Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-21
2slEGEI AT LARGE
BuIIfighting Wins
No Converts Here
BY MORRIS sIEGEL

~ --------- BY MONKS DIESEL
,sf NoGALEs, SONORA MEXICO, MAR. 21-The decision
sto attend Mexican bulght reached almost auto
matcay 1t the only logical foowup to three weeks
% OF baseball bull sessions.
Our party told in advance the bullghts in Nogaes,
~ desolate community So miles from Tucson Arz, COM
posed mainly of rnket shops bush league compared
auto the big festivals in SPAIN
It also explained 1t didn't make the slightest
difference where bulfght staged in dirty Nogales
or in Barceona Plaza de Toros the result is invariably
All the same Ell toro doesn't have chance anywhere
For entire group 1t was the first time ever for
y bufght do not speak for the minority when say 1t
also positively the last time. We quickly determined
the only possible the bull can live to fight again is
to refuse to come out and fight at all For fighting bulls
sc unfortunately, the choice is not theirs.
sn THE NoGALES BULL RING not designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright 1t is ugly hunk of rottng
crete shaped in theater-n-he fashion, The Colo
sseum In Rome, which probably has few years the
y Nogales ring, is still in better shape.
There obSructed views Long before the first
q Of five morally wounded bulls dragged out with
chains around his horns by two NANCY Mexican burros
we all were wishing seats hadn't been good Bull
nghngs idea Of craftsmanship is much too gamey for
.pr Our $3.50 seats were the sunny side Normally
this Is the bleacher section Of bull pit, but this
45-degree day in warm Mexico they desirable
than plebian. There one drawback. There was no
SUM-
Like everything else in Mexico the fights started late
4 This enabled the newcomer to adjust himself to the
surroundings Our pasme to read the billboards
where we were surprised to learn that CocaCoa 7-Up
rand Portland Cement Just advertising minded in
Nogaes as they are in minor league baseball parks
ANoGALEs EMERGENCY ambulance service also had
an ad. This message presumably was aimed at the
spectator and not the BULL who comes out merely
" or injured.
The first bull to be fought was sOO-pound Mexican
bred capacho" Naturally 1t his first appearance in
Nogales 1t was also his last calculated risk Of fighting
bulls the world over.
The matador making his first appearance in
Nogales too. For few seconds 1t appeared 1t might
his last He gored. The matador was American
born from Los Angeles, David Bale who evidently had
read too much Hemingway and not enough Of How to
Become Bulfighter"
He did not fight WELL judging from the boos Of the
crowd The bull finally finished off, AS q reward
for Job well DONE the ,matador can win one or two
ears or even the bulls tall Baile periousy close
to walking off with his own ear as a souvenir That's
where he was ncked during the mitigating with his
9O0-pound opponent
THE STAR OF THE show Carlos Arruza the poor
mans Manolete. judging from the program book He
making comeback.
Arruza's bull another sOO-pound hunk of snarinp
black named Arriero" This bull charged out center
ring and quickly became docile Arruza muttered Que
passa2" at the unwillngness of his opponent.
After few seconds the bull, perhaps under the i'm
preston he was Valery Brunei, high-jumped over the
fourfoot wood fence separating the ring the stands
He knocked over Photographic equipment and scared
numbers of unntated spectators who orewarned
to expect this sort of intrusion.
Once back into the ring the bull got the usual treat
ment. He was sspeared by picadors When the horse
mounted aveln left the bandereros took over
plungng barbed sticks into the bleeding bulls shoulders
1t appeared crassy inhumane but knowledgeabe afci-
onados said it nothing than hotfoot in the
bulfighting business.
FINALLY, AFTER EVERYONE with knife switch
blade spear barbed stick had taken slash at the bull
Arruza the star in for the kill 1t like chaleng-
ing Patterson after Lson mad knocked him senseless In
Chicago Arruza made several classic passes one time
he knelt knee, but the bull Keeling and there
no apparent danger.
Arruza quickly plunged his sword into the defenseless
opponent and thus the Of "Arrero" ended
Arruza awarded an ear-the bulls. Later that
evening in Nogaes several in party had steak for din
ner. settled for a grilled cheese sandwich