The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-17
COiOred Slugger Knocks Out Austria
liam Billy Edwards.
LIKE A BLACK CYCLONE
EDWARDS WAS SLUGGED ALL
OVER THE RING.
Was Game to the Last and Put UP
Stubborn Fight Knock out
Blow Was Right On the Point
Of the Jaw-HMysterious'' Bill
Smith and Green Matched.

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the colored pugilist, knocked out Billy
Edwards of Australia at the Broadway
Athletic club tonight in the thirteenth
round of what was to have been a
twenty-round bout
The men met at 14S pounds and Wal
colt was a very pronounced faVorite
| in the betting. The colored man was
the aggressor and outpointed the Aus
tralian. Edwards exhibited remark
able gameneSS and staying powers, but
the onslaughts of the negro were too
much for him and after going down
| thrice in the thirteenth round he was
knocked out
Walcott had Tom ORourke, George
Dixon, Jack Dougherty and Charley
Miller behind him as seconds. Ed
wards seconds We're Dan Creedon, Tom
| Williams and Charley Peet The prin-
clpals appeared to be in excellent
shape. Walcott was a two to one ia
vorite in the betting.
The opening round was not very
| lively and honorS were equally divided
most of the punishment being delivered
on the body. In the next, Walcott had
much the better of the argument, land
! ing rights and lefts on the face and
| body very effectively. While Edwards
seemed to be unable to land a good
| blow
In the third round, Edwards was still
very unsteady in his work and WAL
colt was all over him continually. Ed
wards was nearly sent through the
ropes with a terrible left on the wind
and only saved himself from getting
out of bounds by grabbing Walcott by
! the legs early in the round. Edwards
was much distressed when he returned
to his corner. The Australian did a
great deal of sprinting in the fourth
round, but Joe got to him frequently
with both hands, bearing in all the
time. Edwards landed a right on the
| body and left on the neck at close
quarters, but Walcott went back at
! him savagely In a break-away, Wal
colt struck Edwards and there were
! cries of foul" but the referee only
cautioned the negro and the men con-
tined, Walcott having everything his
own way.
| The fifth round showed no improve
ment in Edwards, and Walcott sailed
into him with left jabs and right
swings, which made the Australian
only repetition of the previous ones,
! Walcott sending left jabs to the wind
and swinging his right to the head and
kidneys. Edwards grew weak as the
round progressed. but he made a squirt
at the close, sending left and right to
/ the mead with little damage.
| Edwards took desperate chances in
the seventh. He fought very wildly,
while Walcott used his hands with
good judgment. Edwards hooked
hard left on Joe's chin, Earring the ne
gros head. Joe jumped back with
vicious left-hand swing, which Ed
wards lodged. Walcott, still on the
aggressive. forced his opponent all
over the ring. landing lefts and rights
| i
Once, towards the end of this round,
Edwards landed a hard left swing on
the side of Joe's head, which almost
took him off his feet. Joe righted HIM
self quickly and jumped back at Ed
wards, boring in with both hands till
the bell rang.
The ninth round found Wolcott still
! forcing matters. Billy made several at
tempts to counter his opponents leads;
but Walcott was too clever and smash
| ed Edwards repeatedly on the face
with vicious left swings and jabs, fore
ing him to the ropes frequently.
Edwards was certainly very game
and came up readily for the tenth
round. But his gameness was of little
use against the sledgehammer blows
| which Walcott rained upon him. Ed
wards fell down in the middle of the
ring from a body blow and remained
down for nine seconds. Walcott flew
at him like a gamecock when he got
| up again and pummeled him hard and
! fast till the gong sent them to their
corners.
Walcott opened the eleventh round
with q hard left on the face and Billy
( clinehed. Edwards swung his left to
| the jaw and Walcott sent his left to
| the stomach and his right over the
! kidneys. There was plenty of in-fight-
! ing, of which Walcott always had the
better.
Beginning the twelfth round the men
rushed to clinch, after which Ed
wards sent in a hard left on the wind
| Walcott returned with right in the
ribs and left smash on the face, fore
ing Edwards to the ropes, where the
referee had to pull them apart Ed
wards met Walcott suddenly with a
right swing on the jaw which sent. Joe
staggering ten feet to the ropes. Ed
wards was too tired to follow 10 and
Walcott came back to him like cv-
clone, mixing it UP until the gong
sounded
Edwards landed a left swing on Wal
colts head in the thirteenth, but Joe
sent back left on the face which put
Edwards on his back Nine seconds
elapsed before Edwards got up. Wal
colt got him at close quarters and sent
him down again with a left on the
body and fell on top of him. AS soon
as they shaped again, Walcott rushed
and jabbed his left to the face. follow
it up quickly with right on the point
Of the jaw which sent Edwards down
and out with his head hanging over
the bottom rope. Edwards had to be
carried to his corner, where he soon re-
vived. Walcott was declared the win
ner. Time of round 2:4S