The Winslow mail., 1921-09-09

best people of the city with ~tnelf
wives and husbands were there at
the ringside 1t was an unusual
treat, even for the old time fight
fan who sat in at the ringside in
many past events of championship
class. Prize fighting has been laud-
ed and condemned in many states as
brutal, but give me foot ball Tor
danger.
1t can be truthfully stated that
Monday nights exhibition OF boxing
was one hundred per cent efficient
and for real entertainment surpassed
many and many professional con
test that the writer has witnessed
in times past The management are
to be congratulated for the clean bill
of fare which they served to the
public
The first two preliminaries be
tween the voungste.r8, consisting OF
two bouts of two rounds each, were
interesting bits of flying gloves and
spindling shanks. Slippery shoes
assisted in making the first rounds
rather laughable, but when. the boys
got into their stocking feet they
found the four corners of the gquaf-
ed circle with greater ease.
The four round contest between
Chubby Proctor and Ed. Cooper
proved both men consistant boxers
and willing mixers. Proctor was
twenty pounds the heavier, seemed
the stirdiest and obtained the de-
cision.
Frank Driver and Battling Chico
started out to do four rounds. Drtv-
e. is husky fighter, square on his
feet, while Chico was built more on
the plan of F'itzsinmons. twenty
pounds lighter than Driver with
reach that over Tapped Driver by
several inches but it availed him
little. About the middle of the
fourth Driver reached Chico with a
punch that caused. Chico to Wilt, and
the longer the referee counted the
nearer the canvas did Chico go until
at the count of ten he was prone in
his own coy corner. And it was
the only knockout of the evening.
Chico quickly recovered and walked
out of the ring but he did not take
any decision with him.
There was certainly some mixing
in the four round go between Fort
Worth George and Battling" Olagne
George was the taller and with the
longest reach, slammed into the
smaller fellow but Olague retaliated
closest decision of the evening when
the referee held up the hand CT Geor-
ge as winner.
Kid Snyder and Gilbert Gilroy were
both local boys scheduled for six
round contest. Snyder was appa,r
emily the favorite and there was All
evident sentiment in the air that
Snyder was expected to put Gilroy
away before the end of the sixth,
but Gilroy evidently had other in
tentions. He was still in the ring
and smiling when the bell sounded
on the close of the sixth. Snyder
continuously pummelled him and
Gilroy kept under cover letting the
blows fall Oh the padded gloves.
once in awhile breaking loose with
some punches and swings that kept
Snyder on the defensive fer a NOM
ent or two. Gilroy had a habit OF
stepping around the referee on the
breaks and coming at his man quick
ly but did not catch Snyder mapping.
Snyder was given the decision.
The main event, scheduled for ten
rounds between Fighting" Jack
Rooney, a popular local favorite, and
"Soldiec" Costello, was in the heavy
weight class, mostly. Rooney weigh
ed It's pounds while Costello's weight
was given as 1913. It is reported
that he weighed on the scales after
the fight 212 pounds. It was this
difference in weight and Costellos
capacity for punishment that permit
ted the contest to go the full ten
rounds, Costello is magnificent
piece of muscular mechanism and his
swings, if they had come in contact
with an adversary. would have spell
led trouble. Monday night, however
these swings were over under and
all around Rooney and so far as the
writer could perceive none of them
were effective, although in one in
stance when Costello had rushed
Rooney to the ropes with his mo
mentum of weight he landed on
Rconey's cheek but no evident dam
age was done. Rooney in the mean
time was placing well directed
punches straight from the shoulder
and from the waist. but they We G
absorbed by Costello without any
seeming let up. In the first round
Rooney found Costello's nose and
claret appeared In the second
Rooney connected with Costello's
jaw and Costello snit out couple
of teeth. After that the rounds were
much the same, Costello charging
and swinging without apparent eff
feet G. landing any decisive or dam
aging blows. Rooney kent landing
both rights and lefts in the solar
plexus. over the heart. on the jaw,
and almost anywhere else above the
belt but Costello assimulated the
bombardment and stood up forN more
In the fourth Costello gave Rooney
the knee in the groin and for a mo-
ment Rooney flinched howl of
foul went up but we are inclined