Great Falls tribune., 1921-06-13
.F0YVLER TO BEGIN
HARD WORK TODAY
FOR FRANCE FIGHT
Pete Bross Will Also Begin
Intensive Training for
Bout With Savage.

Monk Fowler, lightweight, WIZ
meets Earl France, lightweight cham.
pion Of the west, in the 6-round
headline event of the boxing program
at the Grand theater Monday, June ~
will begin his heavy training today
(Monday) at the Y. NJ. G. A. gymna-
sium. The Monk is in good condition
but realizes that he must be in the
pink when he meets France in the
headline event. France has shown
plenty Of fighting ability in his fights
in Montana and meets one of the
toughest boys in the lightweight diyi-
sion in Clonie TAFT at Butte Wednes-
day night. TAFT fought Rock Kansas
some time ago and made wonderful
showing against the title contender.
With such a boy in the opposite cor
ner, France will be forced to the limit
and realizes that a win over the Cana
dian will mean a great deal to him.
Fowler likewise has great deal ahead
of him if he succeeds in beating the
California lawyer.
Many Great Falls fans have seen
both France and Fowler in action
against Johnny Schauer, the st. Paul
lightweight, and are in a quandary as
to which man win be returned victor.
In Great Falls France showed a tend
ency to stand back and wait for Schau-
er to lead, while at Havre Fowler
waited some, but elected rather to lead
as much as Schauer and stand toe to
toe and mill with him at his own game.
The one question in the coming fight
is as to which bov will do the leading.
France will have an advantage in
poundage and the Monk will undoubt-
edly wait and see If the Californian
will do the leading, which he might ex
pect. The boys are about evenly
matched as far as punching is con-
cerned, although France should pack a
harder wallop than the New Orleans
lightweight in view Of the fact that he
will have an advantage in weight OF
about 10 pounds. But the Monk will
stand toe to toe and exchange wahops
with France if he figures that 10 his
best way to win the fight.
In the fight with Schauer, France
had a good natural cover against a
right hand hitter and had the st. Paul
lad stopped when he attempted to land
right cross. But with Fowler he
will find it different. Fowler has not
the right Schauer possesses hut he
can hit hard with either mitt Fow-
ler's left won him 1 draw with Schau-
er and a little more behind it might
have won the decision for him. His
left is hard thing for any fighter
to evade and he will undoubtedly wor-
~ the lawyer with it. Schauer elected
to take the left in order to land his
right against the Monk and Fowler
took all the st. Paul lad gave him.
Pete Bross will also begin his siren
uous training today (Monday) in prep
aration for his fight with Bill SasFge.
middleweight, whom he meets in the
semi -windup event Of the show Mon
day night. Bross will, for the first
time, meet a lighter fighter than nim-
self and is confident that he can put
him away in short order. With pros
poets of a bout with Young ketchell
in the near future, Bross will be cut
to do his man up in short order.
Gordon Colbrook. Havre lightweight.
who meets frankie LaDuc of Great
Falls in the six-round preliminary
event on the program, is the class of
the youngsters in Montana and Great
Falls fans will see boy in action who
will rank high in the lightweight di-
vision before he has fought very long.
He is cool fighter and carries ter
rifle punch in either mitt. His show
ing at Havre convinced followers of
the pastime that he is a youngster Of