The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-12
MANY AT THE
BIG BOXING
CONTEST
SULLIVAN AND COLLINS ONCE
MORE MAKE A DRAW.
Four Hundred Sports Come UP from
Salt Lake to See the
Exhibition.

Battling for about 15 seconds after
the bell had been rung for the finish
OF the twentieth and last round.
"PetcT Sullivan. of Fall River. Mass.
and Bird Leg" Collins, OF Denver
Colo. boxed twenty fast rounds at
the Ogden Auditorium last night and
were given decision Of draw by
Referee Willard Bean OF Salt Lake.
While the draw decision did not
cause any great dissenSions Sullivan
easily had the battle on points. as he
landed many more blows than his
colorcd opponent and was the aggrese
sor in practically every round after
the ninth. Collins used his straight
left lunge for the stomach mostly. but
last night Sullivan seemed TO have
solved the defense for the punch, and
about nine times out of ten neatly
blocked it The tight was another
demonstration of the cleverncss for
which Sullivan is noted. Both fighters
were in first class shape, with the ne
gro showing greater strength. but uu-
able to work his right.
Several times during the progress
of the contest Collins was roundly
Kissed for his rough tactics in the
clnches The negro would secure a
sort of Strangle hold on the neck Of
the white hoy and fairly lift him of
his feet. With this exception. however,
and u little caTelessnesS as to just
where the foul line was, Collins fought
clean fight, while Sullivan always
fought fairly and his blows were all
cleanly struck
All the expectations Of the promot-
ers were shattered when the prelim-
| mary bout was over and an estimate
| of the attendance was made, fully
| $500 men and three women, being
present. About 400 of these were Salt
Lake followers of boxing, who came
up on a special train over the Den
| yer G Rio Grande road Collins had
number OF hackers present. who
made themselves heard, but Sullivan
easily had the crowd with him, and
| after the contest the majority of those
present united in saying that the Fall
River boy won on points.
Both fighters were strong. the last
round being the fastest of the battle,
and the one in which Collins did the
most fighting This was about the
only round in which the negro tried
very hard, he apparently being afraid
to run into Sullivan's wicked left and
right hooks to the jaw. After the bell
Tor the finish of the contest had been
sounded the two men stood foot 10
foot at one side OF the ring and ham.
mered away until torn apart by the
referee and their respective seconds
/ In nj ~ Ia.
rounds, In fact. Referee Bean IN
nounced after the third time 1t hap
pened that Collins was slightly hard
of hearing and could not hear the
bell ring
In the preliminaries, Peanuts Sin
clair demonstrated that the little Sail
Lake colored boy, Willie Willy, had
no chance with him. and took his time
knocking the negro out. The finish
came In the first part OF the sixth
round, when Sinclair planted vicious
right handed uppercut on the point
OF WHY'S jaw. dropping him like {
log, Willy took the count, climbing
on his feet at nine, and Sinclair calm
ly stepped In and shot over another
right hook, Referee Billy Ryan ol
Salt Lake gave the fight to Sinclair
without taking the trouble to count
the negro out. as to the latter hnd (
be assised to his corner. Altogether
the fight was interesting while Il
lasted. but after the fourth rounC
there was nothing TO it. In the fiftf
Sinclair dropped the negro for thu
count and nothing but the gong saved
the duslty scrapper from Salt Lake
In this round