The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-06-10
la GRAVE VICTOR
IN HARD BATTLE
VETERAN RINGEAN AT TINT )
LANDED At WILL ON
GRAHAM

One of the toughest battles ever
staged ia 2 Goldfieid ring vas the
Graham-LaGrave contest, fought
under the auspices of the Goldficld
Athletic club last night. There
was never a moment during the
10 rounds when both men were not
busy. Referee Geary o raised
LaGrave's hand in token of victory
at the end of the 10 stanzas. after
LaGrave had made a finish that
removed all doubt as to his being
entitled to the decision.
There was but one bet made at
the ringside: $50 to s25, with
Graham on the long end.
LaGrave opened the fracas with
a whirlwind rush and kept Graham
on the defensive throughout most
of the session. 1t was LaGrave's
round by a good margin. Graham
drew blood from LaGrave's nose
in the second round and the round
ended with honors ven In the
third round Graham won all the
hcnors. The fourth was even, but
in the fifth LaGrave's superior
strength and skill commenced
to tell, and in the sixth he cut
one of Bob's Eyes and took rhe
round by a wide margin. Graham
came back strong in the seventh,
and with both men fighting hard,
rushed LaGrave to the ropes, where
he did some heavy work with
rights and lefts to both head and
body. In the eighth and ninth
rounds LaGrave was more agrees
sive and carried both sessions by
a shade. In the tenth LaGraVe
came up fighting strong and earn
ed the decision By handing Bob a
hard beating, during the admin
istering of which he landed al
most at will. LaGrave was far
the stronger of the two men at the
finish.
The popular decision in the Ora
ham-LaGrave fight was that it was
enc of the best bouts ever seen
here, and the audience claimed the
DlCh 1IOuuCc-DCI Wliiidh1o oNUi
to be one of the most amusing
mixups ever see or read about.
Williams entered the ring in the
condition of a sailor on shore cave
after a six-month's cruise. In the
intermission between the first AMI
second round he lost one of his
shoes and fought the second frame
with but one shoe on. On leaving
his corner to start the fight. he
stuck his jaw out and took a Sc
we're beating, which he seemed TO
enjoy. He started to stagger in
the first round, and wobbled as his
liquid ballast shifted and as
Trounce pounded him for the four
periods, but was on his feet at
the finish.
During the minutes rest between
the second and third rounds, Will
Iiam's anxiety to fight was 80
great that he attempted to leave
his corner before the gong rang,
and when he did get out, fought
his opponent an ever round. Dur
ing this round he accidentally
swung on the referee. Both box
ers slipped to the floor repeatedly
in the fourth round. The decis-
ion was awarded to Trounce. VIII
liams left the ring. took a seat III
the lap of one of the ringside spec
tators, and insisted on telling him
how it all came about.
In the curtain-raiser Tommy
Bronco obtained the decision over
Pete Sullivan when Sullivan's sec
onds skied the towel into the ling
near the close Of the fight. Su!i;-
van was badly battered and grog-
gy. His opponent was fresh and
unmarked at the finish.
Speck Duffy had as his oppon-
ent Frank Barney. Directly afte'
the first passage CT arms, in whl"H
Duffy rushed Barney into his "
corner, and while fighting at ions
range Dulty lutsd on his oppon-
ent's solar plc>tf prtting him cut
end ending wha. promised to be an
interesting clash. Speck, his Of
ponent and the 81 ectators were all
surprised 4: the sudden end of the
bout.