Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
COULTER VICTOR
IN LONG BOUT
WINS DECISION FROM HERB
WHITE
is SUCCESSFUL IN FIRST PRO-
FESSIoNAL GO
Former Amateur by Furious Rally in
twentieth Round Takes Honors
from White in Venice
Arena
BY A. e. DUNNING

A 1arring left, swung flush to the
Jaw, which brought the light of battle
glinting in his eyes, reused Sam Coul-
ter to a fighting finish in his bout with
Herb White at Venice arena last night,
and by furious rally in the nineteenth
and twentieth rounds, Coulter won the
decision from the San Bernardino boy
by a good margin. The battle signal
lied Sam Coulter's first appearance IN
the professional ring. BY entering the
ring against White, Coulter sacrificed
his standing and title as amateur light
weight champion of the pacific coast,
but he gained good entry in the pro-
fessional game, and is in line for
good match before a Los Angeles audi
ence.
White had all the best of the OPEN
ing rounds, for Sam was nervous and
overcautious in the first five rounds.
He failed to land with any effect in
the early portions, and seemed unable
to get any steam into his punches.
But as the struggle progressed, Sam
outgrew his first shakiness, lost all
thought of the audience, and stood and
fought with his opponent, making
terrific rally in the twentieth that
found Herb tired, stalling and all but
out as the bell Sounded. and earning
so clear a lead that not a dissenting
rich raised his hand in token of VIC
tory.
For a novice Coulter fought an ex-
tremely heady battle. He displayed
speed great cleverness and remarkable
gameness. He took all Herbs swings
and hard jolts and came back gamely
for more. His wind is good, he never
loses his head and all he seems to
lack is confidence and a punch. He
gained the former in his victory last
night, and the latter can be acquired
by careful handling by good trainer
The bout meant much to Sam, who
entered the ring not for love OF the
game but under circumstances that
displayed more than physical courage.
He was fighting to win more than a
personal victory, and for this reason
his friends went wild when he battled
TO a big lead
Bill Aldrich acted as third man in
the main event, and Eddie Webster
made his first appearance as prelim-
mary referee, the youngster doing
well. Aldrich's decision, given with
out hesitation, was decidedly popular.
A crowd filled the Venice arena.
Coulter started in nervously, jabbing
White lightly with lefts, but dancing
around and trying to get his bear
lngs. White kept coming in, aiming
for mitigating, but Sam kept off cleV-
0Tly, W llllA IL WIN tAAO oeAh
Bernardino boy
For the first four rounds Sam kept
away and failed to develop a right
hand. He jabbed with his left but
did no damage. White scored to the
body in close mixing. In the fifth
Sam brought out his right and in
clinches worked to Herbs mid-section.
He Strengthened White with uppercuts
and had a shade the better of it in
this round. In the sixth he jabbed
: Whites face until he brought blood
from an old sore gathered in Herbs s
bout at Maud last Tuesday.
The seventh, eighth and ninth were
slow rounds, Herb trying to get in close
and Sam dancing in and out, but fail
ing to use the right he Is known to
possess.
In a flash of speed Coulter had White
badly worried in the eighteenth, out
fighting White for the first time in the
bout. He rocked White with series
of shifts to the wind and head, break
ing up Herbs set and having the
round by a big margin.
Sam came back like a whirlwind in
the twentieth, shooting over a success
sion OF stiff right jolts which if landed
earlier might have finished matters be-
fore the final round. He had White
dazed in the last minute, scoring rights
and lefts in rapid succession to the
lead and never letting his man get
away. Herb was rocking the last gong,
and only Fat APs sounder saved him
from being slowed away Coulter being
much stronger and fighting at top
speed.
Billy Eunick of Omaha won from
Bob Walker of Chicago in the first pre-
liminary, the bout being stopped when
Walker deliberately quit under pun
ishment in the sixth round. Neither
showed any class, but Eunick had
Bob's nose streaming early and Walk
er wanted to quit earlier than he did.
In the second preliminary frankie
Sullivan stopped Walter Fisher in the
fourth round of a scheduled six-round
go. Fisher went in on two days train
ing, and made a good showing in the
first round, but blew up quickly and
Sullivan hammered him in the wind
and face until he was groggy. He fell
three times from sheer exhaustion and
was knocked down twice, after which
Referee Eddie Webster stopped the
bout, awarding it to the race track fa-
vorite.