The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-16

times in the first half of the last round
Those who came expecting to see a
tame boxing match were surprised al
the savagery of the encounters, and
the evident genuineness of the affair,
and those who expected to see no blood
flow We're mistaken, as Williams was
somewhat CORY during the last few
rounds of the match.
Williams lost gamely and gracefully.
He was clearly overmatched by Pete,
who was fighting all the time. Williams
waited for big blows, and struck mostly
with his right. If Pete could not get in
a big blow, he would get in two or three
little ones, and at every clinch would
hammer his adversary on the back, just
below the kidney. with vicious belt and
arm blows until the break-away. a red
spot soon cleaned ON Williams left side
as a result of the constant hammering,
and the superior tactics and weight of
Pete soon wore out Williams, whose
blows almost invariably landed short.
But the Salt Lake lad took his punish
ment like a man. He clinched frequent
", and often suffered severely in the
break-aWay. 1t was clearly Pete'S fight
from the fourth, though Williams got
first blood from Pete's mouth in the
first.
Thomas Painter of Evanston was
chosen to referee both fights. Nils
Mattson of Provo and Joe Carlson of
ogden were time-keeDers.
\ 24-foot ring was staked off on tia
stage, and about $50 seats on the side
were used. About 600 men and a few
women saw the night.
1t was after 10 before Williams and
Pete entered the ring for the first fight.
Thomas Osborn, William Anderson and
Henry Stevens were Pete's seconds.
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Provo seconded Williams. Osborn read
the articles OF agreement, which pro-
vided if neither man was put out by
the twentieth round the fight would be
declared a draw. The international
rules governing clinchlng and break
away were also Incorporated in the
agreement. Williams had the north
east corner, and Pete the southwest
corner, and was nearest the front. The
gloves were siX-ounce, and were given
TO Chief Davenport to see that they
complied with the law. Referee Painter
brought the men together. had them
shake hands, and gave them a few in
struCtiOns. Each man went back to his
Corner. and the fight was on.
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Round 1.-The men fiddled for an
opening, Pete leading for the face, but
Jim clinched. Jim landed lightly on
neck with hard left in the same place.
Pete retaliated by landing a hard right
N jaw. Jim ciinched and landed on
Pete's mouth in the breakawa-. draw
ing first blood Jim aimed a hard right
at Pete's jaw. but missed, and clinched
again. Pete landed on Jim's ribs in the
b-eallaway. Round ended in Williams
corner.
Round Pete forced the fighting,
landing his right heavily on Jim's ribs
Williams clinched Pete again. landing
heavily on the ribs in the breakawav
Jim landed good left on Pete's jaw,
Pete getting even by a hard right on
he head. Jim tented and landed his
left heavily on Pete's jaw. Pete came
right back at him with a hard right
IN the jaw and left heavily on the neck
and ~ibs As the gong sounded Jim
went to his corner with his neck ard
ribs showing plainly the effect Of the
NeXican's blows.
Round 3-Pete again led the fighting.
but Williams avoided his rushes. and
cInched. Pete tented aud landed his
right heavily on Williams neck. They
elinched again. Pete aiming a vicious
EFT for the jaw, but missed. He repeat
ID the attempt with his right, landing
heavily. Pete forced Williams to his |
,orner and uppercut him with his right /
striking low Cries OF foul went w. /
md Pete was cautioned by the referee. !
Jim landed lightly on the jaw. and the /
Mexican came back at him with a hard |
light on the same spot. but missed. (