The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-05
JOKE BOUT WON BY
LEON ON KNOCKOUT
Demetral Put Away in the
Fifth Round of a Com
edy Go.
WITHOUT SCIENCE
Large Crowd Witnesses Show
for Benefit of Murray Fire
Department.
BOTH WITHOUT SCIENCE

Twelve hundred fight fans, many Of
them from Salt Lake City, witnessed
the meeting at Murray last night of
Jack Leon and William Demetral in
what was intended to be twentv-round
boxing exhibition, but which was ter
minated early in the fifth round when
Leon landed two body blows followed
by swing to the jaw and Demetral sur
rendered his ambition to become a
white hope. If any Of the fans present
attended the show in the expectation
of seeing a real boxing match they wero
greatly disappointed but the exhibition
as n laugh producer was complete sue
cess.
When the boxing commission of Salt
Lake City advised against permitting
the bout to be staged here on the
grounds that the two heavyweigbts
were wrestlers and not boxers, the
members knew whereof thcy spoke
Leon and Demctral have achieved some
degree Of success in the mat game, but
they never were, are not and never will
be .eXponents of the manly art of self,
defense. They are entirely devoid OF
science and their wild swings, which
would usually miss the mark by several
feet, were excruciatingly funny. In fact
the crowd derived so much amusement
from the exhibition that the members
forgot TO be peeved at the shortcomings
of the bout from standpoint Of scien-
tiic sport.
The promoters Of the bout did their
part IN good style and Referee Frank
Armstrong made favorable impression
on the fans.
The boxers were content to spar at
long range during tho first round and
both SWING wildly and Intellectually. De-
metral landed once OH Leon . face, the
only real blow of the round Honors
were even at the tap of the bell.
The big fellows went into repeated
clinches in the second round and the
referee was kept busy breaking them
apart. The wrestling habit was strong
in both men and they tugged away at
each other much as they did in former
wrestling matches. Leon jabbed away
with his left at Demetral's face but
the blows had little force. Both were
swinging wildly and an occasional hit
would be scored. Little damage was
done by either.
The third round was Icons by
shade. The Greek landed two of his
wild swings, but Leon rocked his op~
ponent s head with a straight left and
iabbed away lightly at Demetral g
face, There was plenty Of action but
little effectiveness.
Demetral sent his larger opponent to
the floor III the next round Lut the Rus
sian went down not from the force of
the blow, but because he got his feet
tangled. The tap that upset Leon was
the third of three successive lefts to
the face. The ftBear Cat' was OH his
feet at once as the bell ended the round
The fifth round lasted only - sec
onds, Demetral landed a straight left
and after minutes sparrinu Leon uu-
corked a weird luuge which landed on
Demctral's body and the Greek went
to the floor for count Of six. When
he arose, another body blow sent him
down again for 7.second period aud
this time he arose to meet a swinging
right to the head which put HIM down
for the count.
The first preliminary, intended as a
four round go between Jack Keep and
"Kid' Irish, lasted only a brief frac.
tion of a round, two blows to tho face
causing Irish to give up the bout. He
TO continue. "Yankce' Allen and
@ Young Abe AttelI - then went on for
four rounds and furnished plenty of
action. their exhibition going far TO re-
deem the disappointment OF the main
bout. The referee decided the contest
q draw. Harry Harris and John Nc
Greevy went on for the semi-finaI the
latter taking the place Of another who
failed to appear. He was greatly out.
weighed by Harris and lasted less than
one round, being knocked out by a
swing to the jaw. Ed Wright refereed
the first two bouts and Con Gallagher
the third.
The entertainment was witnessed by
the newly-appoiptcd boxing commission
Of Murray, Nephi Gibbs, Judge Carl
Mark. DR.. w. n. Rothwell and D. ".
Moffatt. This commission was appointed
by the board OF county commissioners to
see that no law was violated.