Great Falls tribune., 1922-02-21
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bROSS At INITIAL
WORKOUT FOR MILL
Middleweight Shows More
Speed Than Before in Train
ing Bouts at "Y."

The boys who have been awaiting
the coming of Pete Bross, local mid
dleweight battler. who returned to his
home town Monday morning from Ak
ron, Ohio, after string Of successful
fights there, greeted the fighter with
big hand when he appeared Monday
afternoon for his first workout for
Friday nights mill with Eddie Shep-
herd.
In spite of the fact that Bross had
been travelling since Friday morning he
appeared to be in fine condition and
did his rope skipping, shadow boxing
and three rounds of boxing with ease.
He fought big Bill Lanko. husky
Stockett miner, for such stiff round
that the big fellow thought he'd been
caught in a landslide. He is big, hard
hitting hombre, but after he'd famed
the air few times and received a
wicked left to the jaw that Bross let
for friendship and Pete eased up.
Bross did couple of rounds with Steve
Collins that caused several outbursts
of applause.
Bross Is Faster.
Those who have seen Bross fight
and watched him work out since he
first started his ring career say that
he looks much better than when he left
here last fall. And his fighting up to
that time had made him mighty popu-
lar lad. An increase in speed is among
the easily observed items Bross has
added to his fighting equipment.
Bross is a stocky. enduring kind OF
fighter and carries mean punch in
each glove. His left hook is q Won
derful weapon in closeup fighting and
he shoots it out like chain lightning.
He weighed in at 155 pounds Monday
afternoon and expects to enter the
ring against Shepherd Friday night at
about that weight He says he is in
better condition than he has ever been
before for a match and lis anxious to
appear before the old crowd of fighters
again.
You get lonesome to hear some old
timer yell from somewhere out in the
crowd. Alta boy. Pete, you knock i'm
over and we'll cart i'm away after
you've fought few fights where there
is a lot of clamor against you," Bross
said.
about this fight" he said; II expect
to win and hope to do it by knock
out If that isn't possible III battle
him for the Il rounds. l don't expect
to get knocked out. although I've heard
a lot about Shepherds right and
realize that it won't do my appetite any
good to stop too many drives from that
angle. This fight means lot to me
and you can bet that when ! step into
the ring Friday night my one intention
will be to win that fight"
Rross will work out daily in the
y. NJ. G. A. gymnasium between 5 and
4 o'clock.
Shepherd Impresses Fans
Shepherd made his second appear
ance before local fans Monday after
noon in a series of bouts. shadow box
ing and bag punching. He worked out
with Lard" Cherpeski, Great North.
ern fireman, who will meet Big Bill
Lanko Friday night, and Bert Logan,
Fort Benton lightweight; Kid Leo,
dusky scrapper who appears on the
card. and kid" Foster. colored fight
er of Canada who formerly held the
middleweight title there. The workouts
of all the boys promise creditable
card and after watching the headllners
work it is safe to say that when Shep-
herd and Rross get in the ring together
there will be war.
Both fighters are earnest and ag-
gressive and hard hitters. Shepherd
may have the edge in weight and rench,
but his advantage in either case will be
slight and Bross's stockier build will
overcome the handicap. They have
both declared that they have only one
intention--to win the fight ais early
as possible.
Right now the bout is in the lap of
the gods and the fighting ability of
those able youths.