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Show TERRY KELLER li GUEST FIGHT Terry Keller, tho Ogden youth who has won international notice as a light-heavyweight pugilist, made a big hit with the Baltimore fans, in his recent re-cent fight with Tom McMahon, according ac-cording to tho Baltimore sporting writers. The fight was staged on the evening of March 31 and tho following fol-lowing story of it appeared in the Baltimore Sun, under the signature of C. M. GIbbs: If Jess Willard an' Moran had a put up th' fight that Kellor an' McMahon Mc-Mahon done last night N'York fight fans woulda gona offa their nut with joy an' It woulda been called th' greatest fight what ever happened 'tween heavyweights. Their setto was no go-as-you-please, no-decision affair; it was a 15-round FIGHT. Referee Jeffries said that It was a draw at th' finish, but t a gink what don't know notliin' it looked look-ed like as if Keller coulda been given th' decision 'thout stretchln' no points any. In th' second round Keller began tryln' t' hammer McMahon's break back through his mush, an' he kept at It all th' rest of th' fight. Th' onlyst reason he didn't drive It clean through f th' back of his neck was 'cause It swelled up too much. McMahon got better in th' third round an' began t' hand out some solid wallops, an' extinguished Keller's Kel-ler's loft lamp In th fourth Keller done som6 -wonderful blockin' o right-hand swings with his stomach In th' sixth Keller tried some aero-planin' aero-planin' stunts, but was brought back t' earth by McMahon's anti-aircraft wallops, an' th' seventh he had Kei-ler Kei-ler feolin5 kinda lonesome an' homesick, home-sick, but from then on Keller had a edge, an' t'wards th' finish his edge was a blamed sight more sharper than McMahon's had been in th be- ginnln , nccorclin t our way o iif gerin' lie kept stickin his right so for inf McMahon's middle that it is a wonder that he didn't get tired pullin' it out. Of tho same fight, the Baltimore American said. 1 Although Terry Keller did not whip Tom McMahon, he fought a wonderful battle, making an up-hill fight and coming from far behind only to even up matters in the last six rounds. Pie will be a great drawing draw-ing card hero now because no man ever displayed more courage or a keener desire to make good with the fans. For a while the spectators thought Terry would take a nap on their hands, but as he plugged along he became a favorite, and when he made his remarkable spurt the house capitulated, lie won every real ring follower and when he heard the rooting root-ing the big blond battled all the harder. hard-er. Atter the mill he said the encouragement encour-agement he received from the spectators specta-tors was the most pleasing feature of th mill. |