The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-05-19
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scOngratulatedF Il on the splendid even
n Ing gsssenterta OF boxing matches
staged at the Liberty Theatre Friday
evening OF n last week. The show was
clean from eginning to end and the
events were all entertain ming. Hugh
HI McC Culloch explained the intention
@cf the Legion in having the show,
which as to- promote the clean manly
art Sof boxing
!Sss AS a prelude ito the entertainment
1 and between the events, the Wash
burn litary Band gave an excellent
program of music. Their share lin
/ making the venings a success lis no
small part: 3s
ss The first bout was between young
Ekstrom and McG Guire, who put upaa
/ fast three round bout. These young
h sters showed they were familiar: with
II the gloves and they gave q nice ex
I. .fibit for their size. The second bout
between Russell Anderson and Lester
1 IIoltan was ntaresting from begin.
ilns'sg to end. sFhe boys got lin some
g06d f0os work and each let the other
know he was in the ring. Anderson
was a b:t IA steE than Holtan, but Hol-
tan gave coed exhibition on the de-;
fence. One of the best bouts OF the
spreliminaries was between Marvin,
( 1hOrstenson and Walter Schweizer.
Both boys were, fast workers and their
ability to handle the gloves was a sur
prise to all. Though SchWeizer
weighs about 20 pound more, the two
were about evenly matched From
the first sound of the gong to the last
Ia the fourth round, the boys waded.
Into the contest with the best they
/ had. SchWeizer hit Thorst on
I his wind at one time which caused him;
Ito kneel until the referee counted four,
i hut throug hout the rest. OF, the bout
y the boys were about even for the.
blows landed. 1t was the comment Of
the crowd that both boys carry q wal,
4 Slop with hem. The bout between
/ Palmer Fahlgren and Alex Schnible Of
! Mercer, was a slower one They did
not mix It up as the others had done,
as they both boxed en- the defence.
Schnible was the quicker Of the two.
sssbnt the weight OF Fahlgren Offset this
and made Ii almost impossible to get
y through his guard. Fahlgren with;
more ring experience would make q;
hard man Ito beat, as he has weight,
height and reach. The bout was in
teresting as each gave a good account
of himself 5S5
5sE ~ The main bout Of the evening, an
eight round go between Carl Peterson
/ and Ralph NJ Cam OF Hensler, proved
Ito be satisfying to the most skeptical.
person IN the house: Many were Ia I
!. miliar with the work Of Met Cam and
the news OF his boxing in other towns
1 has given him a.reputati tion. His ring
tactics showed he was no pioneer at
the game. On the other hand "a SUR
! prise was in store for the crowd, in
the way Peterson handled himself.
Petersen was new at the game as this
was his debut in the square ring. From
1 the beginning of the eight rounds he.
boxed an offensive battle His foot
work and feints were on a par with
sMcCann and .pnly IN the clinches did.
sMcGarn show more ring expeRenee.5
sMcEann tcnk t5he efensive side which
led to- Peseeson wearing himself out
more than oppsn ent hFoug.l
out the bout each tli seine hard hit
ting, but NO ither landed a bow which
1 did y any real IS amaze to the boxing
ability Of the her, The bout was
clean from l,sgs nm ing t0 end y and the
people Of Washburn had the chance to-
Witness q very good lexhi bitipn8 Of box
Ing.
.s II. Il Wahl, promoter Of the show
Tor the gegio III to be Congratulated
onsthe selection ot the matches Tor the
evening
Alex q Stillma ii; who has several
years ring experience TO HIS credit,
refereed sthes show In % very satisfac-
tory manner. us