The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-29
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as game a battle as ever graced
ring, Terry Keller, the Ogden youth
was forced TO relinqu,sh his chances
OF victory with Joe Thomas, the eX-
middleweight champion, last night at
the fair grounds, and his manager
Charles Cleeyer, tossed up the sponge
The blow which put young Keller hors
dc combat WAS a left hand hook de-
iivered about four seconds before the
ronP sounded at the end OF the
twelfth round.
The battle, according to fight fans
who witnessed the Reno match, say
that IL was a much more Interesting
flstic contest than that notable farce
for world championship honors. Ter
ry's work was a surprise 10 everybody
hut the few who have witnessed some
! of his more recent bouts on the coast.
| II Is almost the general opinion or
/ those who were present that had kel-
ler's law not been broken he would
have stayed the limit. and the more
! sanyuiue of his friends assert that
he would have won the match before
the twenty rounds had been finished.
! They base this erstwhile fantom hope
on the fact that Thomas showed signs
+ of wearipess in the eleventh and
( twelfth rounds.
: The fight, which was for the middle
6 weight championship, the winner TO
L have an opportunity TO meet Stanley
+ Ketchel, was held under the auspices
( of the Ogden Athletic Club. managed
r bv Row Shumway OF Ogden. The
match was witnessed by least twelve
s hundred people, about ono hundred
I and fifty or this number coming from
I, Salt Lake City on the fight speclal
d run by The Denver & Rio Grande rail-
T road Tom Painter OF Wyoming act
cd as referee.
The fight card started with two pre-
liminary bouts Of six rounds each and
in the second of these an unknown,
Battling Holbrook. was put TO sleep in
tho second round by Kid Rose of Salt
Lake The first two fighters TO don the
mitts were Eddie Weber of San Fran
cisco and Eddie Mathewson of Ogden.
In six rounds OF fast fighting both men
appeared to have about an even break,
although Mathewson in the second
round received blow on the nose
which started the blood The bout
was refereed by Artie Downing, the
Salt Lake City bicycle rider. and In
deciding It he gave the fight to Weber
The decisions did not meet with favor
from the fans and they loudly hooted
their dlspleaSure
There was no question as 10 who
won the Rose -Holbrooll bout. as the
latter made no showing whatever In
the first round he was knocked down
and 10 the second after fifteen seconds
of lighting he again lost his feet. The
climax came q few seconds after this
when Rose landed short right hand
lab TO the lower gle Of Holbrooks S
law and he went down for the count
He was carried 10 his corner and did
not recover consciousness for about
thirty seconds.
Before the big bout started Sbum-
way climbed through the ropes and
introduced Young Peter Jackson. a
coIored boxer, who issued a challenge
TO fight any mlddleweigbt boxer IN the
world He next read q telegram from
Jim Flynn of Pueblo, Colo. challeng
ing the winner of the KellerThomas
bout The negro fighter announced
that he would challenge Flynn to box
him for thousand dollar side bet
Just before the fighters OF the 30
round go entered the ring offers were
eight on Thomas
Keller entered the ring first He
was accompanied to his corner by his
manager. Charles Clever and his sec.
onds, Cub Culvert and Grant Evans
In Thomas corner were Andy McLoy
Rawhide Kelly and Otto Downing
Both the. principals before entering
the roped arena announced to friends
fhn,r rf
Watch the kid do II" was the way in
which Manager Cleever expressed him
self just before Keller stretched apart
the ropes to climb into the ring.
Both of the boxers appeared eau
tious at the start and there were few
rushes, and but little real fighting in
the first round. 1T was used merely
as an introduction by the boxers and
finished without either feeling any ef-
feet Of the others fists. The second
round was but little warmer than the
first, although at the close of 1t the
fighters seemed to be growing better
acquainted and were mixing matters
as the bell brought them TO their cor
ners.
1t was iD the third that the first
real action WAS shown by the scrap
P'iS' Dotl Iu6utU III lIlS open
Ing and met In clinch in the middle
of the ring. Terry showed his prov
ess In this round by blocking some
ugly swings and vicious jabs. Both
men landed some pretty stim hooks
In this round, which ended Just as
Thomas made futile swing at the
ogden boys jaw. The round belonged
TO neither man.
The fourth started with a cIinch
which the referee broke. Thomas
talked In this round, but Keller. oy-
ster like. only smiled his reply Both
men missed some hard swings in this
round. In clinch Thomas reached
keler's nose, starting the blood Tho
men were locked in close embrace
when the bell sounded This was
Thomas round.
In the fifth Thomas reaches Koller's
Wind with A terrific swing hui tbo
blow did not appear to affect tho
younger fighter who swung back and
oInched Both gave and received
oiows and both were pushed againat
the ropes. In The ln-nghtlng OF this
round Keller seemed to get frac.
lion the better OF it. but the round
finished a toss-up for honors.
Tne sixth round was a round nj
clnchesr Thomas asked the referee
10 break the clinches from the left
Side. Terry reached Thomas wind
With left In this round but there
was littlo damage done To either man
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