Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-21
CIVILIAN BOXER STARS
IN R|NCAT FORT MyER

Cards were stacked for boxing
entertainment provided entirely by
service men at the Army Navy show
of the Fort Myer Athletic Associa-
ton at: Fort Myer last night, but
some one slipped joker into the
deck. Cavalrymen and gobs gave the
crowd that damned the riding hall
thrills aplenty, but it was Il civilian
boxer that put up the best exhibition
of the evening. Chick Holbrook,
Seaman daley. gave Private Vince
Carbon, Fort Myers best bet in his
class, nifty lacing in six rounds
and displayed more boxing ability
and ring generalship than any other
scrapper who stepped into the arena.
~ that. Holbrook had to step live
ly to overcome the lighting Wop of
Troop Il, 3rd Cavalry. This Carbon
is IL left-handed boxer and his style
worried Holbrook not a little at the
outset. Chick gave the trooper a
warmssend-off. but Carbon came back
viciously in the second round and all
but won. The local boxer twice went
to the floor On both occasions, how
ever, he was benefited by the brief
rest, for Carbon made no effort to
follow the advantage when Holbrook
arose.
The third and fourth rounds were
fairly even, Carbon dashing in with
yigor. only to find nothing to hit. In
the last two sessions HolbroOk was
the aggreSSor and so punished his
adversary that there was no doubt as
to the winner, but the result might
have been different he'd Carbon been
more experienced. lie had Chick on
the ragged edge in the second round,
but failed to press the Doint.
ft.pf hot
contested, the Army taking two and the
Navy one. The only knockout in these
was technical affair scored by Danny
Duarte. the Boiling Field lightweight
He slammed Shifty Shifton, a Troop {;
soldier of the Sd Cavalry. numerically
from the start, and Referee Johnson
might we'll have stopped the mauling in
the NTH. But the arbiter waiter until
the middle of the sixth session before
declaring Duarte victor. During the
melee the game Shifton' was f1oored
seven times and took nine count in
four Of them.
Sergt. Matt Mcbride, Headquarters
Troop. Sd Cavalry, did some desperate
battling in the sixth round to get de-
cision over Seaman Weldy. sailor feath-
erweght. The COB had fought evenly
with the soldier up to the final set-to.
BruiSer MaXfield. Service Troop. Sd
Cavalry, and Carpenters Mate Hines.
rounds. with the former getting the de-
cision apparently because he was ag-
gressor the greater part of the way.
Wop Nitale and Beau Schmtt, Fort
Myer men. put up a rafting good pre-
liminary. These lightweights slashed
at Teach other for four rounds. with the
judges deciding that honors We're even.
To the crowd, Schmitt looked the better,
and he proved so in the extra round
fought. Vince Di Carlo and Eddie
Pabst. near lightweights of the fort,
spared for a few seconds. Then Vince
poked Eddie a couple in the jaw and
Eddie passed out. Ferral and Monroe,
colored soldiers from the Army War
College detachment, opened the pro-
gram. They went almost four rounds
before Ferral Topped.
The bouts were wen handled and a
more orderly crowd could not be found
than that which filled the post riding
hall. There were many women in the
assemblage.
Announcement was made that next
Monday night another show will be held.
in which the Fort Myer fist fingers will
be pitted against sailor mittmen of the
Washington navy yard.