The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-06
FOLLOWING THROUGH
By PEDRO sAGuILAR
BOXING

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Gunner Barlund will meet Joe
Boksi next Thursday at the
Orange Bowl in Miami, and ac-
cording to reports both fighters
are in the pink and this will be
the first heavyweight fight of
Importance for eight years. Bar
lund had fights in 10 different
countries before he came here to
fight Joe. He has appeared in
England Germany, Holland.
Cuba, South Africa, Italy, Spain,
Belgium, Ireland and his native
Finland. Nate Welfson, Joe
Baksfs manager, is of the old
fashioned school. He believes a
manager should stay along side
of his charge day. and night dur
ing training periods and, he will
be at the ringside the night of
March 8.
Major w. H. Peoples, Jr., pro-
moter of this fight, says that
there will be $4,000 seats avail
able. Joe Baksi's job is in a de-
Tense plant in Pennsylvania, and
he works with bombs. That is the
reason he has bomb in each
glove. This will be his first fight
in the South. He has always
fought in New York, Chicago,
Baltimore and other points north.
He is the No. 3, heavyweight in
the current, issue of the Ring,
and, he is headed for the top.
This will be the first time
these two fighters have met and
both are anxious to win. Gun
ner Rarlund had been in the
ring for a dozen years and knows
all the answers. He has fought
Billy Conn, Toni Muriello, Melio
Betinna, and Lou Nova, all top
notchers in their weight. He is
in a class with Lou Savoid.
Baksi is booked for a fight in
the Madison Square Garden on
March 80 against Lee Oma, to
whom he lost a decision in Nov
ember at the, Garden.
Softhall
It seems as if the interest is
lost at least for the time being,
and I hope to see the boys out
there again, like they did last
year. The Transportation, Sup
ply, Public Works, are among
TIE clubs missing, and where is
the Sub Activities. We would like
10 see them out there again, and
as to the City League, where is
the good old Peppers Plumbing
Go. They won several flags and
it seems as if the going got to
tough for Gates, Mccarthy, In
graham, Jackie Cafbonell, Es-
mond Alhury, Johnnie Walker,
and others. What is the matter,
can't take it any more. The
girls are getting some clubs to-
gether and they want to give
the MOB WAVES a run for their
money. So they will practice
hard and we will see what they
will do in a real game.
Baseball
Norman Artman is playing
good ball in the Panama Canal
Zone and he caught in a game
for Mickey Harris, star of the
Boston Red Sox, and he is hitting
the apple right on the nose. .
Armando Acevedo, played his
first game this year on the
Pacific islands and played sec
ond. Got a homer and his club
lost 6 to 2, but he says in his
letter he will do better later. e.
Albert Rodriguez, the short,
junky catcher MS stationed at
Miami Beach, mad come to town
every once in a while. Mickey
Ubieta still somewhere in Hol-
land, but he is not playing ball.
A. Lastres, Mennedes, Buster
Roberts, Reese Thompson, Danny
Lastres, Eloy Acevedo, Dode Viii
lareal, M. and F. Tynes, Joe,
Dickey, Juani and Ambrose Nav
AFRO, Meme Domenech, Anthony
Kelly and many other of our
boys all in the service, ready to
come back and play more base
ball. BY the way, when is
the American Legion baseball
club going to play. They claim
they are ready, but the Cuban
Club under the leadership of
Mario, Sanches is scared to play
them. What is the matter Mario,
are you and your boys scared of
Rubber Sweeting and Sue Grit
fin. They throw a little hard, but
they wont hurt your boys. When
do you want to play, Mgr. Nc
Cullough would like to know.