The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-06
BENNY CORDOVA
AND TOAMTCART[R
FIGHT THURSDAY
Albuquerque Boxer to
Battle at Fort
Bliss

~. pASo. TEXAS. July So ftennN
l~Dtloya Aihu4uefqur'f contender
fa4 The wofid's llehtweiEot fhnpap.on-
ships Oh ton % q hoSinr ptoHiam
which - t. take place at Fort Bliss
Thurs1as night. Ills ornonent u TO
81 Tommy Carter. three years hnldrr
~ thc honthNeet lightweight cham
uiouahir holt, which he won ny out
ilolntina o5to Wnncrr ~
n j local Rms N IS rounds
tho pass thrro Ncekr iie ftndr ttie
ain d bis 1ifcreut here and with TN
n-snaa1 ing he uiil have in local traiA-
lnr he figures o. belre IA the very
pnll rot dds Thursday fcaeas.
The Albuquerque AcNicuu bnttirr
las long nrcn before the public as a
llrhtwelehf rontcn6er.
amer a rad reversal, nearly fivc
Nnniu. aHn, Nhcn rittcd nrefnni TOM
nv nsTonle % Philadelphia Cordota
hi The slides. SAM fl~tic c~onrir-src,
Annnt four thousand parsons saw tAat
naht otTooie was an army ngnros.
cufdma .vnh a civilian, fh- arsny
rtiutors we're against the ci,iiion
undfel to onc. The hlnfe and Tho
raar of four military bands, an rat
LINK and pfattilng FOR pfToole. was
loo much for cOriovn- He baked At
ntnvlnr 3 lone hand against the man
moth military horde " ho~Hng thnN
lfe s1rt4 fifird HIS few hackers by en-
M into Ms shell aud staying tn-,-
Is the finish OF the neht. urcoic
Won with much 10 spare. oToole MI
Coridta with everything n sight hnt
the drnms1cks. yet cordosa came
through almost unmarked. Whereby
pfdrlne nis ramcncss Cor taking 'em
and earning credit for being q e,od
defeuaiSe hhxcr.
This VAS an awful reversal FOR
cosdoyn. only about a year ptesi"ua
he had fought through 20 rounds OF
tefrlfir milling aKainst ihe then near
h f~nsincihie Robby Waugh 81 rnr,
Worth. IL the Waugh fight, which
took place Ia the Jnarcz bun ring.
cordoVa showed everything that IL
takes TO make a champion. Rain.
came up al the close 81 the tifst
round. II was coming down IN ,nr-
rents during the second. Billy smith.
former Tc1nn ~middicweiRht cham
mon. was rcferee. Billy lea 'em go.
The fght-hungry crowd jammed the
EXIST and crowded under seats and
chnirs 90 project themselves from tho
min. Thrce times during the fight
the wind snapped the electric lignt
supports. Frequently only through
she flashing % lightning did the spec
Ia see that the light was sili sal
Al times. with a hill IN Tho brcezcs.
ihe swish-aw ish-s swish and swat
swut-awat 10 the gloves could be
heard as the fighters were ringing up
points In the dark With waier-Eoakrr
1.ioves. Billy Smith was always IN
tnp Of the mtn. Visible only In flashes
during the rounds from ~ fifth 20
tho tenth. The wind then lieg town.
Some lighting expert In the crowa
had heroically iuEgied live xires and
lined up the lights.
hattiers went on, fighting cieanly and
aamcly as they had through the DARK
ness and storm
Waugh, then at his zenith. had
fought the best fight 81 his career not
excepting his brilliant and winning rf-
fort against IiatunR Nelson. Later
on. cOrdoya whipped Waugh ON
points,
Then came Cordova's fight with
O'Tonic-the one and only bad rssni
or the Albuquerque boys long career
Cordova was a long time living
down The O"Toole nEst. hut he's Ar
rived again. About three months heo
Cordoya went EAST. He won three
matches IN a row. According TO press
reports he won them all of by him
sell.
Returning 70 the southwest. he wa
asked 90 substitute for q San Antonio
lightweight against Tommy carter ir
Santone. Without training and wnr'
out preparation, Cordova dropped Of
the onrs ard almost dropped Carter
the new lightweight idol OF the south
wesLin three rounds.
The SaBtonc papers say carter wa
HANGING on Like "a lccch IN the thirt
and that Coudova made a 80 hot foI
him during the remainder OF the hat
Sic ihaf The Mexican won off by him
self.
IL a previous match. which wa
fought IN Miami. Arizona, Carter tool
an Arizona derision over Nnrduva
THE Thursday night battle therefore
Will be the "rubber."
cordoVa lookss 10 good IN his train
Ing camp trials against Kid Payo an
other local mitt stars that he b. IN
Norito in the betting. A. fighters 80
Benny cordoya r. d veteran. Carte
b. sfili a younester. CordONa b. tn
hardest hitter aud the most wiliul
hattier, while Carter IL one Of thos'
who bats EN- like a but
tern, but bats 'om often.
Albuquerque entry promises 4
stop Carter inside tho limit OF q
rounds. iIe has the wnllOp. n h
forces Carter as he says ne will. Cor
doya has a fine chance 20 make goo
his promise.
Young Keirhell and Billy McCani
two busy young dynamiiers, prove
that Carter does like ZEN in close an
hard. Garter would rather pick 'cf
orr "a a distance u shoot 'em HON
tho same way. This sort ~ hattlini
however, docs o III CurduVa's fancl
ffn proposes TO pilot this scrap an
at the end have his House Of Cordov
purilistlc Banner waving from the u
u bis Albuquerque icpee. He ma
do H.
Dempsey Believes