Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-05
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At9:45 Mustain entered the ring,
sure in the future to always draw
large crowd
followed by Denny Butler. Bud Mills
and Charles Miller, who viii be in
his corner.
Sullivan followed in several min
utes, and he had in his corner Billy
Woods, Jack Burns and Larry Cor
don. Both men were given ovations
by their admirers.
Jack McDonnough was then intro
duced as the referee, and he WIS
wildly cheered. He stated that the
men would get square deal AMI
that he would not stand for any
rough work on the part of the con-
testants The men were photo
graphed and at 10 o'clock the fight
started.
After the fight Sullivan was taken
to the office of Dr.. Mapes to have his
injuries dressed. The physician sad
that the injuries consisted of dis
location of the bones at the articula-
ton of the hand and wrist on the
right member and sprained cond:-
ton of the ligiments and soft. parts
of these joints. He also sustained
the loosening of several upper front
teeth, knocked in by a fracture or
the process of the jaw which will re-
uuire the services of dentist. Sui
Ivan informed the physician that the
accident to the hand occurred in the
eighth round.
Referee Jack McDonnough's work
is of the kind that infuses confidence
in his absolute integrity. His eau
ton to the principals that he wouli
stand for no trickery met with the
approval of the audience Turning
to the crowd he said that he wanted
the men to fight and that he would
by no means stand for any grand
stand finish when he came, to award
the decision at the end of the fight
After the fight Mustain said: .
was confident all the way and my
next fight will probably be with Ket-
chell or Flynn.
In speaking of the defeat Sullivan
said: II took off too much weight,
and consequently was weak My hand
was hurt and there was no further
use for me fighting"
The timekeepers were: For Sulli-
wan, Curley Graham; for Mustain,
George Allen; for the club, Charles
Kielhofer.
The first preliminary was betweea
Troutman and Lawrence, and neither
man showed much ability in the
fighting line The first round was
rather slow, but in the second, both
contestants advanced ready for busi-
ness and mixed it fiercely- with Law
rance having the better of it, Near
the close of the round Troutman sent
Lawrence to the floor for the coun-
with Two hard punhces to the jaw,
and it was nearly ten minutes before
the colored boy recovered. James
Kelly refereed the event.
The second preliminary was a six
round go between Freddie Weeks, OF
San Francisco and Kid Dougherty, OF
Philadelphia, and 1t was one of the
best preliminary contests ever wit
messed in Tonopah. Weeks received
the decision at the end Of the bout.
The first round was a mix-up from
start to finish, and the crowd yellef
themselves hoarse for their favorites.
Hard blows were exchanged fire.
quently, and at the end of the round
honors were about even.
In the second round the men
fought like tigers, and it was a repe-
tition of the first, and the men never
let up for minute. The rest of the
fight was given to Weeks by Referee
Kelly. The decision was approved. By
the audience. Kelly's decisions AMI
work as referee were highly APP
proved.