Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 26 | Unique Place is Held in Manial Life by Boxing

Unique Place Is Ism Held in m Manila Life by Boxing Whole Town Turns Out for Bouts Filipinos T Take ke Sport Se Seriously Seri Sen io i- i S o sly MANILA Dec 31 UP Clang sounds tho the bell ben j x Two lithe little brown forms f in ill a lighted brightly roped square suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly face into their opposite corners cor cor- or- or ners bob ners-bob bob down cross themselves then glide out to the center enter and be begin begin begin be- be gin to weave about They They- move with a fluid grace with poised certainty Now and then a gloved hand darts arts out and back like the this flick of a snakes snake's tongue Suddenly Suddenly- they clash with a hall hallof of blows delivered faster than the thee e eye e can follow There comes comes' a a. roar from hundreds of voices All Alt Manila is out for the weekly fight right night Boxing has a unique place in Manila life me Everybody goes to the tile boxing bills just as every everybody ody goes to 10 the Sunday fights cock-fights in the thc rural barrIos There is reason for forit forit it It because Manila is one of the spots on earth where boxing that is really really- boxing can be seen The Filipino fighters lighters are small tough lough and quick They They- make make ip uP In speed and sameness what they lack lacI lackin lackin in variety And the tho sameness Is Ismore ismore ismore more apparent than real The Tho boys all have their different styles just justas justas' justas as as' as the thc bigger scrappers in other countries do and it is all too easy for one ne to become a Manila fight fan an who wont won't miss a single weeks week's program Now and then the management engages a a a. pair of big boys to give variety to the bill bU If they are service men coming in from anar an ar army y post they they- ar are apt to ta be good if it they are floaters drifting through the Philippines from hither and yon jt Is a poor gamble But the Filipinos themselves which Includes an occasional Moro 1010 from the tIle Solo Sulu S lu seldom Sea Sea seldom disappoint point They They- take the fight game seriously and have the tile figure of the tile late Pancho Volla Voila be before be- be foro fore their eyes as a mark marl to shoot at Every poUnd lOS opening pening preliminary pro pre l lad hopes dl hopes to work his way to the he headline position and a chance chanco to tour the world His at attitude attitude at- at toward tho tilo situation is ex exactly exactly ex- ex like e that of or a burlesque hoofer who hopes to see her name parne In the bright lights It Is a serious business with no lying-down lying on the tile job unless at the tha point of an ex exceptionally x x- x Hy solid fist Fight bills include about seven bouts