Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-01-14
METHODIST CLUB
PUTS ON CLASSY
BOXING PROGRAM
Booster Club Entertains
With Wrestling and Box
ing Bouts by Best Of Lo-
cal Talent.

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Last Friday night at the opera
House the Booster club staged Its
initial program for the season be-
fore very large and enthusiastic
house.
The program consisted OF two
wrestling matches and three bouts
of boxing. Bob Love and Frank
Powell each took fall and tied In
the third contest, neither one being
able to get fall in the five minute
limit
Frank Riddle took the first fall
from Joe Lynch in three times up,
both falling to secure fails IN the
other two times up,
I, The first boxing bout between
Lawrence Beaman and Geo. Wether-
by went to Beaman in the second
round Boxing partners at Bea-
| mans weight were not available and
Wetherby showed his true sport
manship by taking the ring with q
heavier opponent.
The second bout between Orlando
Mast and Ed. harrington went the
full three rounds with plenty OF ac-
ton and resulted in draw.
The real fire works of the evening
came In the last bout between Earl
White and Gene Gosset and the
house was jammed TO its utmost
capacity by til etime this event was
/ ready to so.
White has had considerable honors
as an amature flstic artist and both
White and his friends fully expected,
to see decision with capital ID
Gosset Is an ex-service man and
has had some of the training afT
forded in the Marine service and
made II his particular business to
see that Whites dreams did not
come true. If the innermost
thoughts Of those in Gosset's camp
were made known they were just as
confident that White did not have
the goods to stay the full five rounds
for which the bout was scheduled.
There was whole bushel Of sur
prises in store for both White and
Gosset and several bushels Of thrills
for the audience for be 1t said to the
credit of both contestants that they
each gave the crowd their best, and
there was not dull second from the
first gong until the end OF the bout.
In the first round White with the
echo Of the gong was In Gosset's
corner beating tottoo on Gosset's
neck and ribs before the second In
Gosset's corner could get his chair
out of the ring.
This was the signal for the fans
to uncork their enthusiasm and
Gosset untangled himself from this
unexpected rush and was soon fur
nishing White with all the return
goods he could store away.
In the second round Whites glove
and Gossets nose met In mid air and
produced a touch of red which was Z
l.albssaSe extra coIoring used in the
event.
There never was time when
either White or Gosset was In any
particular danger from his opponent,
1t being the general opinion OF the
crowd that White exhibited the
most science but did not have suf-
fcient kick behind his blows to
worry Gosset very much while on
the other hand Gosset had more
steam behind his blows but did not
have the wind to back up his pun
ches
On the whole 1t was an exhibition
Of clean sport put on by the boys OF
the Booster club to raise money to
equip their gym. in the basement of
the M. e. Church, and the crowd en-
tered into the spirit OF the plan and
donated forty dollars In about three
minutes time, as there was no charge
made for admission.
Fred Skillings refereed the wrest-
ling matches and Joe Yturri the box
ing contests and both men showed
themselves capable of pleasing both
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