South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-26
BOXING AT NOTRE
DAME Is BECOMING
POPULAR PASTIME
Cahill and MCGOWAN TO Enter
Tourney-Halas Prepar-
ing for Michigan.
~ FIANk WALLACE.


While baseball games with DePauw
and Michigan and the all-important
Penn Relays crowd the weeks ath-
lctic card AZ Notre Dame. the manly
art OF boxing takes It's feet and an
swers Here frankie Cahul and
Danny MCGOWAN viii represent the
school IL a. 4. L. championship
tournament for the ccntra! states a.
Gary Friday night
Gold. silver and bronze medals will
be awarded by the Amateur Union
20 the winners Of the bouts. which
will include all recognized fighting
weights. All divisions from flyweight
10 lightweight inclusive viii meet on
Friday night and che heavier men
Will compete on Saturday evening.
The territory represented includes
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois Michigan and
other adjacent states in the Genital
division.
MCGOWAN Bantam.
Danny MCGOWAN will fight in the
bantamweight class az les pounds
and Cah4I viii be entered with the
Hghtweights at 135 pounds. Both
BOYS have been In fighting trim
throughout the entire school year,
Cahiu supplcmenting his training by
appearing in the Interhau track
meet. where he placed for Badin
hall I'm the 40 and 22O yard dashes.
Both Cahfl ana MCGOWAN have been
working out in the y. y. gym with
PADDY Burns. well known mauler.
rings this year. Burns viii be IN
the local boys corners at Gary.
CahHl will have more than an or
binary interest in the Gary afatir
due TO the possibility OF his meeting
an old rival in Hatfield, Of Culver.
While fighting under the colors Of
the ST. Johns military academy at
ManIius y. y. last year, the local
boy lost on points 90 Hatfield in a
dual meet between St. Johns and
Culver at the Indiana school. Hat
field has since won the Indiana
lightweight amateur title at Indian
apoIs and Cahill is anxious 20 re-
pair the injury TO his reputation by
clicking the champ in the Gary ring.
To Furnish Impetus.
The entrance of the ". ID. boxer.
into the Gary ring is expected to
furnish a fresh impetus TO the glove
game at the school Many boys Of
real ability are included in the
group which has performed at vari-
GUS club smokers during the year
and the movement to crystalize box
ing enthusiasm into something con-
crete will pronably be realized next
season Informal attempts were
made TO schedule dual meets with
both Culver and Indiana during the
year without success. The local
boosters Of the mitt game viii get
into the field early next season and
expect TO start a movement which
viii bring results.
Baseball practice was interfered
with Monday afternoon by rain but
Coach Halas viii have his men hard
at 10 for the two days before the
DePauw contest on Thursday. While
the Tigers have been more or l.ss
Of a weak sister on the diamond,
losing to both Purdue and Indiana.
Halas is taking no chances OF hav-
ing an ovcrconfident or unprepared
team.
The Michigan contest scheduled
for Saturday at the local field will
be the biggest home game of the
season and the event which vii
probably determine the success OF
the present year. If the local boy.
win from DePauw. both teams vii
enter the game with al the figh
Of indicated clubs but Michigan
has shown a stronger attack thar
the local crew 10 date and viii figh
to the hit in the contest which
means so much TO both teams. NOtrt
Dame will have the advantage o.
Che home field and viii he aided by
the support of organized cheering
and the university band.
Track prospects have been popped
Up consider 1iy by the exccuen
Showing % Tho Boc/lc entries al
Drake. In addition 90 the win OF
jlce Ealf-r1Ee ycam. Chet Wy1ne FIN
shed a scant foot 90 the rear o
Wright ard The mile team lost q
Tiiinc!s bv the narrow margin o.
two-fifths OF q second