The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-16
CHILDS WHIPS SMITH.
A Rafting Twelve-Round Mill
in San Francisco.
coRseTT's Two CHALLENGES.
Ne wants 60 Fight uiteAell h Deem
Der ard Joeksen the Following Juns
-Psrson Davies In . Rage.

SAN Francisco, Feb. l5.-Billy Smith.
che Australian heavyweight, and Frank
Childs, colored. Of Los Angeles, met IN
finish fight ct the California Athletic Club
tonight for purse of $1,2JO. 1t was $50
before the fight commenced.
First round-Childs landed . straight left Lead
on Smiths Jaw and there were several exchanges
which did little damage
second round-Chtlds swung night and left
and Jared the Australian. He $3.50 countsfed
heavily On Smiths chin and the latter went
down.
Third round-Thsss vsrs several hot rallies.
Fourth yound-Thsse were two knockdowna
Smith went down from . counter on the chin
and Childs from slight blow on the side Of the
head
Fifsh round-Chlds was in better shape and
Smith was weak whsn he came mp. Childs
drove half . dosen right and LEFT swings into
Smiths jaw, which made him Eroggy. Smith
also received . rap IN The mouth which made
him bleed freely. Smith looked like loser ct
the end Of the round.
Sixth round-smith continued to fight but
the colossd man did ill the forcing. Childs va
Wild In his swings, however. though he man
tsalisn's face, which did not improve the lat
teS's condition.
Seventh round-Chflds tried hard for knock.
out, but the Australian took his punishment
and sevsral times responded with hard raps on
the colored man. Smith Wa bleeding pro-
fusely and his eye was bleeding.
Eighth sound-smjth went down, and when
he rose Childs pounded him numerically, and
finally went down again. when he rose this
time Childs went ct him again and pounded
him ell over the ring. Smith was barely able 70
Stand. but he fought Chiids OF till the end of
round.
Tenth round-IAttls was done, - both were
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wafy game. and little was dona Smith had re-
covered some since the eighth round.
Eleventh found-Smith went down again
from short arm blow on the jaw. He took
nine seconds on the door each time. and rose
weak and bloody. Childs would have sent him
down fourth time in this round. but the call
Of time saved him.
Twelfth found-This settled the fight. Smith
was SCARCELY able 20 stand, and Childs soon
landed right on his jaw aud sent him down.
He rose in eight seconds, but another tap on the
jaw sent him down and out. He had 70 b. car
ried to his corner. and IL was several minutes
before he could be taken from the ring.
frank Childs 10 & negro and has . good re-
core. He 10 "a years old, weighs us pounds aud
stands i've feet eight inches In height He 10 .
clever spsrrer and hits like John L Sullivan.
His nrst notable fight was with George La
Blanche, the Marine, Ut Los Angeles on March
~, 1897 Childs had knocked out La Blanche q
iew wssks previously in IN exhibition aud the
latter wanted revenge. The fight lasted eight
rounds and the negro played with La Blanche,
battering him al around the ring. In the eighth
round Il Blanche tripped the negro and threw
him and kicked him in the face - he lay there
The African Jumped to his feet and punched la
Blanche all over the ring and would unques-
tionably have killed HIM II the police had not
pulled him on Ia Blanche would have been
roughly handled had the onicers not protected
him. The fight was given TO Childs. Childs'
record 10 % follows:
Dunn in i've rounds: Jack Deyipe In five
rounds: George In Blanche in three rounds:
George Butler In two minutes: Jack Rivers In
three rounds; Harry Williams in eight rounds;
Tom Curlsw in three rounds: viii Grimm in
four rounds: Charles Curlew In one round aud
Charles Miller in two rounds; defeated Billy
rmith IN twelve rounds. February Is. in Cali
forpia Athletic Cluhl