Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-21
BROSS AND NICHOLS
BOUT TO FEATURE
CARD HERE MAY z.
st. Paul Boy Has Met Best Of
Country's Welterweights
in Ring.

Pete Bross, Great Falls premier
middleweight, who added foreign
laurels to his crown by his whirlwind
engagement with Joe Adams of Liv-
| ingston with whom he divided honors
! by a judges decision in 12-round 60
in Butte Tuesday night, will meet
Johnny Nichols of st. Paul here in the
Grand theater May =, according to an
announcement made by Frank Melon
nell, matchmaker for the American
| Legion boxing commission, Thursday
| night
| This will be Bross' first invasion Of
the Twin Cities camp and local fans
| are placing their bets on such lads as
! Billy Miske and Bobby Ward and a few
, Others who, get their names fre--
quently in the headlines of the sport
world. A victory over Nichols by
either a decision or a knockout would
place Bross in the imelight Of one of
the foremost boxing stables in the
| country. Nichols stood up against the
veteran Jimmy Delaney for IL Cruel
ling rounds and although he lost the
decision his nervy exhibition was com
mented upon extensively by the sport
writer's who witnessed the battle.
Believes Bross Will Win
w. H. Dickinson, former sports
editor Of The Tribune. manager Of
Bross, and a native Of Minneapolis, is
of the opinion that Bross will win from
the st. Paul youth, but estimates that
the match will call for the best that
Bross possesses. Nichols and Bross
are about the. same size and weight.
Bross made 147 for the Butte card
Tuesday. but was weakened slightly
L,, - .xh% Lat bo
would meet Nichols at about 152
pounds. Nichols will probably weight
in at about $50.
Although the judges called the fight
a draw Bross was awarded news
paper decision over Adams, some Of
the Butte sports critieising the action
of the judges severely in calling the
fight draw. 1t was declared to be
one Of the fastest, gamest exhibitions
of fighting that has been seen in Butte /
for years. Bross forced the fighting |
all but couple Of the rounds and his |
aggressiveness won him the favor of |
the critics and the admiration Of the |
crowd. But the cleverness of Adams !
prevented him from putting across |
knockout punch.
Makes Hit In Butte
1t was not that the sport writer's
discredited the fighting ability Of
Adams, but that they rated Bross'
ability greater. Old timers in the ring
game in Butte likened Bross' style of
fighting to that Of the famous Battling
Nelson. He went into the ring a
stranger and before the fight was over
the boys were all calling him Pete and
by the time the gong was rung for the
last time he could have been booked
solid for an all nights go in the
lantern light and he'd have had the
boys yelling for him at the break of
dawn. say the fans who went over to
Butte from here to see the bout.
Bross rates Adams as one of the
cleverest men that he has ever met.
All of the bouts on the Bross-
Nichols card have not been arranged
but Mcdonnell said Thursday that the
card would contain features that will
make it the most interesting to watch
Of any that has ever been staged in
the smelter city. There have been
whispers of a darktown battle royal'
but Mac would not definitely confirm
the rumors Thursday night. 1t is pos
sible that Slick Merrill. a classy mid
dleweight Of the old days. will don the
gloves in one of the preliminary bouts
if a fast opponent can be obtained to
meet him.
IT will be fast card with Bross
and Nichols booked for the stellar
event in 1a-round decision go, Nc
Donnell said.