The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-13
DECLARED A DRAW.
Costello and Woods Fight Fifty-seven
Rounds.
The alill is Then Declared Draw-God-
dard KNOCKS Kennedy Out In
Two Rounds.

ROXY, Ind, June 12.-Circumstances
leading up to the formation Of the Col
umbian Athletic club on the heels of the
surrsptitiously enacted law legalizing
glove fights in Indianaare already known
and tonight saw the inauguration OF the
new fistic arena, incomplete as yet.
When finished the arena will seat over
eighteen Thousand people.
The contests tonight were the first OF a
series embracing Hugh Napier OF Austria
liza and Bobby Burns the conqueror OF
Cal Mccarthy, who meet two weeks from
tonight. Loily Smith the Pacific coast
featherweight champion and John T.
Griffin the Braintree lad who will have it
out on July 10 with Dan Creeden and
Alex Greggains billed for the latter part of
July, and George Dawson and Tommy
Ryan who will decide the weller weight
Championship of the world in August
Other matches are on the tapis and when
the Corbett- Mitchell fight comes the club
will assert its full financial strength.
Goddard and Kennedy contested Tor q
purse OF 81 200, and Costello and Billy
Woods fought for purse of 81, 800.
The Illinois Central road tonight ran
five special trains from Chicago to the
club grounds, each OF which was crowded
to overlooking. Joe Goddard and Willis
Kennedy furnished the curtain raiser at
tonight's performance, the other was a
go between Billy Woods and Buffalo Cos
tello. Before the contest began Domlnick
O'Malley, manager of the club, delivered a
short address. He declared it was not
the intention of the club to violate any OF
the laws of Indiana nor to hold prize
fights in the common aoceDtion OF the
term, but simply exhibitions OF pugilIstic
science and skill. 1t was 9:15 when God
dard, followed by his seconds, entered
and in second Kennedy came with his
crowd. Time was called at $3.50.
First Round-The men opened ylgor-
ously. Kennedy was knocked down in
the center then in his corner, then three
times more In quick succession. He man
aged each time, however, to come up,
and was tottering against the rope when
time was called, which was ali that saved
him.
In the second round Kennedy came
quickly to the center and was at once
knocked down. He rose only to be
dar6 hit him when he was rising and was
greeted with storm of Kisses and cries OF
"Foul.o He knocked Kennedy down
with a savage right in the face and before
the colored man could come around he
was out. Kennedy was cheered on leav-
ing the ring.
Within twenty minutes after Goddard
and Kennedy left the ring the gong rung
for the main event of the evening
at 1906, and Woods two minutes later
seated himself in the corner which Ken
nedy had occupied. Time was called al
1910.
First Round-Costello lands lightlysor
the neck. Woods led and fell short, then
made vicious right swing which Co.'S
tello du cked.
Second Round-Woods led right an6
LETT, but Costello duclsed both. Woods
got in two hot ones and the men clinched
Third Roundabout men clinched and
Costello landed heavily on the chin.
Fourth Rou nd-Woods landed On the
ear and received soaker on the chin
Costello got in left on the stomach anl
Woods clinched.
Fifth Round-Woods got in hot right
ON the head, Costello got in left on ths
side and followed it with another on the
chest. Woods staggered Costello with {
right on the jaw.
Sixth Round-Costello got in four no
swings, when the men elinched and fell
Seventh Misunderstanding for wind.
Eighth Round-Woods landed heavy
right. Costello got in savage right
upper cut.
Ninth Rounds-Costello landed a lef
on the face. Woods got In a right on tn,
neck, receiving a heavy left on thu
stomach.
Tenth Round-Costelio landed on th,
mouth. Woods on the neck.
| Eleventh Round--Woods got in
savage uppercut' on the jaw, staggering
! Costello.
Twelfth Round-Wood was doing al
the fighting and landed left on the heat
and right on the stomach. Costell,
draws the first blood.
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Rounds
Hot exchanges which ended in Costello
favor.
The next five rounds were made up O
pretty steady fighting, with honor
evenly divided. There was furious fight
| ing in some rounds but apparently littl
damage was done.
In the twenty first round walking
match begun and in the next eigh
rounds nothing worth chronicling tool
place. In the thirty-frst round TIL
crowd Ind grown weary and was guyin,
the men who were still walking, doinj
nothing.
The next ten rounds were q repetition
and the crowds yelling to Woods to get
bicycle and chase Costello and when lead
were made they met with derislve howls
Ut to the fifty first round the situation
was unchanged, the men doing praeti
cally nothing. The referee announce
that the men would fight to a finish if
took week.
The same tactics continued till tn
fifty seventh round, at the close OF whic
the referee declared the fight a draw.