El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-29
Bud
Rutherford

same cleancur characteristics pos
] sessed by the brilliant little light
weight who is slowly but surely as
cending the ladder to the 155-pound
crown, are owned and form a sub
srantial part OF the physical and men
tai makeup Of the welter champion.
Their business nffnirs too are
conducted upon the same orderly
basis rs each, continually look
ing for advancement, OverloOHs
no opportunity BY which he may
establish himself n more pouu-
lar fnrorife with HIS friends and
adhereHtE- Reynolds, however, Is
the best OF hfH weight II men Of
the order Of Fox and Ed smith
are to be believed, but this
doesn't keep him from meeting
sem all.
Jack was disappointed when he hit
town 70 learn that he was not go
ing TO meet 1latsuda in his first ap-
rom the effects OF large boil upon
his right arm and is not IN a con
dilon to wrestie' he asserts.
The element OF physical condition
IN the training OF a football team is
The primary thing to be considered II
Hilmour DODie is TO be believed It
IS this one factor, or rather the POS
session Of excellent condition. that
brings home the bacon in q majority
Of games and Il IS a certainty that
perfect condition never contributed
70 the loss OF a game. This is not
intended 10 read as a young sermon
or TO detract from the playing Of
the Quartermaster and Base Hospital
teams Sunday afternoon at Fort Bliss
in a game which proved to be a
survival Of the fittest in the matter
Of condition Each team put up a
bitterly contested game that devel-
Haaa Iaaa
had the most force to hit the line
and the Hospital boys won at the last
minute
Fort Bliss boxing IS 70 Jay dor
mant under the spell OF cold weather
until Christmas afternoon. when
there wiz be an all star put on for
the benefit Of the bugs who cannot
stand The strain any longer and de-
sire some real milling
There Are Many Candidates.
Candidates for the bouts are Ger
tainly not lacking and matchmaker Z
James Erwin is besieged with chal-
lenges from all parts OF the country, I
from speedy little men who desire !
to appear before the FL Paso enthu- I.
siasts. Dandy" Dick Griffin, Fort I
Worth feather star, has been the I
most active in coming out with a I
bid for the next show
He wants to meet either the
Zulu Kid OF some other Eeruppy
little man here on the holiday
afternoon The contest would OF
necessity be staged in the after
noon to avoid a clash with fse
climatic changes and there T.
little doubt but that with an all
star card the Punch Bowl would
be packed. The fact that shc
Fort Bliss athletic association
has had hard luck for the past
three programs n causing much
sympathy to be extended the mil
itary officials in their efforts to
get some top notch men.
Speedball Hayden and Gorilla
Zones are also mentioned az princi-
l1ls 1Or the headliner show OF this
lay. i Is felt that the crack men
q the 24th infantry are due a chance
= the bowl in view OF their prox-
nifty TO the Fl Paso district and
,lso Of the fighting ability possessed
~ men In the Columbus camp. Hay
len is the best thing in niddleweiEhts
hat has ever been developed in the
.outhwest. lie Is not Of the Fowser-
1eWls type but a consistent mixer.
Fno never slows up and is after an
opponent every minute. A match be-
Ween the clever Hayden and Eddie
Johnson, a scrapper whose slurginrI
.nltty IS wen known. would be
'ertainty for the Christmas card il
----IA N14-a were permitted
Here Il Good One.
Matchmaker Erwin intends TO an
.ounce his definite plans at the ear
lest possible moment in order to give
ne bugs ample time TO view and I
Incidentally review the records Of the
1eu he has matched In the event
iriffin and the Zulu Kid are brought
ere there is no necessity Of dig
ing into the Griffin scrap book,
While on the other hand some Of the
historical records amassed by the
brooklyn wonder viii make mighty
interesting reading. The kid" has
net them all from Jimmy Wilde to
'eter Herman and has q record
thoroughly in accord with that de-
lred by matchmaker Erwin in his
forts to line up two real scrappers
OF the holiday card.
= =
Cliff Jordan, Grecian niddleWeightI
resting champion, is gov in Okla
oma- where ne recently defeated
ieinie Engel, claimant Of the title.