The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-02
SAVED BY REFEREE
Solly Smith Defeated, But 1t Was
Called a Draw.
TOMMY WHITE DID IT
TWENTY FIVE HOT ROUNDS AT
CONEY ISLAND.
Smith Was Badly Punished and Was
All But Out In the Twenty-third
Round-Dave Sullivan Chal-
lenges White For the Feather
weight Championship.

New York, Aug. IA draw was the
decision rendered tonight at the Great
er New York Athletic club, Coney is
land, after Tommy White OF Chicago
and Solly Smith of Los Angeles had
fought % rounds to decide the feather
weight championship of the world The
men met at 122 pounds. Dave Sullivan
was at the ring side to challenge the
winner and will deposit $1,000 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
Selfridge, Johnny Connors and Jimmy
Allen. Sam Fitzpatrick held the watch
for Smith. Tommy White got through
the ropes at 20 minutes past IL o'clock.
His handlers were Billy Madden, Gus
Rubin, Charley Golf and Jack Nc
Auliffe. 1t was announced that the
men would weigh 125 pounds on enter
ing and continue Sparrlng until ordered
to break away by the referee.
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 sew
eral body blows in return. In round
four Smith sent left to head, fol-
lowed by a right swing to head that
sent White to the floor.
Rounds five, six and seven and eight
were full of lively sparring, but not i'm
portant.
In the ninth Solly again started blood
from Whites damaged eye.
In round II left on the head brought
Smith to his knees. At the end of the
18th Smiths nose was bleeding freely.
Some stiff blows were exchanged in the
succeeding round but the 18th, 10Th
and 18th rounds were tame.
In the 18th White swung his left to
the head and SOlly replied with a right
hook on the Kidneys and in the 18th
Solly rushed and got a stiff left in the
the mouth. When they came up again
Solly was full of fight and rushed
again, some hot work being done in the
miX-up.
In round 10 Solly rushed and White
met him with very stiff left on the
r5outh.
Round 2O-Solly rushed and jabbed a
hard left on the face. He rushed again
and they clinched without striking a
blow. Solly 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
on the breakaway. White swung left
twice to the head at the end of .A:S
round.
Round 22-They rushed to a clinch,
and Smith brought his right back on
the face. The referee warned him not
to repeat this. Solly jabbed right to
face and they clinched. Solly 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 it,
sending SOlly to the floor on his back.
He was up in five seconds and made
wild rush They clinched and both fell
to the floor twice, amid cries of foul.
foul" White jabbed a 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 a light left on
the neck and jabbed left on face. Smith
fought wildly, without doing any dam
aga
Round 25-They shook hands and
rushed into a clinch. Smith rushed and
took all kinds of chances. Smith rough
ed and both hit in the clinches, which
were frequent. Smith swung his right
lightly to the head. White jabhed left
to the nose, drawing blood again A
clirch followed, and there was a great
zeal of rough infighting on both sides
until the gong put an end to the fight.
The spectators by this timtI were wild
with excitement, and were shouting for
both men. Referee Brown declared the
bout :. draw.