The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-16
BOXING MATCH
SATURDAY EVE
Julius Wirth, Local Lightweight, t,
Tackle Frank Backley, Boxer
Wrestler, of Aberdeen


Tackle Frank Backley, Boxer
Wrestler, of Aberdeen
SEVEN FAST ROUNDS OF MIXING
LEGAL Luminaries Will Appear on
Program in Preliminaries
What promises to be the best ath-
letic event held in Oakes for number
of years is scheduled to take place in
the C. M. C. hall next Saturday night
when julius Wirth, local lightweight,
meets Frank Backley, boxer-wrestler,
of Aberdeen, in seven round 60.
Backley appeared here some time
ago In a wrestling bout with Glenn
Hagensick, and, while he was .consid-
erably outweighed by his opponent, he
gave a mighty good account Of him
self. While here he announced him
self as willing to meet julius Wirth
in a boxing match. This was the first
intimation local fans had that Back
ley, in addition to being top notch
wrestler, sometimes donned the gloves.
Wirth was approached and expressed
himself as willing to take on the Wis
itor if given a little time in which to
fit himself for the contest.
When the negotiations started Ken
meth Bush was chosen to act as pro-
-n,oter, but later the matter was taken
up by theeLegion and that organiza-
ton decided to sponsor the bout.
In addition to the main battle sew
eral preliminaries will be staged by
local athletes, and it promises to be
. large evening. George Washington
Brown, the black terror, will endeavor
to smear destruction over the features
Of one Patrick Casey, the fighting
harp. This argument will be presided
over by Michael O'Farrity, who, judg-
ing from, his name, we take to be
man Of Scandinavian descent. II any
body gets knocked out in this bout It
is more than likely to be the referee.
Five. Oakes huskies will ..'partici-
pate" in battle royal, with no favor
ties shown. In this assassination
nothing will be barred except kicking
the spectators. Some man with lots
of nerve and q bomb proof head will
be selected to referee this fight; per-
hapss Bill Singleton or .Wrennie Will
liams will act. Either Of, these. gem
tlemen is always willing to take a
chance if. the ante isn't too high.
But let's talk a, little about the
main event Of the. evening. Backley
is Finlander whose middle name is
tough" and if he can fight like he
can wrestle Mr.. Wirth is ih for a lively
time. And don't ever get it into your
head that the latter can't battle, eth
er. We coaxed Carl Bowerman to
put the gloves on with him the other
day Just for little excitement. Of
course, we thought Wirth would go a
little easy, but he didn't seem to look
at it that way. He carved his initials
in Carl's nose, caved in his stomach
and changed his map generally, while
Carl managed to get in several pref
ty healthy wallops himself. But the
little fellow likes it. A smash in the
face has just about as much effect on
him as asking deadbeat to pay his
bills.
We don't know whether he is real
top notch boxer or not, but we do
know that he can "take it," which
helps q lot.
A special effort will be made to
persuade the ladies to attend this en-
tertainment. When people wish to
make a real success Of anything they
have to get the cooperation Of the
fair sex. Ladies with male escorts
will be admitted free, and they are
assured that nothing Objectionable
will be permitted. No smoking, loud
talking or profanity is going to be
tolerated, and if the ladies will come
it will aid materially in making the
affair the success it should be.
The preliminaries start promptly
at 9 o'clock, which will give those
who wish an opportunity to attend
the picture show before coming to see
the boxing contests. Ringside seats,
Of which only thirty will be sold, are
selling at $1.00; main floor so cents
and balcony 25 cents. Tickets are
now on sale at the Point billiard par
lors.
There is a great deal Of sickness
about town. Influenza and scarlet fe-
yer are quite prevalent, so many peo-
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