The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-03-12

Jack Sharkey of Duluth outpolnted
Ted O'Reiily 81 Marble in the six
round semi-windup, although OReil-
" was still good for several more
rounds even though Sharkey had him
! in q bad way in the last rounds.
O'Reilly showed ability to take Shar-
keys heavy blows and the Duluth
fighter kept himself fairly well guard.
ed. According to the expression or
some fans, he simply drew in his
Neck and O'Reilly couldn't land q
blow worth while. The decisive points
for Sharkey were scored in the last
: round =. ana the opinion has been
voiced that he could have put O'Reil-
" away 1t that time, 2.}-~ ..,.,,....
yIibbstt. and carreveau Draw
Tommy Tibbets of Bemidji and
RUDE .Carreveau Of International
Falls fought to a draw in the curtain
raiser, Bemidji fans still contending
that Tibbetts won, and International
Falls fans standing firm behind their
fighter. Tibbetts was floored in the
early part of the bout and took the
count of eight, but not from a heavy
blow, nor was he hurt. Carreveau
did, however, within few minutes
draw blood with q drive to Tibbetts'
nose. ,Tibbetts evened the count by
several good punches. Both men
were quite evenly matched, although
Carreveau appeared to have. the
reach on Tibbetts and was possibly a
trifle. heavier. Tibbetts' style Of
fighting met with the hearty approval
of.Bsmidji fans, while Carreveau fire.
quently grappled.
Gibbons and Delaney, ~
Mike, Gibbons of St. Paul and his
sparring partner, Jimmy Delaney,
staged an exhibition bout of six
rounds and this proved to be q real
feature. Delaney proved to be last
man and clean fighter, while the
appearance Of Gibbons was heartily
welcomed in the ring. Gibbons also
refereed the most important bouts.
including the Sharkey-O'Reilly and
the Quinn-Arney bouts. The remain
der Of the curtain-raisers, were refer
eed by Saph McKenna Of 1nternation-
al Falls. -:
Sadlier 10 Bested :. :
J,P. Sadlier of Nymore was easily
defeated in the second preliminary
which was scheduled for four rounds.
Bob Durkin of international Falls
won the bout early in: the second
round when Sadlier took the count:
Durkin was Singer and he downed
Sadlier Ave times in the first round
by what appeared to be only firm
punches. Apparently Sadlier saw he
was beaten and took the count when
Durkin hoored him in the second.
"spitf;rs" and "cyelene"
"Spitfre" Dahl and "Cyclone" Nc
Leod of Fort Francis, nine-year-old
performers. staged the curtain-raiser
of four rounds, and this bout was
thoroughly enjoyed by all. The lads
displayed knowledge Of the game and
went into the fight to win. "Spitfire"
had q slight advantage over ICY.
clone" but the latter was game and
stuck It out to the end. Aleck Ster-
ling Of Fort Francis refereed the
match. Sterling is also the manager
of the boys. - =.
Although the official announcer
spoke to the visiting fans as '1nter-
national Falls" Red Lake, Redby,
Nebish and other towns along the Red
Lake line were represented by the
largest delegations in proportion to
their size. A special train was run
on the Red Lake line last evening and
about 100 fans from that section
were present, showing that they are
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