Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-07
DXING LID is
lifted DURING
GALA EVENING
s Show Highly Entertain
Lots of Action, Lots of
laughs an EVERYTHING.
IL HOUSE SEES BOUTS

lessional boxing was ushered back
~ indianapolis last night amid
les, wild cheers. laughs and twenty
rounds of fisticuff thrills. 1t
" was q successful come back for
sreat sport of -and-take and
lson Hall was packed to the doors
BIS attracted there to witness the
carnival staged under the auspices
Elks. the earnings of which were
bolster the charity fund of the
tation.
great crowd was orderly and
with It's applause for all boxers
a. From the very start of the
prelim until the windup OF Inc
10, the program was as successful
Id be expected. There were no
outs! but despite this the action
|zFarrific in spots and the absence OF
outs was caused only by the fact
fall the athletes participating were
top physical condition and grOomed
nicety for their performances.
kingsfders were slightly rusty IN
hg all the points, especially in the
where the principals seemed evenly
eh, but in the main go between
yweights, the latter was so far IN
Head that even the newest boxing
#oner had no trouble in deciding
was who. Virgins had it all over his
gnent from Akron, Ohio. and on TWO
lsions a Knockout was near. Chuck
i Y rained blows on KrOhn and nearly
I his opponent out in the second and
9TH sessions.
inc of the fans, especially the hard
Ad" boys, thought that Chuck should
Aaattened his man, but they failed to
INTO consideration that KrOhn is
"a and mighty hard to handle. He
good shape and capable Of stand
~ under terrific punishment, and
did. Chuck hit him with every
IS lbut Just when Krohn seemed on
zSofnt of fading he would recuper-
S*hd last the round out.
al years ago KrOhn outpotnted wig
sskhTt last night the Akron boxer was
10 remain the ten rounds simply
Ne he had the nerve to stay up.
the other bouts the consensus OF
q seemed to be that frankie Mel
= armed the decision over X. o.. Nc
I'D, Bobbie Lee shaded Bob Bridges
Surprise finish and Jimmy Dalton
Xnt.tled to a hair-line decision over
{ liz Nessler of Cincinnati. With the
sion Of Krohn and Nessler, the box
81 y rticipating were from this city
u demonstrating that though the sport
en under the ban here, the young
heir dukes"
tps not only helped boost the
boxing prestige by sending krohn
Akron with a well plastered race,
also helped swell the Elks char
by donatln 500 10 the GauSg'
rs act Chuck drew quite hand'
a
six-round affair between Bob
n and Bobbie Lee, welterweig hts,
Il ycorker. First one boy would lead
ben the other. The pace was fasG
3he start and the fans were amazed
ability Of the two to keep going.
seemed to have a slight edge
e final round arrived, but in that
81 Lee cut loose with a garrison
4 hat had Bridges sinking to the
when the stanza closed.
s announced that the next boxing
7ouId be staged at Tomlinson Han
:, Feb. q under the auspices OF
ogresS Athletic Club. Tommy
was announced as MATCHMAKER
~ promises a high class card. The
m the city commission is to permit
#about every two weeks Inc Ie-
will hold the third show and the
Fans Of Foreign Wars the fourth.
81 arrangement SEEMS ~ ANS0N 'A1-
al approval.
gstde speeches were delivered by
es B. Orbison and Charles a. Book
r in which they put in good word
he glove sport Mayor Shank then
Assed the crowd from an upper box
sbe crowd yelled and laughed its ap-
& of his talk on boxing.
~ those introduced was Battling
d, the fighting COP" who asplres
Ii Chicago's pugilist copper, Al
Patsy Mcmahon, south SIDE
"a harp" and Jack Reynolds,
e, also were introduced
i Druley. Virgins manager, didn't
Auch to do between rounds. Chuck
Torn enough to call for any spe-
ention by his seconds.
istle was used IN place of bell.
ded like 1t had been borrowed
traffic cop.
he Lee and Bob Bridges were so
III to get under way that they near
ed the ropes down while waiting
start.
es Barry and Dillon displayed
ability in handling the bouts.
pt the boxers moving and shifted
the ring themselves without OBJ
the view of any fans.