The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-02
CALLED IT A DRAW
THE EOLLY SMITH-WHITE FIGHT
IN NEW YORK ,
Decision OF the Referee Is Not Salts
factory-White Said to Have
Had the Best Of the Fight

CONEY ISLAND ATHLETIC CLUB,
Aug. IA draw was the decision rendered
tonight at the Greater New York Athletic
club. Coney Island, after Tommy White of
Chicago and solly Smith Of Los Angeles
had fought twenty-five rounds to decide
the featherweight championship of the
world. The men met at 122 pounds.
Dave Sullivan was at the ringside to chal-
lenge the winner and will deposit $1,000 to-
morrow to bind match with White. The
very best judges of boxers who witnessed
the fight all agree that White won fairly
and sQuarely.
Smith was the first to enter the ring
with his seconds, Jimmy Rose, Billy Sell
fridge, Johnny Connors and Jimmy Allen.
Sam Fitzpatrick held the watch for Smith.
Tommy White got through the ropes twen-
ty minutes after II o'clock. His handlers
were Billy Madden, Gus Rubin, Charles
Goff and Jack McAuliffe. 1t was an
nounced that the men would box twenty
one rounds and continue sparring until
ordered to break away by the referee.
The first round was featureless, but in
| the second Smith swung hard left that
put Whites eye in mourning and In the
| third jabbed his right to the eye, drawing
blood, though he received several hard
body blows in return. In round four, Smith
sent q left to head, followed by right
Swing to head that sent White to the floor.
Rounds five, six and seven were full Of
| lively sparring, but not important In the
| ninth Solly again started blood from
Whites damaged eye.
| In round twelve left on the head brought
| Smith to his knees. At the end of the thir-
| teenth Smiths nose was bleeding freely.
| Some stiff blows were exchanged in the
succeeding rounds, but the fifteenth, SIX
| tenth and seventeenth rounds were tame.
In the eighteenth white swung his left to
the head and turned Solly around. Solly
replied with a right hook on the kidneys,
and in the nineteenth Solly rushed and got
stiff left in the mouth. When they came
UP again Solly was full of fight and rushed
again, some hot work being done In the
mix-up. Solly rushed and White met him
with very stiff left on the mouth.
| Round 20ASolly rushed and jabbed
hard left on the face. He rushed again and
| they clinched without striking blow.
| Smith was full of fight and sent another
left to the face. and White met him with
a hard right on the face. White jabbed two
lefts on the face.
Round 21-Solly whipped his left hard on
the ribs and missed right swing on the
breakaway. White swung left twice to the
head at the end of this round.
Round 22.-They rushed to clinch and
Solly brought his right back on face. The
referee warned him not to repeat this.
Solly jabbed right to the face and they
clinched Smith swung hard right to back
of the neck.
Round 23.-Solly rushed and hooked his
right to the ribs and drove his right
straight over the heart. White swung his
right to the jaw and repeated 1t, sending
Solly to the floor on his back. He was UP
in five seconds and made a Wild rush.
They cinched and both fell to the floor
twice, amid cries of Foul! FOUL" White
jabbed left on the face in wild fighting,
and Smith was all but out when the bell
rang.
Round A.-They rushed into clinches
twice and Smith swung a light left on the |
neck and jabbed left on face. Smith
fought wildly without doing any damage.
Round 25.-They shook hands and rushed |
into a clnch. Smith rushed and took all |
kinds of chances. Smith roughed and both |
hit In the clinches. which were frequent. |
Solly swung his right lightly to the head. |
White jabbed left to the nose, bringing the |
blood again. A clinch followed and there |
was a great deal Of rough mitigating on
beth sides until the gong put an end to the |
fight. The spectators by this time were
wild with excitement and were shouting for
both men. Referee Brown declared the |
bout a draw.