The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-19
Join Sport Celebrities and 9th
ers in Dress Suits at Brown
Wolgast Bout.
NEW YORK SOCIETY PETS
ALSO ADMIRE CONTEST
At Albany 0ne-third the Legis.
lature See Burns and DOnO-
hue Go to a Draw.
BY Leased Wire 10 The Tribune.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

NEW INN, Il eD. los-onc Ol INT
disgusting incidents of the Brown VOL
gast fight at Philadelphia was the pres
enco of what are called society won
en- in the $4,000 audience that wit
messed the bouts. The dress suit con
tingent was large,
Brown acquitted himself in credit
able manner, and his supporters are
well satisfied. His peculiar style OF
fight puzzled the champion not a little
and made the Michigan boy work hard
TO earn an even break.
Fight fans from all over the country
witnessed the bouts. A list of the fight
followers present would include almos,
every prominent sporting man in the
east and not few from the west.
For the first time in the history OF
| fighting in Pennsylvania, numerou:
women were at the ringside.
John Kelly, Charlie 0'Day, Tom Me
Auliffe, Leo Snedaker. Bart McCaus
land, Arthur Herbert. Kid Mccoy, AT
thur Gimble, John j. Murphy, Leo Don
nelly, Gil ,Boag. Bob Vernon, Jimmie
| Cunningham, Mike Cruise, Jimmy
| Thompson, Billy Gibson, Gene Mcclure
Tom Sharkey, William Smith, Tom Nc
Gowan, Tom McCready, Marty Lane
Tom O'Rourke, Charlie Harvey, Jimmy
johnson and Al Johnson were among
ringside. George Considine, Abe Levy,
Tex Rickard, Maxy Blumenthal and
Tom Dolan were present.
Jimmy Carroll of San Francisco and
! Young o O'Leary were putted against
each other in the first preliminary and
put up slashing six-round bout. Car
roll easily defeated the New Yorker.
! Joe Jeanette and Jim Barry. heavy
weights, were next on the bill, and
the spectators were treated to some
real milling. In the fifth round Jean.
nette broke his opponent g nose when
he landed terrific left hand swing
| 1t slowed up Barry considerably, and
enabled the negro to earn a draw de-
| clsion.
Joe Bernstein and Young Griffo gave
n three-round exhibition which pleased
the crowd. The scmi-6nal was be-
tween Digger Stanley, the English ban
| tamweight champion, and Tommy
| O 'Tooie. This was a fast bout, in
which both boys were trying for all
| that was in them every inch of the
way. 1t was a good draw.
Wolgast was the first to enter, the
| ring, and about five minutes later
"Knockout Brown appeared They
| fought six rounds. /.
Society Also at This One.
| Frank Klaus of Pittsburg knocked
of their battle at the Fairmont club.
Klaus demonstrated that he is much
| improved fighter. He is tireless, al.
ways aggressive and can hand out ter
rife punch.
Several boxes were occupied by per.
sons in evening dress, who looked as if
they might have lust come from a GER
/ tain society wedding that stirred the
smart set nightly.
Lewis made a great rally in the sixth
and drove in stif uppercut that
! Jared his opponent. but he paid for it
| dearly minute later. when he was
dropped for the count of nine. lie
arose and tried TO continue the battle,
but topped over. He got up again,
| but the referee stopped hostilitics. vii.
lie was clearly beaten.
May Get Papke's Laurels.
If Klaus continues TO improve as
hc has been. there will be a now mid
| dlewcight champion. AZ the gait he s.
| hitting, Klaus will shatter the cham
| piouship aspirations of any man i'm his
! Lewiston. He has only three tumbling
| blocks in his way.
| Billy Papko comes first. Papke a
wear ago could have beaten Klaus. Pap
| Ike s trip abroad, coupled with his de,
feat in Australia, has not done him any
| good. When be returns he will have
| 10 become reacclimated, and the ex,
perience Of others has demonstrated
that is not an easy thing to do
! Joe Jeanette, Willie Lewis. Jim
Stewart and Harry Lewis have never
! eauaed the marks they had before
going abroad TO fight Jeannette has
|
| turning. Willie Lewis and Stewart
| have tasted defeat several times, and
| Harry Lewis came near being knocked
ont by Harry Mansfield last summer.
| All of them had suffered by reason Of
their trips abroad. Papke will be no
exception to tho rule.
| Leo Houck, whom Klaus fights in n
! few days, Is the second block in the
! Pittsburger s path.
| The third impediHlcut in the way
may be Jeff Smith who has been tum.
bling them all over al the local clubs.
smith has been directed by man
ager who sent him INTO every battle
to win by the shortest possible route.
The advice proved good, and Smith
owes his standing in pugiism to it,
Lawmakers as Fight Fans.
Nearly one.third of the Legislators
attended the fight at the Knicker-
booker Athletic club of Albany be,
tween. Kid Burns Of New York and
Young Donobue of Boston, who fought
n closely contested tcn-round bout. Both
were aggressive, and the milling was
| furious Burns at times fought wild.
| lie had the best Of Donohue six of tho
| ten rounds, however, the latter coDtjnu-
ing his jabbing tactics with good eff
| feet.
! The last round proved hurricane
affair. both going at fast pace; with
honors oven.
Paddy Sullivan Knocked out Walter
Parker of Chicago Mt the Sharkey A. c.
| The men had hardly squared OFF be-
lore Sullivan dropped Parker with Il