The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-10
The True Story of the Historic
Battle Between ''Dublin Pete"
and John Askew, in Comstock

nouncinG that the first man who attempt
| ed TO break Into the ring would be shot
dead. There had been rumors that The
Cornish were there TO stop the fight il
the day was going against them. Many
thousands were staked on the result The
day was Ideal AT o'clock the men
faced each other and the fight began.
'Askew stepped up brisSIy and opened
with terrific right swing his favorite
blow. and Pete threw his head back and
came in with telling blow on his oppo-
| nents jaw. AS he landed. he looked over
TO where ] was reporting tho fight and
nodded and smiled. II was as much as
Irish sent up a ycll of delight. and round
after. round the swings came in from the
Cornlshman and the IriShnan avoided
| me blows and countered But his blows
had no more effect his man than the
taps OF child. He was landing, how
ever and felt that in time he would
beat his man to n Standstill
fight 'N - WV
Pete Loses Teeth.
'Askew sent in one of his terrible
swings and Pete was slow in avoiding IL.
me Gornishman's bare fist landed on his
mouth and swept out all his upper teeth
IL was the most vicious blow ] ever Wit
messed In a ring. AT least half a dozen
leeth were scattered over the sawdust
ana Pete reeled back into his chair a
ua"eu ana beaten man, The blood was
pouring out Of his mouth and the Cornish
were yelling like Conanohes and hurting
onps1orlopf pnTsG RI bJ. ep'nets pit at him He stag
preaching, turned and began to crawl
through the ropes
, Paddock, his second. caught him Inv
,hs ,s neck and threw him rawllng into
Eight. YOU @- ene ,, TIE hs s,ou.o,
seconds covering him with their revoIvn DIV
eTs e shouted tina, they would riddle him
II ne dld not face the music
All this took place inside the time
allowed him between the rounds Tie
S,o5I sem WAS one Of absolute pandemonium.
a'e cou,u not look anywhere and not see
were cooked and ready for business. Had
ono shot been fired a hundred more wo,,id
nave ..c, runS out in Il second
, INC line was passing ra njdIv h,,,
Iele figured that he had Io,,cr 80 Du'
lighting than TO face the guns NJ '0%n hin
hackers eo"' ol ms
,,oro lime" came from the referee, and
"dru ana faced his man Ills sccnnd,
,lal not wiped lis hloody fac nv. ~,
,'..P ao,iPtGu To lnVisoiatc him cycept to
~ 81 b, ,iim m "iih their weapons and threat.
9oh - nm with death If lie thanked ''''
Askcw. confident OF yicinrw a.,
rush his advantage. He seemed tn ,,, mo,
bin, us prey and determined to p7nish
knncto,, o, d lev, rev rounds before lie gave the
nm, nail IN TIE leg with his shoe and D,,,
blood S 'Ss mass OF
roo, 49,. - ''p' "erc raised. but tbc nm
,,ot was so great that the referee couId
oa DC hcsrd. and the weapons 49,
- III evidence everywhere |
gtc got back TO his corner ortor ho |
~. ~ nnnoSNcu DOWN. and his seconds bopnI
r ra, n,, I,e sash In his leg. noted Thai I've |
, ,eIeneu is, ior the bottle OF punch and III, n
i, ,he pun lie had reached the st,',n
r. ~ ne Tt paltIe where he felt that he necde,
he seemed 70 put fresh strength intn
ney, "urk, ,f and he turned the tide in ,ho
''u''o oy closing Askew's right eve
"Pete'' Wins.
After that he avoided punjsbmsn. g.,
.n, .ner twenty rounds and succenSns 10. OK
:tSri lng the other eve. III
lh.n, round after round bo s.oo,
sioundl until the eyes OF his an,n MS
we're completely closed Then h, o'ils' !
,nS1n on OF right-handers on his hi,aI slc
,ppohents temples. he feIlcd h,r, oiiiueG
'utcner would fell an OK nam as
rs aSkew lay insensjbIe IN a.
aauoGk and Hughes kept tho ~, re ring;
,ay WIN their revolvcrs ana tb. S az
ave ave the fight to Dublin Pete 80 telSree cree
. Just as the battle closed =, a.,
u the sixty third round ,ar an me end
topped. ofoerea The fight
was the sheriff of Wasboo
@ M ne was received with iecrs fIIounty'
nouhted and tied his horss "a re uts-
@ vuar tree and began to MAKE ad neunted
saItou 10 get the first news NJ ~ ISIS. 1
my paper, the Chronicle. and ,s a,.g nght
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