Great Falls tribune., 1921-05-05
1875 POUNDS At 8
WEIGHT FIXED FOR
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Articles Signed for Headliner
and Semi Final in May 16
Boxing Card.

Definite announcement was made
Wednesday night by 10y j. Molumby
boxing commissioner, that articles had
been signed for the. match between
Johnny Schauer of st. Paul and Earl
(Young) France, claimant to the light
weight championship title of the Paci-
fic coast. There was no difficulty in
the procedure except the question Of
weight which was unsettled until late
Wednesday night. France had agreed
to make 1873 pounds at 3 o'clock IN the
event Of a fight with Monk Fowler.
But when the articles for the Schauer
manager, asked Mr. Molumby to permit
his protege to weigh in at 1877 pounds
at the same hour. Schauer's manager,
Mike McNulty was questioned on the
matter and held out for poundage OF
135 at o'clock but later agreed to a
compromise and the men will weigh in
at 1876 pounds at the afore mentioned
-tiihe. The bout will be Is rounds
The semi-windup. which has been
announced, will bring together Pete
Bross and Bill Crawford, Great Falls
pugilsts. Both men are working hard
in preparation for the bout and each
is confident that he can take his fell
low citizens measure in the eight
round event. Crawford is working
hard in the hopes that he may upset
the adage youth must be served He
still is a trifle over weight, but is doing
good deal of road work and is sure
he can reduce his extra poundage with
out much difficulty. Bross worked out
Wednesday and went through his
rounds in a businesslike manner.
Though Bross is confident of winning.
he realizes that his opponent is going
to be hard man to defeat and If he
expects to beat him it will rest with him
to carry the bout to Crawford. The
about has aroused great deal of local
interest and many friends of both men
will be on hand to watch the result.
The preliminaries have not been ar
ranged. but it is likely that the part:ci-
pants in the events will be chosen in
a couple OF days. A number of young
er fighters are under consideration for
appearance in these bouts and among
these it is possible that one event will
bring frankie LaDuc and "Chick'
Ferguson together. Nothing definite
is lined up in fact and it is but guess
as to what men will appear.
Great Falls is privileged is seeing
such classy headline event and il is
card which many Of the larger towns
both east and west would be glad to
be staging. In a large city it would
certainly draw capacity house and
undoubtedly it will draw record house
in Great Falls. In letter received
today from Matt Reid, matchmaker and
promoter Of Detroit, Mich, Johnny
Schauer learned that Detroit was seek
ing him for a match with Rocky
Kansas and asked his terms for the
bout For such a fight Schauer will
receive an amount that demands a
$4,000 house and would likely receive
large guarantee. Schauer was
matched with Kansas for a bout at De-
troit, April 13, and the articles were
signed. Kansas withdrew from the
match and demanded more money so
it is probable that the promoters are
going to hold him to his original con-
tract.
Schauer will begin light training at
the firehouse today (Thursday), but
will likely train later at the Y. M.
c. A. for few days. France has not
arrived in Great Falls yet, but is ex-
pected most any day.