter and
kept it going at a fast pace. The men
had agreed to break clean and he saw
that they did it He has refereed
many bouts at the Denver Athletic
Club
The Valley Four Orchestra gave
many excellent selections during the
evening. This splendid organization
IS making quite reputation for ttelf
Chairman Cooper was the man for
the job. He kept the whole program
moving swiftly. and most diplomatic
ally ended what bid fair to be a most
annoying situation
The stampede for the feed gave
everyone who participated an appetite
with which to do justice to the menu
when they received their plate.
The committee who got up the pro
gram for the afternoon and evening
certainly did their work well. They
had something for everybody. The
bouts took well with the crowd and
there were enough to satisfy even the
most rabid fan. The wrestling bout