The record-union., 1892-02-23
Smith and Keller Meet at the Cal
ifOrnia Athletic Club.
KELLER DEFEATED IN THE TWENTY
FOURTH ROUND.
Iroquois Clubs of the State Meet in
Annual Convention-Two Cinnamon
Burned to Death in Match Factory
Fire at San Francfsco-A Lady at
Haywards Dies From an Overdose
of Morphine.
Special to the REcoRp-ux1oN.

San FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-The Califor-
MIA Athletic Club was well filed tonight,
the event being a finish fight between
Billy Smith, the wellknown Australian
heavy weight, and Frank Keller of
Michigan, for a $500 purse. Keller's
superior hight and long left made him an
awkward party for Smith to handle, but
he scored several hard left jabs in the
first three rounds, and brought blood
from Keller's left eye. In the third
Smith slipped to the knee, and Keller
struck him lightly, but no foul was
claimed.
The fourth round was Smiths, but in
the fifth Keller assumed the aggressive,
and several times landed both hands on
Smiths head as the latter ducked After
Jab near the close Of the round he sent
Smith to the floor, face downward, with a
right on The neck.
IN the sixth Smith dropped to his knees
in clinch, and Keller got in his right.
In the seventh Keller stopped couple
OF leads with his left, and in the eighth
landed heavily on Smiths left eye and
on the ribs, and most Of his right hand
! swings went around Smith taking effect
on the latter's back.
| In the ninth both went to the floor. In
the rally Keller followed up his adj
yantages well for big man, and nearly
always got in his right. A hot exchange
OF two-handed swings for the head ended
with Smith slipping to the floor.
From the tenth to the thirteenth the
| honors were about even, Smith landing a
| chopplng left on keller'S eye, which was
again bleeding, while Keller swung his
right with considerable force Tor Smith s
! head.
In the twelfth Smith landed half a
| dozen letts and a couple of rights OH the
Michigan mans head. daZing him. Both
went to the floor from the force of the
| swing.
Smith continued driving back-hand
let's on to keller's cheek in the next two
rounds, but in the fourteenth he caught a
| couple OF left swings that shook him up
considerably. Keller was apparently
| tresbening and in the fifteenth he nearly
dropped smith with lett on the jaw,
followed by long right drive.
! Smith kept up his Jabbing tactics dur
ing the next five minutes. Keller ducked
and threw him sprawling in the eigh-
teenth.
In the twentieth Smith landed repeat
! edIy with his right and lett on Keller's
| lett temple and the call OF time alone
| saved the latter
In the twenty-first round Keller, to the
surprise of the spectators, opened with a
rush, driving Smith back with left on
the jaw. The latter played both hands
for the groggy Michigander, but was I'M
able to send him down, Keller retallatlng
with good right punch in the wind.
In the twenty-second Smith dropped
Keller with right over the ear, and in
the twentythird drew blood from the
latter's cheek, pursuing the same careful
tactics as when he fought Riordan.
| In hetwenty-lour he staggered Keller
with right on his bleeding cheek-bone,
and the continued hammering, together
with keller's wild swing, soon rendered
the latter helpless. Smith knocked him
down and when he rose sent him down
| again. He was struggling to his feet
when counted out.
During the fight President Fulda read
| cablegram from Joe Goddard OF Australia,
accepting match with Joe McAuliffe for
June, and asking the club to cable ex-
penses Immediately.