The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-21
BOUTS AT S|TKA ATTRACT
 BIG ATTENDANCE
Six Boxing Bouts and Wrest- ling Match Are Staged at
 Successful Smoker.
Special Correspondence. )

SlTkA, Alaska, March 2u.-FlNe lOXing bouts and a wrestling match wore staged by tho local post of the American Legion at smoker here Thursday night, attended by virtually the entire male population.
 The preliminary was d kid at- fair," Willie l1anlon winning dc cision over George S2rvcla on points after three rounds.
 l The second bout YVES three round mixrp between George Knapp, weight 1S9 pounds and A.. 1 Bartlebaugh 152 pounds, in which l the decision was given Bartlebaugh on a foul in the first round From | Itha way they mixed, there was cvi- dently bad blood at the start.
 The next was thrce-round go between Peter Sing, sand Infantry i136 pounds and Shorty Walliser, U. S. Navy, 128 pounds. This was the fastest, gamest and cleane5t bout of the evening. Decision was given to Sing on points. The crowd ahowed enthusiasm for Shorty 8 | gamencss and comeback and was i highly pleased with Sings elbow l tactics. Sing, besides having had years of ring experience, outweigh ed Shorty eight pounds.
 Wrestling Match.
 In the wrestling match between Nick Trierschield, ITO pounds vs | Percy Hirst, 150 pounds, Triers- enfield got the first fall in eight min 1 tes 40 secondss, and the second ! fall in one minute 40 seconds, Both are experienced wrestlers but the weight favored Trierschield.
 The fifth bout was one of four rounds-Arthur Hirst, 159 pounds ] vs Geo. Allard, 140 pounds. It 1 was fast and furious. Allard, out weighed and outreached, went fast until the last round when the gong saved him from 2 knockout, as he hung on the ropes. Decision went 10 Hirst.
 l The Allard family reversed mat tors in the main event, however, when Peter Allard of Sitka, put away Pierce of the Navy via the ] knockout rout The men are heavy weights, each tipping the scales at 172 pounds.
 Saved by Gong.
 At- the opening of the bout Pierce showed great speed and head work, ] forcing Allard to the ropes and landing two stiff jolts to the jaw 1 AlIard kept his head, however and awaited his opportunity, which came in the last few seconds of the round when he landed a .haymaker to the body which all but put Pierce out The gong sounded before A l lard could follow up his advantage.
 Pierce had pticcably slowed up wfen the second round opened ani from then on it was all Allard. The Sitka sCrapper foored Pierce for q count of nine in the first minute of the fracas and repeated with a vicious punch to the jaw in the closing seconds of the round. The gong again prevented a knockout.
 Knock Out in Third.
 The finish came about two sec ends after the gong had sounde for the third round. Pierce, game but outclassed, staggered from his corner and walked into a punch 10 the jaw that sent him in heap on the floor, completely knocked cut.
 Fight fans all agree it was the fastest smoker ever staged here, every man working for a K. o. from the first round.
 Officers: Referee, Jack Lersten; timekeepers. F. P. Ulrich, E. NJ. Goddard; judges, H. D. stabler James Hurley, H. ] Collins. The Sitka Band contributed selection, during the evening.
 EnoUgb credit cannot be given to Waldo Mills, E. NJ. Policy. Peter Dempsey and Alfred Tilson, com mittee in charge, for the energetic manner in which they tackled the arrangements, resulting in what i- claimed 10 be as fine program as ever given in the North.