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THE WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK a n d RIO GRANDE RATTLER 17 BOXING FANS SEE NEW STARS. Bo Do Some of the Boxers, for K. O /s Are Common at Moran Bouts. Eight boxing bouts, every one of which would have been worth the price of admis sion, featured the first of Frank M o ran’s Saturday night program at the Red Triangle tent. Two thousand ring worshipers crowded the big arena to see their favorite bnnkies and beloved non-coms right dress w ith the floor. The affair was enlivened by the presence of the 105th In f a n try Band, while between the bouts Dr. Woolsey entertained the crowd w ith his latest songs. F rank Moran and H arvey Cohn, the Division Physical Direc tor, officiated in the ring, assisted by M ajor Hollander, 14th Regiment, whose accurate time keeping saved several of the boys from hasty exits, and Joe Johnson, of the 102d Engineers. While some of the fights were a little too tam e for some of the spectators, three heavyweight and lightw eight melees had it on anything ever seen at the Duniiybrook Fairs. McDermott Administers Anesthetic. Fred McDermott, of the 105th Field Am bulance, scored his third successive knock out in the six round heavyweight match, which was the big thing of the evening. However, while all his boxing affairs before had been walkaways, he was forced to the lim it in the seventh bout by Munce, of the 106th Field Hospital, and only succeeded in sending the artillerym an to the land of nod ten seconds before the end of the last round. It was a fight from beginning to end, with no mercy shown on either side. Earlier in the night Monce had shown his ability in the fifth round wh 1 he forced Borden to retire after two fur 0 ls minutes, and h is' work against M cDermott made him popular with the audience. McDermott had the advantage in the first round, as Mnnce was a little tired by his previous battle. Fred landed drive after drive on his opponent’s kidneys, and for a while it looked as if he would score by the steam roller method again. Munce began to get real mad at the start of the second stanza, and from then on it was a sight worth seeing. Mac played for the body repeatedly, alternating his strong lefts with a few short jabs to the face. Near the end of the round he cut M u n ce’s mouth. The latter returned a machine gun delivery to the face. The round was even. M unce ’s Hide and Seek Tactics. The hide and seek tactics of the artillery boxer cost him several sure hits in the third. He started strong enough but instead of go ing over the top and breaking M a c ’s win ning streak, he stopped just when he had the bone-setter all fussed up and hid his own face, leaving his body as defenceless as the Rus sian front. The Albany medicine man took prompt advantage of this state of affairs and resumed his autopsy of M u n ce’s kidneys. It was all M a c ’s round. Munce came out of his corner in the fourth reeling from weakness. He was game, however, and surprised everyone by recov ering quickly and sending McDermott into the ropes w ith a volley of shots to the face. He showed his lack of ring knowledge by failing to follow up this lead and once again he did the salaam act, Mac doing a H a rry Thaw on M u n ce’s ribs. Covering cost Munce the round. Munce Rallies. The 106th representative did his best work in the fifth and for a minute it looked like the Base Hospital for his medical friend. It was blow for blow, the claret flowing freely from M cD erm o tt’s nose. Twice Mnnce forced the saw-bone expert to the ropes, placing a neat Black B e rtha on his chin as the bell sounded. Munce took this session. The last fram e was a beaut. Munce made his last attem p t to kiss Mac “ good-night,” but alas, his work in the fifth had hurt the embryo cham p ’s feelings. Ju s t when Munce was about to tell the reporters of his am bitions to meet W illard, Mac sneaked up and wrote a ten-second furlough on his jaw. Another Chance for Munce. In view of the fact that Munce had scored a win earlier in the evening and had never been in the ring more than twice in his life, Moran has decided to put him in training for another whack at McDermott. The last match of the evening also proved a hummer. I t was a four-round skirmish be tween Cordon, of A Company, 105th In f a n try, and Bernard, of C Company, 108th In fantry. Bernard won the bout by grabbing the second and last rounds, the others going even. Both men weighed about 125 pounds. Charley Chaplin Gordon. Charley Chaplin had nothing on Cordon in the first. He tore into Bernard, jabbing his mustache into his face and his fists, knees and feet into his body, but to no avail. He was up against a head that would have done justice to Happy Hooligan in his palmiest days. Bernard had no hair to get mussed up and he was perfectly satisfied to let his op ponent break his digits on his shining dome. When there seemed any likelihood of Cor don ’s ceasing his bull-ring attack the 106th scrapper attracted his attention by derisively wiggling his thumb and fingers in a well- known gesture. Bernard allowed Cordon to continue his pile-driving in the second, showing no signs at all of ruffled feelings. He was real friendly and as Cordon began to get wild Bernie helped him along by starting a red streamer from his nose. Bernard made every blow count, taking the round. B ernard is Some Biffer. Cordon made his last onslaught in the third, directing his attention to the kidneys and face, but he might as well have a t tem pted to storm the Hindenberg line. The best he conld do was break even on the round. Bernard showed his real class in the fourth. F irst of all he hung a black sack on Cordon’s left optic and then he did his best to find out its contents. I t was his round all the time. The first bont was a m erry set-to between Fitzgerald, 102d Engineer Train, and Gas- selli, Company B, 102d Engineers. F itz had won a bont at the K. of C. H all the night before, but w ith the exception of the open ing round, he did most of the receiving. Gasselli’s work has attracted special com ment by Moran, and he will be matched for a longer bont in the near future. Eckler, a Jazz Boxer. Moran announced H egarte and Eckler in the 145 class. As a fight it was a fine ex hibition of the latest dancing. Eckler must have trained w ith Vernon Castle and Paul Swan. Every one of his slaps spelt deter mination, but alas, H egarte grew tired of learning the latest ball-room rules in the sec ond and a few back-hand strokes brought the entertainm e n t to an end. Eckler exited. The third bout between Riley and Lawson, of Headquarters, 106th Field A rtillery, in the 165 pound class, went to the former. He took the first two sessions from his bunkie and was satisfied to ease along for the other pair. Barney Williams on Exhibition. Barney Williams, 105th Field A rtillery, who claims the camp featherw eight title, and Stewart, a claimant for the welterweight class honors, met in an exhibition bout. Stew a rt had the best on the beef end of it, and he decided to let it go at that. Williams attem p ted to get him mad by disarranging his nice new ring suit, and for a while i t was feared Stew art would get real mad. Moran (Continued on page 30)
