Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-05
MARKHAM MARK FOUGHT
GAME, BUT LOST,
,,,t Of Wind and Good Judg'
ment Factors in His
Defeat.
GlIFFORD WAS The WINNER.
Jeff and Right Blows in the stamacn
IN Eight Round Put an End
TO the Contest.

.s,s.psus Of opinion among the
D ,,r. who attended last nights con-
Us" ,bs Grand theater between TOM
w MARKHAM Of Eureka and JACK CHI.
y" IVY, ot Butte was that 1t was one Oh
'y'' ,s,dssi fights that has been WIT
WY In This city since clifford knocked
n &c, lack Wade two years ago Ihe
Wv o-s,,otors complimented Manager D. D.
en- FOR putting on the bout althousil
~" % failure financially. But he had
NaS o,J for tho date and did not want
:, dlsarpont any one, ana was w''u's
- take A chance to lose money IN order
"a make good his promise.
n was a hard, slashing contest FOR
,,.,, rounds when two lerts to Mark
N.r,s stomach followed by u right hook
HaH snlar pleNtls, so disabled Mark
Jst he WAS unable 10 fight Reitreo
Willard Bean then awarded the Doll 70
,iTori and il VIII go az a knockout.
MA he'll rang Just as the last dow was
delivered and Markhams handlers want
,beir how 10 continue the nghung,
lAnan Ull IsNNAN IAR''N
l,.',t and gave the fight to clifford. lie
i,ss npJouhtedly entitled to the contest
n" von strictly on his merits, and he
rsrtaiply did not have an easy ume oil
il al east 50 he says. ,..,,u.u
"ttod NaIKham been In better condition
A. rssllt might have been the same, but
,Es-s were many at the rlngsde who did
y, believe so. So far as cleVeress was
concerned Markham had pretty gen.
s-5us lead over clifford. But when II
c,mo 10 ring generalship and punching
rover he was at a disadvantage. TINS
was because he lacked experience
When the end came, there was a
sbrlek OF foul from Markham's corner
XII NJ course, Referee Bean paid no at
,soton 10 ii. Tor the good and sufficient
,a,sor that no foul had been CONNECTED.
Tbere Il probably not one contest out
NJ twenty wherein some excited lndlvid-
nails 40 not sell foul This may be the
,ssult of a diet Of too much chicken and
duck But 10 return TO the bout
WENT A KILLING PACE.
Narkbams seconds made a mistake In
sending their man at clifford In the first
round as though he were going to eat
lin up He began pace mat was en-
TREY TOO fast. ono he could not hope
10 Keep up ANA win. He became wild
vhle clifford was cool and calculating,
ever ready to present the sleep producing
potion he usually carries concealed
around his right hand
In spite Of Disadvantages. Markham
had the best Of the first two rounds,
scoring a clean Touchdown over clifford
and forcing his opponent 20 break away
several times tro mclose quarters He
carried the fight To clifford In nearly
every round. He showed a willingness at
6ll times 10 mix matters and forced
clifford to break ground In every fierce
rally . 1900. r,,
But It was evident to all that Tommy
soon tired and fen below the danger line,
while Jack was holding himself back,
waiting for an opportunity that he knew
would soon come. When II came he took
advantage Of II Ike fash, and the do
ings were over The Markham stock
went up In the first round when he scored
The knockd0Nn but Jack came back a
few seconds later and iloored Tommy,
After the third round clifford resorteo
10 jabbng tactics, For four rounds he
did little else but iab the Eureka
gawter IN the mouth with a straight
Pi' lie brought blood from Markham >
right eye and played for that spot and
,ht mouth Markham seemed TO be- un-
Abf 10 counter these blows. In the ifth
h began u tire and It was evident
q The close observer that barring a
chance blow In his favor the bout would
t)lh end Even then he was willing TO
g. IN hammer and tongs and mix with
his opponent.
In the last round Markham tented with
his lctt and crossed hard right to Cliff
Iau D. "a g.t,, Ia a.
JACK splendid condition saved him from
tny serious effects A moment later
clifford shot Ms left out lIko u piston
~ and landed squarely In the pit Of
aarkhams stomach The fight was then
over Markham began to vsbly weaken.
Ne drew himself up as II in pain and
.e face clearly indicated that he was
10y enjoying himself A moment later
Oluord got Tommy In the corner and
teh' N another LETT to the stomach, fol-
bEed by right hook TO the solar nlexus
and i was all over Markham's seconds
GAINED foul, but a physician examined
aalhnam ana unhesltatlngly pronounced
I'm uMnlrrcd, Bean announced Clifford
he wlnnti
REFEREE BEANS STATEMENT.
Speaking Of tho contest Referee Bean
~ was good, clean, honest work from
,euV 70 litlsh, only twice did I caution
le boys about hitting low and then
my oid not do Il intentionally. Ii Is real
10 PAL mat Mlrl hams condition was
eN 9e.,er Clror was In perfect shane
bW was good contest and worthy of 4
hueN he'ttt house, The management is
o. congratulated for giving tho fans
tuch cool go"
Nllt Robinson said.
fotN,O 9ne could reasonably kick on that
ba "G ~ WIS a rafting good one all
Wv way, and the house sno,lId have beer
aeked. ! think Markham lost 80 soor
tteause he did not have the wind tc
,",uN ne Us an anxious willing fel.
WV "U1 Nl he needs Is experience"
THREE KNocKoUTs.
n "a peculiar feature about the entertain.
rN was that three men were defeaieJ
he W. EACH event the loser came ont oi
tr,, sing corner and wore tho snn,,
,is,iS NJ ptellmInarics Were oycru.
Mn,dtngS t0hl} Joe Wadinskl. white. ma
t,rN,,1' ,Fclone c00red unve y
McIr,y.,e AAhlbiilon " awkwardnSss. Klc
rmnd5 " uuQ sam Barber were 10 go si,
lhip ~ NV w banlamwelght chamnlon.
he Kia igwr save but In the third round
he lattnr On BARRIERS forehead anf
ryc,,an'ts PROMPTLY went out Muldocn',.
fovIee3i' t aSii'a''d WadInsh ana tho iettel
nee, M, ,,l,us were; Willard Bean. ref
lcn and %ST,iN 'Iams seconds. Eddie Robin
,scoeeplna I4eodoro Van BuskIrk Clirtord,,
Thirsty '"0 thompson aud Jacl
plSOBEYED THE IIrDcEs
Thetefo,o T., -