The herald., 1897-01-13
S0LLY swung and JADBED
And Jared Poor White With
Body Blows
BUT TOMMY is VERY TOUGH
And Fought the Popular Solomon to a
Draw
Dan Creedon Meets the Utah Middle
weight Williams and Does Him Up.
The Fitzsimmons-C Corbett Mill
Associated Press Special Wire

| five round bout between Solly Smith of
Los Angeles and Tommy White of Chi
cago, which took place at the Bohemian
Sporting club here tonight, resulted in a
draw. The boys weighed in at 122 pounds
and they put up one of the fastest con-
tests that has ever been seen in this vi
clnity. White had the advantage in
height, but Solly counteracted this by
his wonderfully strong and aggressive
work He swung and jabDed with both
| hands, ard it looked as if he would have
| won twice during the mill when he
staggered White with crosses on the
jaw. Whites cleverness aided him very
effectively in avoiding Smiths vicious
| onslaughts, and he frequently stopped
the Californian with left hand jabs on
the face and neck The decision of the
referee in calling the bout a draw was
met with approval from the 800 spec
tators.
Before the chief event Frank Smith of
San Francisco and Billy Rochfort of
Chicago were to have met, but Smith
failed to appear
White and Smith shook hands at 10
o'clock White opened the fighting by
smashing a left on the face, and he got
in another left on the ear which stag
gered Smith. Little damage was done
in the second, third and fourth rounds
IN the clinch in the fifth Smith put left
on Whites jaw and made him stagger.
In the sixth Smith Jared White with a
left hand blow on the body. In the
| twelfth Smith rushed White to the ropes
| and put a light left on the body and a
right swing on the head Smith jabbed
a right on the body and White sent two
lefts on the face.
Solly swung a right on the body and
| jaobed two lefts on Whites damaged
nose White put two lefts on the ear.
Smith uppercut with right ON the stom
| ach and jabbed left on the face.
In the thirteenth round White rushed
into a left on the jaw and then put his
right on the nose. Solly tried his left
for the face but White met his short
with left swing on the mouth and nose.
Smiths nose spurted blood
Solly opened the twentieth round with
a left swing on the neck and left upper
cut on the body. White jabbed two lefta
on the body. Soly swung a left on the
che%t and White jabbed left on'the ear.
| Horrors even.
In the twenty-fourth round Solly
swung right on the jaw which wor
ried White.
Twenty-tifth round-White put left
on the ear Soily swung a left on the
ear Solly swung a left on the wind.
White plan ted lefts on the face. ear and
rose. Solly swung a left on the chest
and sert a right across on Whites jaw,
Solly swung left on the body and jab
| bed a left on the face a the close of the
| fight, just as the gong sounded.
CREEDON- WILLIAMS.
| ALBANY, N Y, Jan. 12.--At .he My
ers Athletic club tonight Dar Creedon Of
| Australia finished Tom Williams Of
| Salt Lake in four rounds. Creedon met
Williams for purse, the middleweight
championship and the chance for $500
purse at Johannesburg, South Africa,
| Both men stepped into the ring at 100
pounds. Creedon was in better condi
| ton ard looked heavier. Cre'edon'forced
I the fighting in the early rounds and
| Williams dodged In the first reithar
| landed with effect, but Creedon played
| for the wind.
| In the second Creedon still played for
| the wind and lodged Williams, vicious
| right-hand swings. In the third VIII
| liams started with rush and Creedon
had to clnch to avoid him. Williams
! landed hard on Creedon's face. but the
| latter caught Williams wind hard. In
| the fourth Creedons left-hand swing
| knocked Williams off his feet, and left
hauGer inside of u minute put him down
| once more. Creedon forced the fight and
drove Williams TO the ropes, and for the
rest Of the round Williams merely stood
up and was punished until the referee
| gave the fight to Creedon.
AT TIE CAPITAL.
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 12.-Charley
| Turner, colored pugilist of Stockton, and
| Billy Lewis of Chicago. formerly of this
| city. fought ten-r ound glove contest
in the Me tropoitan theater tonight be
| fore small audience. In fact, the audi
| ence was SC small that it was thought
| for time the men would not fight. They
finally entered the ring at 10 o'clock
The fight was good one, despite con-
siderable fouling on both sides. AL
though Lewis is the heavier man of the
two, Turner was a good match for him.
Thomas Morton. the referee, declared
the match a draw.
THE BIG MILL
CHICAGO, Jan. Fit is reported on
excellent authority that the fight be-
! tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons is to be
pulled OFF in Carson City, New The re-
port comes from Carson City and is
based on circumstances which make it
by far the mostp lausible of those which
nave been set ailoat by the persons who
believe themselves capable of anticipat-
ing Dan Stuart's plans.
Something more than two months ago
Dan Stuart made trip to Carson City,
where he sought out Attorney-General
Beatty, who has since died, and held
several secret consultations with him.
Stuart remained in Carson City for sew
eral days and just before leaving en-
gagged the services of surveyor, with
whom he went to the Carson City race
track. Inside the track enclosure they
surveyed and staked off ground for a
large building. a reputable man Of
Nevada, who was a close personal friend
of eBatty, says he held a conversation
with the late attorney general before
the latter was taken sick and was in
formed by him that at Stuart's request
he had carefully gone through the laws
of the state to ascertain if there was
anything in the books prohibiting prize
fighting, but he had failed to find a sim
gle word that could be construed as for
bidding thes port
With tits knowledge, Beatty said, Stu
art went 20 the proper state officials who
were advised by Attorney General Beat
ty, aid asked for an iron-cladl license
that would permit him to bring off the
next championship fight in the state
without the possibility of interference.
The official saw no objection to doing
so in case the revenue to be derived by
the state was sufficient Mr.. Beatty
old not make known the figure.