Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-10
FARGO FLASH, AND
!. GEORGE BOWER OF ROSE
ROOM FIGHT PRETTY DRAW

and fought on the defense. After
some cautious maneuvering he man
aged to get in a light blow to the
head. Leroy'S round.
Round Eight
Opened with even exchange of
blows. Leroy missed a hard right.
cd in a left to the jaw. Leroy return
ed with a right hook to the head. The
lighters clinched freely in this round,
which ended with a few scattering
blows. Draw.
Round Nine.
After sparring a few seconds
Bowers landed a right to the head.
following with left to the cheek. Like
a flash Leroy sailed into him and
landed a hard left to the cheek.
Bowers was placed on the defense the
rest of the round. Draw.
Round Ten.
Leroy opened with a left to the
face, taking the aggressive. Bowers
fell into a clinch, n in the break
passed right to the head. A few
scattering blows followed, neither
fighter doing any damage. The mill
ing in this round was fast and furious,
each fighter determined to win the
honors. They fell into a clinch at the
tap of the gong. Draw.
Semi wind-up.
Baily IN Lawrence opened eau
tiously, feeling each other out.
Neither scored and only a few scatter
ing blows landed. The first round
was a draw. The second round went
to Lawrence who got in a couple of
wicked body blows to his advantage.
Tho 1phtinp uaS rofhor cInu with
Baily sending in some wicked punches
that the St. Pau lad blocked cleverly.
IN the third round Baily commenced
singing wild, but managed to score
enough points for a draw. Lawrence
took he aggressive in the fourth round
but received some wicked punches at
the hands of his opponent. At the
end OF the round he squared things by
a blow to the'face. In the fifth round
neither fighter delivered a telling
blow. The sixth ad seventh were
draws with Baily on the %offense. but
the cleverness of Lawrence in meeting
his nan and scoring squared matters.
The last three rounds went to Baily,
who lead the fighting throughout and
worked in some cruel punches. Baily
is a faster maj and packs an awful
Wallop n Lawrence saved himself
lots of punishment by clever guard
ing.
In the curtain raiser Red" Iago
won five rounds, two were draws and
Pillar won the last. The St. Paul
lighter took an awful lot of punish
ment, and won the respect of all the
fans for his furious fighting and
gameness throughout. Iago drives a
powerful leather. but his inexperience
made him erratic. He undoubtedly
has the making of a real fighter.
Tho HTnUA - 1s$tJ@ ef~r, -,
showing up, but when 1t did come it
practically filled the house. 1t was
one Of the largest gathering Of fight
fans in the history of the city. Alvin
Purcell. who promoted the affair I'M
der the auspices of Company M, N. d.
n. G., was we'll pleased with the re-
suit, and to him is due credit for the
success Of his debut into the field of
the promoters.
While waiting for the stragglers,
the Grand Forks city band enlivened
the gathering with it's music, and also
played between bouts. Joe Rabino-
vlch liz the announcing in his usual
effective manner and in addition pre-
scented a number Of challenges that
brought rounds Of applause from the
audience showing their keen interest
challenged the winner of. the Lawr-
ence-Baily bout, and Perry Bliven
recognized light w~elterweight cham
pion Of the northwest, threw his hat
IL the ring TO meet any light welter-
weight in the country. Albert Berg
land of Fargo, and formerly of Grand
Forks. challenged Bun Dietz of this
city to a wrestling match. Spike"
~Tharaldson of Fargo. who also lived
in this city at one time, issued a chal-
lenge to meet any wrestler. Tsoumpas
of this city accepted his challenge.
In the first two bouts Dutch" Lawr-
ence Vas third man in the ring, and
refereed to the satisfaction Of all.
Tommy Gibbons of st. Paul crawled
through the ropes to referee the main
so. n was given an ovation by the
fans gathered. When Tommy called
break away the lighters needed no
more urging, and hence this bout was
! greatly enlivened by the presence of
the popular fighter. Bill Saul pre-
! sided at the bell.