Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-28
Leo Stoke. Too Much For
Hugo Ryder, Who Quits At
The End OF Sixth Round;
Pal Duncan Is Game But /.
Outweighed And Out
classed By His Opponent.

Russie Leroy of Fargo, and Len
SchWabel, went ten rounds to a draw
IN the main bout Friday night held
under the auspices Of Company M,
164th Infantry in the Auditorium.
In the semi-final event., Leo Stokes
of Fargo. forced Hugo Ryder of
Grand FORKS, to quit at the end Of the
sixth round, and in the opening battle
Kid Miller of Grand Forks, knocked
out Pal Duncan, also of this city, in
the second round The bouts were
witnessed by the smallest crowd that
has attended a Company NJ card this
winter.
AS far as action went, it was the
best set of battles that has ever
been put on here. The main event
was without doubt the ~cleverest box
ing exhibition the fans have been
treated to-, Three rounds were even,
LeRoy vas given o u and Schwabel
three, but while neither boy had any
advantage owe the other in blows
landed, Schwabel must get the credit
for doing practically all Of the lead
Ing.
Start Carefully.
There were practically no blows of
any consequence landed in the first
two rounds. the first Of which was
declared even, and the second being
given to the Fargo boy by a shade. In
the third stanza LeRoy landed a
heavy right on Schwabel's paw that
Jared the St., Paul battler, but the
latter evened it up by a strong
finish. The round was even.
Schwabel took the third round. 1t
opened with a one-two exchange of
punches, but the Minnesotan scored
two heavy wallops to the head be-
fore the bell. He was trying hard
to land uppercuts.
Quits Boxing.
Leroy quit boxing in the fifth
round and took the next two stanzas,
Schwabel. seemed to slow up in these
two rounds, but shook of the leth-
argy and won the seventh and eighth.
h ninth was even and Leroy
won n tenth bv a shade. Both boys
were fighting hard the two final
rounds.
Leroy was seen to best advantage
here Friday. In his umerou APP
pearances before Grand Forks
crowds. he without a doubt, fought
his best fight against Schwabel. AL
though the st. Paul boy made him
miss repeatedly, he shows improve
ment. He has partially overcome the
FAULT of trying to land all his blows
while fitting about the ring and sets
himself to deliver his punches. His
left Is also better and he is hitting
harder.
Schwabci Clever.
Schwabel is a very clever boxer,
he has several different leads, which
he uses to good advantage and won
derful footwork. AS to speed there
is little to choose between.
The semi-final was a battle from
start IN finish 1Ehilo ~ loctaI Du14r
had nothing but two arms to hit with
and that is all he used them for. With
no defense he was a target for
stokes punches when ever the Fargo
battler dared to get close enough to
hit. The battle started from the first
gong and lasted until the end of the
sixth when Ryder quit and his Sec
ond threw in the spunge.
Gong Saved Him.
The gong saved the local man from
a knockout. Stokes began landing
telling blows in the third round.
ryder was continually running into
straight lefts. When he ducked his
head down to save his face, he neg
iected to cover up and the Fargo boy
pounded him with vicious uppercuts.
1t was two of these that spelled his
loom in the sixth, and he was hang
AA6 OA "HCA oCotlS LyNCl came 10
his rescue.
Ryder was dangerous every minute,
He is a mighty hitter, but needs con-
siderable experience before he tackles
q man like Stokes.
Pal Takes Count.
Pal Duncan met his Waterloo in
the opening event. 1t was a case of
a willing mixer without experience
up against a man who knows some
thing about taking advantage of his
opponents weakness. While Kid Mil
Ter is only a beginner, he has had
fights enough to give him the expert
ence necessary to put up a fairly
good battle.
Duncan tried to rush him a. the
opening Of the first round, but was
unable to connect up with any of his
heavy wallops. 1t was Miller's
round.
The beginning of the end was seen
IN h opening of the second round.
Miller connected repeatedly with his
lit. and with Duncan beginning to
get wobbly he landed a heavy right
to the jaw that drove the Pal to the
ropes. He followed it with a left
that put the Pal to sleep.
~STARKWEATHER IS