Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
WEBSTER VICTOR
ON JULY 4 CARD
Gets Decision Over Eddie
Clark In Close
10-Rounder

flgntlng aggreSSiVely through
out, All (Iron Mani Webster, Bill
lings battler who has the punish
ment absorbing qualities of sheet
steel, gained an edge on Eddie
Fay Clark of Scottsbluff, Neb.,
whipping in singing lefts to
Clark's face frequently and on oc-
casion mailing the Nebraskan with
drives to the ribs, to win the 10
round headliner of the Fourth of
July card at Washington hall.
Webster drove the Nebraskan
to retreat with choppy lefts most
of which bounced off Clark's chin
with little or no effect. No knock
downs were registered by either
combatants at any stage of the
battle. Clark rallied at times to
whip across right jolts to the Iron
Mans face, doing little damage.
At the end of the sixth the
Nebraskan appeared weakened
from Webster's hammering lefts
to face and long, hard, right
drives to the ribs. AS the end of
the round neared, Clark was miss
ing his strikes at Webster and APP
peared groggy. Webster had him
tied up along the ropes and was
administering heavy damage to
Nebraskan at the bell. 1t was the
only stage of the battle where a
Touchdown seemed certain.
Clark, however, came out strong
to make his best showing of the
evening in the next two stanzas.
In the seventh he raped in rights
to the Billings mans stomach and
drove the Iron Man into a corner
with rights and lefts to the head
and face. Webster came out of it
and was working aggressively at
the bell. Clark again led the at
tack in the eighth driving off
Webster's boring tactics with
rights to the head and face. Both
boys exchanged punishment in
clinches and Clark was singing
Webster's face with right drives
at the bell.
The judges decisions were: Le-
land Newman, 58-42; Bert Castel-
lano, 56-44; Ray Houtonen, 51-49.
All gave Webster the edge.
In the preliminary encounters,
Cliff Gerhardt, lao, Washoe, took
a f%our-round decision over Ralph
Kress, 1873, Joliet, working on
Kress throughout and administer
ing sever punishment in the final
stanza to have the Joliet battler
dangerously close to a knockout.
In the next bout Carl Hartung,
1872, LAUREL, battered Orville Will
liams, 1872, Washoe, through four
sessions to earn q decision. Both
boys opened cautiously with Har-
tung coming out in the second
frame to drive Williams around
the ring with a furious attack.
The Washoe scrapper was down
at the bell. In the third Williams
came out for revenge but covered
up under a rain of rights and lefts
from Hartung and was swaying
on his feet at the gong.
In the semifinal Morris tx. o.
Hendricks, 1876, Fromberg, was
awarded a decision over Bob Wy
man, lao, Billings, amidst some
booing from fans. Hendricks, who
was warned frequently during the
bout for rabbit punching, drove
the stocky Billings fighter to COW
er with terrific drives to the face
and ~midsection, sewing up Wy
mar along the ropes with furious
attacks.
Spot Roth, Billings fight pro-
moter, refereed the two starting
bouts, while Bert Castellano was
the third man in the ring for the
semifinal and main event. A.. M.
Hartwig was timekeeper. Cy
Taillon, Billings radio announcer,
announced tie evenings events at
the show.