Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-15
/ .A!:NlLl!ONFOULED
IN SECOND BY
KNAUF OF FARGO
Examination Shows Fight
er Was Ruptured Card
Was Successful.

After hunger striking for 1s' days
to make 1913 pounds for his eight
round bout with Johnny Knauf Of
Fargo, Jack Hanlon of Chicago en-
tered the ring in a thoroughly weak
ened condition and vas fouled in the
which forced his seconds to throw the
sponge in the ring after the third
round.
DR.. Alfred Dean examined Hanlon
Immediately after the show and an
i:ounced that he had been "ruptured
from a fresh blow or kick" Referee
Walter Schlosser did not see the foul
blow struck as he was standing di-
rectly behind Hanlon. Nearly a hum
dred fans claim that they saw the
blow and a number have expressed
their willingness to make affldavits to
that effect.
Knauf Is a fighter, as was, evidenced
from the moment he stepped into
the ring. From the start Of the, bell
until the moment Hanlon was rup-
tured Grand Forks fans were treated
with the cleverest exhibition Of fight
ing ever presented in this city. Much
credit is due Hanlon for ever entering
the ring against Knauf as Knauf did
not appear yesterday at 8 o'clock to
be weighed in and refused to weigh
in during the evening. One of the
mfc from the knauf camp announced
last night hat Johnny weighed ISL
pounds. which was II Ia pounds
! more than Hanlon. Hanlon announced
after the fight last night that he
would fight Knauf at any place,
catch weights, winner take all. He
said nothing damaging regarding the
Fargo boys tactics, the fans alone
being the mes incensed.
Preliminaries Good.
Spud Russell n Kid Spence
Eopened the show with n Of the old
time slap it to 'er fights that the
fans enjoyed from start to finish.
either of the boys showed any fin
ished boxing tactics and at the end
Of the fourth round it was generally
agreed that the youngsters fought a
good draw and did their share toward
entertaining the public. '
The second bout was a clash be-
tween Pal Duncan. and Ally LeFever,
the French FOUNDER. In the first
round the Frenchman had a little the
better of the argument but Duncan
carried the second. third and fourth
by big margins. LeFever broke three
bones in his left hand at the start of
the second round and much credit is
due him for staying the. distance.
LeFever showed that he is the
cleverest boxer of the two and is
anxious to meet Duncan at a later
date. ~
The semi-inals was ali that any
sport fan. could wish for in the line
Of entertainment. In this bout Walt
Werstlein gave Couch a sound thrash
ing from the opening Of the first
round. Werstlein was always IN the
aggressive and Couch vas forced to
play a "hit-and-run" game in order
to save himself from Waits deadly
uppercut.
The three preliminary bouts were
! refereed by Dutch" Lawrence, while
Walt Schlosser officiated for the main
go. Joe Rabinovich, we'll known
Grand GROWER Of the Yellow Dogs.
added much in putting the show
over with snap inc pep and made an
excellent master of ceremonies. Music
furnished between the bouts by the
Grand Forks Municipal band added
the something hat is necessary to
quell the turbulent spirit Of the mob
ut a fight and keep them all as
gentlemen.
The card, taken as a whole. vas the
best ever presented in this city, and
on February %, when Company NJ
will stage another fight, the boys de-
serve and should get the undivided
support Of every good sport and citi-
zen in Grand Forks.