The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-01
Paddy Smith Finishes Him in
Twenty-eight Rounds.
A HARD FOUGHT CONTEST.
Green Is Knocked Down Five Times in
Succession.
The Hottest Round Was the Twenty
seventh-Green Refused to Omit After
His Second Threw Up the Sponge,
But Corbett Made Him Stop.

RoBY, Ind, July 31.-The light weight
Denver Ed. Smith, and ssYoung Cor
bett,'' otherwise known as George Green,
at the Columbian Athletic club, attracted
| 5000 people tonight. The tight was for
purse of So, 500, of which $500 goes
to the loser. This was 'sYoung
Corbett's'' first finish fight, and his
name-father, Champion Jim Corbett,
was there to see it. He was received by
the audience on his entrance with a great
demonstration.
The curtain raiser tonight was a ten
round bout between Henry Baker and
William Mayo, both of Chicago, for q
81 900 purse. Both were heavy weights,
! but although Mayo weighed nearly fif
| teen pounds more than Baker, the latter
won in the sixth round, when after some
furious fighting in which both men were
badly punished, he succeeded in landing
a knockout blow On Mayors neck.
| During the interval President O'MaI-
ley of the Columbian club, stepped to the
| front and made the announcement that
the match between Corbett and Mitchell
would be held in this club. II have, -
he said, g articles of agreement signed by
Charles Mitchell which bind him to fight
before this club and we expect to get Cor
| BELTS signature soon. We ought to ap-
preciate Corbett's position. He did not
sign with the Coney Island Athletic club
TO meet Mitchell.'
The main fight of the evening was then
called. Smith was seconded by Joe
Choyniski, Dan hurry, Billy Pool, with
Sol Van Praag timekeeper. Green's
seconds were Billy Delaney, John Dom
aldson and Zeke Abraham timekeeper.
The referee was Siler. Jim Corbett sat
in his proteges corner. but took no active
part 1t was nearly IL O'Clock when time
was called.
The first two rounds were good exhibi-
tlonS of cautious Sparing, Green being
very shifty. In the third round he started
rushing tactics landing on Smiths fore
head but Paddy returned one on the neck
knocking Green to tho ropes. Green led
again landing on Smiths head and just
at this juneture the electric lights went
out and the referee parted the men.
After a delay of over half an hour oil
lamps were brought into use and the men
came up fresh for the fourth round which
was another exhi bition of cautious spar
ing. Toward its close Smith used his
elbow on GREEN'S neck and loud cries of
foul were heard. Both landed heavily as
the gong sounded.
In the fifth round Smith rushed Green
around the ring, but suddenly Green
landed with his left with good effect.
Smith did some dirty in-fighting in
clinch, and the referee warned him. In
the sixth, after sharp exchanges, Smith
again tried unfair work, and was once
more warned by the referee. In the
! seventh round, after sharp exchanges and
hard mitigating, Green uppercut with
I good effect, but Paddy came back with a
swing on the neck which staggered
Green. In the eighth Smith landed on
GREEN'S stomach, but Green returned a
right in the neck, knocking Smith to the
ropes.
In the ninth Green landed on Smiths
left eye, raising lump, then uppercut
when Smith clinched to avoid punish
, ment. Green seems weak, Smith butts
him and is warned by the referee. In
the tenth and eleventh rounds Smith
seems determined to land a knockout
, blow but his swings fall short. Green
! lands several times but his blows lack
: force.
, In the Twelfth, after hard infighting,
Green landed heavily on Smiths neck,
staggering him. In the thirteenth and
fourteenth there was considerable hot in
fighting, but Green's blows do not seem
to count and Smith has the best of it.
S In the fifteenth, after sharp inighting
Smith knocked Green to his knees. In
the sixteenth Green landed a hard one on
Z Smith mouth, swelling Paddy's lips
i In the seventeenth, Smith rushed Green,
/ landing a swing on the neck which sent
Green to the ropes; Green landed on
Smiths nose and is credited with first
blood Green now seems to be regaining
d strength, and in the eighteenth and nine
t teenth lands again on Smiths sore nose
q and uppercuts him with goodeffect.
In the twentieth and twenty-first rounds
o there were several hot exchanges but no
serious damage. In the twenty second
/. Smith drew blood from Green's nose. In
t the twenty third, Green was very agsres-
e sive but did not infiicJ any punishment on
e Smith, while he gets two or three heavy
{. blows himself. In the twenty fourth and
: itWenty-fifth rounds, Green rushed Smith
g around and lands some good ones on the
# neck and body. In the twenty-sixth
: round he landed hard on Smith 8 ear anC
in spite of q sharp return rushed Smith tt
o the ropes and had everything his own way
!. at the call OF time.
In the twenty-seyenth the aspect of af-
fairs changed. Green was knocked dowr
by a swing on the jaw. He got up before
knocked him down again five
times in succession, Green finally
10 clinching to avoid punishment
This was the hottest round of the fight
e In the twenty-eighth round Green cam.
1t up apparently fresh, but Smith LANDED
f. and knocked him down. Delaney theI
i threw up the sponge but Green woulC
m not quit until Champion Jim Corbet
2. went into the ring and made him stop
= There was a riot outside the arena
10 caused by a mob of roughs attempting {.
: enter to see the fight. Pinkerton detec
tives went out to queli the disturbanc
and they met with a shower of stones
Some one in the crowd fired three or fou
~ shots from revolver and an unknown
Of man was shot above the heart. Physi
az clans say he cannot live.