The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-19
Sporting NOTES.
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Bob Thompson is all ready to go to
the coast. where he Will engage in a
battle with Lon Agnew, inside the
next so days. if arrangements can be
made Bob is all ready and willing
TO go on with Agnew, whom he de-
feated some time ago in Kansas City,
besting the white man in three rounds
Agnew was never satisfied and has
always maintained that he would like
10 -et on a return. and Bob has ever
been willing TO accommodate him. 1t
is not known whether the National
Athletic club will be the organization
before which the men will fight or not,
but it is believed it will be some other
The purse viii be $500, from ali ac-
counts.
The decision in the Kansas City
fight was against Bob. the Missouri
sports desiring the other man to win,
although Agnew was clearly defeated.
1t was thought Bob was fixed to go
out, but ne did not, and instead the
other man was the victim. 1t would
not do tor the Kansas City people TO
lose their mones', so the referee de-
cided the other way. In the coming
battle If there are any dead game
they will find. that Bob is a good man
to bet on. and that there will be no
need of another Fitzsimmons-S harkey
matter in the courts.
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Bob has a record which is quite in
tcrestins to the lovers of Dugilism. He
is but q years of age and was born
in Louisiana. He began his career as
q pugilist in this city in the year 1892.
after beating hotel porter who tried
TO bulldOze him into doing something
he did not want TO do. He can fight all
the wav from LIS TO 1SS pounds, al
though he is in best condition at the
latter weight. He is a man with a
good record, which was printed in The
Herald some time ago. but which will,
bear repeating for the benefit of those
Sho viii meet him on the coast. 1t
was handed into this Office last even
ing by friend of Thompsons, with
the request that it be printed.
Bested Frank Richards. 154 pounds;
10 rounds; Ben Piayter, 40 pounds. in
two rounds; Dave Reese. the Montana
Kid about 145 pounds, in Is rounds;
Bobby Carroll, 1875 pounds, six rounds;
Kid Irvine, 1875 pounds, two rounds;
Frank Purcell, $50 pounds, ten rounds;
Billy Morgan, $50 pounds, one round; Jim
Gilley, 142 pounds, four rounds; Jim
Scott. 1856 pounds, one round; Jim
Brown, 13S hounds, two rounds; Dago
Pete, 149 pounds. two rounds; Jim
Davis. 14S pounds, four rounds; Al
Miles. 149 pounds, four rounds; Sim
Tompkins. Isl pounds, nine rounds;
Kid Vance, 14S pounds, eight rounds;
Lon Agnew, AS pounds, four rounds;
Charles King, 136 pounds, seven
rounds; Frank Morton, 40 pounds, four
rounds; Micky Thomas. 1873 pounds,
four rounds; Arthur Johnson, 40
pounds, three rounds; Billy Osborne in
five rounds. Fought draws with Billy
Mahan, 153 pounds, so rounds Kid Rob
ertson, 1856 pounds, 6S rounds; Jack
Crowley. 156 pounds, 80 rounds Lon
Agnew, las pounds. eight rounds.
This does not include the fight with
Carter in this city, which had such
sad ending. Thompson has been bested
but twice since he began fighting, once
by Case, who weighed 154 pounds, in
A rounds. He had Case whipped. 200,
had he been handled right. The other
defeat was when ne fought with Frank
O'Neill, who weighed in at 154 pounds.
Bob has had the misfortune to always
be matched against a heavier man, or
nearly so, and had he been given a
chance with fighters of his size would
have made a much better record.
Jim Williams brother-in-law is au-
thoritv for the statement that he is in
the east somewhere, looking for a man
with whom he can get on a match.
Williams is anxious to meet some good
man in his class, where he will stand
a show of getting some glory as well
as money. The fight with Sharkey,
While it was a defeat. placed Jim on
the road TO success all right in the
light of the events which have taken
place since that time.
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