South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
Here Is the Bout
Explained to the
Fair Fight Fans
Vivid Description Given for
the Benefit of the Girls"
Who Don't ''Compre.'
By MARGARET FRESHLEY

- -'A4A4A ~ II IT ~ 4
A true and unbia sed account Of a
boxing match. told in manner
understandable 10 women-thats
what this Is. and il has been made
necessary by sports editors i'm gem
eral who persist in saying things so
that nobody (meaniug we girls) can
tigure them out. Plain English is
our motto, to-wit:
There was a program Of boxing
matches at the Century theater in
Mishawaka Tuesday evening. The
mayor OF Mishawaka. and Sheriff
Lew Duck, of South Bend. as well
as the owner of The News-Times
land most Of the help and a lot Of
other society folks were there. in
Guiding a number OF women (Which
Is why we are writing this artlcle)
A square place, set of with white
ropes, was fixed 10 on the stage
that was where they boxed. The
first two on the program were mere
boys. and the plump person who
acted rs general manager said they
weighed 112 pounds. One was
blonde and one was brunette. and
they were both awfuIly cute, al-
though personally We liked the bru-
nette the best because after he got
10 dancing around his hair fell down
on his forehead i'm the incest spit
curlS you ever saw.
Another Use for Rosin.
They scrared their feet on some
powder that was put on the floor.
ffTnn
rosln- thought rOsin was for use
on violins to keep them from
squeaking and L didn't just under
stand il, but he looked real serious.
so / guess he wasn't trying to kid
mel.
Whenever these two BOYS cot to
going pretty good, the referee, q
man in pink shirt so pink it could
NJ be any pinker, would say
break" and they would break
meaning they would stop embracing
each other. A bell rang frequently
and then they would go back and
sit on their chairs and a group OF
men would gather around and vast
their faces and feed them oranges
and wave a towel at them. Their
they would start in again to hit
each other.
That's the way they kept it up al
evening. When two mon would gel
tired, they would bring on two more
and two more, etc
One Of them got a bloody nose
and 1 was just getting ready to e
down and tell them 10 put q cold
silver knife on the back of his neck
ia stop it when the bell rang and
they stopped ii anyway. Another
man got a tooth knocked loose. and
he spit il out just as if he was il
the habit Of getting his teeth knock
ed out. ] was quite sorry fer him
| being young, and l hate TO see a
young man start lie with false
teeth. Once he fell down, too, ans
/ the referee. getting disguised was
going to give him just until nc
counted 10 TO get up and not spoil
| the show. but tho bell rang again
| (the bell seemed to come in awfdIly
/ handy so everything was ali right
ana nobody got mad about IT,
Few Suggestions.
Al1N4l-5 SoL III Nubn All the pro
gram, I thought Of u few sugges-
I tons that the mar agemeut might
incorporate TO make the entertain
ment more pleasing.
40. THE mOnotony might be
broken by having music betweer
/ acts. or something like that 20 add
little variety.
No. Eff they would serve
/ oranges to the audience. it would
he much more polite. Buying them
I I'm large quantities would lower the
/ cost, and the audience would surely
appreciate them.
No. 3.-Have the referee wear
neutral or pastel shades. o rest the
| eyes Of the audience
No. 4-Bar gum at the door
I CThe man behind me got me SO inter
csted I'm the rythm with which hl
chewcd, that I sometimes forgot 70
watch the main attractionD
No. 5.-IIave someone to save the
teeth. Maybe they could be used
again.
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