The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-18
SPOR IS
THOMP SON WINS
FIERCE BATTLE


rounds of furious fighting Cyclone
Johnny" thompson of Sycamore, H.,
was awarded the decision over Fight
Ing Dick" Hyland of San Francisco
tonight.
Thompson easily deserved the YER
dict, He rushed the battle from
the start and forced Hyland into
clinches time after time Using his
vicious right to the jaw, to good cf.
feet the Sycamore farmer tottered the
| Pacific coast boy repeatedly.
Had Hyland been a fighter of lower
recuperatiyc powers, he would have
| been knocked out In the fifth round,
Twice, with hard right swings TO the
| jaw. Thompson sent his man to the
canvas. The first time Hyland took
| the count of eight. and the second
knock.down kept him down nine sec
onds. He came back strong. however,
and. although Thompson tried hard TO
| land a knockout punch, he failed.
The battle was fast from start to
| finish with much in-hghting By pre-
| yious agreement the men were per
as either could swing, and this kept
| them close to each other the greater
! part of the contest. Hyland landed
many blows in the in-6ghting, but
| they were not as powerful as those
| Thompson delivered in the breakaway.
Mrs. Hyland was a spectator, al
| though few people knew she was pres
ent. The gate receipts were estimat-
| ed at $500. Sixty per cent OF this
went to the boxers. who divided it on
| a GO and 40 per cent basis,
Betting was at even money. Thomp'
son offered Hyland $500 to S400 he
would knock him out, but Hyland re-
| fused to take the bet.
Clarence Owens, American associa-
| tion baseball umpire. refereed.
FIRST ROUND-Both men bored in
at the outset Hyland landed the
first blow. a right to the body. They
clinched and exchanged rights and
| lefts TO the body without effect.
| Round even,
ROUND TWO-They rushed to a
clinch and. in the breakaway. Thomp-
son landed a good right to the jaw.
| Hyland fought back with yicious body
| blows, Thompson missing hard right
| 10 the jaw In a clinch Hyland ham
mered Thompson kidneys. Hyland
| landed hard right 10 the body and
| left to heart Hyland's round.
| ROUND THREE-Thompson rushed
/ to Hyland's corner and sent right TO
| body Thompson, landed right swing
| to body and followed with stiff right
to head Thompson sent hard right
to jaw, Jarring Hyland Thompson
sent right to jaw. staggering Hyland
! Thompson sent a succession OF rights
| 10 head. Hyland hammered at Thomp'
| sons Kidneys Thompson's round.
ROUND FOUR-Thompso was at
Hyland as he rose from his chair Hy-
| land clinched for a moment and then
drove right TO jaw. Thompson sent
right to body and they clinched again
Hyland sent right to body and. as
they clinched, the men exchanged
body blows, Thompson peppered his
opponents Jaw with rights and Hy'
land landed two hard rights TO jaw.
| Round even.
ROUND FIVE-Thompson led with
a stiff right to jaw. A second blow
of the same kind sent Hyland TO the
| floor for a count of eight. A third right
on Hylands Jaw sent him down for
nine seconds, but he came up strong,
and a half dozen more rights deliver
ed by Thompson did not seem to hurt
| him. Thompson tried hard for a
knockout. but did not have the ncces-
sary punch, Toward the end of the
round Hyland used rights to stomach
and head with good effect. Thomp'
sons round.
ROUND SIX-Again Thompson
rushed things and missed right for
the head, They clinched. Hyland
sent light rights TO jaw and Thompson
sent several lefts to body, Thompson
drove stiff right to jaw. They clinch'
ed and pulled each other around the
ring. Round even.
ROUND SEVEN-Thompson put
stifI left TO mouth. Hyland sent left to
Jaw. Hyland put good left TO Jaw.
| Thompson drove right to jaw. Thomp-
son rushed Hyland to ropes and was
planting rights and lefts to body
| when the gong rang. Thompson's
round
ROUND EIGHT-They rushed to a
| cllnch, Thompson forcing the fighting
| THOMPSON drove right to jaw, homp-
son laDueu SllH llSuto W uStho IiS
| land forced a clinch and did good In
| fighting. Thompson put right to jaw
| and Hyland hung on. They fought
| hard to the end Of the round
ROUND NINE-Thompson landed
two rights to jaw. Hyland retaliated
with left to jaw, They clinched and
delivered body blows as they wrestled
around the ring. Hyland was tired.
Hyland put right TO body They clInch-
| ed and Referee cautioned Hyland for
| holding. They were fighting when
| the round ended. Round even.
ROUND TEN-Thompson rushed In
to win and landed two rights to jaw,
| Hyland closed in and Thompson land
ed several good body blows. Hyland
landed stiff right to ribs. Thompson
chased Hyland around the ring but
| failed to land Hyland drove right to
Jaw and landed several body blows
| Thompson sent right to jaw and Hy-
land sent left to body. Thompson
! slipped to floor and they were in
| clinch when round ended.