The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
DRAW AFTER 4
 LONG BATTLE Smith and White: Very
 Evenly Matched. soLLY IS MOST AGGRESSIVE BUT THE CHICAGO BOY KEEPS HIM BUSY. :: The Little Californian Groggy at the WindUp-Decision of the Ref
 cree Seems to Civ ...
 Satisfaction.
BUT THE CHICAGO BOY KEEPS HIM BUSY. =, ::
Special Dispatch to The: Call.

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 CONEY ISLAND ATHLETIC CLUB, Aug. IA draw was the decision rem. dered tonight at the Greater New York Athletic Club, Coney Island, after Tom my White of Chicago and Solly Smith of Los Angeles had fought twenty-five rounds to decide the feather weight championship of the world. The men met at 122 pounds.
 Dave Sullivan was at the ringside to challenge the winner and will deposit 5000 tomorrow to bind a match with White. The very best judges of boxers who witnessed the fight all agree that White had won fairly and squarely. | Smith was the first to enter the ring with his seconds, Jimmy Rose, Billy Self ridge, Johnny Connors and Jimmy AL | len. Sam Fitzpatrick held the watch for Smith. Tommy White got through the ropes at 11:20. His handlers were Billy Madden, Gus Ruhlin, Charley Golf and Jack MeAuliffe. It was an- nounced that the men would box twen- ty-f1ye rounds and continue sparring until ordered to break away by the ref cree.
 The first round was featureless, but in the second Smith swung a hard left that put Whites eye in mourning. and in the third jabbed his right to the eye, drawing blood, though he received sey- era1 hard body blows in return.
 In round four. Smith sent a left to the head, followed by right swing to the head that sent White to the floor.
 Rounds five, six, x,seven and eight were full of lively sparring, but not import ant. In the ninth Solly again started blood from Whites damaged eye
 In the twelfth round a left on the head brought Smith to his knees. At the end of the thirteenth Smiths nose was bleeding freely. Some stiff blows were exchanged in the succeeding rounds, but the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth rounds were tame.
 In the eighteenth White swung his left to the head and turned Sol1y around. Solly replied with a right hook on the kidneys, and in the nine teenth Solly rushed and got stiff left in the mouth. When they came up again, some hot work being done in the miX-up.
 In round nineteen SoIly rushed and White met him with very stiff left on the mouth.
 In round twenty .Solly rushed and jabbed a hard left on the face. He rushed again and they clinched without striking a blow. Soliy 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 a right swing twice to the head at the end of this round.
 Round 22-They rushed to clinch and Smith brought his right back on the face. The referee warned him not to repeat this. Solly jabbed right to the face and they clinched. Solly swung a 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 re- peated 1t, sending Solly to the floor on his back. He was up in five seconds and made a wild rush. They elinched 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 24-They rushed into clinches twice, and Smith swung light left on the neck and jabbed his left on the face. Smith fought wildly without doing any damage.
 Round 25-They shook hands and rushed into a ciinch. Smith rushed and took all kinds of chances. Smith roughed and both hit in the cltnches, which were frequent. Smith swung his right lightly to: the head White jabbed his left to the nose, drawing the blood again. A clinch followed and there was a great deal of rough. infighting on both 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 draw. o.-