STEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUl), OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933
Knockouts Feature Amateur Milling Semi-Finals Slated Tonight
TXGE TWO
SIMON PURES OF
CITY AND CAMPS
IN VIOLENT WAR
Nine Knockouts Chalked Up
In Night's Battling
Fans to Cool Arena To
night for Crowd's Comfort
Mora lonlgtii
With the Armory cooled through
the courMsy ol the Med ford Ice
and Cold storage company, the
amateur fighting men will be aeen
blaatlng their way through the
smil-flnal tonight at the Legions
big Oolden Qlovea tourney In the
Armory arena. With the weaker
tighten eliminated In the prellm
Inartea lut nlgllt. the beat ama
teurs of tho big meet awing Into
action tonight. "The, fane ain't
aeen nothln', yet." Lea Showers,
tourney chief, declared today in
commenting on tonlght'a ahow.
"The light tonight will atand out
over those of laat night Ilka a
clrcua tent over a rain barrel." aald
Showers.
By JOHN KEDDY
Lack ol discretion and any par
tlcular aim. quite prominent amateur
characteristic, were blended Into tne
alngular virtue of action on the
opening night of tue American Leg-
Ion Oolden Olovee boxing tourna
ment last night at the armory and
a near capacity crowd of 1500 bad Ita
first taste of big time "Simon Pure"
battling.
There wasn't a left Jab In evidence
all evening, the probing wa done
mostly with the chin, and the feint
ing was done from long range, but
once the amateurs got within range
they punched with a verve and en
thusiasm that had someone on the
floor all evening. Nine knockout
were sprinkled over the evening's bill
of flltren engagements and the fights
that didn't end that way dldnt mlaa
It far.
Kampoua Impressive
In the headline bout, one of the
two mliea In the heavyweight class.
Jack Anderson engaged an opponent
not armed with a reportorlal pad and
after engaging the opponenta fist
for two mlnutea of the first round he
engaged the canvas a like or longer
period. Kampoua. the winner looked
Impressive and became one of the
favorite In the heavy division. The
favorite In ttie other classes paraded
through their tret engagement easily
all chalking up knock-out. Oeorge
Trenton. CCO light heavy led the
way In that else with a quick first
round knockout win over Owen Batea
of Medford. Xddle joanaa, veteran
amateur welter and one of the favor
Ilea In that division lived up to ad
rance notlcea ending a alaahlng first
round with a bard right to the body
of Johnny Nlchola. After a alow atart
Billy Fettljohn, former bantam weight
tltleholder of the S3nt division of
the army, got the range and dropped
Bernon Parker for a clean knock
out. Bntttnslaam Reigns
Enthusiasm waa the reigning fea
ture of the entire card, at times ex
tending to the referee and aeconds.
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aa'taci
REX (JILINSKV. above, and other
favorltea who hammered their way
through the preliminaries of the meet
Inst night, a well as an army of
fighting men v. ho did not are action
on laat.nlght's card, will be rhrotvlng
gloves In the semi-finals of the Legion
amateur ring tourney at the Armory
tonight. The Mrdford Ire and Cold
storage company Is to have the arena
root for tonlght'a fights by Installing
powerful electric fans todsy.
who seemed reluctant to halt bout
where one of the participant waa
evidently atopplng too much punish
ment.
The feature fighting wa not con'
fined to the experienced boyi bow-
ever, aa some of the battler capital
ised on their nalvette for knockout
and eome of the bout In the lighter
weight contained hot exchanges.
Twice bout ended on foul when
the punchers enthusiasm went be
yond bounds and they pounded in
dustriously at tumbled foe. Stock-
still of the CCC being declared the
winner over Wilder of Medford In a
Juggled finale, and Jimmy Palmer
getting the nod over Johnny Shaw
in another euch.
Luik Acrobatic
Carl Luak. Medford welterweight.
utilized a flair for acrobatics In hang
ing a knockout on Rodney Van Brunt
when he picked himself up after a
head over heela dive and landed the
final punch after some hard ex
changee.
Local battlera fared well In the
opening stage when Leo Ohelardl,
Medford gridiron star, punched hla
way to a win over game Jimmy Bay
lies of Hilt In a bout In which both
prlnclpala sopped up punishment. The
two lightweight staged a thriller,
and won the honora for providing
the fastest action on a card which
contained plenty. Rex Qlllnsky, an
other local favorite, stopped B1U Car
lisle In the second round, and Billy
Hawkins, Medford middleweight, de-
clstoned Harold OUmore of Ashland
Tony Acordl attempted an Inno
vation In boxing with Martin Buel.
fellow CCC battler, and after the
wild thumping of earlier bout the
affair waa antl-cllmaxed to everyone
except Ruel. who'a aeconds tossed In
the towel In the final round.
Big Crowd Tonight
The convincing way in which the
wlnnera worked In gaining their In
itial victories augurs well for tonight's
engagement, and a larger crowd I
anticipated on each aucceedlng night
as the show nears Its climax, Larry
Schsde and Fred Erlckson alternated
on the referee assignment and Lieu
tenant Prltchard and Johnny Reed
acted as Judge, missing Just one
when they awarded Bill Smith a win
over Ray Price for a complacent ex-
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PRE-COOLING COLD STORAGE
COLD STORAGE
FANS FOR FIGHT
Boxing fan and fanettes are to be
comfortably cool a a -treat on the
Medford Ice and Cold Storage com
pany at the aeml-flnal amateur tight
program In the Armory here tonight.
In keeping with lta policy of rend
ering service to Medford, the M. I. S
Is Installing two of the most powerful
electric tana In southern Oregon In
the Armory for tonlght'a flghta.
"The tourney la a fine thing for
Medford and we want to ahow our
appreciation to the Legion by having
the arena cool tonight." an official
of the Medford Ice and Cold Storage
company aald today.
The first fight start at 8.15 to
night. Tourney Gossip
Jerry Jerome: "WhAt fight I What
flghtal Greatt I ever uw for ac
tion, thrills a.nd excitement. Nothing
will keep me from eeelng tonight'
amtttur fljhU. too. A capacity crowd
U due tonight."
Al Plche: "Oh. boy I I have never
seen euch sensational fighting aa the
bouts last night. W1U I be there
again tonight? it would take an
army of coppers to keep me away.1
Larry Schade: "I never saw so
much fighting in my life In one
evening as last night. I'll venture
to say the arena will be packed to
overflowing tonight.'
Jens Jensen: "Anyone falling to
see tonlght'a flghta surely will be
sorry. The flghta lut night were
great."
Sam Col ton: "I'm backing the
Medford amateurs to win tonight.
The semi-finals will be better than
laat night."
Chris Richardson: "I'm all set for
the big fights tonight. Those last
night surely were thrilling."
Roy Llndley: "I'll be there early
for the semi -final flghta tonight.
Weren't they exciting last night,
though?"
Carl Y. Tengwald: "With all fight
ers in town now the fights tonight
will start promptly at 8:15. And what
fightt they'll be. too."
RASKOB'S DAUGHTER
YACHTSWOMAN AT 13
LONO BEACH. Calif.. Aug. IS (API
-Patey Raskob. who appears to have
the looks and a lot of the ability of
her father, ha coasted Into Long
Beach with members of her family to
announce casually she hsen't the
slightest fear of more seasoned con
testants in the International Star
boat races her next week.
The 13-year-old will aall her 30-
foot craft In five race.
preaaton while atopplng punches.
Jerry Jerome took care of the an
nouncing and Vivian Beach bandied
the timekeeper's gong.
Les Showers promises even better
battlea for the two remalniug nights
the battlers thin out. and la ar
ranging tor record crowd tonight
and tomorrow. It waa announced last
en. that additional cooling facilities
will be Installed In time for tonights
bout.
and Front Streets
In Semi -Final
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& tor
M.W OVI.tOUUXT, ohuivn UlMne
In a rliarai-trrMJc right. n; pose, and
other Medford stars Hill make a tall
ant attempt to repel the attack of
the "enemy" In the seml-llntl round
of the Irion's big amateur fight
meet at the Armory tonight.
NEM1C1WICE
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 16 (Ari
etta CI in girt an, 161. of Oklahoma City,
took two falls out of three to win the
main event of last night's wrestling
card here from John Neraan.c, 158, of
St. Louis.
The Oklahoman won the first fall
with a double toe hold In 13 minutes.
Nemanlc evened the match, taking
the second fall In 11 mlnutea with a
Boston crab hold, but CUngman
clinched the match 10 minutes later
when he successfully ttpplled a double
leg bar.
Bulldog Jackson. 158. Klamath
Falls, defeated Logger Helbert. 160.
St. Helens, two falls out of three.
In the semt-wlndup.
Dorry Detton. 160. of Salt Lake
City won the preliminary from Eddie
Helbert, 160. St. Helens, taking two
straight falls.
BRITISH CRICKETEERS
DEFEAT WEST INDIANS
LONDON, Aug. 15 (AP England
today scored a decisive victory over
the touring Wast Indlee cricket team,
in the third and last test cricket
match of the series. England won
by an Innings and 17 runs.
England also won the first match
a4 the second waa drawn.
Scores of the match were: England,
313; west Indies. 100 and 195.
LEGLESS SWIMMER
ABANDONS CHANNEL
DOVER, England, Aug. 15 ( AP)
Charlea Zlebelman. a leg. en American
swimmer, abandoned his projected
swim serosa the English channel early
today because of rising wind that
caused a choppy sea. He had set out
last evening from Shakespeare rock,
cheered on by a large holiday crowd.
He had been In the water 13 hours.
JUBILEE GRAPPLE
L BE
JackBonrtUo'i Oold Ruih Job I lee
sport commlttM la making prepara
tions for on of the largest crowds
of wrestling fans ever aeen In south
ern Oregon when Mack Llllard moves
his wrestling circus to the old min
ing capital or an all-str perform
ance next Saturday night. The card,
to be presented as part of the Jubilee
entertainment, will Include the color
ful Chinese grappler, Wong Bock
Cheung, and Ted Thye in the one
hour main event and Al Karaslck and
Everett Klbbens, In a 45-mlnute sup
porting match. For a curtain-raiser
Fireman Ray Frlsble, favorite of local
fans will engage Pete Bellcastro In a
thirty-minute brawl with nothing
barred but the strangle hold.
All In all the Jacksonville show Sat
urday should prove one of the most
thrilling seen in this region in many
montha and la expected to be one
of the moat popular features of the
big celebration.
SUMMARY
Joe Kamphoa beat Jack Anderson.
K. O. first round. Heavyweight.
Tony Acardl. CCC, beat Martin
Ruel. CCC, technical K. O. Third
round. Heavyweight.
Billy Hawkins. Medford. beat Har
old OUmore, Ashland. Decision. Mid
dleweight. Billy .Pettyjohn. CCC, beat Vernon
Parker. K. O. First round. Light
weights. Rex Olllnaky. Medford, beat Bill
Carlisle, CCC. Tech. K. O. Feather
weight. Bill Smith, CCC. beat Ray Price.
CCC. Decision. Middleweight.
Jimmy Palmer. Medford, beat
Johnny Shaw. Foul. Flrat round.
Welterweight.
Jimmy Orr, Grant Pass, beat Le
roy Wood. CCC. Tech. K. O. Second
round. Middleweight.
Dick Pool, CCC, beat Tex Over
street, Medford. Decision. Welter
weight. Russell Reed, CCC, beat Vincent
Eserhard, CCC. Decision. Middle
weight. Carl Luak, Medford. beat Rodney
Van Brunt. Tech. K. o. second
round. Welterweight.
Eddie Joan as, Ashland, beat John
ny Nichols, CCC, K. O. flrat round.
Welterweight.
Oeorge Trenton. CCO, beat Owen
Bate. Medford. K. o. first round.
Light heavyweight,
Leo Ohelardl, Medford, beat Jimmy
Bayllea. HUt. Decision. Lightweight.
Norvil Stockatlll, CCC, beat Ber
nard Wilder, Medford. Foul. Feather
weight. BASEBALL
Yesterday's Results
Coast League.
Hollywood S-a. Seattle 0-0.
American League.
At Cleveland 6. Philadelphia 11.
At Boston 6. Detroit .
Only gamee scheduled.
No National League game.
California last year spent S'.SJ OOO
to paint ttraff'.c stnpea on 3.500 miles
of highway. 1
COMPANY, Inc.
AMATEUR FIGHTERS PUT
HEART III PUNCHING FOE
By BOB COLVIO
What unlimited Industry these
amateurs pack Into three rounds or
leas, generally the latter. There are
no Loughrans, Rosenblooma, Joneses
or Rosses In the lot but they mix It
freely and that la the dish that the
fan eeera to like. Action on the
opening night ran true to expectation
when over half the bouta were term
inated by knockout.
Final compilations are always In
teresting but they achieve special note
In anything as unpredictable as an
amateur first night. The figure on
last night's warfare reveal that of
the fifteen bout billed, five ended
in outright knockout, four In the
technical category, four more by de
cision and two via the foul route
when the combatant became too fer
vent and continued to rain punchee
on a fallen foe. The blowa were un
intentional enough and only a reflect
ion of the willingness and enthusiasm
of the green fighters a point that
ALL INVITED TO HELP
- IN DRUM CORPS TRIP
SALEM, Aug. 15. (API Every
citizen of Oregon la Invited to as
sist in aendlng the Capital Post
championship Legion drum corps to
Chicago for competition at the na
Faster,
In the Smashing Semi-Finals
Golden Glove Amateur
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Better Than Last Night
the referees might bear In mind.
Boxing expert often speculate with
some awe aa to how Inexperienced
amateur fighters can act the pace
that they do through three round.
And how they do punchl Not much
finesse but all the willingness In the
world and eome of the mixed swings
last night did a lot toward cooling
the armory.
HERE AND THERE . . . Leo Oehl
ardi, the tough lightweight who made
such a fine Impression In hi open
ing encounter 1 the best looking
football player of hie Inches ever to
represent the local high school. Eddie
Joanaa who also opened with a one
round K. o. Is bealdea an experienced
amateur battler, a baseball and foot
ball player and a star In both sports.
He Is the only collegian entered. Med.
ford, the host city had nine repre
sentatives answering the gong last
night and they gained better than an
even break winning five and losing
four.
tional convention, Col. H. K. Weld
enfe'.d. In charge of the drive for
funds, stated today.
Weldenleld eald the state would
be divided luto 19 districts with
bonded dlrectora In each to co-operate
with chambers of commerce and
other groups In supervising the cam
paign. Governor Julius Meier and numer
ous otner prominent otflclala In the
state have endorsed the drive.
Eighty-two per cent of the school
More Furious Fights
OF YOUR
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population of Kentucky county dis
trict attend one, two or three
teacher school.
I I'll I
VACATION
Make this Ideal vacation trip this
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to any number of days. Starting
on a "Princess" liner you visit
Victoria and Vancouver. By train
through the scenery of the world
famed Canadian Rockies. Stop
over at the beautiful resort holtla
at Banff and Lake Louise, where
roles have bten greatly reduced
this season. Spend restful days
In the comfortable Chalet Bun
galow Camps located at various
scenic points in this great moun
tain region. Opportunities for
every sport and recreation.
Returning you complete the
circle via. Calgary and Spokane,
with new scenes every day of your
trip. Canada invites vacationists
I-no passports are required. Sum
mer rait fares and reduced hotel
rates make the trip exceedingly
moderate in cost. Our local offi
ces will help you plan this most
Interesting tour.
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NEW
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Big Fans Being In
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