The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24

Hurley. And It tells what makes B
that he is.
ididas of the Ring
"Billy Petrolle will win this fight
He will win it because he is a man
Of ring destiny. Everything he
touches turns to gold. He is the
King Midas of fistiana. You re-
member the story Of the old King
who took care Of the teacher OF
Bacchus when the old master drank
more cheer than he could handle
Baechus was 80 grateful he allowed
Midas to have = wish. Midas
wished that everything he touched
turned 70 gold. He got his wish
and then the trouble started.
His food turned to gold and
he could not bite into it. He
tried to drink . glass Of wine
ond Il flowed down his throat q
stream Of melted gold. Well,
Petrolle has all the luck the
King thought he war going to
have. He can't lose in this
fight racket. Something will
happen in this fight, regardless
of how it IL going. 30 that Pc.
trolle will come out the winner.
i always has. It will happen
again.
LET me give you . few instances
Fighting Joe Azzeralla in Milwau.
kee, Petrolle was going along hav.
ing . tough battle. In the fifth
round he hit Joe over the heart -
one Of those heart punches. ]
didn't know what they were like un.
I'll that night. The punch seemed to
steam Joe up for the remainder OF
the round. They come out in the
sixth and everything looks rosy for
Axxeralla. Then, all of q sudden
Joe folds up like an accordion and
goes down in q heap without being
Eft. The crowd thought ne was do
Ing the water act. It was the punch
from the other round that just got
tn it, work.
The punch that made Pc
trolle was the same sort Of de.
layed dynamite. It WAS what
call the $4,000 punch. It took
Billy fro,a the $500 to $4,000
class. Here's how. He is fight
ing Eddie Kid Wagner in Far
70. Wagner was . tough fight
Ct and Billy il still pretty much
of N unknown. Billy lands one
of those body punches. In the
next round Wagner went out
like . candle from the punch
that he got earlier in the fight
and bounced Petrolle into the
big money when he hit the can
Tut's Last Chance
"Ths same thing happened ia
ailario Martinez In the Garden
Whan Billy fought him, in the semi.
windup 70 the aw-Hudkins
ocrap. Look what happened to
Johnny O'Donnell in st. Paul in two
rounds. Billy hit him once in the
first round ind his eye came out like
= captaloupe and went shut tighter
than . Pullman window. In the
next round he hit Johnny again and
broke his collar bone. Two punches
and Ill that damage. Boy. he is
TINT.
zone time IN his career he
was way out Of condition. He
vas supposed 70 fight King Tut.
TIT couldn't make the fight and
they had to wire for . substi-
tute. They rot . preliminary
fighter, Fred Mueller from BUT.
faao, 70 hop q train and come to
Duluth 70 take the fight. Fred
Just made the fight, got off the
train, and fought > draw with
PetTolle. Tut would have
beatea him that night, but the
1ates were with Petrolle again.
1yssything he touches turns to
epld. Something will happen in
Snsfs Friday Il he needs it to
win. Mandell will feint or
acmething. don't know what
& win Be, but II the old fight
eeGs hsve u take hand IN the
thing they'll Be IN there"
Only Four Corners
I'VE send him out there to fight
EN-. He wants to be doing some
thing every moment and that's all
right with u. We tell him this.
There are only four corners out
there and the rules don't let 'em get
out q the ring. just ret after than
ana Inn en- into = corner. 4 they
~. OFT u c=e run 'em into che next
one, and 20 on around ard around.
II ~ belts 'em . few times in each
q th0oo corners someone is going
- tunble, and when he pastes him
~ = net tho !one who tumbles.
10y, Man1ell will think hs il
+ = eleve factory. There will
~ = ~ geing o. and there
wout n q: plaee for him TO !
!. -. Ihot ri hand Of his won't
ko1hqs 011ly any more tia =
- = ~ betheFs : drsy
- seliIoquised further on the
ll1lmS ~ alrDptlcism Of some Of
~ ~ Woeif11e Mo Nopdex e the|
(t III - ~ " and " and Why
~ d<ht Should b staged IN Min