Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-02
Was a Whirlwind From
Start To Finish, With IL
Rounds OF P%reliminaries
That Furnished Lots OF.
Amusement For Fans;
Crowd Packed the Hall

.. The boxing show staged Wednesday
nigh in the Orpheum hall by Promo
ter AL Purcell ave the fans more kick
and real amusement than many fights
staged here of supposedly bigger cal
iber. There was considerable specu-
lation in regard TO the main go be-
tween kid" Miller of Grand Forks
and "Dusky'' Howe of Kansas City.
but Jimmie Odber's protese soon set
tied the argument by slipping h ne
gro a haymaker after / minute and
40 seconds of fighting in the fourth
round.
Two preiminarieS- in the nature OF
exhibition matches. helped make The
card a winner. In the curtain raiser,
Young Williams and Argal traded
punches, the latter doing mos: of the
leading, bu. Williams getting N some
wicked rights that evened matters. In
the semi-finals Bob Dixon tore into
Jim Riley, who was hard put to it a,
times TO keep out of the danger zone.
Main Go.
In the big fight OF the evening Mil
Ter demonstrated that he has the max
ings of q fighter. He appeared to he
in prime condition. The kid packs a
couple OF good mittS, but seems to do
his most effective work with his
right, which he landed on the dusky
AT will.
Howe was SLOW and uncertain. but
put up a game fight. He has a power
full right, which looked bad for Miller
when the two first mixed, but the lat
ter covered 10 perfection and stopped
some wicked right crosSes- Neither
had the advantage in weight. Both
weighed in al 1855 They started eau
7iously. bu Miller soon had Howe's
number. and before the first round
was oyer he had hit the duskJ with
everything but the wafer bottle. Just
before the bell rang Howe dove in
was blocked. Howe was minus a tooth
after his scanza.
The second and third rounds were
much lke the first with the dusky
angling around for an opening. In
the meantime the Kid stepped up and
pushed the feathers into Howe'S face.
making him vince
The final blow was a powerful right
to Whites mouth, and he fell heavily
into a neutral corner. He made only
q feeble effort to get up at the count
OF Ten.
Scmi-WiDdup.
For real amusement the se1ni-fn2
took the honors- Bob Dixon. champ
Al G. Lag "a 49,
the ring at the sound of the gong
and with q series OF sledge-hammel
blows proceeded to cuff the ears O.
Jimmie Riley. He didn't stop swinging
NTH his seconds pulled him out o;
the ring ithe noise Of the fans pre-
vented him from hearing the gong
and as SCOT as Riley got within rang
he Immediately got tapped on thu
bean. Riley finally resorted to cLnch
S~- &IaS
He wanted to fight Before the sE
rounds were over he got his fill, a
Also did his opponent. Both boys wer'
game and the fans gave them an ova
ZION as they left the ring. hemble ant
Hugo RYDER were originally booked
for this go. but kerrble Trenched hi
hand in his workout Tuesday and tn
bout was called off.
C41rtain-R Raiser.
The curtain-raiser was q lively at
far. Williams weighed in at 1913 l.
while Argal tipped the scales at 1872
They were both willing TO mix. Arga
did most of the leading and had
treacherous left which bothered vii
Iiarns considerably. Williams lande
the most effective blows, using a RICH
cross almost exclusively. Argal woul
ease his left down for a swing an
Williams would Immediately pas
right to the ace. Williams covere
we'll, but was at times rushed off hi
feet by his opponent There was u
infighting in MS bout
Oscar Marks. who has trained sev
eral of the boxing lights of Gran
Forks, was referee. while Joe Ra.bin
ovich did the announcing. Ralp
Lynch presided at the bell.
The splendid support given I'll
fight and the satisfaction of the far
means that exhibitions of this natuI
, will De staged at frequent interval
Promoter AL Purcell stated. The ha
VIZ nacSld 20 fha doors