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It happened on the night of Monday,' Jan. 'A.	'The
crowd gather;.	boxing
arena just !<;.ck of Dad Manieri?s bcae?' fron! restaurant. -J *>;.> v>- .?led t)ioir money?s wort!: a?*d got it-Main bout was :> sr-hrduled ten rounds be*" ???-?n Young Dempsey of !\ * ('v?ieans, and ?Dud? Carver, ?.-'ica! :";i vorite. Dempsey w;ic ?. :-;b?d by a sport?s write:	in-?	day	a;;
being ?a beo; :,;!!v built lad in the pink	'^M'iition.?
Carver said ? i" ?of the string bean ly b) ;ui account heae ?>ini Drops Dempsey the	M
following acrv ? ;.
?At the tar ^ {^c gong Dempsey rushe! into Carver as Uiougb tn I'r.k-' a quid; nieal of it; he im t by a loft iab and wen1 into a clinch, working on Diw..':-: |v.r!; ?til tho break. Rush'.-, and clinches composed the 1 rst .stanza.
?The next ? *'ijnd opened with Dempse\ yv,:[ !o soivr; bis man; tb;;- ?:parn.\!, and Dempsey agan Iritd his rush, only to be met by three jabs to 'the face; they clinched and kept each other busy with a
?	series of body blows. Hammer and longs finished the round Tvith the visitor showing
the strain of the pace.
- ?The third and '-decisive-, stanza was of short duration. Dempsey rushed Dud and was met by a job, only to return for nmio. This time Carver closed his right with all the force be could muster to Dempsey?s jaw; for a fraction the boy stood still, and then he toppled over like a plank. He rose at the count of nine, and was met by another stinger before he could right himself; went down for six, rose again .and met a haymaker from Dud?s right that tuned the Angel?s Harp and was half carried to his corner. Dud?s right was Dempsey?s undoing.?
Those were the days when boxing was in its heyday. Howitzer Company#arranged! the exhibitions. Prominent* names among boxers included? Heitzmann, who fought fast and furiously; Young Fayard, and Kid Sinclair. It seemed from sports write-ups that everybody had a handle like "Kid or ?Young,? i.e. there "?as Kid Tomasich, Kid Seube, Kid Sinclair and Young Fayard.
Also prominent in the ring was the name Scafidi, but that is to be covered in another story.	;i
?UNCLE ED? CHRISTMAS a ?Grand Old Man? o Logtown. ?Uncle Ed? worke in the sawmill of Weston Lbi Co. Photo taken in 1940.. Courtesy of Mrs. Roy Baxtei Sr.
rscO.HD?: feeing researched during Bay St.Louls Centennial celebrations in j ami Mrs. Jofin Scafkie (left), and Miss Louise Crawford, founder of the Han- ?
HISTORICAL V
1958, by Mc.yc. ........... ...........	,..,.,0	v/iamuiu,	iuuuuer 01 me tian-
coek County L:hry<-y ovstsiv. rij-.jtogranJi was taken in rare book room of old library on Court


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