El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-01
An Evening Accommodating Culture
Getting Refinement At Boxing Bout

. that wasn't tattoed. At that Barley
I done pretty good for fighter
named BARLEY, but the bout was slow
! and some Of the birds in the $3.50
! seats BEGIN wishing that they had
put in another dollar and bought a
ton Of coal
The Sd. event was fight between
descendants Of sunny Africa y, hicl
suppose you might call il riot Of
color. One Of them, Kid Norfolk. had
a whole lot more color and done pref
" near all the rioting. When ne
come In the ring he had on a night
cap though they was no Hcnance OF
his Opt Big Bill Tate rocking any
body TO sleep. Norfolk seemed TO
realize this when he set down in his
corner. and he took the cap or and
when you seen him bare headed you
couldn't help from believing maybe
after all Darwin was righL he had
his monogram X. N embroidered on
his trunks though as far as I was
concerned they was as safe as his
tooth brush. NJ humphreys intro
duced him as Kid Norfolk from Balti-
more which added q touch Of mystery.
TATE Didn't Mind Fowls.
Big Bill Tate is Dempsey's sparrinE
partner in every day life which
have often wondered whether I would
rather have that job or a tumor. Big
BIZ fights on the side for rest and re-
lief but he didn't get neither from
Norfolk.
Big Bin stands about It IN his
socksd It. and Norfolk amt no bigger
than 8 cutie but he's even more Of
pest. He kept pokeing BIZ in the eye
though you couldn't see how he ever
reached up there They said before
the Toledo fiasco that Dempsey
couldn't reach willard neither. Nor
felix's favorite punch however was
straight left that lit anyWheres below
the belt and about the only Wav BIZ
could Of protected himself from q
licking was TO wear shin guards.
times but when you got Ell Gay Job
like Dempsey's sparrinE partner
what is a kick in the shins more or
less.
Didn't show Nothing.
BIZ didn't show nothing and be-
fore che bout had went far the crowd
was calling him Big Bum Instead OF
Big Bill Big Bum Is q crowds pet
name for anybody over 6 It tail that
tries to partake Of athletics. Don't I
knoW2
Referee Houlzop which sounds
Ike he had drank his ginger ale too
fast refereed the main event OF the
evening which Il won't be uessary
for me describe, as e has all ready
been wrote ND by better men than I
am or GunEha Din either. NJ Hum
phreTs announced before the bout
that the winner was 10 receive e dia-
mond belt the gift OF Tex Richard.
So Arthur made the remark that he
couldn't think OF nothing handler 20
have around the house and he wished
he was Dempsey.
Mr. Brennan got belt In the 18th
round. but they wasn't no diamonds
IN IL, only stars, and then M. Demp-
sey stood up in the middle OF the
ring 10 get his. Mr.. Humphreys give
It TO him and he took 70 with a eie-
CANT bow g good deal ike Willard's
bow when he entered the ring at To-
ledo. That bow OF WIZARDS was the
1st inkling anybody had that they
was something the matter with the
big fellow
Well Mr.. Dempsey made his bow
but the presentations wasn't over yet
The crowd got up all Of a sudden
and gave him a elegant shower bo-
quet Of raspberries
An and ALL I felt Ike It was an
evening well spent and from now on
7 an going TO try and so some
where's once wz- and improve my
mind and II 7 feel Ike I can spare
any Of the culture ] pick up viii
pass it on.