Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-11
PACKED HALL SEES.
MAIR|ls'E:ILLES BOUTS;
STAGE SMART CARD
ONE scRAPPER BREAKS HAND,
TERMINATING A GOOD GO IN
EAHLY sTAGEs--THg REFERe :
STOPS ANOTHER MATCH.
RESULTS AT MARselLLEs.

e.
Fighting John" Tonciili.Beile
bout forfeited TO Tonoilli because
of aeIie's non,appearanoe.
Terrible Bud" Coates beat
Kid kasei ToneiIle. Fight stopped
at the end Of the fifth by order Of
Toneille's, seconds. .
Tommy" voeco outweiahed
and outponted KID Harris in
their two.rourd exhibition bout.
'Battlne' Indy had shade
over Kelsey Walters OF Ottawa in
their bout, but Walters hurt his
ara, in the first round and the
bout was declared off.
Tommy vocco substituted for
Walters and went three rounds
with Indy for draw.
! he iifst OF a series of boxing exhi
btions 10 be held in Marseilles dur
Ing the cold weather was held last
night at the Aerican Legion hall thera
Last nights show was such suoceS Is
that any doubt as to whether future
ones will be held was dispelled by an
nouncenRpts by Referee Preston II
the end OF the bouts. .......
Although considerable hard luck
was in the hall last night. ag God
crowd v9s also there. sad the Mar.
settles fights were financial success
and will draw much better when moth
ing Csc is going on. The legion
dance IN Ottawa cut down on the fisht
crowd considerably.
As q curtain raiser Young Baritone
nf Joliet steppcd -four rounds with
Dick Doglio Of the paper city. Dick
was too heavy for the Joliet lad and
took every round The Joliet. lad,
being game. went the route. although
heavy punishment was inflicted upon
him.
Joe BuflO and Ed Nicholson Of Mar
Seiles then entered the ring for their
sch edule1 fourround fight. The first
round went to Nicholson. but both
lighters were cut about the face and
knocked off their feet several times.
Tue second started off just as bloody
rs tie first. but Nicholson then broke
his hand, and Referee Preston stopped
the bout
Fighting John" Toneill and Young
hl' LptI'' HOth VI WAL III IltS, were
scheduled to 90 six rounds, but Belle
did not appear. Tonielli then chal-
lengsa anyone at bis weight TO take
Bellies place. but no one would do it,
so the fight was declared Off.
The next bout. d sixround affair
between Terrible Bad" Coates and
Kid Kagel" Tonielli, was one OF the
best on the card and full of action
after the first round. In the first both
fighters seemed to be afraid to open
up or to start something and acted
like d couple of comedians. The round
was declared a draw Both fighters
came back strong in the second, and
some hard hitting and good mixing
was seen. Both seemed striving for
. knockout. The second round was
Toneilli's by a shade. The third
round saw Toneilli again going strong
and staggered Coates several times
with hard upper cuts and some south
paw jabs to the chin. The third was
Toneili's round by a good shaie
Coates came back strong in the fourth
and knocked Toneilli all over the ring
and staggered him several times with
rclnf by good shade Toneilli stag
gered to his corner to await the fftn
stanza, but was in no condition to 90
on. However, he was game and went
out for the fifth round Coates
startcl out for knockout and slam
medMToneilli all over the ring II
the hast few seconds of the round he
got Toneilli i ma corner and started
to work on him. When the gong
sounded for the end Of the round the
referee called the fight over seeing
thatssToncili was so far gone and TO
save him knockout The stopping
of the fifht made the fans angry and
cries Of robbery We're heard from the
followers Of Coates
The next treat on the program was
an exhibition tilt between Tommy
Vocco and Kid Harris. Tommy out
weighed his opponent about forty
Wounds ard was about one and one
half feet taller than the Kid" 50 the
fight was humorous because of the
size of the two men. Some snanpy
was was exhibited by the Kid
The Battling" Indy and Kelsey
Walters fight would have been a real
wind-up ii not for the accident in
thn first round IN that round both
fighters showed willing to mix it
and if II had not been for the hard
luck 81 Walters tho fans would have
seen a swell wind-un. With the in.
jury Of Walters, Tommy Vocco took
his place and went three rounds to a
draw with indy. Although there was
no heavy hitting the three rounds
showed some nice, clean lighting by
both men and was very good ex-
hibiti0n match
Tho fights we're well conducted and
every one who attended was well sat
isfed, but more room will have to be
secured for the coming bouts, because
large crowds will attend from. all parts
of the county. A date for the next
fight has not been set, but two Of the
matches have been announced. Harry
Jones Of Marseilles will meet Scott
Moore of Morris and Tommy Vocco
Will meet Kid George of Streator.
Battling" i.indy and Kelsey Walters
will also be matched again.
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