Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-03
GOATS" DOG WINS
REFEREES DECISION
OVER JACK DUFFY.
MANY FANS CROWD INTO MA.
JEsTIc THEATER TO SEE BOUTS
WADE COTTON sKIRMIsH
CALLED mo CONTEST" BY THE
REFEREE,

Goats Doig, ruler Of the wcltei.
weight pueilistlc circles around
Spring Valley played the role Of the
COM back Nd" 10 perfection last
night when he won referees decl.
sion over Jack nulIy nusHy Chicago
welterWeight in 4 tanr0und encounter
at the MaiasaiC theater in La Sale.
Goats didn't stop to pick any flow.
ers at all In his fight with the chi.
casoan, but kept up his steady pace
throughout the contest and had prac.
tcally every round to his credit
Big Comeback for Goats"
III was a glorious comeback for the
Spring Valley charge, and 1t was his
frst fight for long time. Last fan
Dolg who is member of the In Sale
Independents, professional football
eleven, sustained injuries which kept
him out Of the ring events until last
night But he showed great form last
night and showed his regular old style
OF lighting, which greatly amused the
large throng OF fans gathered at the
ringside.
When the gong sounded for the
start of the first round, DOig wadod
in. hammer and tongs. and sent raft
of rights and left to the face and body
OF his opponent and it was right then
and there that the fans werc disap.
pointed at the showing made by Duffy.
Duffy Highly Advertised
This Duffy person had been highly
advertised as some stopper. He is
credited with thirteen knockouts, has
never been put to sleep himself and
has only been stopped twice. because
OF broken bones But last night DOig
put damper on him and forced him
at his third stop. Duffy just returned
from a tour Of the east, where he
fought Harry Grcb, the famous Pitts.
bureh weltcrweight; Frank CarbOne.
JOCK Malone and several other tough
welterweiehts, and fans expected to
see real battle when he mixed
things with Doig However the
Spring VALLEY fighter led tho fighting
all the way through and had his op-
ponent beaten at every stage Of the
fight. It was one Of the best fights
that Goats Doig has put on since
he has been a performer in the ring.
Wade Breaks Hand.
In the windup of the card fans were
Sorely disappointed when Sam Hail.
referee announced the ten.round bat
tie between Sammy Wade Pekin won.
der, and Kid Cotton OF Chicago as a
no contest due to the fact that Cot
ton refused to fight and Wade broke
his right hand in the fifth round when
it was stopped.
Wade was supposed to have fought
Sammy Frazer of Chicago at 1874
pounds. However, when the time Of
the fight came Fragor was ten pounds
overweight and officials refused to let
MN enter the ring against the Pekin
hid. Cotton was substituted for
trager but put up a poor fight as
long as it lasted Wade led all the
hghting during the time he was in
the ring. Then in the early part OF
the fifth frame he broke his right
hand. Han then announced that Wade
had fractured that member of his
body and stating that along with the
TACT that Cotton wouldn't fight he was
forced to call it a mo contest"
x. o. in First Round.
In the curtain raiser six.round
encounter between Kid Murray of
Peru and Kid Friedrich of La Sale.
the latter was knocked out after
thirty seconds of fighting The two
lads were no more than started to do
battle when Murray rocked one from
the deep and the Friedrich kid heard
the brides sing. He dropped to the
mat and the refereee counted him out.
Shedd and Wilson Draw.
kid Shedd OF StreatOr and Neal
Wilson of Spring Valley fought six
rounds to a draw as the second fea.
ture of the program Tho contest
was an interesting one and was en-,
Ioyed by the fans.
The crowd was reported as being
one Of the biggest to attend a fight