, 1925-06-04
TAKES
EASY MEASURE
OF THOMPSON

In the scheduled ten round fight
between Leonard Malody of Laramie
and Verne Thompson Of Brush, Colo.
at the Rex Theatre OF Thursday night
last, Thompson's seconds threw in
the towel at the beginning of the
fifth round. From the very begin
ming of the fight Malody proved that
he was the master of the two. The
two boxers started in with good ac-
ton but were more or less cautious
and most of the first round consisted
Of feeling each other out.
The second round began with a
few heavy blows struck and good
consistent fighting. Malody had won
derful control OF his blows and put
in many short hard jabs. Neither
man eXerted himself but Malody
showed by placements that he could
take his man easily. He took the
second round by a fair margin. In
the third round Malody speeded up
some n put in some wicked short
jabs. Thompson showed signs of
weakening. Malody's round. Fourth
round Malody uncorked several mean
lefts. Thompson didn't seem to have
much to offer and showed signs of
lasting only a very short time. He
took considerable punishment in the
round and just before the round
ended he was groggy. AS the gong
sounded in the fifth round the sec
onds threw in the towel.
Malody, who is rated as one of
the best in the 1870 pound class in
this section of the country, easily
out-classed Thompson at all times.
On Thursday afternoon Thompson
weighed in at 12S pounds and Nal
ody at 1870 pounds. w. f. Daley
refereed the fight.
Possibly one of the best bouts of
the evening was the six round semi
final between Dick Terry of Parco
II Battling Nelson of Laramie. With
the opening gong Terry tore into his
man and tried to get him in the first
round. The two exchanged heavy
n telling blows. Nelson took all
that Terry had to offer and gave sew
eral good wallops in return. The
first round was won by Terry.
In the second round the fight con-
tinued fast and furious. Terry tore
in like a bull dog but Nelson covered
up and came back for more each
time. In the second round the Lar
annie boy took considerable punish
iAANAAA" II III ! u i'iiN "
ed up some and Nelson came back
a little stronger but he was unable to
land any effective blows. Terry won
this round. The following rounds
were about the same as the third
round, Nelson showed that he could
take worlds of punishment and come
back fighting each time. The de-
cision was given to Terry.
Nelson is a lad of only II years
me with a few years of training
and experience he should be a hard
nut to crack. The decision given by
Referee Cuthbertson of Parco was
very unpopular with the fans for
they felt as though il should at least
have been a draw, however. on points
Terry easily won the fight. Bonnie
shannon was scheduled to meet
Terry but through an accident he was
unable to appear on the card.
As another good bout on the card
Willie Robertson, colored. mixed
with Young Conan for four two
minute rounds. Robertson was out
weighed about 20 pounds but show
ed that he had class and a good
punch. Several heavy blows were ex-
changed but sparring featured the
bout at most times. Referee Daley
called the fight a draw. Robertson
matched with a man near his weight
would undoubtedly put up a great
battle and be a good drawing card.
Kid Mex OF Salt Lake and Bin Eng
strom put up a fair fight. Engstrom
had his man groggy soon after the
fight began and showed that he was
the master. Engstrom had several,
what might be called knock downs,
TO his credit and showed that he was
n clever fighter. Engstrom won in
the second round by a knockout.
In the three two minute round
bout between Harris and Richie, the
fight started out rather slow but
speeded up as the third round came
around. Harris had n bit OF a shade
on Richie but the bout was called
a draw.
Bob and Kid Lynch in
the scheduled three two minute
round fight started action early In
the game, Many heavy blows were
exchanged In the first and second
rounds. Shortly after the third
round started Lynch put across n
sleep producer and Brennan took
the count. The bout was featured
by fast rounds and action every min
ute.
The curtain raiser was between
Ed Allison and Heddy. two Rawlins
white hopes. The boys mixed for
three one minute rounds and showed
considerable class for youngsters. The
fight was called n draw. Stan stan
ley. The Man Who Grows" gave an
excellent demonstration OF muscle
control and his entertainment was eS-
ceedingly novel and interesting. He
entertained tho crowd for several