The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-29
RUSTY JONES
KAY0ED AFTER
FOUR ROUNDS
Bat krause Scores Hit in Six
round Draw With Her.
man Ratzlaff
ORION DROPS JIM DUGAN
biggest Crowd in Western
North Dakota Fight History
Attends Card
ORION DROPS JIM DUGAN

Billy Petrolle's terrific body
punching took toll once again last
night when Rusty Jones of Kansas
City collapsed in the fourth round
OF IA scheduled 10-round fign. in the
Bismarck auditorium.
1t was technical knockout. Jones
handlers threw in the towel as Jones,
out on his feet, blindly CROPPED fog
the ropes after having been cata-
pulled to the canvas twice.
While it was The Fargo Express
terrific body blows that took the sap
from the game Missouri boy. it
wasn't shot to the midriff which
finished him. a right cross. deliver
cd with lightning speed, landed flush
on Rusty's chops and the Show-mc
lad dropped insensible TO the canvas,
unconsciously tottered to his feet at
the count Of seven, and never knew
that his handlers had been merciful-
ly kind by tossing in the towel.
In the semi-final Herman Ratzlaff
Of Minot went six rounds to draw
with Battling Krausc of Hazen. vet
Gran North Dakota mauler. Ratz-
laff, who was slightly outweighed.
was much speedicr than Krause but
the latter was too hard to hurt and
scored in the infighting. krause
was substituted for. Lee Cavanagh
Of Billings, Mont, who was unable
to appear because Of an infected boil
on his head.
Orion Finishes Dugan Quickly
Earl Orion, Fargo, scored i sensa
tional 0ne-roun,. knockout Of Jimmy
Dugan, Bismarck. The contest had
been scheduled for eight rounds but
Dugan was on the floor after less
than a minute Of fighting. Hard
rights and lefts to the head and body
dropped Dugan again and the finish
ing punch came just before the
round was due to end. Dugan had
been given a shade over Orion in a
match held here last spring and the
result of last nights bout was sur
prise to Dugan's supporters in this
vicinity.
In other matches Skeet Mccoy.
Mandan, shaded Eddie Jeffries Of
Bismarck; Chief Stearns of Mo-
bridge, S. D., won from Kid Yeasley,
Bismarck, in four rounds, and Jackie
Gray, Bismarck. outpointc Tiger
Sweeney Of Grand Forks in four
rounds.
Why Billy Petrollc is the leading
contender for the worlds lightweight
championship was clearly demon
strated to the jammed auditorium
Every punch in the fight category
was used by the Fargo boy in whip
ping Jones and every punch was
perfectly executed.
Billy Was Revelation
The improvement in Petrolle'
ability since last he appeared here
more than two years ago was a rev
elation to fistic fans. Billy's speed
and agility, his unceasing attack, hi
short destructive punches to bod.
and jaw, amazed the ringworms.
A former sparring partner Of Jacl
Dempsey at the ringside last nigh
said that Bill was undoubtedly tn
most powerful boy in his division
today.
Just how destructive Petrolle'
punches can be is written Oh the fac
of Rusty Jones today. He has tw
black eyes, Il nose knocked awry,
torn ear, and Il ''wcak stomach" !
physician was called to Jones' room
this morning to examine the kansa
City ringster. who complained OF sc
we're pain. After cursory once-ovel
the medico ordered Jones to go hom
and rest up for month with stric
instructions to go on Il diet.
Petrolle Works Fast
Jones displayed fast left han'
which landed solidly several time
but The Express made him mis-
time after time. Jones' leads usual
" went over Petrolle's bobbing hea
or slid safely past his ear.
The crowd also learned why Pc
trolle is such an attraction. He wa
in there every minute, forcing tn
fighting and giving Jones no res
until he had landed the finishin
punch.
In the infighting Petrolle's hand
moved like pistons. and it was h!
slams to the body in the first tw
rounds which took enough OF tn
vim out of Jones to make him a
easy mark for Petrolle's shots to tn
jaw which ended the fight.
kOSSlck fIeaSeS
Leo hossick, veteran northwes
ring arbiter from Moorhead, conclu
sively demonstrated that there ar
few men who can referee bouts a
efficiently as he can, Leo pleasln
the big crowd with his perfect man
agement Of the windup events.
o. w. Roberts, Bismarck sports
man, worked in the prelimlnaries.
Earl Orion, who lost decision t
Jimmy Dugan here last spring, cam
back to the Capital City with Yer
geance. The Fargo lad is CROWN
out of the kid stage. He has learne
how to use his herculean biccps mos
effectively and stunned the fan
with his attack, a duplication Of Pc
trolle's tw0-fisted body offensive.
With the tap Of the gong, Orto
swarlned over Dugan. Jimmy had
bad case of stage fright, last night
crowd being the largest he had eve
faced.
Dugan Is Surprised
The Bismarck boy never did kno'
what happened in that first roun'
Orton's first blows to the midril
:. SO damaged Dugan that he never di
ct going. Knocked to his knees b
! left hook, Dugan took nine cour
and rot up only to run into . storl
81 body punches. Twice more !
dropped, his legs refusing to hold
batfersd trunk.
n vas evident that Jimmy coul
haye gone the limit had he immed
ately resorted to jabbing, the BIZ
.narck man having . two-inoh &C
yantnee - reach that would hav
nro1od q ol1eetive - Sammy Mar
S3ilae efin9ing left jabs IN the Pe
tro1le a{lfSy * weeks ago.
Orten. ~ has scored . series 9