The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03
BOUTS FEATURE
BARRACKS ROOM
ENTERTAINMENT

half way point in their membership
campaign, Carbon Post No. II The
American Legion after a short and
snappy business meeting Saturday
night INDUCED in lively barracks
room entertainment After clearing
the ante-room of furniture boxing
I ne was laid out and by an elmina-
ton drawing contest the contestants
for the various bouts were picked out.
The first bout was between Zone
step Hogan" Donly and kid Kaplin'
Natal, thirty second round of live
ly action in VIII ch more of less talent
was displayed. The anouneer gayesout,
the weights of these two coming con-
testants for the worlds middleweight
championship at 14s. The round was
draw.
Willie Richie" Stacy and "Tiger
Hunter" Anterior then repaired to
their respective corners and were soon
smuggling each other. Where these two
acked in action, they made up in the
science and hard hitting. Rabbit
punches were barred and after thirty
seconds of sledge hammer blows time
was called. This round was also a
draw.
The third round was a scream At
ter a workout Of shadow boxing last
ing two minutes in which the usual
disp ay of comedy was shown by BAT
Ting Fat Nelson" Lane his opponent
Spider Kelly Albert was finally
able to convince him that he was
warmed up and ready to go. After
thirty seconds of the most comical
boxing ever witnessed in local circles
the bout was called draw The time
keeper was called upon to award med
ais, bestowing upon Batting Fat"
the Uneeda medal.
The fourth gong witnessed "Slim
Jim Jetfries" Jenkins and "PretzeP
Luttrell in the ring. Stripped for ac-
ton for the heavyweight title of the
Beartooths they were weighed out at
210. The dizzy gyrating, shimmy
wigglin, panther action movements
of these big boys would put many Rock
Creek Canyon bobcats to shame and
to follow their movements gave many
of the boys present dizzy headache.
The timekeeper made a mistake and
the round lasted for 60 seconds to
draw.
The paperweight title was contested
for by "Chick Slatzo" Fuqua and
"Biff Cochin" Pay. After the usual
handshake and instruction from refer
ee Albert they INDUCED in rapid
fire demonstration of a combination
of machine gun, ,one-pounder, battling
action that would be credit to any
machine gun nest. SO evenly were they
matched that forty seconds failed to
show any difference in the contestants
as to ability.
The last contest was between "Irri-
gator Barnett and DRY Lander" Bur
ris. The seconds reminded their favor
ties that this was contest to prove
for all time whether there is any diff
'erence in the two as far as Carbon
county was concerned. Thirty-fve sec
onds of whrlwind action demonstrat-
ed the fact there is no difference and
the bout was called draw.
After the boxing matches a quartet
composed of tenors Natal and Lane;
baritone Fuqua and bass, Salo enter
tanned the crowd with various old time
army and navy songs. There is no
question in the minds of the audience
that this was absolutely the --LATEST
demonstration that was ever forced on
a respectable gathering. A dozen lone
ly coyotes in the foothills of Mount
Maurice with twice as many snarling,
yowling catamounts on the slopes
above thrown in could scarcely put up
a more weird and nerve racking rack
ct. Of course this was partly due to
the fact that the night was sultry and
murky overhead and the reeking odor
of Camel smoke, together with that of
Lucky Strikes and Chesterfelds.
All in all the meeting was a grand
success and considerable enthusiasm
was displayed with a promise of far
reaching results that will manifest
themselves in the program set out by
the Legion for the coming year. The
goal set out by the local Post is at
least hundred members which will
be considerable increase over last
year. The gain for the last five years.
has been about twenty members year
which shows the upward trend of Lee
gion affairs and reflects, credit on
efforts of members of the organization.