The evening times., 1902-07-11
PUNCHED Each OTHER
FOR TWENTY ROUNDS
Washington's Sullivan Gets
Best Of Sam Myers
Unusually Clever Fistic Encounter il
Baltimore Last Night-Declared
Winner on Points.

BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE best con
tested prizefght witnessed near Balti-
more in the last year or two was the
one fought last night at Acton's Park
and managed by the Eutaw Athletic
Club.
One Of the contestants was Kid Sui
Ivan, OF Washington. the boy who has
been trying for months to get on a fight
@ith Joe Tipman. and the other vas
Sammy Myers. the New York boy, who
fought Tipman to draw. The boys we're
in the I28-pound class. The fight was
set for twenty rounds. and it went the
limit IN fifteen Of the twenty rounds
Sullivan outpointed Myers. and IN the
other five Myers could not have claimed
more than an even thing Of it
Sullivan. when he went TO the middle
notes in his hand, and offered to bet
them that he would win He could not
find a spectator to take the bet. IN the
twenty rounds Sullivan. by his superior
cIeveTness, landed innumerable blows
On Myers and took exceedingly few in
return. It was a case Of Sullivan being
able to land and bruise Myers without
reing able TO put his man out Myers,
or his part, took the 5ruising like q
man. and though he showed signs of
-Feakness several times. he also showed
great Tecuperative powers. and was on
his feet at the finish Sullivan did not
show any too strong in hitting powers
OF IN measuring distance, else he would
have put Myers to sIeep early in the
/ fight, as he could land most Of his leads
In the first round Sullivan landed z
stiff punch on Myers Jaw and Myers
/ fought the round out on the defensive.
while in the second Sullivan got il sew
/ eraI on the face and body and had the
/ better Of the round in points.
! Sullivan In the third round started a
/ pIav for Myers body and got there with
several good punches and looked every
/ inch winner.
/ In the fourth and fifth rounds the Dis
trict man started in with left 20 face
/ and rafned face and body blows Myers
retreated. and the crowd, which con
/ tanned many Washingtonians, yelled
It's all over but the shouting" This
made Myers come back looking fTesheT
than when he left his corner He got In
/ a left lab, which caused SulliYan's nose
/ to bleed This was the first round in
which Myers had proven he could hold
( his own.
! Rounds seven. eight, and nine were all
won by Sullivan, bat still Myers was
/ fighting and was dangerous, and in the
/ tenth came up stronger than he had
shown after the first round. For a while
/ he kept Sullivan guessing. but in the
I latter half of this round Sullivan
/ reached his face and body repeatedly.
/ In the eleventh and twelfth rounds
/ Sullivan tired from his own exertions.
! N round fourteen Bobby Dobbs. who
/ was coaching Myers. told him to 90 in
and mix it Myers did So Two efforts
we're enough. R5 Sullivan proved that he
was as much Myers master in might
/ ing as he had been at sparring at long
! rsnse.
/ Myers got the worst Of It in round If
! teen and was satisfied when the gong
/ ended it
In round sixteen Sullivan went at
1 Myers, who was forced to put his arms
about his face 10 keep of the terrible
onslaught. The lack Of steam here pre-
vented Sullivan from scoring q knock
! out
! Round seventeen found both men look
/ ing fresh after the minutes rest The
exertion soon showed on Sullivan, and
/ Myers, by good generalship, scored an
even round, as he did also in the next
round
Round twenty was hot. Sullivan
scored the most points in It. but Myers
was there at the finish