Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-17
CH|L6S DECLARED THE WINNER
But a Foul Ended Last Nights
Pugilistic Contest.
The Black Pearl Was by Far the Best
Man Of the Two.
He Had Rivers Bested but Indulged in
Foul Blow-The Referees State
ment In Regard to the
Controversy.


letic club, between Frank Childs of this
city and Jack Rivers of Kansas City.
Very few of that number were satisfied
with the result, and Referee Shredder
is very unpopular person with great
majority of those who witnessed the
fight. 1t all came about in this way:
In assuming the position OF referee,
Mr.. Shredder was understood to say that
he would not recognize fouls, that the
men were there to fight and fight they
must; if there were at any time evidence
of crooked" work he would stop the
fight Immediately.
The men stepped into the ring at
9:20; Manning won the toss for gloves
for Rivers.
Shredder asked the contestants if they
were familiar with Queensberry rules, to
which they responded in the affirmative.
He dispensed with the reading Of the
rules on that account; five minutes
later the men answered to the call of
time.
As they advanced to the center of the
ring Rivers showed to have shade the
best OF it in height and reach. He ap.
peared to be in the pink of condition.
Childs also stripped finely, and plainly
showed the effects of careful training.
He was seconded by J. g. Cotton, Sew
ard Smith and Grant Green, while
Harry Stormer, John Manning and
Hank Norton acted in a like capacity for
Rivers. The fight by rounds was as
follows:
Round one-At the call of time both
men advanced to the center of the ring
and spared cautiously for an opening.
Childs' lead with left fell short, but a
moment later he landed on Rivers
chest. Rivers reached Childs about the
body and Childs landed one on Rivers
mouth and gained first blood.
Round two-After little perigrina-
tion on the part of both men, they
'closed up" Childs landing left and
right on Rivers body. Rivers was not
idle all this time, though. He vas pok
ing Childs' head and neck aJ lively
rate and then came clinch. In the
breakaway neither sustained any injury
and after some ineffective work they re-
tired to their corners.
Round three-Rivers made a short
lead with the left and both spared
cautiously. Childs was looking for a
knock out, but he could not induce the
man from Missouri to fall into the trap.
Childs reached Rivers head with his
left and then ensued q sharp rally.
Childs landed heavily on Rivers jaw,
just below the ear, knocking him upon
the lower rope, following up his advan-
tage with heavy blow. in about the same
spot. Rivers went to the floor beneath
the heavy onslaught, completely dazed.
As he essayed to rise, Childs, who was
standing over him, delivered q crushing
left-hander upon his cheek. A more
palpable foul was never com.
mitted in prize ring. From all parts
of the house came the cry of "Foul !"
and Rivers seconds rushed into the
ring towards Childs' corner, where the
Kansas City man was making gallant
bid to rise. 1t was impossible for him
to raise himself clear of the floor, so ef-
fective had been the blow, and amidst
the din and confusion he was carried to
his corner, saved from clear knocc's our
BY the call OF time. As soon as Referee
Shredder could cain q hearing he said:
II announced at the beginning of this
fight that would allow no fouls, but it
seems / will have to-"
Thinking their man had been given
the decision on foul, Rivers seconds
took him from the ring. He was ordered
back and amidst the cries from few in
the vicinity of Childs' corner to make
them fight, the men were ordered to re.
eume hostilities. Fully five minutes had
elapsed from the expiration OF the third
round to the call of time for the fourth,
during which Rivers had recovered to a
great degree. His seconds, however, re-
fused to allow him to continue the fight,
and he retired from the ring. Hereupon
the referee awarded the fight to Childs
and declared all bets off.
Referee Shredder was seen immedi'
ately after the fight, and aeked to make
a statement regarding his decision. He
said:
''In this particular case Queensberry
rules read that q foul is committed
when man, knocked down, in attempt
ing to rise is struck by his antagonist
while one knee and one hand are on the
floor. Such was not the case in this in
stance. 1 was standing close by th'
men, and I know that Rivers's hand
and knees were clear of the floor.
stated that I would tolerate no 'fake,
and as it had been reported to me tina
something was apt to 60 amiss in thil
affair, disallowed the claim of foul
By the way, did not say at the end o
the third-round: I stated that woul,
allow no claim of foul, but this one will
have to co. said, the fight woul'
have to co."