The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-12
1T MIGHT HAVE BREW
Particulars of Last Evenings y.
tOrt-SpOrting Notes II

There have been so many atb,..,
exhibitions and sparring contests 49,
lately that the match between Lang go
Slattery drew only fair audience -
the Opera House last evening.
The sport commenced with a set.,o
between a couple of youngsters-Csr
bon, of Fall River, and Sweeny Of tbi.
city. This set-to was very amusing
and kept the audience from growing
impatient. This was followed bv
bout between two loca; boxers of
tender years. After long wait
Lang and Slattery appeared. followed
Oy Inelr secon IS, Lang being seconded
oy FRANK Hays, Slattery by Ed. Smith
The seconds then tried to secure a ref.
cree, but as they could not agree upon
anyone, the audience took a hand
After Wrangling about ali hour q com.
promise was effected, each man bsine
allowed to select a referee. Lang chose
Mr.. Reckhart, SlatteFy J. 4. Fitzgerald
James Edwards was selected as Judge
5. Il. Hitler as time-keeper. These pre-
liminaries being at lass arranged, time
was called, and after shaking hands. the
circus commenced.
Round One-LAng opened the hall by
driving his left onto Slattery's chest:
each man then got in a blow on the
head. Slattery then led for the face.
but Lang was too quick for him and
cleVerly lodged it and again planted his
fist on SlatterY's head. The latter re-
tallated with good one on his Oppo-
nent's face which brought him to the
ET~cf n0rt- = e..
claimed and allowed. Slattery's second
claimed foul, but it was not allowed
The round ended with another ex-
change of face blows.
Round twO-It was evident that Stat
terry realized LanZ's superiority, and he
acted very cautiously. He led for
Lang's face, but the latter lodged and
succeeded III getting in a face blow
and a light upper cut: this as fol-
lowed by rally, and after some hard
hitting, Slattery dropped to the floor.
His position was this: The LETT foot and
right toe were Oh the floor, the left
knee appeared not TO touch the floor.
While in this position Lang, who was
not expecting Siattery TO fail, made q
pass with his left. He checked it, how
ever, in time, and though he did touch
Slattery, the blow was scarcely hard
enough 70 turn a hair. His second i'm
mediately claimed a foul, but inasmuch
as the men had agreed not to notice a
light or unintentiOnal foul, the referee
hesitated, and finally ordered the men
TO fight
Smith refused to let his man fight any
more, claiming that he had won. Then
everybody took a hand IN the discus
sion, and the scene that followed was
beyond description. At last the referee
advanced to the ropes and said he aWar-
ded the fight to Slattery on the foul.
The manager of the house then stated
that the audience had come TO see a
fight, and they were entitled to see it.
This was received with tremendous ap-
plause. Duncan Mcdonald then took
the floor and said that he would refund
the money and forfeit 800
if anything OF this kind occurred in his
forthcoming fight with Slade.
Lang during all this scene, waited
quietly in his corner, until he saw there
would be no chance to continue the
fight. Itwas the general opinion that
Slattery, seeing that Lang was too much
for him, tried to have him make a foul.
There can DE no question as to Lang's
being a frst-class fighter He went into
the match to win and cid his hest. We
predict the early departure of Slatiery
from Salt Lake.