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THOMPSON VICTORIOUS
DEFEATED PHILLIPS IN TWO
ROUNDS
Phillips Was Unconscious Nearly
Twenty Minutes, and Was Ter
ribly Beaten

Bob Thompson demonstrated again laso
night that he is a clever fighter by unmers
cifully defeating Red Phillips Of Idaho
In a round and a half. The fight was given
at Illinois hall under the management Of
the Manhattan club and was in all re-
spects a successful event. w. Taylor was
the manager and "Joshing'' Jim Bishop
made hit as master of ceremonies. Phil
lips made an excellent showing for the
first round, but the colored man was
too much for him, and Red" struck
his colors in short order. 1t must be sara
to the credit of Phillips that he put up .
game fight and showed great pluck In ral-
lying after the first knockdown in the secs
ond round and returning to be made
chopping block. Thompson Is one OF the
squarest fighters that ever set foot IN q
ring and his victory was popular one. He
improves with each succeeding battle. Mr.
Rowell of San Bernardino was referee ana
Jim Bush official timekeeper. e. Ladd held
the watch for Phillips and D. Johnson for
Thompson. Behind Thompson were Kid
Burns and Kid Early while Billy LynchS
Frank OBrien and B. Halstead were IN
| Phillips corner.
| Round 1.-Both men came to the certen
and began rapid sparring, Red seeming
| over anxious. After numerous feintsa
Thompson swung hard right, missed and
clinched. Red then missed left and they
clinched. Both men then missed righe
swings and clinched. Red, seeing he was
against hard game, led terrific pace
both fighting like demons, Thompson clevs
erly lodging Reds swing. Red tried =
pivot which barely missed. Red then
landed in rally two right uppercuts on
the chest, but the blows seemed to have
little effect. Red again tried pivot and
missed Thompson essayed like blow
and also missed, the round ending in q
rapid exchange. Red going to his corner
with bellows to mend. His habit Of
crouching to avoid blow was received
with Kisses.
| Round 2-Thompson wasted no ttnes
going right after his man. There were
two mix-ups in which Thompson did all
the effective fighting. Thompson then put
a hard right on Reds head and followed IL
up with a terrific left on the solar plexus.
Red going down and nearly out. In six
seconds he stepped to his feet, very groggy
but still game and led q desperate but very
weak left, which Thompson blocked. Bob
then, after a few feints, landed a terrific
right swing on the jaw, following 1t up
with crushing left on the solar plexus
before Red had time to drop from the
swing. Red fell heavily on his face to the
} floor and after ten seconds had been
counted he was carried unconscious to
his corner. He remained in a comatose
condition for twenty minutes.
There was a four-two-minute round be-
tween Young Peter Jackson OF San Fran.
cisco and Young Dennis of Los Angeles in
which the latter received the decision.
Brown, a colored bantam, was given the
decision over Banks on foul. Billy Hes
ter and Young Smith boxed four rounds fop
points.