The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-07
IT WAS A DRAW.
DECISION OF THE REFEREE IN THE
GANZ-HA1yRINs FIGHT.
Corbett's Protege and the CoIored
Lad Furnish Considerable Amuse-
ment For Fifteen Rounds.

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.--Del Hawkins
of California was given the decision
over Joe CAM, the colored feather
weight, in their f1fteen-round battle d
the Bohemian Sporting club tonight.
Hawkins supporters were about as
much surprised at the referees decis-
ion as CAMS hackers were Disguised.
The contest was clearly draw. Haw-
kins, who is a protege of Jim Corbett,
had the advantage of height over the
colored lad.
After the preliminary bouts were de-
cided, the main contest was put on at
1880. Hawkins was looked after by
Jim McVey. Corbett's sparring part
ner, and Corbett himself sat within
coaching distance of the Californian's
crowd. CAM was taken care of by
Al Hofferd of Baltimore, and Charley
White. Hawkins showed up we'll and
before the first round was over it
looked any odds on him. Ee assumed
the aggressive at once, and fairly
Smothered CAM with heavy left swings
on face and body. CAM only landed
twice in the round.
The first part of the second was a
repetition and CAM was winded and
nervous, but recovered somewhat.
the third, He found a guard for Haw-
kins' swinging left, and stopped some
vicious attempts. Joe put in some
good body blows, and both We're firing
from the fast pace.
In the next round CAM had his
mans measure, and, keeping well away
from swings, he forced the fighting and
JABBED HIS MAN HARD
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There was some very fast fighting
in the fifth, both exchanging hard
body blows. A hard swing on the jaw
made Hawkins rather dazed as the
bell rang.
Hawkins opened the sixth round with
a hard left on the ribs, but CAM re-
taliated by jabbing his man four times
in succession in the face. Hawkins
left car was bleeding and he clinched
hard. The Californian swung wildly
and CAM punched him hard.
The Californian steadied himself in
the seventh and the exchanges We're
even.
Both fought very fast at the start ri
the eighth CAM drove his mans head
back with left on the chin and Haw-
kins came back with a vicious swing
that staggered the colored man. Haw-
kins' neck was very raw and red and
his left eye was swollen
In the ninth and tenth rounds, the
fighting was even, both countering
with lefts Neither used the right with
any effect.
CAM started in as if TO finish his
man in the eleventh. but Hawkins
came back well. Hawkins was wild,
and the colored lad let three or four
openings pass by Hawkins got in
some singing body blows in 1.-The
twelfth, but CAM evened up matters
with left iabs on the face.
Hawkins came up for the thirteenth,
swinging his left in all directions, but
CAM avoided him neatly and jabbed
was CAMS round.
There was a lot of vicious infghting
in the fourteenth, of which CAM had
the best. Hawkins swung a swift left
that found an opening on the jaw.
CAM returned with a corlking left ons
the jaw, that sent Hawkins staggering
across the ring, but the Baltimore boy
failed to follow up.
The last round was fast. Dial
rushed CAM to the ropes and sent in a
left on the face, but the latter came
back smiling, and jabbed his man sew
eral times. They were fighting when
the bell rang.
Most of the spectators had moved
toward the doors, thinking there would
be only one decision, and the astonish- |
ment was universal when the referees |
decision was announced. Many of the |
spectators thought that CAM should |
have been given the decision, but the |
bout was clearly and unnistakablysfa !
draw.