The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-28
Clever SCRApPERS
T0PPLE over FOES
WITH EASE IN BOUTS

Several bouts were seen at the
Eagles hall Tuesday night In the first
of a series of bouts that are to be
staged here every two weeks, by anna
teur fighters In this section of the
country. Two of the bouts went the
entire route of six rounds, one went
two rounds, one three rounds and The
main bout five rounds.
Several OF the boys were too good
for their opponents and quickly dis
posed of them by the knockout route.
The main go of the evening between
Yank Druley and Gil Eickhoff, of Day
ton, proved a thriller from the start
until the finish which came in the fifth
round. Both boys had been resorting
to rough tactics, which resulted in
Druley being thrown from the ring
four times during the bout. In the
fifth round Eickhoff tossed Yank from
the ring and Referee Mantell fouled
the Dayton lad, but here the police
stepped in and the bout was stopped
Druley was doing a considerable
amount of holding in the first round,
which did not seem to please Eickhoff
Being unable to release himself. he
picked Druley up and dropped him to
the floor
Eickhoff, an amateur in the boxing
game and a rough and tumble type of
boxer, who seemed to like to stand up
and give and take, had too much Of
punch for the more experienced Dru-
ley Although he did not land as often
the blows that did land were of more
telling effect. The boys were fighting
on more even terms until the fourth
round when Druley stepped into a ser
les of short rights and lefts that had
him very groggy. II Eickhoff had had
little more experience he would have
put him to the mat for the count. Dru-
ley took considerable punishment in
this round and went TO the mat when
the Dayton lad connected with a right
hook to the jaw. Then came the fatal
fifth which ended the bout.
Give and Take Fight
In the semi-fnal of the card. Eddie
O'Day of Dayton, and Gene Bundy of
Dayton, put on an exhibition of the old
give and take type Of fight, with O'Day
having an edge on the giving end At
ter the first round both boys made
things lively. O'Day led most of the
time and forced Bundy to go on the
defensive end of the milling.
Al Lever of Miamisburg had little
trouble in his bout with Fred Stack
leather of Richmond. He toyed with
tho Richmond boy. On several occa-
sions Lever stood up and let Stack
leather punch him, but the local boy
did not seem able TO even jar him.
Lever is a wonderful little fighter and
knows the fight game from beginning
TO end. This lad has two knockouts
on his record over the clever fighter
Blocky Richards. the idol of the Day
ton fight fans. The bout went the en-
tire limit, but from appearances Leev.
er could have put Stackleather to the
mat for the count at any time.
In the second bout of the card Andy
Parker of Dayton dropped Earl Cappy
to the mat for the count in the third
round with punch to the jaw. Cappy
took considerable punishment in the
first two rounds and it was just a mat.
ter of time until he took the count
Parker is also a very clever boy and
promises TO be one of the leading boys
in the f1stic game within another veal
or so of careful tutoring. He now holds
the amateur title of Ohio.
Lee Hammond of Lima took the
count in the second round when kiC
Lewis of Dayton connected with the
Lima boys Jaw in the first 80 seconds
of the round.
ManteI Officiates
Frank Mantel was the third man ir
the ring and performed very we'll ir
that capacity. making the fighters mi1
it all the time they were in the squared
circle.
A small crowd Of fans turned out fol
the bouts. Matchmaker Mantell i'm
mediately set to work lining up anoth
re good card for the carnival in two
weeks. Several of the boys who ap
peared here Tuesday will be on thu
card again in two weeks.
OF the fighters here this week thos,
TO appear again probably will be And,
Parker, Al Lever and Eddie ODay
All three are first-class amateur scrap
pers and are capable of putting OF
some very clever exhibitions.
Jock Hemple, who was booked to DO,
Druley, was unable to keep the bout
as he received dep cut over his RICH
eye in bout last week, and the ey
is not properly healed yet He prob
ably will he booked TO bny Dr1Ilev a