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1 Emmetsburg- Fighters IP. Won Spencer Bouts'^esfer-'un-L region,andele-orth-lealth. n In-s suf-at. It id fi-nnmit ,r still 2 rifleA large number of Emmetsburg far.swent to Spencer Monday eveiiing to witness tire boxing bouts staged in the sales pavilion north of that city. The Emmetsburg fans were particularly interested in the outcome of bouts in which local talent participated.In the best boxing bout of the evening Claude Pettit of this city won a decision over Johnny Cosgrove of Wesley over the six-round route. Pettit won five of the six rounds. His clever defense and his ability to score telling punches made a great hit with the many fans present. The Wesley boy outweighed Pettit.Another interesting match was the four-round affair between Francis Brady of Emmetsburg and Buzz Smith of Humboldt. The boxers fought on fairly even terms although Brady was the aggressor throughout and scored the more telling punches. Most of the spectators were inclined to favor Brady with the decision. It was a fast match.Another Emmetsburg boy, “Sleepy Thompson knocked out George Long of Ayrshire in the first round of their scheduled four-round ga. In falling to the canvas Long bumped bis head quite badly on the floor, an injury that had a tendency to make him more(40(itc]35frorgroggy than from the effects of thepunch.Guy Easton of this city was the victim of a technical knockout in his match tv i tli Johnny Goodsen of Rut liven, The match tv as stopped in the second round when the officials foundwesgroiBarburcmproofbaithenjoybu: an tin evi in wi inthat Ease on might not be ableunday h odist Castle.msto op-weather the storm of punches ponent kept throwing at him.Ia the main event of the evening Henry Jones af Port Docige out-point-j ,1 V-1 - - —--- —Lake ed Veme Trickel in a rather slow bout.erTV iirlt;b:V.I hBert ichard Crueg-k, and ;y_ Mr. is loss lother,s born Iowa, ildren-Bofch men are heavyweights. ' Tirlckel tv as the-aggressor during the six rounds but he seamed to be unable to solve the Fort Dodge negro’s defense.In the semi-final windup Kid Swcc-zy of Spencer and Jimmy Salvador ofFort Dodge put on an exhibition bout that was fairly even. The -fans, however, did not take kindly to the match,being convinced that verv hard.neither boy watryingt1aatttrti
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Thu, May 06, 1937
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