The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-03

THE year 1905 has been q remarkably
.ventful enc in 30 world 0s sports.
In nearly every DrauSs row records
pave been made and many feats whieh
were thorght impossible < Achievement
have been accomplished.
The beginning OF the new scar viii ssnd
pugilism as popular as Il was twelve
months ago. Short bouts Father taan
long ones have become-the order, >lief
these are now being permitted q neAriy
all of the large cities. The resraS : fstat
science is being encouraged and brutality
suppressed.
might be said tlse season was q fi9t fll-
IRE. This + easily ACCOUNTED Tor py ttl$
number IF fake fights that were :fslie-1
OFF II resulted In the close OF tue s5 aine
ia Salt Lake after the Mes,aFtfly -i)sl|
fight last August. staCe which tine E9t--
ms has hesn toin5.
Among the many battles that toeE sliaSe
during the year, the Jeffries-C0Ti7stt tray .
watch was pulled off 1T San tfanc.sSo
Aug. =. attracted the most intefess dst-
fries knocked ont Cerbett II tse teete
80 per cent 10 the winner ati - per cent
- the loser. Other Fights OF great m
O0rtance were
AT PHILADELPHIA. Eeb. 9 Young Corbett.
the champion seaTheTweight, p-8s out
pointed in six rounds by Billy Maynard.
Cor5ett was heavier than MS oppouent,
but for all thaS he received the worst
th=ashing since re gained mis- laufeis- n
the first round Cornett was se21 sfr4 " L
ing to The mat. The men were al sstCti
ether from gong 10 gong. betn nlsll Wefe
tired at the finish and covered with 1ioue-
No decisions are given IN HenEsEt wanna.
At Detroit Feb. l27, Harry sFefEFs auo
Andy Tokeil, the Ensiishnan. feasssk for
the bantanWeight championship - tHs
world. Forbes won baRdily. as st 40
stage of the games did T0kell nave as
much as a look-in.
At Sar Francisco Apr5i Is. Jimms ESritt
defeated Willie Fitzgerald iIl twenty
round fight for TIP lightweight cham
pionship. 1t was a hard fight, and uf 40
the sixteenth round there appeared to De
no advantage on either side. Britt showed
greater cleverness, but Fitzgerald nae
the harder punch The decision was not
tco we'll received By the large crowd.
At Port Huron. Mich, April p IN ten
round boxing contest, Mike Ward defeat
At Detroit April %. in one Of the most
disappointing fights seen in the vest IN
q long time Jack Root easily defeated
ten rounds IT was Only by tilnt OF mold
ing Oh and ClinChing that Mccoy was en-
abed to stay TO the end.
At San Francisco. March 81. Young Cor
bett and Terry McGovern met mia fisht
for the Ieatherweight championship o.
the world. It was tine greatest fight in
Frisco since the JeffTies-F zsiT1monS
battle Both fighters weighed in at !
o'clock and both were exactly at weight
LIZ pounds The eight was terrific for
eleven ROUNDS. snd Corbett retained his
title of champion MoS0vern was Knocked
out with q right GLOW on the jaw. and
while he was up at the count II ten. he
was nevertheless counted oft and fairiS.
too. In only one round the fifth, was Cor
bett IN any danger. In this round Terry
landed the famous FHz solar plexus ana
had Corbett hanging on fer dear lie. bat
at no other stage of the game had Terry
the advantage McGovern raised cry
of ROBBERY but to every one Who wit
messed the fight MctSOverns claim APP
peared utterly ridiculous( A crowd that
completely filled the Mechanic pavilion
was present, and the seat money amount
ed ia $4,000.