San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-07
MAIN EVENTERS SHOW
LOTS OF FOOT-WORK;
THAT LET'S THEM OUT
Tuesdays Boxing Gard as
a Whole Is Frost; Next
One on 18th.

What stacked up as a good card
beforehand developed into one of the
most sorry boxing programs of the
season at Beethoven Hall Tuesday
night. The main eventers, Johnny
Mccoy and Eddie Corners, bantams,
mixed it very, very little in a ten
round bout that seemed longer than
that. The semi-windup between Sam
Rico OF San Antonio and the Ari-
iona Kid, after getting hearty laughs
for three rounds as the Kid. a come
dian rather than a boxer, cIt up, end
ed unsatisfactory in the fourth round
when Arizona went down, claiming n
foul. Referee Gotten made no rul-
ing. as the bell rang almost imme-
diatcly afterward. Examination indi-
Gated no foul had been struck, ac-
cording TO the club physician. and
Rico was awarded the decision on a
knockout. The first bout. also sched-
uled for eight rounds. between Bat
Kuhns and George Gilstrap. whose
record shows he met men that out
weighed him - pounds and won from
them in the boxing lone by the Rhine
troops of the American army, de-
veloped a bloomer in this same Gil
strap. He quit To- Kuhns in the sec
ond round. This was q terrible dis
appointment. especially to the army
men who attended in goodly numbers.
The main event was reminiscent of
the best days of Isadora Duncan and
Mrs. Vernon Castle. This number
should have been billed as the main
event minuet by the bantamwcight
ballet. Eddie Corners. usually rcck-
less and vindictive, just stayed away
most of the time. He had violent
streak in tle tenth round that got a
few hoarse cheers. but otherwise he
let Mccoy lead. and whoever saw
Johnny force any furious fighting?
Mccoy likes TO let the other fellow
try to pierce his defense and. if the
other fellow isn't inclined TO be over
aggressive, john lapses into the Merry
Widow waltz, too.
What we saw of il between maps
looked like draw. If he had fought.
no doubt Mccoy would have trimmed
Corners.
The Rico-Arizona bout was rich
while it lasted. The fun started in
talking 10 him and making signs. Rico
retreated in a furry of wild swinging
and stumbling over backwards. In the
third, Rico's powerful right connected
n couple of times. brought blood and
sent Arizona down. He was up at
nine. Rico was chased around again
in the fourth and fell on the face
in his flight. He got In. turned and
cracked the Kid couple and floored
him. Arizona came up in a weird
back flip. real acrobatic stunt. He
did the same thing early in the fourth,
and then the foul. Or was it? Or
wasn't it?
Gilstrap had queer awkward style
in which he used his left as a fail
and did a lot Of ducking and lodging
by hanging onto the ropes with one
hand. Kuhns diln't solve him until
the second round. Then few hard
rights sent Gilstrap to his knees. He
certainly wasn't badly hurt. but he
quit cold nevertheless. His abb was
that kuhns was fifteen pounds too
heavy for him. Wow. And he won
the ELECTROMAGNETIC championship of
the American forces in Germany. The
weights were announced as "160
pounds. more or less" by Promoter
Shelton.
There was a negro four-rounder.
also.
Next Tuesday. Shelton will hold an
"all star card" of three ten-round
bouts. Tom White of Texas City will
meet Sam Rico in one. Bobby Green
will meet somebody. maybe Billy Al
gers. in another. And Shelton is al
ready excusing Frank Cornelius for
that thing with Jack Reynolds by put
ting him on with BATTLING Kuims. II
want TO get Cornelius knocked out, -
was Jacks explanation.