The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
5000 ATTEND
BENEFIT BOUT
Fast and Clever Exhibition Put
Up by Two Crack Light
weight Boxers.
MANAGERS ESTIMATE THE
NET PROFITS ARE $500
Crowd Was Biggest and Most
Orderly That Ever Attended
Such an Event Here.

Sowing degree of speed and ring
science seldom If ever exhibited before IN
salt Lake. Matty Baldwin OF Boston and
Johnny Mccarthy OF San Francisco boxed
twenty fast rounds at the Salt Palace
last night before crowd OF 5000, and at
the conclusion Referee Tom Painter pro-
nounccd the bout a draw
Many spectators believed that BALDWIN
was entitled TO the decision. as he DIS
played superior ring generalshp and more .
speed, besides landing more frequently
than his heavier opponent; on the other
hand. Mccarthy. who is the possessor of
a terrific punch. landed harder and sew
eral times slowed mp the Boston terror.
The entertainment was a benefit for the
family of Police Sergeant j. Henry John
Many tickets were purchased by persons;
who did not attend. so the benefit VIII
bring the widow and orphans tidy sum.
s sisoo Eo"Sn estimate Oh the net sum "
The audience was a representative one.
including some OF the foremost business
and professional men OF the city. Many
women were present and viewed the con-
tests OF skill and endurance with much
interest.
''The crowd was the most orderly one
/ have ever seen at any boxing contest
said Referee Tom Painter
Billy Anderson OF ST; Joseph Mo: and
KID Davis of Salt Lake went on for
the preliminary and put up clever eZ-
hibtion Neither lad was in training
but they donated their services and ID Old
very well for four round draw. This
bout took the place Of The wrestling eN-.
hlbition, which was called on.
Ten Rounds to a Draw.
kid" Irish of Salt Lake and Jack Car
penter In the semi final gave ten rounds
enough for the main event for many box
ing shows. Irish was the stronger and
the harder hitter, while the Denver lad
had a bit more stiffness and ring eX,
perence. Willard Bean, who refereed
the preliminaries, properly called the bout
draw.
the applause when the participants IN
the main bout entered the ring. The
crowd appreciated the gameness OF the
San Francisco lad in taking on such an
opponent as Baldwin without more than
two days training notice. Mccarthy
weighed l41. pounds and Baldwin was
When Baldwin drew blood from Nc;
Carthy's nose before the fight had
fans jumped 10 the conclusion that the
contest would prove e-sidcd, but when
the Frisco boy returned the compliment
In the second round and began to work
succeeding periods, the spectators realized
that. they were seeing real bout and
cheered both contestants.
Mccarthy rcgained the advantage he
had lost In the opener and for the next
Ave rounds had shade In his favor. In
the seventh Baldwin swung hard and
thy 10 his knees, and from that on ham
mered McCarthy's body Baldwins blows
always came back for more
In the eleventh round it looked as II
knockout, Four lefts to the jaw in rapid
succession made Mccarthy groggy. but
when Matty rushed In TO land the tell.
swing TO the ribs that checked his ardor.
Again In the twelfth round. Baldwin got
his. left into action. and had Mccarthy
looking distressed when the gong rang
Baldwin Fights Like Tiger.
Baldwin resumed his rushing tactics Ia
the next round and varied his left hooks
TO the face with telling body blows. Nc
Carthy fought out OF many close places
powerful swings. Baldwin continued his
rushing tactics In the fourteenth and was
fighting Ike. tiger. In this round Bald
win narrowly missed Ia nding a swing
received In return for his effort an up
pcrcut to the jaw that sent him To the
ropes with n vision OF Boston Commons
before his eyes.
Baldwin had the better OF a sharp ex
change that marked the opening of the
in,centn n1 IN & aouad; hu, NJ, ,McCar'hy ~ was Will
the aggressive when the gong rang
Baldwin mad all the better OF the fiji
,efts to the face. but the Boston boy
was now fighting more cautiously and
showed respect for the wallop Of the
chap from San Francisco.
The seventeenth round was marked by
the only fall In the fight when Baldwin
went TO his knees. but 1t was the re-
suit OF slip and not a blow. The boys
exchanged punches with WILL With
Matty having Shade the better OF II.
The eighteenth round was Baldwin's by
a narrow margin and in the nineteenth
and twentieth the fighters were at each
other Ike bulldogs. Sharp exchanges
and hard hitting marked the closing
periods. and with both men on their feet
Tom Painter called the bout a draw
After the bout Referee Painter said:
II the same men fought the same kind
OF fight a hundred times. my decision
would he the same as tonights. Nc
Carthy was never really In distress and
the fact that lie bled al the nose did
not count against him. consider the
bout exactly even
Mccarthy said: 81 would Hike 10 come
back 10 Salt Lake City in condition for
fight and take on Baldwin. Having
just arrived from the coast. without
training and without being acclimated.
did not know how ! would be affected.
but pulled through in good shape and
could have gone on for another twenty
rounds"
RsldwIn's statement follows: II have
no kick to make. but thought all dur
ing the fight / had a good lead. Was
never In trouble and certainly believed
winning easily"
Sells Byram and Shinn.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Aug 1s-Man-