Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-25
MCCARTHY KNOCKS
OUT OTTO S|EL0FF
Fierce Determined Contest Lasted
Nine Rounds and Forty
Seconds.
FIGHT FANS WELL PLEASED.
Roth Boxers We're ia Excellent Con.
didOu and Each Made the Required
Weight IA Pounds.

osoy. did you see the Mccarthy sleloff
contest last nght?'
The fight fans assembled at the ring
,io pronounced it fast and determined
contest After nine rounds ana forty Sec
onds fierce milling, Jerry Mccarthy
knocked ont Otto slolon, the Fighting
Dutchman' OF Chicago, and wiped out
tho defeat he met at the hands OF sIelon
last winter.
While the contest was absolutely de-
void Of fancy sparring there was hardly
n seconds rest for either man II was
swing. jab and uppercut all the time,
Both men were In splendid physical
condition and Jerry was the stronger OF
tho two. AT o'clock yesterday afternoon,
they weighed IN. and neither man raised
the beam at IA pounds
Willard Bean was chosen referee Of the
bout but Tommy Burns, sieon's trainer
sprung a surprise Just before the men
were TO 90 on, By demanding that three
tudgcs be selected In addition to the ref
cree The Judges chosen were Perry
Queenan James Connolly and II. A.
Iratg of ogden This unpopular action
Io would resign the position. He recon-
Aiored moment later and consented to
Right In the beginning OF the first
round IL was slap, bang, hammer ana
longs. SlelCn leading first with light
loft To face jerry bored In unmefcifully
and swung repeatedly on the Dutchmans
head and Dody. HOnors were even, I'm
Inc third found II loked as ~ Mccarthy
mIght sCoie a Knockout. Scom missed
half a dozen swings Tor the jaw, but fl
nally succeeded in planting Il right and
LETT TO head They exchanged right
swings, both landing, and then Jerry
swung a terrific blow on Sieloit's neck.
knocking him to the door where he re
NAMED for the count Always game, al
WAYS ready, otto came up for morc-and
got IT, Four times he was sent TO the
mat from McCarthys onslaughts and the
ponp saved Sielon.
IN the fourth Sicloff made n wonderful
rally, showing his good condition, lie
came up strong and fast and took he ag-
gressNe He planted a hard right to
Jerrys neck and had the local boy al
most at his mercy Around the ring he
distress, and when the gong rang Il was
a pleasant sound to Jerry aud MS Sec
onds
But from that round on Mccarthy
rallied and later forced the ilghting, Sic
lon was compelled to hang ON to save
himself Sioloff tried to keep his opponent
M with left jabs to Jerry's sore nose,
but the latter grinned at the blows ana
rushed IN hercely. In the seventh and
eighth both men became tired from the
terrific pace that was set aud Sieloft
clnched IN every mix-up or exchange Of
blows,
The ninth round was the beginning Of
the end. Five times Jerry knocked Sic
lon 10 the door, and each time otto
took the count but gamely came up to
the scratch lie tried hard to rally, but
he could do no more. Mccarthy appeared
70 get stronger, but seeing That he had
the match won, he became excited and,
consequently. Wild and could not land the
finishing WallOp
SeIoff came back somewhat refreshed
for the tonth round Jerry was the
stronger however, and the moment he
g0t 10 the center Vt the ring he rushed
at Slelon for the purpose of ending the
match. Alter some little inhghtlng, he
planted another hard right on Sicloms
neck, and the Chicago boy went down for
the count As he arose TO his feet, Me
earthly shot IN a right hook that landed
full on the jaw otto fell to the canvass
on bis face and was counted out This
round lasted but forty seconds The
Knockout was clean and thorough, and
clearly showed Mccarthy 10 be the mas
ter This much was admitted by Sioon
when the TWO met In the dressing room
after the 60 With tears streaming down
lis face Mccarthy said TO sieloff:
otto you are a fast, game fellow, IL
seems rather hard for me to say that l
am Blad / Whppeq you as ala. Dut am
glad because Of the cowardly and under
handed fight that has been made on me
here You understand what 1t Is. | prom
ised my friends that II given a Glance |
would redeem myself, and | have done
st."
SIoloff said THAT is all right, Jerry.
You defeated me fairly and have no eX-
Cuse TO offer They told me you could
not hght, but ] want 10 say to you right
here that you are all right, that you are
ono Of the fairest ana best men ! have
ever mot, No one can ever tell me again
that YOU can't fight"
Mccarthy said that his trainer. Frank
5 Lewis, was entitled to great credit for
bis Jerry'O splendid condition. The con-
test was given under the management OF
Tho tIlAtIo