BUTLER LOBEd BELT TO CULLEN:
After "gallantly defending the Alaska championship, ’vhich he had held
ior two years, through ten hard-fought rounds, Ford Butler, Chilkoot Barracks^
soldier, lost to Fred Cullen of Beattie, at the American legion smoker at^A.3.
hall last Thursday night, the latter being awarded the dedioion on points ,
says The Stroller in his w.k. "Stroller*d Neekly"#
"Cullen was the aggressor throughout the go and his two and a half in
ches in height and nearly two inches in reach over his opponent more than off
set the 15 pounds he lacked in weight# Cullen’s left punch vorked like a trip
hamme1" although Butler's blows had more force in them# difficulty in landing
them owing to the agile footwork of Cullen is what lost hiia the decision#
"The first three rounds convinced the fans that their iiol, Butler,
had met his match for the first tine in ALaska# The fourth and fifth did lit
tle to change the aspect but in the sixth andseventh, Butler worked his man
hard and gave as good as he received# The last three rounds doowed Butler to
be weakening and largely on the defensive vhile the younger man, although some
what winded, was the fresher of the two aid still aggressing, though very care
fully# .Vhile Butler's face showed contact with the naile i fist, b8i:ig some
what bruised, no blood was dram during the bout# Keferee Frank’s decision
giving Cullen the victory was a popular o le with the audience. Incidentally,
considerable money was lost on Butler, some at even but mostly 3 to 4, Cullen
being that much the favorite."
Local fans who saw the fi^h^ say that they believe 3utler would have
won if the fight had gome to fifteen rounds# They afonit, however, that Butler
has not shovm his oil time speed in the last 1^vo fights. This is attributed
by those on the inside to his refusal to listen to the advice or heed the guid
ance of his trainers.
COL. Jtr. GTBEdE, chairman of the alaska Hoad Coiiaission, returned
to Juneau last week after in extended trip through tlie Interior#
IflrTTT7TT'otarr'"and "Jr#”"and~7rs7TT7 1T7 Vtarr""d7*Juneaif"Have'“returned
to that city after visiting Atlin.
fai^ous old raider no / cannery vessel:
The largest vessel now plying the waters of Alaska is the Steamer
Ostoego, owned and operated by Libby, McNeil and Libby# This was formerly the
Prince Eitel Frederick, the German raider which was the terror of the Atlantic
during the To rid Tar# The steamer was surrenderedto the Gnited Spates Govern
ment and after the war was purchased by its present owners and, at a cost of
<£80,000, was transformed into the greatest cannery vessel in the world# It is
371 feet in length. (-— Anchorage Alaskan).
CHANCELLOR OF UNIVERSITY OF !ETJ SEAL.YD VISITS CIIILKOOT BAREACICS:
Or. J. U. Brown, chancellor of the University of New Zealand and one
of the most illustrious anthropologists, visited Chilkoot Barracks last Mon
day evening as guest of Captain and Mrs, M» C. Martin. Nr, Brown is a leading
authority on the races of the Pacific, ani in the course ofthe evening* s con
versation told of hi3 discoveries at Easter Island, which he b&lieves was
the center of an island empire, the other islands of *vhich are now sunk be
neath the sea.
He believes that there are traces of a white race aviong the Indians
of Southeastern Alaska, this white race havi lg mingled with them in prehistoric
times. He bases this conclusion upon the presence of wavy hair among nurebloodea
Natives of this vicinity.
He also advanced the possibility of the prehistoric people who inhabited
caves in Southern France havxpp been akin to the Eskimos.