Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-10-02

Just couldn't hurt an old friend.
that is the case more power to Byde. lie
showed himself real sport The crowd
gave both boys big hand The judges
gave the decision to Byde and he sure
was entitled to it. When Lameys hand
was raised in token Of victory, Schagei
dashed out Of his corner, grabbed Byde
by the hand and they left the ring arm
in arm. Good sports, I'll say.
The main event was 10-round go
between Young Peter Jackson OF Port
land, Or, and Young Jess Willard OF
Libby. Jess was given the decision at
the end Of the tenth round. The fight
wasn't what would appeal to the aver
age fight crowd, consisting almost
wholly OF in fighting following clinch-
ing. 1t is said that is the negros style
Of fighting. He fights in close and when
his opponent is off guard lands VIC
ious uppercut that frequently puts the
other man down for the count. It is
said he had won his last eight fights by
such tactics. This made it necessary
for Baker to protect himself, which
he successfully did
The colored boy had peach OF a
left jab which kept rocking Jess but
he couldn't connect with his right,
which left him helpless against Jess
long smashes The negro hit the canvas
in the fifth round and came up glass
eyed and groggy, but fell into a
clinch and was himself again by the
time the referee could pry him loose
In another round he again went down
but was up at end of the three count
The votes Of the three judges gave the
bout to Jess by wide margin.
The local boy is feeling pretty gooc
over winning the bout as Young jack
son has cleaned up on large number
of heavyweights all up and down the
coast When jackson was asked after
the bout why he didn't stand up anc
fight he replied he had no desire te
| stand up and box with Jess and ge'
knocked out A.
Ira Tester was in Jess corner but re-
tired after few rounds, his place be-
ing taken by Joe Dunn, who gave jess
valuable advice. Jess says he proved
one of the best seconds he ever hae
in his corner.
| AT the start of the show Al Baumgar
made a little talk asking the crowd te
be fair and to give the outsiders the
same kind Of reception that we woulc
like to see our boys get if they were
in foreign ring. His talk was well re-
ceived, and the crowd was more thar
| fair with their support to the visiting
| boys. Bill Seims did good job Of
| handling the two preliminaries. Bill
is right at home in the squared arena
and the gang liked his manner.
Big Ray Russell, who handled thu
main event, was the hit of the eve
ming. It goes without saying that Ray
was the whole show. He worked like
| a Trojan. He did man sized job Of
prying the boys loose and keeping then
| going. When the bout was over Rus
sell looked like be had been hit By
Ford The way this boy worked was
nobody's business, and that don't NEAR
maybe. Ray didn't get d dime for his
efforts; just good fellow helping out
| Big Chief Hoffman against demon
strated his ability as promoter. He
says the Club appreciates the support
the fans are giving and that it is the
intention to give them run for their
money. No one derives cent of profit
from promoting these bouts. The money
all goes back into the show. The Chief
looks for another about Christmas. He
hopes to uncover another guy with the
old SOCKO, such as the hard rock
miner carried
Llyod Burpee, Curley Curtis and A
Baumgart acted as judges Bob Thomp-
son was the official timekeeper. Theil
services were gratis and much appre-
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