The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-03
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NORRIS KNOCKED OUT
The Big Texan" Succumbed to
ReiIIy's Fierce JabS.
TOM AND JIM ALL RIGHT
,oTH LADS ARE FAST AND
HARD FIGHTERS.


Tommy Reilly and his brother Jim
u,, who. by the way, carries around
-. same rear cognOmen, came here
-,na few weeks ago to get a fight.
They made no big talk as to what they
,,,,rd do. but went quietly about their
t,siress. Last evening they bumped
,,, AGAINST TWO local men and they did
.,rb GOOD work that they can stay
tora 4ust as long as they like. To Sly
p,orzed out jim Morris in the I'd
round and Jimmy mixed a. with Jack
r,nrev for five Of the fastest rounds
ever fought in a preliminary in Salt
Lake.
entity I'm dispoSng of the Big Texan
.s The difference in their weights
would seem to indicate. Norris en-
tarad the ring at 1853 pounds. while the
lad from Tacoma weighed but 149 But
Tommv mixed things from the start
and finally put Morris away with some
fierce swings from right and left on
the jaw
IN fight. II had been advertised 1or
fen rounds but at the ringside Morris
said that he wouldn't go that number.
The reason which he asserted was
that the crowd wasn't large enough to
warrant it and that he wasn't going
into a ten-rOund fight unless he saw
some money before him.
Morris Was BashfuI.
Tommy suggested five rounds, but he
did IL reluctantly, as he wanted to go
the full number. Tommy, you know,
is from the good old stock Of Erin, as
You might imagine from the suzanne,
although his front apDelatiOn lilies
no especial significance
But Norris didn't want to go the
five rounds and finally he consented to
enter the ring if IL would be only
boxing match" Tommy readily con-
spntpd 10 this with a smile. on his face,
but az the same time he winked at the
crowd and conhdentially told the re-
porters that he would make the Texan
LAY down
I'm the first round he showed that
this was his intention. Reilly repeated
ly rushed and Morris just as repeated
ly attempted to block In doing this
his tactics were more suggestive of a
wrestling match than a prize fight. and
heUas reminded by Referee Sam Clark
that he wasn't at the Salt Palace.
Tommy's rushing tactics were effective,
and he landed several times with short
right and LETT jabs on Morris chest
and chin.
Tommy got his left hooks a little
lower I'm the second and brought first
blood on Morris che6II with a fierce
left swing. Morr's dropped his wres-
Ting tactics and adopted a lOyable
method of clinching to save himself
Time and again he grabbed Reilly's
leg in the ciinches. which looked more
like football than boxing.
Texan Went Out.
Al the opening of the third Jim met
EeI.IyS rush with a bad left. but soon
after euccumbed to a rush which came
subsequently. taking things in chrOn-
o.oCiral order Reilly landed several
let's and rights in quick succession,
and from tine way the blows rained it
looked like Murdochs storm had really
come. Morris went down and stayed
out the count. amid the jeers and hooL-
ing of the crowd. He quit; | never
hurt him. Reilly FASTENED to explain.
for be- wanted more.
Never mind, Jim said the Blk
TEXANS second, 4 believe he was
afraid of YOU"
Morris Was assisted in his corner by
Jim Francis and Billy Grennig. while
Charles Smith. Jack RYAN and Jim
Reilly worked with the Tacoma lad,
The fight was refereed by Sam Clark,
Who was "A bowling success. Joe. Hay
den, the composer Of "A Hot Time"
and Jack Clifford kept the time.
hut The real event Of the evening was
lh1 hr,-round preliminary between
jimmy Reilly, who tipped the scales at
IN and jack Cunley. local man. who
weighed It0. Il was the svifteSt kind
90. Hght and at the end Of each round
Jar crowd rheored and manifested its
approval in other ways.
Was a Fast Fight.
u VAS worth going a long distance to
>''' even If there had been nothing else
ID. The nrngIamme. Reilly did most Of
Ut" .'.ttre. and at one time he got
''A.rl nose looking like a port light
'N d Steamboat The men were very
--.E matched. barring their weight.
a.' Doth are fast. clever boxers. The
.."1 manifested its approval in a very
-.aHlaI manner after the fieht by
--t- ms zap "a purse of $500 for the two
-..rIS- referee Clark declared ii a
"."- hitch was a very popular de-
VISION. sam was, taking him all around.
-'A lEltlcf-- anu was part u
S-.H.
I'D. other preliminary was between
.' s"utatul aspirants Of the manly
.~ IaF Moore, who went in az 112
..0.>. and spike Kennedy. who
-.Sa.i but los. Both of Rhem showed
I .l.y have the right stuff in them.
@ ta -ood work. The pluckiness Of
...." fellows was particularly COM
A. inclusion of the bouts there
"" .ballenges. Jack Conley of
-..| challenged Jimmy Reilly
" whom he contested in the fast
unl preliminary. to fight him to
...-h any time after two weeks for
.'.s" somewhere between $3.50 and
I'D. place to be named by Reilly.
m Francis. the husky colored boyo
t~i Tommy Reilly to meet him
.at number of rounds. any time,
any, purse. These fights will be
..'..0 with interest.