Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-02-23
PETE BROSS SHOWS
BOYS He LEARNED
SOME THING IN EAST
Local Middleweight Uncorks
New Brand Of Punches and
Foot Work in Training.

Great Falls folks who have known
Pete Bross since he was small enough
to play in a pan of suds without bend
ing his knees saw him demonstrate
a brand of ring wares at the ''Y' gym
nasium Wednesday afternoon that he
had never before shown in his home
town. He meets Eddie Shepherd of
Salt Lake City Friday night in a II
round battle. the winning of which
would make him undisputed lightweight
champion of Montana. and after his
workout Wednesday the crowd that
ever that the invader has a fight on
his hands.
He began the workout with the usual
rope skipping and shadow boxing and
then took on a heavyweight whom the
local fighters knew only as big man
with a wallop and a disposition to use
it After one round the big fellow
rested while Pete fought the shadows
through the second period, and then
went in again. He lasted the round
out, but that was all. The big man is
an unknown here, but he has left
with which he has hit lot of people,
is active and a good ring general.
Bross repeatedly rocked him back on
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ducked and side stepped and blocked
his best offerings and left him little
better than a wreck at the end of the
two rounds.
Mixes 1t with Matt
Against Matt Bross, his kid brother,
Pete showed something more of what
he brought back from the dozen rings
in which he fought in the east since
last fall. Matt is nearly as big as
Pete, has a wicked punch and is one
of the best men in his class in the
state The kid was keen to make a
showing and brotherly love was for
gotten while he tried to put one across
that would count. Pete mostly salts
fled himself with defensive tactics. but
he let a couple slip that gave some
notion of how he works when at top
speed. Matt stopped one with his solar
plexus that made Pete hustle to get
an arm around him before he toppled
and several with his face that, despite
the blows being pulled brought him
up a-standing.
Not so much in the blows delivered
and received, as in his flashing speed,
ring tactics and terrific punching abil-
ity did Pete impress the crowd. Old
followers of the game declared that in
the fighter out on the floor they could
not recognize the man who had been
seen in several ring encounters here
before now.
Shepherd Works with Leo
Shepherd worked out with Kid Leo,
colored lightweight. and showed the
same aggressiveness that has been APP
parent in his former workouts. In
Leo. the Utah champ perhaps met his
match in cleverness and a fighter who.
although outweighed about 80 pounds,
would yield ground only when forced
back by the poundage of his opponent.
Leo landed frequently and once broke
through Shepherds guard to land on
his chin with force that set the IN
vader back couple Of PAGES.
A Shepherd characteristic that has
been evident in all his workouts is
brevity of temper that makes him
tiger-like when it appears. After Leo
had broken through with a succession
of singing punches. Shepherd started
an attack in which he gave the crowd
the impression that he was holding
nothing in reserve. Leo gave ground
before the onslaught. but did not quit
fighting and when Shepherds temper
cooled emerged but little the worse
for wear.
Has One-Two Punch
One of Shepherds frequently useo
tactics is an attitude of fierceness that
is fully justified by the savageness of
his methods. He has a way OF, colllng
into crouching, dancing. charging
fighting machine that rains blows from
any angle. The same as Bross. he
packs punch in either glove that can
easily stop a good fight with a knock
out Too, he has developed the one
two punch until it is a nice thing to
see, The blow is favorite of Jack
Dempsey's and it is said that Shep
herd learned it from the heavyweight
title holder.
Bross and Shepherd both passed a
physical examination before DR.. Leroy
Southmayd Wednesday at noon, ap-
pearing before the medico in the pink
of condition. Both will do light work