The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-30
WaIcott Helpless at the End Of the
Twelfth Round.
LAyIGNE'S BODY BLOWS
TOOK THE VERY LIFE OUT OF
THE CoLoRED LAD.
End Abrupt and Unexpected, But Not
One of the Crowd Expected 1t
Would Terminate Unfavorably to
Lavigne-1en Thousand See the
Fight-sporting News.

San Francisco, Oct 29.-George La
vigne whipped Joe Walcott tonight and
whipped him thoroughly. Ten thousand
people saw the fight under the auspices
of the Occidental club.
While the ending was abrupt and I'M
expected at the moment not one of the
great crowd thought the eventual end
ing would prove unfavorable to the
Saginaw lad. He set a terrific pace
| from the sound of the gong in the first
round until the end of the twelfth and
had good margin to the good in every
round. While Walcott stalled off the
sturdy Michigander's rushes well and
returned many hard blows. he could
not stop LaVigne.
! At the close of the ninth round Wal
| colt was seen TO limp in going to his
corner and his seconds gave their at
tention to his legs. Walcott is subject
to muscular cramps in his lower limbs
/ and it is this ailment which unfortu-
nately attacked the colored man to-
night. However this attack did not af-
feet his lighting in the earlier rounds
of the fight, and only served to end the
/ fight in LaVigne'S favor at an earlier
! stage than was looked for, as it was
! apparent from the beginning of the
/ fifth round that Lavigne's lead could
not be overcome without a wonderful
rally on the part of Walcott. Lavigne
! fought for the body principally, and it
was these blows that took the life out
| of the cOlored lad.
/ On no similar occasion has such
crowd ever assembled in Mechanics pa
vilion as that which poured into the big
! building to witness the fight. While
! the attendance at the Corbett-Sharkey
! bout and the notorious Fitzsimmons-
! Sharkey fasco were something enor-
| nous the crowd came to see the big
men in ring costume rather than with
! the hopes of seeing a great contest But
| tonight every one came with the eXpec-
! tation of seeing decisive encounter
! between the two greatest fighters in
! the world at their weight.
4 The doors leading to the galleries of
/ the big building were thrown open as
early as $50 p. M. and as those who
! held tickets admitting them to the por-
4 ton of the pavilion acted on the rule of
first come, first served" the easy seats
4 soon filed uD.
J The crowd up stairs was q good ma
! tured one, and settled down for the
/ long wait which they knew they would
| have to endure. The seats on the main
first preliminary was called an hour
| later, every chair had its occupants.
and men and boys were perched upon
J the beams of the great arched roof
oVerhanging the ring.
THE ARRANGEMENTS.
The arrangements made by the occt-
dental club for the comfort of the pub
! lie we're most elaborate. A SQUAD of 80
I policemen guarded the entrances and
( Kept back the surging crowd which
| thronged the streets in the vicinity of
! the pavilion The ushers were attired
in Turkish costumes Of the most fan
tastic coiors. in order that they might
be easily distinguished. A large force
of Pinkerton men supervised the seat
ing of the spectators, and all who held
the proper credentials were placed in
their seats without confusion.
IN THE RING.
While the evenings programme was
late in opening. the preliminaries be-
tween local boxers were curtailed, and
at $3.50 Joe Walcott stepped into the
ring, wrapped in long gray bath robe
lie was followed by Tom O'Rourke,
George Dixon and Joe Cotton. Waleott
was warmly applauded, but it was dis
counted by the roar of applause which
greeted George Lavigne, as he followed
the co!ored man into the ring La
Vigne's seconds were his brother. Billy
/ LaYigne, Tim McGrath and Billy Arm
strong.
When Lavigne and Walcott dropped
their robes, their splendid condition was
apparent. The gong sounded at $50
FIRST ROUND.
Both came to the center and spared
| LayiSne led With his left and clinched
! I,3UjerJ1R caJghT Waldorf on
with a left hook, and a moment later
got in good left on the body. Layisne
rushed and landed a hard left on the
body; Walcott stopped another rush
with q good stiff left on the face La
vigne forced the fighting, and landed
both right and left on the Jaw. stag
gering the Colored man. who repeatedly
cliuched to avoid the terrific rushes
from Lavigne.
The gong sounded in hot mix. in
which the white man had all the best
of IT He drew blood from Waleott's
nose.
SECOND ROUND.
In the second round Lavfgne rushed
Walcott into corner and tried With
his right. but was stopped by stiff
left on the face. Lavigne had the bet
ter of this round, doing all the forcing.
THIRD ROUND.
In the third round Lavigne missed a
right and left for the face and cIinched.
4 moment later he put in two on the
face and a hard left on the body The
Kid put in two hard rights OH the body
in quick succession, and got a hard left
in the face. Lavigne rushed. hut Joe
duclsed and George went over his head
Lavigne forced Walcott about the ring,
bat the latter did some fast work to
get out of the way.
FOURTH ROUND.
In the fourth round Layigne opened
up with a right hook. but was neatly
stopped by a straight left. The Kid
put q straight left on Walcott's nose
and rushed him to the ropes and landed
hard on Walcott'S nose. Walcott smiled
and then forced the pace and landed
, left on the head, but Lavigne rushed
him to the ring post and Walcott
slipped to the floor Walcott duched
) two left swings cleverly and stopped a
| hot LEFT with both hands in Lavigne'e
neck. WaIcott made better showing
in this round.
FIFTH AND SIXTH
In the fifth and sixth rounds Lavigne
had matters pretty much in his own
hands In the former he nut a hard
left on the jaw and rushed Joe to the
1 ..,-,,ar GaOroa NtIt a terrific Vinft n,