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Show M'GOORTY MEETS A BIG SURPRISE fond du Lac. Wis. Feb 27. Eddie McGooity caught r Tartar tonight in Gus Christie of Milwaukee, whom he I supposed to be merely an ambltiona i outh. and though L'ddie was able to j knock Christie down in the ninth round for the count of eight, the gen eral verdict was that Christie had earned a draw. Christie boxed, roughed It and slug ged with McGourty. earning an even break The Oshkosh boy started out to make Christie quit and expected in easy victor) His confidence apparently appar-ently handicapped him Christie Wttl v. Illlng to rough it and McGoorty had difficulty in getting in any stiff punches. punch-es. The blow which dropped Christie In the ninth landed on the point of the Jaw Christie recovered iuiekly. how-ever, how-ever, and was up and at it hammer and tongs before the round was over. He hammered Mct;oort all around the ring In the tenth, evening matters mat-ters up. |