The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19

fries followers, notably Billy Brady and
Billy Delaney, began to yell at Corbett
in the twenty-first round
why don't you stand up and tight IKE
a man instead of running away Ike a
yellow dOg2'
Corbett turned white with rage and
also paid no heed TO the warnings from
Considine Just 10 show people that ne
was not running away. therefore, Cor
bett stopped short in the middle or the
tweuty-third round and met jeff face 10
face. The boiler maker had been looking
; for this chance from the very tlrSt tap OF
the gong. and in less time than it takes to
tell it he knocked COrbett clean out with
a heavy smash on the jaw. Had Corbett
kept away to the end of the twenty-htth
round he would have won the heavy
weight championship of the world on
points although JeffTiCs was in every
particular the master in point OF strength
and bulldog fighting makeup Frank Erne,
another fine boxer. was wont to employ
similar tactics. He met George Dixon
when the former feather weight champion
of the world was i'll his prime. and by
running away from the little COlored
fighter for twenty rounds he got a deci-
sion on points that created howl of
disapproval.
Dixon afterward, there would have been
no fight. Erne refused TO mix it with
me and so l simply went 10 him. If ]
had held my hands behind me from the
first moment we stood up not a blow
would have been struck Yet Erne gets
the decision.
Dixon fought Erne in the usual way.
rushing necessarily and sending in first
the left and then the right. Erne was
quick on his feet, escaping many of these
swings. and at the same time putting in
numerous light counters to the face until
DiXOu's nose bed. At no time did Erne
lead. SO that the decision was very I'M
popular. though il was considered fair by
some partisans. y draw would have been
more suitable.
4 III,
, five rounds between Jeffries and Sharkey
at COney Island, for another example.
Sharkey did all the leading. Jeffries had
a weak left arm, and the sailor, with
| Tom O'ROurke behind him. was told 60
go right at his man from the first round.
Sharkey obeyed the command to the let
ter He never let up on Jeff for a mo-
ment- It was swing. swing. swing for the
the wild blows with either hand. and also
countered on ShaTkey's body with ire
mendous punches. Sharkey received a
terrific beating in this way. and vet he
stood up 10 the game, forcing the fight
TO the end.
George SiIer of Chicago. who was the
reIeree' gave the Tight to Jeffries for the
reason that he had landed more blows
than Sharkey. who was in bad shane
physically at the wind-up. There was a
yen of protest from Sharkey and his
| manager. but the decision was emfnentIv
fair Jeffries was too big and bulky to
run away, so he stood up to it, and
Sharkey'S claim, therefore. that he should
have won on points was absurd in view
/ OF the fact that he was literally carried
| to the hospital after the fight while Jeff.
with scarcely mark. was dressed and
out of the arena inside of fifteen minutes
In many of the amateur boxing bouts in
the old days, when there were two Judges
| in addition to the referee points " or
rather blows, were kept track of with
pencil and paper, but even then there were
unpopular decisions by the JUDGES At
the National Sporting club. tn England.
Referee Angle simply renders his de-
cisions by basing them on the actual work
of the contestants. He takes everything
into consideration. But he has made saree
rulings that have been adversely crifi-
cised. So il would seem 70 be a dfffjctiIf
matter for a referee. no matter how COM
petent. to give universal satisfa ction when
it becomes necessary for him to decide a
glove fight OH points"
Time was when championship fight
, was fought to finish. A knockout an
der those circumstances was inevita bIe
and 4 referees task was compare lively
easy. But with the law frowning on such
affairs nowadays championships change
ownership on points. rather tickffeh
Proceeding. all things eoTasiaered. IN these
days of peculiar Grrftbods among the
/ unusually slick sports who love 70 gam
Die.