The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-02-05
FERGUSON WINNER
BY K.O. In FOURTH
BOUT WITH BOLSTER A BEAR
PLENTYWOOD BOY FAST
FERGY TOO CLEVER
Three Preliminaries Furnished Fun
Legion Card Big Success
Drew Swell House

The American Legion boxing card,
put on at the Liberty Theatre Mon
day night, was a whale of a success.
There was plenty of kick from the
first preliminary to the final kayo.
The ten round top line event ended
in the middle of the fourth round
when Chick Ferguson administered
4 the sleeping powder to Red Bolster,
the young cyclone from Plentywood
While it lasted it was fast and
1 furious-a slashing mixture of inside
work and open slugging that appear
ed to have more execution in it than
the pictures show in the whole Demp-
y-Gibbons-Shelby mill But it was
clean from beginning to end and
every moment showed honest effort
to win on the part of both boys, who
had never seen each other till the
moment they stepped into the ring
They are peculiarly opposite types
and not evenly matched except when
the average of their effectivness is
considered. 1t was nip and tuck,
give and take all the way. 1t was
doubtful if there was person in the
house, unless it was Chick himself
who felt much confidence after the
first round in ability to name the
winner.
Tie auburn haired youth from
Sheridan is we'll built, round and
smooth but slender. Six feet tall
or close to it. Says he can make
152 but entered the ring Monday
night weighing not less than 15S.
His age is said to be %.
The Wolf Point Photographer is
comparatively short, wiry, cordy,
somewhat angular in outline but he
is broad of shoulder and deep Of chest
Monday night he tipped the beam
at 1873. not finely trained but in good
condition.
Bolster had a decided advantage
in height, weight and reach. While
his wind lasted he appeared to have
plenty of strength. Two things he
sadly lacl1ed-training and exper-
ience. Ferguson who is six or
eight years the older, had the endur-
ance, the ring experience and the
skill that comes from it that saved
the day for him. Chicks victory was
we'll earned and his courage, science
and cool judgement in the face of
heavy odds marks him as a clever
DANGEROUS man in or near his class.
The boy from Plentywood won
lot of admirers by his courage and
cleanness. He goes at his advirsary
with a swift directness that is not
aasv to meet or avoid He seemed to
realize that lack of condition made
It necessary to get his opponent quick
at all. He looked good in the
first and second rounds, but was
plainly weakening in the third. In
he fourth a straight left to the chin
ent him down for far longer than
he count. Tom Alley, the wrestler
vas referee and his work was salts
actory. He had plenty to do in all
he bouts to get the scrappers broken
leanly out of the many clinches
Rude HIM of Culbertson, an old
inner in the ring game, was intro
uced to the crowd as the challenger
f the winner.
Preliminary Bouts
The principals in the preliminary
matches were Trudo and Hennessy,
oys of about 113 pounds They dis
layed plenty of COURAGE and nerve
nd pummeled each other with the
ig mitts in lively style. Trudo
eeemed to have shade the best of
he argument, but everybody was
leased to have the referee declare it
draw
The second bout brought Rem and
elgard. They were not as good as
le kids in the disposition to mix it
ut showed some defensive skill Bel
ard had tn advantage in size but
d not press it.
The third session brought on a
'uple of big ones. L. Gross the lanky
acksmith and Martin Miehaelson
e drayman. They went at it in a
am bang style that was fun for
e big crowd. They are said to tip
e scale at It's and 100 respectively
ross has had some experienc but
artin is new at the game. Both
d plenty of ambition and capacity
r punishment
There was fine gate considering
at the boxing enterprise is very
W here. The Legion is entitled to
edit for clean well managed af-
If. They will probably feel en-
lraged to follow it up with other
1ilar events.