The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-08
N A n Y S A W
THE CLEVER
CONT

Pete Sullivan of Salt Lake and
"Birdleg" Collins of Denver boxed
twenty interesting rounds at the Og-
clusion OF the fistic exhibition Referee
Tom Painter declared the bout a
draw. The decision was we'll re-
ceived 10y over $500 people
Never before in the history of Og-
den was there such an orderly gather
ing at boxing contest or even at
prize fight There were many ladies
In the audience. and the fact that no
Injury was done to the contestants
was the fact that they used ten-ounce
boxing gloves instead of the usual
iour-ounce or fve-ounce gloves used
in prize fighting When the two con-
testants received little taps and the
crowd cheered. each wanted to re.
spond with a like compliment, and
several neat blows were struck nnrd
enough. had they been OF the lighter
weight gloves, TO have caused
knockdown If not a knockout
The contest last night proved con-
clusively that when the proper gloves
are used there is neither brutality nor
injury. At first neat looking kid
glove was presented and the mayor
promptly advised the parties that the
gloves must be at least eight ounces.
but as no eightounce gloves could be
secured, the ten.ounce glove was used.
The colored man humorously said to
his opponent. Mr.. Sullivan, | will
stand up all day and let you hit me
with these"
II was science against strength and
an ability To land on an opponent
Throughout the twenty rounds Sulli-
van clearly outboXed his colored oppo-
nent. but his blows seemed to have
little effect on Collins, who smiled
and came back for more, and and
when he got his hardest hits winked
at his seconds and trainers. Both
men were in perfect condition. and
at the end of the fight neither was in
apparent distress. In fact. the fastest
boxing took place In the three final
rounds, when the men stood shoulder
to shoulder at times and boxed with
great speed. Sullivan Is a two-hand-
cd boxer and brought the crowd to It's
feet time after time by his clever
blocking and fast boxing. but his
punches lacked steam and at no time
during the contest was his Colored op-
ponent in danger. Collins depended
principally upon his straight left,
which he landed frequently in Sulli-
vans RIBS Only occasionally did he
use his right hand. except for a block,
but when he did let go he rocked the
Salt Lake boys head with neat
crosses
The first four rounds were all in
Sulliyans favor He outboXed his
rival easily and scored repeatedly
with right uppercut The sixth and
seventh rounds were even. the oolored
man having apparently warmed up.
SulliyanS left ear was scratched in
the eighth round. Collins using his
right to advantage. Sullivan came
back strong in the tenth. eleventh and
twelfth, however, but his blows had
little effect with the ten-ounce padded
gloves.
Collins made his best showing In
the thirteenth round A series of leftS
to the stomach and rights to the head
puzzled Sullivan for a time, and the
Salt Lake boy was on the defense for
the first time, seeming TO be content
TO let his colored opponent do all the
work Collins appeared tired when
the gong sounded,
In the fourteenth round Sullivan
came up fresh and struck a lightning
clip He had the lead in the four.
teenth and fifteenth. but slackened
speed again in the sixteenth. The
seventeenth was Sullivan's round by
a slight margin, while the eighteenth,
nineteenth and twentieth rounds were
practically even, There was plenty OF
mixing In the three final sessions No
injury was done to either man during
the contest, though Sullivan's ear
bled once from scratch. There was
not a knockdown in tho entire fight.
II was essentially boxing match
from start to finish, and with the big
gloves could be nothing else.
peanuts" Sinclair and Young Muir
ply boxed a slx-round draw. Jack
Downey and Earn Wright also boxed
a six.round draw. The two prelimi-
naries were refereed by Hardy Down
ing. These preliminarles were very
interesting.