Indiana daily times., 1922-02-03
PreLina Scraps Best
on Boxing Program
at Soldiers ShOW
Main Go Ends in First Round
When Brooks Lands Sleep
Punch.
BY HEZE CLARK.

In the first round Of a scheduled eight
rond boxing match at FIT. Benjamin Har-
rtson last night, Jack Brooks, colored,
put a sleep punch on Young Wolcott, col
ored. The sudden ending of the bout was
a disappointment to the boxing fans.
Wolc0tt started after Brooks in whir'-
wind style and punched him all over the
ring IN the early part Of the first round.
Brooks opened Up and seemed TO stage
comeback and with a wild left hook
to the jaw sent Wolcott 30 the canvas.
There were two goou bouts on the Ft.
Harrison card last night. The semi
windup between Tony Dalton and Ray
Welch pleased the crowd as far as fight
ing goes, but many thought that Welch
should have been given the decision. The
bout was declared a draw. The other
bout that proved real feature was the
Harry Dempsey four round affair with
Howard De Witt. These little 115-pouRd
boxers are exceptionally clever. They
fought the cleanest, fastest match that
has been seen in any show staged by the
Ft. Harrison Athletic Club. Both boys
were cheered as they left the ring. The
bout was a draw.
Sidney Click was scheduled to meet
Tony Dalton in the semi-windup. six
round match, but Click is I'll with the
flu. Welch was substituted and he
proved himself to be a real boxer. The
match was fast. Both were different style
fighters and the boxing fans liked
Welchs style best. He was aggressive
and had the reach over Dalton, but the
men exchanged blow for blow, and what
Dalton lacked in aggressiveness he made
up in the amount of steam put in each
punch. Dalton seemed to hit harder than
Welch, and in almost every exchange
of blows it was an even break, although
| Dalton constantly kept close to the ropes
and forced his taller opponent to rusl
him. If either athlete had an edge in
/ those six rounds the margin was so slight
that few. If any, professional boxing
l referees would
! other than draw
Kid Mccoy, the tail middIeweight
! fighter who a week ago won his four
round preliminary at Ft. Harrison, was
again in the ring last night, but his op-
! pOnent did not appear. Battling Ed
wards, who said he was from Lima, Ohio,
was substituted. Edwards was many
pounds over weight last night and the
| bout brought only laughter from the
boxing fans. Mccoy slammed a short
amidships, and then the referee counted
| ten in the second round and the seconds
| carried Edwards to his corner.
Bud Green and KID Wirth met in the
! first fourrOund bout Of the show. Green
did not seem to enjoy the amount Of
| kick that Wirth had in each and every
/ punch. Time after time Green would
/ sink to the canvas and take the count
| Of nine to escape punishment. In the
/ third round Green did not get up at
nine and the referee counted ten. Green
appeared to be delighted that the bout
( was over. Kid Wirth is a fighter. This
| boy, if taken under the wing of some
good boxing teacher will be seen In
some of the big bouts before many
weeks. He is a willing fighter with q
| kick in either glove and he should be
matched with some good boxer in some
of the future Ft. Harrison show.
Jack Morgan, who, ten years ago, was
| the best-known boxer in Indiana, was
/ introduced and announced that he was
training a fighter named Bill Winters
who he wanted to match with Joe Rivers
( the fighting soldier of Ft. Harrison. Billy
Schober, wrestler, was introduced last
night and the indianapolis athletes is-
sued a challenge to Jack Reynolds, the
wrestler who has been winning many
matches in indianapolis recently.
| Captain Coulter, who is in charge Of
the Ft. Harrison boxing shows, today
announced that one of the big features
on next weeks boxing show at Ft. Harri-
son would be a battle royal. He stated
he planned to put eight negro boxers in
the battle royal and offer a purse large
fenough to the WHINE rthat the boxing
fans would be sure to see some real ac-
tion.