White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12
CLARK GETS DECISION
ON FOUL IN FIGHT
WITH "SHAUGHNESSY

Joe Clark, the clever Salt Lake
Shaughnessy of McGill last Thursday
night on a foul in the fifth round,
and fifteen minutes later secured a
decision over Young Gordon of the
smelter town in a five round bout.
The ending of the first contest was
viewed from two different angles.
The majority of the ring fans were of
the confirmed belief that Shaugh-
messy connected with Clark's jaw,
causing the Utah scrapper to drop to
the canvas, with a dull sickening
thud. William Langdon of Anaconda
who refereed the fight, declared
that Clark. in his %eagerness to bring
the battle to a close, slipped to the
mat. Losing control of his faculties,
ohaughnessy lunged at his adversary
while he was still on his knees. The
affair was the funniest thing the local
fight crowd had witnessed in years.
Referee Langdon awarded the laurels
to Clark without hesitation.
1t was an interesting exhibition
from one point of view because it
gave the local enthusiasts an oppor-
tunity, long deprived, of a chance to
see a mixup between a clever boxer
and a mar who outweighed him at
Lon CT orb Htl Quad n /. Il annCYg
used his greater %poundage and
strength to smother whatever ad-
vantage Clark might have in skill.
One round was much like another.
Clark vas struggling ~yaliantly at all
times to land a decisive punch that
would bring the uneven battle to a
close. He had no trouble in connect
ing with Shaughnessy's jaw whenever
he desired, but was unable to efface
settled right and left haymakers
upon the delicate smeller of his OPP
ponent and caused the paint to flow
at regular intervals. That was the
extent of the damage done to Shaugh-
messy.
Clark fell down in the second
round while swinging, and shortly
afterwards Shaughnessy stumbled
against the ropes. During this por-
ton of this engagement Clark con-
~tinually covered up while Shaugh-
messy was attempting to reach his
jaw. In the third Clark found that
mis- adversary's jaw was unprotected
and landed there at will. In the
fourth Clark used uppercuts to good
advantage. At the beginning of the
fifth Clark opened with a left upper
cut, and -Shaughnessy retaliated with
the same kind of a blow. Clark con-
nected with a right and LETT TO jaw
Shaughnessy tapped Clark on the
point of the chin, and he slowly div
ed to the canvas, landing on his back.
lie struck at Clark before he had an
opportunity to rise to his feet.
Langden held Clark's right glove
aloof and there was no question as
to the business of the decision.
Patience. we are progressing rapidly
toward Young Gordon.
In speed Clark was as much faster
than his opponent as a freight com
pares with an express train. Shaugh-
messy went after his stock in trade
by slow freight, and it was easy for
Clark to preceive what was coming.
At long range he could not cope with
Clark's clever boxing. IL la not d
brilliant contest in any sense of the
word.
Gordon qualified for the Down
and Out Club" in his mixup with
Clark. He was on the receiving end
of most of the punches landed dur
ing the uneven contest. He did a
Paul Reyere's ride during the FIVE
rounds and many feared that he
would get a hotbox before he reach
ed the outposts. Things were so
serene that the tinkling of a mantel
clock sounded like the dropping of a
trip hammer in the Nevada Northern
shops.
The affair was a kind of a Huckle-
berry Finn and Tom Sawyer joke,
muddying the water all the way. To
describe the fight properly would
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three cents in Mexican money. Cor
don landed less than half a dozen
| blows during the bout. and sned