El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-24

TWO sturdy rugged ELLe men, eacl
a conteEder for the bantam title
crown so lately won by Joe Lynch
are in the El RaEo district today
awaiting the can OF time for their Is
round boxing contest at the Fort Bliss
punch bowl tomorrow afternoon
Il VIII win asserted Dick Grif-
i VIII VIM declared the zulu
Esch wound up his hard training
Thursday afternoon with general
slammluE OF sparrlug partners ana
aach declared himself well below the
weight Friday afternoon They are
10 welsh in morrow morning az
manager Edmund Cammerrs Lobby,
the snecified weight being us pounds
has had little difficulty ln taking
of the required pouudage IN spite Of
the fact that h5 has fought at the
faatnerWeiElt pounoage 1or several
months past This alone goes TO prove
that Dick went ont Of hls class 20
box the fsatherH Fights tur ~ that
fs acquitted himself very credlcaDiT
IS he wen all Of his contests at this
Arena I1 Completed
1Tatchmaker James Erwin made
final INSPECTION Of the arena Friday
afternoon ana pronounced u perLecL-
It has been roole1 over except 2
rnHca in the center. has been boarded
~ at the sides and now resembles a
huge swimming tank when looked AZ
from a distance
To quote Capt Daniel EearnH
81 the contraction division under
whose direction the arena WIS re-
constructed when the boxing bags
enter the biz stadium they -IFlll
be SING as bags IN a ing where
the FTlEG can't catch them. capt g
EearuE and Lieut. Jones' formerly
of the EnEiseers corps have put
iu great deal Of time ana effort
in order to make the Arena one
that i1 second TO none In the
southwest and there Il little doubt
bat that they hEFe succeeded
Every little detail has been ar
ranged 70 insure the comfort ana con-
veniauce Of the fans Capt kearns
when city architect Of san Francisco,
rad the contract for bulidfng the inn
mense Etadiums for the Nels0n-Wol-
cast fight. the Neis0n-Gans contest
and the Iellrles- cl1s0n bouts and
he understands Lhe ms and outs OF
THIS work perfectly. The direct super
under the hand OF Ldeu1 Jones and
corps OF engineers and they have
spared no effort 10 insure its compile
ton for the Christmas afternoon con
Harriu Is Coandeut
Manager sollT Harris. the capable
little pilot who handles the des1nies
OF the zulu KID announced Friday
rect ccullllon ana was r6e9l4
awaiting the tan OF the opening bell
81 am confident that ny boy
VIII show TIE fans som ching they
have not seen before he said
lfNc one can face aueh men as
Pete Herman Joe Lynch Jack
Eh1rEeTr jimmy Wide and others
without being the nerEouificEtl1u
Of class and the fanE can expect
HnnrH real action When the Brook
"aaHH aI.I IaIr HHra 81 n
realize That Grimm s. one Of the
fastest ana hest Of his weight.
That a eEncfly what we desire in
EH urn1neHf IN order that all Of
or victories may count for some
And Dandy Dick Griffin speaks 81
G similar vein. Trained to the minute
The TaTaE star who has been steadily
climbing the bantam ladder Tor the
past two years earnestly believes that
a TictorE over the zulu VIII aid him
iu getting g match with Joe Lynch
for r1c champ c1sn1ps You can say
for me that am in splendid coudi-
ton and am confident that 7 VIII
win. NE SAID The Zulu KID ig
good tough boy bit am confident
shat ] can more than hold my own
7 have a great number OF friends In
Fl Easo and you can bet that am
not going 70 liEappuiur them b. my
showing.
Confidence also rzdiatea from the
respective camps OF seogie Muskopa
and Battling Shapiro the two Wellers
VINO are 70 meet IN the semi-liual
event OF ten roundE
Shapiro viii be making HIS first
appearance since he 50 decillFely
Gefe1aed Eddie Hanlon and there
a. quite q delegation OF fans pre-
pairing 10 welcome him back
1Iu1E1uf ~ q sturdy Etunduu mix
er who knows how 10 nix mat
tiers and give the fans a run FOR
their UcueT. The semlfin1l viii
be Hreeeded By two four-r0und
contests between Kid lIoFtio and
Hld Racket and the clever Tend
Ter AID little Battling Chico
The uro=ram IS scheduled 20 start
at o'clock promptly