The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-26

leans, Sept. 25.-The entertainment
commenced with a friendly exhibition
bout of four rounds between young
Critic. the Australian, and Mike Dunn.
CRITICS work was much appreciated by
the audience. which numbered about
$1,000
The event of the evening was then
announced. and Jack Everhardt, of
New Orleans. and Stanton Abbott, of
England. entered the ring to fight for a
$1,000 purse.
Round First.-Everhardt commenced
THE aggressive, Abbott assuming a
beautiful defensive position. Everhardt
landed good left in the stomach and
brought the right over on the English
mans jaw a moment later. Just as
the gong sounded Everhardt landed a
good left on the stomach and brought
the right on the jaw for the third
time.
Round Second.-Everhardt commence
ed the round. landing some very rough
blows on the head. Both men scored
lefts. but Everhardt landed a wicked
right on the neck.
| Round Third.-Everhardt landed a
vicious left on the body, repeating it
a moment later without return. Both
men scored hits on the body.
Round Fourth.-Everhardt had the
best of it. The Englishman was fought
to the ropes.
Round Fifth-Everhardt landed two
vicious punches on his opponents head,
and the latter clinched to avoid punish
ment Everhardt landed the right. on
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men landed on the head. Everhardt
was the aggressor. Abbott landed a
good right on the heart.
Round Sixth-Abbott landed fair
left on the jaw and ducked away from
a vicious swing. Everhardt landed a
left stomach punch a moment later
Everhardt landed left and right the
latter on the head. Abbott escaped sew
eral right swings, but usually dueked
into left upper-cuts.1 Abbott was cut on
the chin with left. Referee Duffy
announced first blood for Everhardt.
Round Seventh-Abbott ducked into
an upper-cut and received two fright
full blows on the jaw, landing a body
blow in return.
Round Eighth-There was some
heavy fighting in the center of the ring
| and Abbotts right eye was bleeding.
Round Ninth-Everhardt landed left
on the face received right in return
Abbott landed two right body punches.
Round Tenth-Abbott again ducked
into an upper-cut and received a left
punch in the face, landing a right in
return. Abbott was nearly knocked
down with a straight left in the face
and staggered from a blow on the head.
Round acknowledgements landed
left on the body and nearly fell to the
ground. Abbott landed a right on the
head and got a left in return.
Round Twelfth-Abbott landed some
good punches, driving Everhardt to the
ropes, where he upper-cut the home
man viciously with the left, but in the
thirteenth round Everhardt evened
up and lost nothing in the exchange.
which knocked his head back.
Round Fourteenth - Abbott landed
two wicked lefts, one on the stomach.
the other on the nose, being the best he
delivered during the fight, but in the
Fifteenth he ducked into heavy lefts
and had the worst of the exchange.
In round seventeen Everhardt landed
several hard punches. The men did
light work until the twenty-first and
ltwenty-second rounds when the hitting
was heavy, Everhardt having a shade
the best of it.
The twenty-third and twenty-fourth
rounds were fast and slightly in Ever
IhardtS favor, though Abbott came I'D
strong for the final round
The twenty-fifth round commenced
fast and furious, Everhardt landing
three rapid rights, while Abbott held
his left glove in partial clinch. The
men clinched repeatedly in this round
and were ordered to break Everhardt
was still the aggressor, forcing Abbott
around the ring. Both men seemed
very strong. Everhardt's lefts landed
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Englishman clinched frequently to
avoid punishment.
Referee Duffy then declared the fight
Ia draw.
The decision was very satisfactory to
the large audience.