The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
SPECTATORS FIGHT
AS WELL AS BOXERS
Disorder Follows Wrangle
About Division of Receipts
and Charges of "Holdup.'
ROWAN EASY FOR BAKER
Winner Has No Trouble in
Earning Decision; Eager
to Meet Klaus.

Before Marty Rowan was almost
knocked out by Howard Baker in Beams
San-Gym last night. chickering's among
boxers. managers and promoters. fol-
lowed by four brief fist fights among the
spectators. gave the boxing game
slightly dlscolored optic. The rows among
the spectators were promptly quelled and
nobody was hurt.
Rowan lost all the popularity he had
gained by beating Joe Clark when he
waited until the very last moment TO
raise question about the amount Of
money he was 10 get. Bean gave Baker
and Rowan so per cent OF the gross re-
ceipts. but Rowan, having a severe at
tack OF cold feet" decided he was not
satisfied with the losers end.
Rowan In explaining his attitude says
that Bean promised him s126 and that
inasmuch as he did not get what he was
promised for boxing Joe Clark he deter
mined TO have this s125 In his posscs-
s!on before he went on.
Promoter Bean explained matters from
demand as an attempted "holdup" and
asked the crowd II he should put on q
substitute. Many In the crowd cried
Yes" but no substitute was avail
able.
Baker Magnanimous.
w. c. Jones. manager for Baker, in
terposed with an offer TO let the win
ner OF the bout have all the percentage,
or 10 cut IL up IN any way that Rowan
desired. but Rowan still refused. Final
ly Baker told Bean to give Rowan $l2S
out OF the percentage and give the rest
10 him Thus Rowan got SIPS and Baker
just $50.
II had to do It." said Baker IT could
not afford to have people say that the
Baker Rowan bout was a faks. No mat
ter II / were not to blame, the Baker
Rowan bout would go down in history as
a dishonorabe affair and 7 would rather
lose $50 than have my name associated
with il In that way
After Baker told Bean to give Rowan
his S125 out of the receipts. Rowan who
had come into the ring and who had eI-
plained his side in a brief r!ngside
speech. began TO prepare for the bout.
Baker had been ready for half an hour.
The patrons. who had been afraid Of be-
ing disappointed. cheered Baker wildly
because Of his magnanimlty and his Will
lingness to lose a little money rather
than have the mill called off.
The fight by rounds.
Round l-Baker all the way.
Round Baker has big shade.
Round Baker lands five blows to
Rowan's one.
Round l-Rowan holding on to keep
from getting knocked out.
Round 5-Baker hits Rowan when and
where he pleases.
avoid being knocked out. Baker wins by
a mile.
Rowan Outclassed.
In the very first round Baker poked
two piston-rod rights into Rowan's alb
donen and Rowan felt them during the
whole bout. Rowan tried In vain TO put
n straight left on Bakers face as ha q
on Joe Ciark's, Every time he tried this
Bakers hight caught him on the car or
oh nd 81 l.
round, just before the close. Rowan did
tap Baker on the lip and cut II so IL
hled little. Baker could have avoided
the blow, bat nlisjudged distance an inch
or more and the glove landed a little
harder than he expected II did no harm
yet II was one Of Rowan's best blows In
the whole bout. Frequently Baker let
Rowan rush at him. covering up and hlt-
ting him as Rowan got away
AZ the close OF the second round Row
ans eye vas almost closed and he was
breathing heavily. Baker landed innum-
crable body blows and kept the kidney
punch steadily at work. Baker had things
all his own way,
In The third round Rowan landed one
oody blow and light left on the fore
head. but ne received real punishment in
In the fourth. too. Rowan occasionally
tapped Baker 10 the face with hfg right
but he could not get in telling Blow.
Meanwhile Baker was wallopnE him i'm
way that would have put out anyone
In the NTH Rowan olinohed whenever
he had chance. AZ other times he
kept his head down and bent over so that
BAKER could not land on a vulnerable
spot. Rowan's only attempts at fiehtinu
we're flashes and most Intellectual
Rowan Almost Out.
In the sixth round Rowan continued
10 take terrific punishment Fans ex-
pected 10 see him go down at any mo-
ment. Rowan was dazed and II Baker
had been very anxious TO put him out ne
could have done 20 When the nnal bAll
rang Rowan was actually 80 daZed that
ne thought he had a draw and tried 10
make Bean hold UP his hand. There was
cision was given 20 Baker
The hrst bout on the programme was
scheduled three-ronnd affair between