Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-24
POLO WINS over
MENARD in FAST
BOUT AT ELM CITY

Especial to the Kennebec JonrnaD
Waterville. Dec. ss-The boxing
card held this evening in the CITY
Opera House proved to be whale OF
a success in all respects. About leo
people witnessed the exhibitions anu
were kept on their feet most OF the
time by the efforts of the participants
in the various bouts.
In the main bout o fthe card. Eddie
Polo of waterville handed Dupie
Menard Of Biddeford a terrible beaS
ing although the youthful Biddeford
battler stayed the limited number OF
rounds against the suigging Polo.
The first bout of the evening was
Of a three round variety, the partic'-
pants being mostly young lads. Ihess
bouts proved fast and interesting ana
in which one knockout occurred. The
other bouts Of the program We're all
four rounds, the first OF which Fight
ing Langley Of Waterviue opposed
Tom Moore OF lewiston. The bout
was very slow and proved to be moth
ing but an exhibition although here
and there spurts of real fighting &C.
Cured.
The following bout found Shadow
Mccormick of Waterville boxing
Young Rooney OF Lewiston. Rooney
outweishing Mccormick shot short
jabs to McCorm;ck's stomach in the
early rounds Of fighting. Four sec
onds before the third round closed,
Rooney sent Mccormick to the can.
vas and the bell saved him. AS the
fourth round opened it was evident
that Mccormick lacked power be-
hind his blows so Roone: continued
his smuggling and sent Mccormick
down and out after 10 seconds OF
fighting.
Panama Kid Of Waterville was
| knocked out by Young Drew OF Bid
deford, in the third round after two
rounds Of wonderful fighting by both
men. In these rounds Drew landed
the more blows but Panama Kid
stood up under them and came back
for more. In the final round Drew
pinned the Panama Kid against the
ropes and slugeed away. first with
his right and then with his left. AZ
ter short time he stepped back and
Panama I'd fell to the canvas, out.
Young Josephs of Waterville met
So ilor White OF Lewiston. JoSephs
! was altogether too much for the
Lewiston man, hitting him at will.
White took the count of nine in the
III ST IouIN lol Aood LII llIS
ond. 1t was a SUGGEST while it last
cd.
The best bout Of the evening took
! place when Joe McFadden of Water
! willie barely shaded II. O. Mayo OF
Lewiston. This was the third meet
, ing of these boys. each having one
victory to his credit. McFadden took
! the first round due to the mitigating
and out fighting. Mayo came back
, strong in the second and checked
McFadden's short iabs. The bout
continued OH an even basis in the
third stanZa. The final round prov
ed to be the best exhibition of boxing
! ever seen in Waterville. Both men
opened up and spared nothing. Nc
Faddn by Ills hard punching kept
, the crowd on it's feet and Mayo al
most off his feet. The bout was vot-
ed by the fans to be one of the best
| otitsllind. Everyone expressed their
! desire to. see the two boys again in
! the next local bout.
! The Pudagee Eutler-Larry Walsh
, bout was called OF because of two
! broken ribs Of Butler which We're OBJ
tanned in his last bout with Walsh at
| the Armory.
! In the main bout OF the evening Ed
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Menard of Biddcford. This was Inc
! first appearance rf Polo in "A ring since
! the last Fourth of July when he Was
knocked out BY Wee Willie Woods. In
his comeback he locked better than III
any previous bout. Polo started N 10
! tire the young Merard from the start,
! hitting him with powerful punch =
" hich later proved to be disastrous 10
} Menard Nenarl's blows lacked powa;,
! but he proved 10 lie a game rinGsteT
| for the reliable Polo il was cleIori"
seen that Men2rJ lacked the NECESSARY
! experience. He hell cut wonderfully
under the terrific. blows Of Polo. lie
bIed profusely from the face and wien
! the bout ended 5orl i'nHers We're COW
cred with blood. Polo sent Menard to
| the canvas three times in the third
round but the Biddeford boxer came
! up each time. In the last round 1t
was a case of bile md seei;. as Me-
nard kept running around Tie ring re.-
! ting out of I'olo's roach. The fairs
! hollared for Meuard's seconds to throw
| in the towel. but they refused a. nc
| had not been knocked cut 10 datc BY
running around and III ding on he fin.
| ished the round ard was given a big
ovation by the fans.
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