Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-12
Superior Ring Experience
Gives Butte Idol Hair1ine
Advantage Over Falls Man
Boxers Battle Through IL Furious Rounds;
Carter Loses to Leidle; Mihelich
Hangs X. 0. on Brown.

Pete Bross lost a tough decision in
his II round bout with Joe Simonich
of Butte Wednesday night in a SCRAP
which went the full route and made
both of these fast welters 60 at lightn-
ing speed all the way. The local weller
could have been given a draw and it
would have been all right with both
the crowd and with Simonich, but
there was little d%issension at the re-
suit. The fight was ether an ever
proposition or it was Simonich's by a
shade, ard the latter decision was
made. The verdict of the judges was
Unanimous.
But Bross lost no prestige by not
winning, for he put up a pretty battle
all the way. He had to, for the Butte
fighter was watching for an opening
like a cat at all tines, and it vas only
blocking such as Bross has not shown
before that saved him from taking
some hard ones. And Pete, to the
satisfaction of the crowd, was stand
ing up in the place of his old crouch,
and exchanging blow for blow all the
time. There were very few hard wal
lops and much %infighting, with both
boys working flash jabs to the body
and head.
Simonich's experience and ring gen
eralship stood him in good stead and
he was using all his footwork to make
Brcss miss swings. Bross was missing
at time, but always recovered like a
flash and blocked anything which
Simonich offered. The total difference,
if there was any, was just that of the
experience of the two. One thing which
worked to the local welter's dlsad-
vantage was his hair, which persisted
in dropping down over his eyes. he
was continually having to raise q hand
to brush this back. which gave i N
onich several openings for darthke
jabs.
Outside of the orthodox nosebleed,
the only injury to either was a small
cut over Bross's eye which did no
damage but bled freely and .pilled con
siderable color over his face in the
losing sessions.
Pete had no dressing room comment
to make on the result other than TO
remark that Simonich was sure "a
tough hombre." Simonich was all praise
for Bross, and stated that Pete had
given him as tough a time as he had
ever had in the ring.
The early rounds looked even, with
both men coming up fresh from their
corners at every bell. BrOss had per-
haps a shade in the fourth, landing
more blows, but none which seemed TO
worry Joe. In the fifth. BrOss led out
strong, for the first 80 seconds and
then Simonich cut loose with his right
to the head and body, making Pete
miss frequently, and closing with a
hard right to Pete's body. 1t was
Simonich's round here. He continued
in the sixth canto, getting in a fair
margin of left and right jabs to the
chin and shifting late in the round to
body punches, using both his left and
right. Simonich also looked better IN
the eighth, when Bross seemed to be
slowing up and was missing swings.
In the last four sessions, BrOss was
back strong and working hard to get
punches by Simonich's beautiful block
ing. In fact, both men were saving
themselves all sorts of punishment by
superb blocking. In the tenth, Pete
got two nice blows in which came in
Quick succession. He caught Joe on
the shoulder with a right which swung
him partly off balance and around. n
followed up with a rip clout which
landed full on Simonich's chin and
shook him for a minute. Simonich
grinned and was out and fighting at
the bell.
In the semi-final go. which was 10
rounds of terrific slamming, batting
Leidle of Helena was given the decision
over Canadian Carter of Lethbrldge.
LeidIe looked exceedingly wary of Car
ter in the early rounds n was COW
ering closely, Carter trying to tempt
him into open fighting. Carter had
him groggy several times early IN the
fight and it looked at times as though
he would put the Helena middleweight
away, although he was returning blow
for blow. Leidle's punches were lack
ing steam, although he had no diff
Guilty in hitting Carter. Not until the
did Leidle stage q comeback. In
the seventh he knocked Carter off his
feet three times and was fighting hard
a knockout at the bell. The eighth
and ninth were even sessions. In the
final frame, Carter came out strong,
Leidle was all ready to mix and
carried the fight to the Lethbridge
man hard all the way and took the
round easily. Here might have been
another draw without much argument,
although the Judges were unanimous:
Jack Kohn, Butte heavy, substituted
in the six-round bout for Bert Nelson,
whom the physicians would not let into
the ring. Kohn fought Marine Ranieri
and the smaller local man gained the
favor of the crowd by carrying the
fighting all the way to his opponent,
who outweighed him a score of pounds
and had a far greater reach. Kohn
did not extend himself. but was careful
to allow the sturdy ex-leatherneck
a free swing. Ranieri could not hit
until he got in close. when the big Butte
man would be draped all over him.
ought to make q sweet show
ing against a man of his weight and
size. Kohn looked good, and it was too
bad that he also did not have d man
who could be in the ring with him on
equal footing.
Lew Mehilich of Butte had the east
est going in the preliminary, which was
scheduled for four rounds. He went
after Young Brown like a flash, and
the. fans had hardly time to. get a look
at. the boys before Mehilich scored a
to the chin and jaw and Young
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