Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-12

Pete BrOSS came Dack, came Dack
strong-and came back to stay.
Substituted at the eleventh hour to
meet Eddie Ehepherd of Salt Lake City
in a scheduled - rounS go for Jimmy
Delaney, st. Paul flash, who was un.
able to meet the Mormon because of
an infected arm. the Great Falls
battler peat Shepherd for the most of
eight rounds in the fastest, hardest
hitting scrap staged here in q lot of
moons. -,
Bross won the fight decisively with
terrific blows to Shepherds short
ribs and hard jabs to his chin in the
fifth round, but the plucky Salt lake
lad hung on for the last minute of the
round and gained it out for two more
full rounds. His second threw in the
towel in the eighth round, with Shep-
herd so dazed that he hardly knew
what it was all about. Pete's husky
brothers rushed into the ring and car
ried him triumphantly to his corner.
He had won a wonderful fight.
Fought Like Gagged Partners
The skeptical who went to view the
fight with many misgivings and a feel
ing of a%ntagonism toward the whole at
fair because of the unfortunate termi-
nation of the Delaney-Shepherd sched-
uled encounter, stayed to watch a bat
tie fast and furious. With boxing
c~leverness thrown to the winds the
bovs fought like a couple of Gagged
nanthers for five terrific rounds. OF
necessity in the sixth they slowed
down, but fought vicious2y at inter
walls. Shepherd was groggy in the
seventh. but stayed on sheer nerve and
took his punishment. To the casual
he looked good for a couple of more
rounds and he would probably have
hung on and lasted. but to the boys in
his corner he appeared to be through
and they threw in the towel
In his fight with Johnny Nlchois
here in March. Bross came awfully
close TO making himself permanently
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS he adopted fight
ing tactics disliked by fans who like
to see a stand up and paste EN-
sort of scrap. His crouch and cover,
ing up brought growls of disapproval
from the boys who were his best
friends. There were a few who said
that he was through. But they didn't
know. And even Pete wasn't sure just
what was wrong. Tuesday night
fight solved the problem to every
body's satisfaction. including Pete S.
The boys in his corner made him win
the fight.
Bross Back On Pedestal
With Billy Rose, manager of Earl
France. the fighting lawyer. and a
stable manager of .rher popular
battlers. as king of his seconds, and
with Jimmy Delaney. who has learned
ell the tricks of the game from the
best in the trade, also in his corner,
Bross went out to meet Shepherd at
his own game, open fighting. and ''on
a victory that had all of his old friends
hollering for joy and placed him back
on the pedestal as Great Falls most
popular fighter and i~ntermountain
middleweight champion.
Rose announced Tuesday night that
he will take Bross into his stable and
will handle the Great Falls lad in flu
ture fights. With Rose as his man
ager, Bross' future has a much roster
hue and he should work into the class
of top notchers who trail in the wake
of a mill with the champion.
Asked if he signaled for his sec
onds to throw in the towel, Shepherd
said that he did not. that he was sur
prised when they stopped the tight.
He refused to on the fight.
except to say that he was very tired
and his arms were numb. He offered
no abb and did not crab the action
of his seconds. He simply sat silently
in his dressing room while friends
crowded in with words of encourage
ment and praise for the wonderful
fight that he had made.
Bross Was Happy
In Bross' room there was a riot
and he was almost smothered by fans
who crawled over each other to shake
his hand. And he grinned happily be-
cause he was again the idol of Great
Falls fighters.
The most popular fight card that
could have been arranged for Great
Falls nearly fell flat Tuesday when