The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-05
DAN GREEDON WON THE FIGH
BUT THE REFEREE CALLED 1T A
DRAW.
Tommy West Had Decidedly the
Worst of the Twenty-round En-
-Creedon's Clever Work.

New York, April 4.-The twenty
round bout between Dan Creedon of
Australia and Tommy West of this city,
which took place tonight in the arena
| of the Lenox Athletic club, was de-
clared draw by the referee West was
| lucky in getting ar even break, as Cree
don was certainly entitled to a favor
able verdict. Both men put up a very
| fast and game contest, but Creedon's
cleverness was so pronounced that the
majority of onlookers felt that the Aus
tralian was entitled to a decision in his
favor. The attendance was only fair.
Creedon weighed $50 pounds and West
49,
| In the first round Creedon cut out the
work, landing hooks on the face and
| neck, while West failed to land effect
| lively. In the second round West sized
up Creedon and landed hard several
| times, Creedon5 however, giving back as
| good as he got.
| Round was tame, but in the fourth
both got blood, Vests upper lip being
cut and Creedoii's nose responding to a
hard right. In getting away from one
| of Creedon'S rushes, West got his legs
! twisted and Creedon put him on his
back with a Well-placed right on the
| chest.
! West cut loose in the next round and
| forced the pace, landing a right-hand
swing over the kidneys. Creedon sent
in a hard left on the face, which made
West more cautious. In round Cree
| don was cut over his left eye and bled
freely.
| Honors were even in round z, but in
the next Creedon's repeated blows over
| the eye forced West to hold, and he
was cautioned by the referee. The next
two rounds were soft, but in the
/ eleventh West easily had the best of
some hot exchanges In the succeeding
round both men did a lot of holding.
and in the. thirteenth round several
good exchanges were made, but too
light to do much damage. Creedon
forced matters in round IA, sending his
| left to the face. West drove a stiff
short-arm right to the face.
Creedon hooked his left to Vests
face and Tommy sent back a straight
| left on the nose. A moment later
Tommy made Dams head rock with an
other straight left on the mouth.
In the next round West rushed, but
| Creedon sent him back with a left
facer. This was Creedon's round.
| In round seventeen West landed a
! straight left on Creedons face Dan
swung his left on the head, and West
retaliated with a left swing on the ribs
! 81
: The close of the round Creedon hooked
! his left to the jaw, and Vests knees
bent as if they had hinges on them
! In round eighteen Creedon swung his
right flush on the jaw, which made
West blink, and Creedon had the call
when the gong sounded.
| In round nineteen West let his left fly
to the body and jabbed it again on the
face. Creedon hooked hard left on
the face. and repeated the blow with
increased force. West, in clinch, sent
a heavy left to the body, and Creedon
landed a left on the face and right on
! the body.
Round 2O-Creedon led left for the
| face. West broke ground and slipped
to the floor. When West regained his
! feet, Creedon went right to him. hook
! ing his left to the jaw Creedon iabbed
left on body and swung his right to the
| head. West tried several right swings,
but failed to land, owing to Creedons
cleverness, and when the gong ended
the contest both men were in good con-
dition and sparring.
! Referee Charlie White declared the
| bout draw.