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Laughed at Kids.Tho boxing match in which Young Lane and Lew Shilling, who are local lad3 and whoso names are withheld In charity to their parents, was pulled off In howls of laughter • from the fans. Young Land was the 1 easy victor bitting ih3 opponent I whenever be pleased. Shilling finished up all in. Dive tackling was the feature.Billy Schrober of Indianapolis threw John Terry of Vincennes in three falls, Terry getting the second.KID GRISWOLD MADE GETAWAY The match was a farce Schrober : WITH $160 OF RECEIPTS AT merely playing with his opponentSICOLISEUM LAST NIGHT. j and deliberately giving him the sec-: ond full. Terry although out classed = ’ j boctiuse of at least 25 ponnds differ-' ence In weight was much the more clever wrestler and was slick as an eel and wriggled out of many holds.| Schrober look the first fall in 9 mln-A CLEVER PROMOTERSFLast Seen of Little Pug” Was His; utes with a slssor; Terry the second Ccat Tail Following Him East- in 7 minutes with a bar-arm andward—Big Crowd at the Schrober the last In 6 minutes with Sport Carnival. i * hold.* i VIa T au'IoOne or the neatest gr.-;;way-with-: the-canh-stunts which lias been pull-! ed off her'* for some time was that cf Thcoics tKIdl Griswold, who, skipped from the coliseum with near- * ly $160, last night, just after the. boxing show which he was promot-j ing started. He has not been heard from since that time.Three boxers, Russell Van Korn, i of Columbus. 0...Samuel Trott. of In- ( dlanapolls. and -Kid Clark of Phil-* I adelphia and two wrestlers, John ; Terry of Vincennes and William | S:hrnber of Indianapolis arc the losers, the coliseum bill of $50 having l.een paid before Griswold left til*: building.The .’alter had entire charge of the . gate receipts taking iu the money at the box office. After most cf the mon-! ey was in Griswold turned the box office over to one of the boxing man-' ngerr, and went into the dre:s;ng I room to eel Hie bill Marled. When ! he came back he told the man in the box office he would be back in fifteen minutes as he was gtina^ppt to get seme more tickets. The Iasi iepwt of Griswpld he \vas*goiug east on !\falnXlc Lewis, a local, threw Charles Ole. also a local, in straight falls, in 2 and 2 minutes with leg and body holds. Ole was absolutely outclassed.WtJBcr:/* lt;street.iBoxers Are Sore.Much indignation was oppressed among the boxers and tlielr managers :u; net one of them got anything but a one way ticket from their homes. Resides (heir share of the gale receipts each was to have obtained a round-trip railway ticket and his hotel expenses.The police say that innsmn;h a-*: the boxers and wrestlers had no ron-| tracts signed tip with Griswold noth-. ing can be done to him. The only pos-| rible way for litem to got ihr money j hn promised them is ro have aHacli-; mem paper.- made out in a -'nines court and if Griswold attorn] ts to put on an exhibition again of any kind serve the papers at the box of-, flee.It may learn !li**::: to sign up contracts next time.’' remarked a member cf the police farce last night.It I-: no: believed the affair will hurt the* sport in the city as the Trott-Gri.iv.old match was the only one ‘-simclN'd. ('lark and Van Horn gcing in with no prospect s •lt;: «uin- )iald.The ilia in ! mu of the • »i,,»,n;; was be I woe U Kid Clark of Philadel) hi:i and Russell Van ,s*-rn. of Columbus. 0.. both cf who:: ir/» clever »s*xer/. No decision was : ,«*n but Clark had jns'l a shade of tin* hnut by points.' ills exhiblticn of dodging and duck-' Ing was excellent and he is very j much faster than Van Horn. The latter landed on Clark's fine frequently and the Philadelphia boy s r.osc was dripping blood after the sixth round. Clark's long stilt was a short right jab in the kidneys and a wide left swing lo the same place*. In a fight these blows would bo much more telling that the face punches of Van Horn.First Round Fast.The first round was rather fast with Van Horn landing several jabs on Clark's nose and face some of whbh had a little steam behind them. Also iu the second the Columbus boxer slipped several over on his opponent who took Hie blows with the g real cat good will. In the third Clark let out considerably and pasted his opponent In the kidneys at will varying this with an occasional straight jab to the jaw. He used liia guard well and clucked cleverly. The next round was easily Clark's. lie landing on Van I Horn’s wind and jabbing ! him practically at will. Occasion-| ally he would ginger up and soiul a regular volley cf blows to Van Horn’:;* anatomy, first the fac e and then thestomach. Tho remainder of the match was about even both boxers slowing down slightly.
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Richmond Morning News
Richmond, Indiana, US
Tue, Feb 01, 1910
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