The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-13
BOXING SHOW
IS SUCCESS
American Legion Presents Fine
Card of Amateur Bouts to
Large Audience.
BY "Shammy" Somrock.

The first boxing show held in Ely,
since the statewide boxing law went
into effect, was successfully staged last
Friday evening at the Washington
auditorium under the auspices Of the
local American Legion with promoter
Ralph Lee in charge.
Seven bouts with amateurs furnishing
the action were presented. Five Of the
bouts went the scheduled limit Of three
two-minute rounds; one was stopped
at the end of the second round and a
third ended in a two round knockout.
All of the bouts were fine exhibitions
and the crowd of more than 500 in
attendance went away well pleased
with the show and the manner in
which the boxers displayed their wares.
Jerich Scores KayO
In the only knockout of the show,
Patsy Jerich, local boxer featured in
the Semi-windup, kayoed Elmore Kerk-
la of Camp 701 in the second round
Jerich showed remarkable punching
power and a tendency to force the
fighting. The knockout punch was a
right under the heart. Jerich weighed
1471z Kerkila 1881
The semi-windup overshadowed the
main event in which Johnny butcher,
1885, of Camp 704, won over Ralph Tyler,
1851, of 1720. These boys showed some
good action in the first round but
slowed down to a walk in the last two
The fight was close, butcher winning
by small margin.
Thiesen-Hannon Show
Hal Thiesen. 1873, and Jimmy Han
non, Isl "A put on the best fight of the
evening Both boys showed some rush.
ing and free swinging tactics with the
result that Thiesen was knocked out of
the ring in the first round. He came
back into the ring unhurt and in less
than 80 seconds dropped Harmon for
a short count. This bout was very even
with Thiesen getting the decision be-
cause of consistent scoring with left
jab. ThieSen represented Camp ILL.,
Harmon 1720. 1t is planned to have
the two fighters rematched at the next
show.
Ganley Wins Over Donelly.
Bernard Ganley, 122, of Camp 701,
was awarded a technical knockout over
Joe Donelly, 1913, of 1721, after two
rounds of fighting. The two put on a
fast exhibition with Ganley holding the
edge. The bout was stopped because
of a severe bruise under Donelly's left
eye which almost completely closed the
organ.
Newell Graham, 1876, Camp 704, and
Lester Granell, 1421a, Camp 172O, didn't
furnish much action in their bout but
gave good demonstrations of defensive
and counter punching skill Graham
was awarded the decision
kirkpatrick Close
Roger Hall. 158, Camp 701, received
the nod over Bernard Fitzpatrick, 1881
Camp 1721, in bout which was close
TO being a dead heat The score cards
of the two judges and referee showed
this bout TO be draw but as a winner
must be declared in all amateur fights,
Hall was given the verdict This bout
was so close that the decision could
have been made either way.
The curtain raiser brought together
Ross Howard, 148A, Camp TO, and
Verne Osgard, 148A, Camp 701 Os-
gard won the verdict mainly because of
accurate counter punching and su-
perb defense.
The show proved that the people of
Ely like the fight game and the fine
manner in which it was handled met
with the approval of all those attend
ing. John T. Mahoney of Duluth, a
member of the State Boxing Com
mission was at the show and was in
troduced from ringside. A. Kahler, St
Paul, representing the A. A U. was
also present.
The success of this show has made il
possible to go ahead with the pro-
motion Of another to be staged in the
near future
Officials at the fights were:
Referee Nankervis.
Medical Examiner-Dr. G. T. Ayres
Timekeepers Edward Buckley and T
J. Murn.
Announcer-ArnoldH Henderson
Judges-Joe Kran and Jack Gianotti
Seconds Steve Startz, John Kral
and Sergeant c. wolgard of Camp ITO
Referee Nankervis holds a license
from the State Boxing Commission
which makes him eligible to referet
fights anywhere in Minnesota. Ths
seconds were all licensed handlers.