Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-26
DOUGHERTY GETS
The DECISION
sIx.ROUND GO AT THE BIG
CASINO DELIGHTS THE
FIGHT FANS.

Everybody got their money S
worth at the Big Casino last night.
The crowd was the largest that has
assembled in the great floor space,
boxes and stage of the dance pavilion,
even the roof garden was filled til
overlooking and the fans yelled them
selves hoarse as round after round
proceeded with the Salt Lake Kid the
aggressor. His famous haymaker,
however, failed to land and after be-
ing the aggressor all the way through
Referee Booze Byers was compelled
to give the decision to Dougherty.
The outcome would have been entire
ly different had the floor space been
confined to the regulation ring size.
The sympathy of the entire crowd
was with the Mormon boy who knows
no fear, is agile as a cat and has the
making of great fighter. In the
hands of competent trainers the fol-
lower of Prophet Joseph Smith
would make an ideal fighter. He is
clean limbed with muscles fairly de-
veloped, an eye that misses no chance
and in making his getaway always
tries to land haymaker. The fight
by rounds:
! Round Loud cheers for the
Salt Lake boy caused him to wade
right in, reaching for any portion OF
the body of Dougherty, who kept
moving away, apparently afraid Of
the terrible wallop in the right NIT Of
the believer in the tenets of Brig
ham Young. If he had landed in this
round on Dougherty it would have
been the footing of Gabriel's horr
and the daisies for Dougherty.
Round 2-The Mormon plants ;
stiff right to jaw of Dougherty, WHIT
Immediately executes a Maud s gal
to keep out of the reach of the almos
invincible devotee of the COLDER
plates found by the angel Moroni
Round 3-The Salt Lake Kid be
gins moving his arm like Boaz usin
the fail in the fields of rye patch
while Ruth and Sarah in the boxe
were shouting to Kid Dougherty t
get under cover. AS the gong sound
ed Ham and Jehosophat took thei
man to his corner and advised hir
as to the use of his left in the mex
!, round.
Round AT this iuncture Time
keeper Johnson cautioned the vas
! audience against smoking as both tt
bacco and tea are tabooed by tn
creed of the devout Mormon and tn
Salt Lake Kid owes his allegiance t
that doctrine. They met with fierc
exchange of blows and the ones ser
, in by the mangle worker resemble
that of when David slew Goliath an
fDougherty sought his corner for
rest.
e Round 5-The Salt Laker with vi.
. ions of a good fat purse dancing bt
| fore his eyes, begins shooting right
and lefts for almost anywher,
e Dougherty at this juncture takes tim
to arrange his tights, thus giving tn
' Mormon chance to swing for tn
point of his jaw, failing in which
d essays the pivot, but is short in boil
: The gong sounds and saves $3.50 fl
4 a sport who had his meal ticket u
' on the fight.
Round 6-Both men at the ordt
of the referee and Announcer DaI
advance to the center and shoe
! hands gingerly. Dougherty led bl
= fell short and the Mormon sent s
o rights and left in rapid successio,
= Considerable sparring and a fe
d clinches were INDUCED in and tt
n referee held up the NIT of Doughert
O The Salt Lake Kid rendered his m
to the referee, but Byers refused
consider it and Dougherty was d
n clared the winner.
y Lawrence, who was defeated Il
q other night by the Salt Lake Kid,
lanxious to have another go with tt