, 1923-06-09

Its new GROUNDS west OIL the CT
in the main bout of which Mic
the eastern bantams, won a
Puryear. Three othsr fights were oil
the card. completing the best program
that has been turned loose by a fight
In the history of the game
in Casper. In the Opener Harvey
Perkins put Al Knapp of Colorado
Springs away in three rounds. Teddy
Gartin of Omaha duplicated in the
second bout by obtaining n knockout
over George Mosher OF Denver. in W
rounds. In the semfwindup Arlos
Tanning was given the decision over
Otto Wallace at the end of II rounds.
Midget Smith. the barrel chested
lis pounder-incidentally he came in
at 121 pounds last night-was too
much for Puryear nj won a clean
cut decision. He won seven of the IL
rounds on points. three were even n
two went to the Omaha lad by a
shade. 1t was a case of a veteran
and crafty ring master matching his
skill against the youth and aggres
sfveness Of a natural fighter. Pur-
vsar rave a fine exhibition and our;
!. hored the Midget at long range. wnen
n came to infighting, h oiono'
haired youngster socked home power,
+,,I lights to the kidneys and ribs ano
o~rasIonally rocked Puryear's head
-v,th a right cross. Puryear mt
sn,ith hard several times but the lat.
t.r showed he could take a punch ana
never stopped coming on
rhe boys broke u some pretty
footwork and the best brand OF poNnls
that has been seno here this winter,
while Smith may never De a CLEVER
fighter. he Will bring home the WIN
ner's end with regularity as long as
he can lake punishment and Keep
that right hand Of his going.
There was no question in the MINDS
CIV hut a rev tdbid partisan
S-,ends OF Puryear. but that smith
wns entitled to the decision.
Arlos Tanning. Kansas CITY hsnt.
-aIgbt. won the decision over otto
wallace Of Milwaukee,. but h YER
Act was unpopular with the crowd
vyauace was the aggressor through
tha fioht. doing most of the leaning
and for this reason tho spectators
Thought he was entitled to a wih'
Fanning was the c.everer or the two.
bad the best footwork and showed
the most sclence- Neither man ala
,na other any particular damage ana
both were strong at the end
~.sreddy" Gartin showed powerful
,unchIn9 ability In MS fight with
Mosher. In the first round he black
aned the Denver boys lert y with
a straight right and cut ms chees
bone with another. In the seconu'
after a fast mixup. Gartin drove nome
an overland swing that landeo liush
on Mosher's jaw. Mosher was hiteo
off the floor. spun around Went
down like a ton Of lead. He lanoeo
on his face and was out clean. oart'n
is too fast for the n boy ana
packs a wicked punch.
Harvey Perkins still sits on ms
throne as champion of the heavy
weights in the Rocky Mountain re
gion. In Al Knapp of Colorado
Springs, he met a big. rangy boy thai
was willing but that was all. Perkins
started from tho gong and landed two
hard rights to the head and Jaw in the
first. In the second he started the
cIaret from Knapp's nose and had
him IN a bad way at the bell. In the
third Perkins opened a cut over
Knapp's eye and staggered him with
rights and lefts to the body and head.
A terrific body blow to the kidneys
sent the Colorado boy down and out
in the middle OF the round.
Mike Gibbons. stopping off on his
way TO Shelby for his brothers fight
with Dempsey. refereed all the bouts.
He was popular with the crowd de-
spite the general opinion that he err
red In tho Wallace mill.
The big turnout last night indicated
that high class boxing Is assured Of
success here. Several poor shows
that have bene put on here in the last
couple OF years ny either crooked or
inefficient promoters had killed -
of the enthusiasm but a continuance
OF cards similar to last night should
make Casper ono Of the best fight
centers in the west. The grandstand
was filled, the ringside and bleachers
about half filed. Tho arrangements
were handled weir. the music by the
american Legion and Parkerton
bands and Spies How1ing Wolves be-
ing an attractive feature. Dorothy
Hays, Jr., and Bud Averiii entertain
ed with a number OF selections accom-
panied by the orchestra before the