The Washington times., 1921-03-22
SPRING SHOW
PLEASES FANS
Bateman Proves It Can Be Done
and Announces Another
Fight Card.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

J Joe Bateman. veteran ring expert,
handler of many tip-top scrappers
and late Great Lakes Naval Training
Station boxing instructor, may never:
have taken commercial course. but
! he certainly knows how to write a
good advertisement. The white
thatched matchmaker wrote himself
one big "ad" in sixty point caps at
Silver Spring, Nd. last night. And,
as Abercrombie Boone used to say,
"the whole town is talking, there is
much excitement" And all because
Bateman collected eight scrappers
who were willing to mix it, staked
his reputation on the encounters, and
then helped make the battling a sue
cess by providing a first-class ref
cree.
Bateman Is one of those quiet lit
tie men who figure things out nicely
hnd then goes ahead and performs,
And after the performance Bateman
says very little.
Some time ago Bateman decided to
stage a card at Silver Spring, Md. In
the face of one past performance and
he was responsible for, Bateman be-
lieved the thing could be done.
Last night at Silver Spring, a
'goodly gathering of ring followers,
somewhat skeptical, awaited proceed
: ings. The first bout. a 150-pound bat
tie between Sailor Kendrick. the Ana
: costa. Aviation Station lad, and Jum-
bo Eggleston, the Northeast thunder
bolt, was more than satisfying.
LADS WERE WILLING.
Eggleston and Kendrick toed up to
the scratch and proceeded to give the
fans their moneys worth through six
! rounds of speedy milling. The first
round was evenly contested with
plenty of action. In the second round
and third round Eggleston blasted
away at the sailor and all but put
him away. The Anacostion looked
groggy but came back in the fourth
to even up the battling. In the fifth
and sixth Kendrick displayed come
back which was nothing short of
marvellous.
Referee Bob Morris jumped right
into popularity by declaring the bout
draw.
John l. Smith and Eddie Morgan.
scaling at 1913 pounds, jumped into
the first round of their slated six
round 60, with some scientific stuff.
Smith packed chain lightning
punch which stung Morgan repeated
ly. A nifty slash to Morgan's left
eye closed the optic and in the sec
the count. 1t was fast while II
DUARTE IN TRIM.
Danny Duarte. the Great Lakes
naval station 'gob" and Kid Bowen.
haS< "a ha nj n
the ring for what proved to be a
slashing give-and-take bout. 900.
Duarte appeared IT, be in better
trim. displayed two very aggressive
hands, and white he fought with lit
tie display of covering up, got his
flows in with telling effect on
Bowen.
In the opener Duarte shaded
Bowen. The second and third rounds
full of long range wallops and furi-
Gus mixing at times were about even.
In the fourth Bowen had shade on
aggressiveness.
The Washington man failed twice
to cover up in going into clinches
IN the sixth and was severely laced
IN the midriff and on the nose. H
went into his corner quite messed
up at the close of the sixth and
came up for the seventh to receive
cent him reeling.
WENT DOWN SPINNING.
A well-timed left as he was spin.
ming sent Bowen down for the count
in the seventh. Bowen was badly
beaten, but game to the core.
The feature bout of the evening be-
tween Ted Muchic and Eddie Kelly
looked promising. Muchic appeared
stronger and in better condition than
Kelly.
The Atlantic fleet sailor waded right
into Kelly at the start. but found his
opponent quite willing A lot OF
glove fumbling and rushing by Muchic
found Kelly wary but insistent. The
"lrishman" appeared to know much