Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-15
Young Phil Green Successfully De-
tends His Title Against Rowan
BOUT DECLARED A DRAW
"siIent" Proved TO be Very clever In
Blocking and DuckiDg, hut Green
IL His Master,

crowded to It's limit last night By an
eager erpectant throng Of ring follow
ers, and judging from the remarks
heard, the majority Of them were well
pleased with the evenings entertain
ment provided for them by Manager
Jack McNamee.
They cav local favorlte 80 against
a very clever man and still retain his
title Of lightweight champion Of Utah,
and they saw a clever though not
fierce exhibition OF the science OF self
defense.
Two facts were demonstrated by the
contest, viz. that "Silent" Rowan Is
game and good boxer, but that Green
Is the better fighter and Is the mutes
master, when 1t comes to give and take
propositions.
According to the agreement previous
ly entered into at the instance OF the
mute, that II both men were on their
feet az the end of the twentieth round II
would be declared draw, Referee Tom
Bennett could do nothing else than let
Il 30 at that. Had Il been ten-round
80 for points to a decision, Silent
would undoubtedly have been awarded
the fight, After that, however Green
forced matters little and towards the
last became very aggressive, lie proved
that when II came TO 'roughing IT, he
was the better man and not once did
he get the worst Of IT, Green had the
better Of II IN weight by at least ten
pounds and II was manifested when he
rushed the little red topped boxer, IL
was the opinion OF most OF the specta-
tors that Greens seconds made n grave
mistake IN not making him rush mat
teTs when II was evident In the early
part OF the contest that silent" could
not best him.
The little mute Loot no friends by the
event, On the contrary he made many
friends by his gameness and his splcn-
did blocking and ducklng. He exhibited
a better knowledge of ring tactics than
did his opponent, and covered himself
up In the rushes in truly wonderful
manner He did practically all the
leading during the first half OF the bout
and all the hugglng and clinching In
the last. He manaced to land num-
Der OF left jabs in the ngighborhood OF
once or twice land pretty hard on the
head and neck, when he realized that
he could not hope TO win from Green,
he followed the tactics Of his big broth
err and played for a draw II was then
that Green led out little. In the 18th
round Green got IN q good rirNt Jolt
that brought the mute to he canvass
In heap. but he was quickly on his
feet again, In this round silent
Blocked two left swings for his jaw,
and had either one OF them landed, he
would now b, courti~g the losers END
OF the nurse. The little fellow began %
sh W fal II 'ig OF grog mess any
Green tried hard TO corner him. In the
10th round his opportunity came and
he landed a most vicious eft hook that
caught silent" squarely on the Jaw.
Down he went all In a heap and the
referee began to count off the seconds.
As he counted mine" he hestated ana
silent" made an effort 10 arise. As
Bennett spoke the word ten" the gong
sounded and the mute was saved. He
was knocked out completely but ac-
cording TO the referee II did not last
long enough In the next round the 1T
tie fellow came up marvelousy fresh
and greeted the crowd with that happy
smile he generally wears In the last
round Green tried desperately TO bring
his man down but the mutes blocking
and side-stepping saved him. During
the entire contest Green dld not receive
a blow that in any way distressed him.
After the bout he declared he would
have another go and next time would
defeat Rowan, Rowan said he was per-
fectly willing to take another chance.
Kid Flynn and Jim Francis, and the
Condle Brothers went on for the pre-
liminaries. Green's seconds We're Bob
Brown and Flynn, and Rowan's sec
onds were"Dummy' and Sammy Clark.