The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-07
Cham ioitship Bout
a Dram; knockouts
In PYelinliIl1ries

III JEEIUlLuQELGS
Those that attended the boxing ex-
hibition given last night at the Armory
were we'll repaid for going for every
minute OF the evening was filed with
something doing. There was not one
minute that Jagged along.
Although the management had ar.
ranged with The Elks band to plsy
during the ev sninS. at et.. very Lust
moment the baa coclc n t keen its
due - tie sast tina. a
meeting Of this NIB re lu,re L the IT.
tendance OF every member, tterefcr,.
there was NO music as had been ad-
vertiscd.
The preliminary bout between two
darkies furnished the vaudeville act.
There was not even q trace of sci
ence in any of the blows started but
the crowd did not care about that
all they wanted was to see the fun.
Snowfall Bill" was the most aggres-
sive during the three rounds that this
bout lasted but Young Peter Jack
son. regular comedian that should
be in the films instead OF pushing a
truck on the docks was a little bit too
much for SNOWFALL and il some of
Jacksons swings had landed earlier
in the game it would not have lasted
the three rounds. In the third. Jack
son started swing down from the
cellar some place aud by some acct
dent caught the ''Snowball' right
plumb amidships. That's all there
was to it; the SNOWFALL melted into
a pile. holding his solar plexus as we'll
as he could and did not have enough
ambition left to get Up. 1t was a
regulation solar plexus knockout.
The winner was awarded bunch Of
loose change thrown into the ring
with which he should buy himself
pair Of fighting trunks il he keeps on
following this game His overall cos
tune several times during the bout
threatened to come off and if it had
not been for the helpful efforts of
Referee Jack Martin. the crowd
would have been treated to a fire pie
ture of September Adam.
The next bout billed was that be-
tween the hotel boys but duty kept
them late and they did not get there
in time to appear when the bell rang
for their bout. Instead. the semi
final bout was put on betweea Young
SChafIer and Eddie Wallace. This
was to go six rounds hut only lasted
two. Wallace had considerably more
weight than Schaffer and it told. 1t
was Ike battieship compared to a
cruiser Schaffer put up a game fight
but was knocked out in the second
round The first round started with
a rush. both boys anxious to mix it
up; Schaffer caught Wallace with a
wicked swing that looked as if it hurt
and it had the effect of sending Wal
lace to the canvas. At the count of
six Wallace got up fresh as ever and
started sparring like a good fellow
and towards the end of the round had
Schafier groggy. The second round
was short, only few blows being
struck. for Wallace had found Schaf
fer and knocked him down several
times. all bat out At one time Schaf-
fer took the count of six hut got up
so groggy that he could not under
stand the advice OF his seconds and
when he stood up it only took one
wicked punch with the kick of mule
behind it To lay this boy fat on his
back, down and out. as cold as man
could be knocked For some minutes
afterwards Sehaffer WAS still groggN
and dnly fully recovered after his
seconds had brought him to his
dressing room
In the meantime the two hotel boys
had shown up and this was also Il
short bout. in fact it can hardly he
called bout for it was 50 one-sided
that there was nothing to IT. Pinkie
Evans, weighing about 1a5 pounds
had il on Harry Maybohm every way
that can he thought of and II was j
good thing that the bout was OF shor'
duration for 1t might have wound III
otherwise in hospital affair Evans
pulled his punches nearly every TIME
they started and Maybohm ID no
have ghost Of 4 show 10 40 any
damage Before the bell could soun'
for the end Of the first round May
bohm Sc sonds' had 10 throw up m
sponge Evans sent the Clarendon
man back to the Clarendon a sadhel
but a wiser man.
The main bout of the evening hat
been billed as neins for the iiSht
wei...lt cham ionship of Florida. !
could not he decided this time for TN
bout ~as a DRAW Art.e @ cary @
Eyidseport. Conn. T., pounds. ine
I Raluh snyder of Canton @. -
pounds. Tor a scheduled ten touaa g
Ii Went the full limit. neither boy he
ing able 10 land the finishing punch
After they had stepped up for th
referees Instructions a hasltish
photo was taken and thes reiTnd Y
their respective corners 1t the "a
of the bell ioth boss jumped ~ N
center ami started milling fast an
furious ~ Hl.tt. an eNalN:t.uA 9