The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-05
taken it, but Thayer kept cool and

taken it, but Thayer kept cool and landed a little more often.
 Roberts came out fast from the very beginning, and by the end of the first round looked a little tired. Tl.ayer was taking his time all the Way through. The second rouno was a h.p w.rs even, win Rob erts keeping up the furioas pace. Tl.ayer took the third round when they both s,ttled down to little boxing. By ;ce fourth, bon were aieeding and were pre,tv well s,lcared. Eo, eits was war 1ed in the fourth for hitting low. In the fifth and sixth, they swapped lefts and rights neither being able to get in a single punch that would do much by itself, but botn talk ing a pot of punishment, and they were both little groggy when the fight ended.
 Most Spectacular
 The bout between Red Hixon and Sammy Nelson was about the most spectacular bout of them all HiXon was taller, and Sammy had the job of boring in past his long guard. They halved the first round, both swining hard and fast.
 Tn the second round Hixon was out to chop Sammy down and he almost did it. Sammy was pretty tired by the time the gong sound ed.
 In the third, Sammy bored in as if for a knockout and had Hixon groggy by the middle of the round. Hixon stalled and saved himself. After the minute between rounds, Hixon came back strong and they knocked each other all over the ring. Both boys were pretty tired and woozy and when the gong sounded they kept on fighting un- til refere Regele managed to wrestle them apart.
 Towel Thrown In
 From then on it was a stand up and slug battle, with honors nearly even, HiXon having perhaps a shade the better of it. Sammy was fighting out of his head, and Hix- on scarcely knew what he was do- ing With only Is seconds to go to the end of the sixth, Hixon's hand Ilers threw in the lowell, and Sam my collapsed in the center of the ring. Hixon was pretty well all in, but what might have hap pened during that Is seconds, mo- body knows. He was in much the better condition, and walked with the support of his seconds to the corner. Sammy's seconds not only had to carry him to his corner, but to the dressing room as well.
 Technical
 In the opener, Billy Jack prac- tically slaughtered Eddie Neillson, and was awarded a technical knockout before the end of the second round. Giving away around 20 pounds and not in condition anyhow, Eddie had no business even going into the ring. Right from the first it was a slaughter, with Jack landing almost at will.
 Although the house was small, and the money awarded to the fighters twas not as much as ex- pected, fon the whole everybody expressed themselves as being sat- isfied, particularly the spectators. There was no stalling, and every fighter was out for blood. It is said thatkwith few more cards like this one, smokers will become much more popular in Juneau.
 Officials
 Referee for the bouts was H. E. Regele, and the Judges were Dan Ralston and E. O. Adams. Bill Franks was tirnekeeper, and Frank Foster announcer.
 Pop Bayers, as matchmaker. ex- pressed disappointment that the purses were not larger, but said that he is confident that they will grow so long as the same quality of fighting can be kept up.