Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-19
f.r The Third Time the Boxers
Go the Limit-No Damage
Done.
4 LARGE CROWD ATTENDED
nj, rOutest Was Anything but Of the
Vhirlwind Order Neither in
Danger Of Knockout.

a., clifford OF Salt Lake, and Perry
o@sron Of seattle. fought another TWEEN
,y.found draw, at the Salt Lake Theater
", hight This makes 60 rounds these
-sr have battled, in the roped arena,
-I,h m damage done; with neither man
s,,s,g q safe margin, and nothing that
s,roaehed a knockout in all the three
ssrrs, milling. In each event, the referee
D,uld do nothing else than declare a
s,av This may or may not be satisfac-
,nry to the contestant, but It Is decidedly
',,nooular with the average fight fan,
- nero was much dissatisfaction over
,1s Jesuit Of last nights contest This Is
meant that those who attended the
son aid not get their moneys worth, but
NOV eypected the mill to develope u win
"a, and when there was none forthcom-
,,s the spectators were disappointed.
n-svs are always unsatisfactory 10 the
.r.rage ring follower, From a spectators
standpoint the contest was nothing TO
,ompare with the Welch-Nelson bout; at
fa4st TINS rs tue NliHiNi NHf'N'"NN - -
majority Of those at the ringside.
Al tho opening of hostllities, It looked
q, II there would be an early and abrupt
,,dlpg but after the bout had gone eight
a, Ten rounds the contestants began to
,-. ord their blows lacked the Sleep
,roancing potion. Hundreds Of times, both
nan missed vicious left and right swings,
s,c", an inch to a foot. Both did some
nsysr durklng and blocking, but neither
Sould Give the punch that brings home
Wn,SSnan was the cleverer Of the two,
,T, cli0Orl was the stronger, Jack was
sv,,emely nervous In the early part OF
No 6ght. but as II progressed he became
more confident and aggressive Inc seat
III man demonstrated his superior knowl-
,dge OF the game by his good ring gem
srssbip. but after the tenth round he was
MA IN his swings Both seemed TO be
tlaylnr back for a chance 10 land the
l,6rkout punch, but the chance never
'sme When they came TO the center of
"a, ring for the first round, clifford was
ysrous and made a wild lunge at queen.
1ns boiy. They fell into u cllncn and
toih sllpped 10 the floor. Jack landed a
Sretty hard right 10 body, and QUAnin
eouitered with leti TO jaw, following u
MA a LEFT jab 10 the face. Chnord ie-
,pOnded with right to the ribs
In Inc following round Clifford tried for
tight hook TO the jaw, but missed the
marx and nearly went TO the moor n m
Fis own exertons When he arose, they
iell into a cllnch, and did a little In
tgblng No damage was done In either
ogrd and clinChes were frequent, In the
,blrd following a clinch, Jack smashed
Perry twice ON the spine, and Queehah
returned the compliment with right 10
body and left TO breast. lie then shot IN
Tlght TO ribs and left to stomach, Al the
gong they exchanged left body blows: IN
ihe fourth, Queenan led win lett 70 race
ana right 10 body, but was on the re-
releylng end OF four body blows and u jab
10 the face In return. In this round the
txschool teacher did some pretty clever
blocking The fifth round was all Queen
ans no bored into clifford relehtlessly
putting In two rights and left 70 body
and followed with a left to the jaw that
put the local man TO the mat Tor the
count Of FIVE clifford came back with
tft to Queenans jaw that staggered
Perry. The latter then hammered cur,
fond all over the ring, and was az ~
when the round ended, This was distinctly
Queenans round. Il was the fastest one
OF the session, ard had he been able TO
keep the pace, or rather had he done 80
he would hayA secured lead that might
have given him the decision.
From the NTH to the twentieth, the
hghers cliuChcd great deW In each
round. clifford had shade the better of
The NINTH and possibly the seventeenth
Iueenan had the better OF the thirteenth,
but honors were even In tho other rounds,
Except for occasional flashes OF vlgor
and determinations In the closing rounds,
h. a "a A tiuHnA Ia I'm
mer each other y the body and fall INTO
onches After tn twelfth, both tired
notceRbly and rei,hel seemed TO care
particularly TO take chances In a mix-up
When either had n, mentary advantage,
], was not followed up, fact which
was commented Upon freely.
A majority Of titse occupying seats IN
the historic old playhouse, would like TO
have seen the mill 90 on Tor a few moro
rounds and, IN justice to Prof, Eddie Rob.
inSOn, who mahagCl the contest, it should
b, said that whcp he saw that the con-
test would almost surely end In n draw,
he tried to get II extended 20 twenty-five
rounds The boxers were willing, but the
authorities Wete not-an1 the fight ended
in draw
The preliminary bouts were interesting
and humorous The first, between Nat
Hackney and "Onny Hogan, was an ex-
holuon OF high aud lofty tumbling and
ducklng Al one stage of the bout, Hack
hey got excited and took a punch at Ref
dee Willard Bean. In the fourth Hack
hy secured q mookdown, the result of an
accidental blow
The battle royal between three gentle
men OF color was regarded as uproarious-
tunny by tho fight fans assembled
we third event was the best OF ALL and
meht have outriyaled the main event,
ull Tor an unfortunate accident In the
Neohd round. Tho go was to be OF six
I9unds duration. between Billy Arnold, Il
publ ot Willard Beams, and Tommy
hnh' n San Francisco. Both did some
WY clever fast work but In the second
Vun9' they crossed arms In vicious
lunches aud Arnold's right arm was brok-
en-, JUST above the elbow He backed
sway ana then tried TO use tho injured
member again. II was only then he dis
tOteted that his ann was broken, The
v1lt was lmmedlnUt
theyf TOOK Arnold TO the dressing room
egl reduced the fracture.
me crowd was one OF the largest seen
~ boxing contest in this city for a long
v,s' IRo downstairs portion Of the house
49, TSs Nsl 1lled, and the balconies vera
rIhe seconds for the main contest wer,
a,"Hiay Murphy and Battling Nelson FOR
TWehml, ana Eugene THOMPSON and Kid
ais,ft, ior CLIFFORD. Willard Bean was the
cSWlaI referee, but Battling Nelson had
'Halkt Nt The Arnold 4nailhnu hot,t