The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
SPORTS
ROMP son HAD
A HARD fight

Eddie Smith. tho well-knowp Oak
land tCal) sport writer. who refereed
the Norvcll-Thompson fight. gave tho
Butte boy a great hoost for his show.
,ns against the veteran fighter. Hero
Is what he has to say about the con.
test
seldom does fighter become as
popular In defeat as did Charlie Nor.
ven Whep he was ruled against In
inc cyclone Johnnie Thompson main
event scrap at the West Oakland club.
ana seldom does one deserve the
praise that this younester does. Last
evening be was to mike his first start
III real last company and had bcen
matched with one OF the hardest men
IN the business for a novice 10 tackle.
When the bell for the first round rang
thomptou started right In to finish bis
younger opponent and before the con-
test had gone two minutes he had
landed n singing blow TO tho head
OF Noryen that brought him TO his
knees. Just the moment that Norvell
reached his feet the Cyclone was on
the job and Norvcll was compelled
20 run like a scared deer to save
himself
Again In tho third and fourth rounds
Norven received beating that few
young fellows would take without be-
coming discouraged. but he fought on
as best he could and weathered the
bad spells by running In the fifth
round Noryell came bnOk and made
good showing by using a right upper
cut as Thompson rushed in, and for
lf1,n ho
discovered that he could hold Thomp-
son away with his long left arm. The
stand taken by Norvell,
Just at that time when half the peo-
plo in the house were figuring on
his chances for lasting another round,
brought the spectators TO their feet
and the game young fellow was given
cheer after cheer by the fans who
are always with the fellow who Is los
Ing.
NoryeIl Improves.
From then on Noryell showed better
and as the contest went on he took
on more confidence BY the time the
last round had been reached the young
fellow had discovered n way TO avoid
the hard rusheS of the more exper-
fenced fighter, and as the bell rang
for the end OF the contest Norvell was
fighting the Cyclone with despera-
ton seldom seen In the ring. Time
after time the spectators were brought
to their feet and cheered the young
fellow, however. when there was lit
tie occasion for It. for many a punch
that the crowd thought NoTyell land
ed on Thompson was cleyerly blocked
by the old fox
The showing made by Norvcll in
coming back and fighting the way he
did after the walloplng he received
in the FIRST few rounds of the contest
should bring him great praise and
make him a greater card than he ever
was before II was the first time that
the fans of this section OF the state
have had a chance to see Thompson
In action when he was at his best
and last night he set A pace that few
fighters in the business would be able
TO keep up with.
The pen met at catch weights and
both entered the ring at their best
Noryell Weighing IA pounds and
Thompson III pounds Many of the
fans at the ring side were Of the
opinion that Thompson was the heav-
ior of the two men. but Judging by
the weight given out by the fighters
the eye must have deceived them. The
contest on a whole was a very good
one and the showing made by Norvell
pleased the fans TO the extent that
they yelled Draw" for him all
the last round. when their
better judgment could hardly help
telling them that the youngster could
expect nothing of the kind
No fighter ever tried harder TO get
that draw, however. and several times
during the last three minutes of the
hghting Norvell rocked the head of
the farmer pugllist with stinglng
punches Thompson at catch weights
is a demon that few men of his weight
can expect to hold off and If he is
allowed his strength when entering
The ring there are few men who have
any business in the ring with him.