, 1921-07-06

enough. slender support OIL III
batt1ers appeared resulted in changes
to make main events into prelimi'
naries SO az to thoroughly please those
in attendance.
Tho first hard luck which attended
the fight cards was the s~ecessity Of
~postponing the Saturday afternoon
event because OF cold weather and
rain. d
Possibly the best card that has been
staged so far came Saturday night
with Eddie st. Clair OF Casper. and
Speedball Hayden OF Columbus. y.
NJ. in the main event
st. Clair following his regular style
carried the fight to Hayden from tho
minute the gong tapped but his clever
and moro experienced opponent gave
ground readily and adopted a course
OF trying TO outpoint st. Clair. when
the Casper negro phcnom learned
that Hayden's blows lacked tho nee
cssary sting to bring a quick verdict
he threw caution to the wind n
attempted many times to get a n
punch knockout.
For ten rounds the battle ragged this
way. There was plenty OF action and
apparently the referees decision of a
draw was not well received. Under the
circumstances. St. Clair carrying the
fight but being outpointed by the de-
fensive boxer there could nave been
no other verdict.
. Billy Williams of Denver and Jack
O'Brien OF Salt Lake put UP n hard
ten.round fight with neither having
the advantage. O'Brien's Eameness
again served him in good stead and
enabled him to win n draw.
frankie West beat Kid Corona in
all the latter half OF their tcn-round
session and apparently should have
had n decision. The boys battled hard
for ten three-minute rounds and both
were bleeding freely before the fight
was well under way. Vests willing
ness to take a punch to land terrific
rights and lefts armed him the favor
OF the crowd and the potential victory.
Johnny Griffith and Sammy Ter
rain, the former we'll, known to fight
fans of the country as a contender
for the wcltcrwcight championship OF
the world and the latter known in st.
Paul as "A willing battler and a hard
%puncher. went ten rounds yesterday
afternoon.
Griffith took an early lead and SPEC
tators were of the opinion that Terrain
would not last ten rounds. The st
Paul boy took everything that Grit
nth had to offer for awhile and then
ovened up the fight with crashing
right hand punches in h final
rounds. The verdict OF draw was pop.
ular.
Frankie West appeared against
Young Fontana of Cheyenne in a
six.round opener yesterday and again
II. hn~l -a,nrhar noarlu nrnn him a
verdict. Both boys were batting
evenly at the gong, however, and a
draw verdict resulted.
Kid Bell and Young Sam Langford
both colored lightweights. went hard
for a few rounds of their %ten-round
bout but the strain told and Lang
ford had a hard time taking a decision.
Bell reversed his tactics yesterday
and decided to beat Langford by play
ing for body punches. This attack
neccssitated a shift from Langford
and the fight vas tame for several
rounds. In the latter part of the
| fight. however. Langford took the
lead and had Bell all but out at the
bell. Langford earned his decision.
1t look Kid Lee but three rounds
TO put Cyclone st. Clair Of Omaha, in
Sunderland asst night. The Omaha
battler had no chancc with Kid Lee
and knockdowns in h first and sec
ond ounds merely forecast the knock,
out finish. Lee a everything and
used 1t forcibly.
In a fast exhibition. OF wrestling
prowess, Fred Mortensen. contender
for the light heavyweight wrestling
crown. defeated George Barnes in
straight falls last night after Barnes
had taken the first fall in 20 minutes.
Mortensen captured the second fall in
IS minutes. with a top body lock.
Barnes conceded the winning fall
when Mortensen clamped on a pain
full wrist lock. In an endcavor to hold
the wrist lock Mortensen forgot hfs
" shoulders and was nearly pinned
before Barnes gave up.
Plestina did not go OF with Wester-
gard as scheduled. put further an
nouncements of the match are pend