The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-07
MEEAAN WINS
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CONTEST
FIGHTS EVER STAGED IN
GOLDFIELD

the ROUNDS may nave Deen even, put
Norton never outfought his oppon-
ent in any of them. He was never
able to solve the problem of Nee
hans left, and the latter landed it
almost at will throughout the ten
rounds.
On several occasions Meehan
tented with his right, and with a
wind-up like a southpaw in a big
league ball game with no one on
base, landed his left on Norton's
body with a crack that could be
heard all over the house.
On such occasions, when The re-
suit of Meehan's wind-up would so
home, Sharkey, Norton's manager.
crouched in his corner like a coach
err at a ball game endeavoring to
coax a runner off base with the
pitchers arm, would yell a. Ne
ton. Watch hat wind-up. AL"
When they met in the first round
Meehan assumed the offensive ana
retained it to the end, doing all the
leading and almost all the landing.
He was too clever, too shifty and
too fast for Norton, and toward the
end of the fight frequently made his
opponent appear ridiculous in his
attempts to reach him. Norton
landed comparatively few clean,
hard wallops, and when he did Nee
han did not seem to pay n atten-
ton to them.
Time after time Meehan crouch
ed, and with uncanny skill
swung his unguarded head from
side to side as his opponents
vicious haymakers breezed harm
lessly by. Three or four times. in
a rush. as fast as Norton could
swing, he would let go at MeehaI
with terrific drives, and it was MT
unusual for him to miss his mark
a foot as Meehan ducked under ils
flying gloves. In the early rounds,
when this happened, and Meehan
came back with smashing body
blows, a puzzled expression was
noticeable on Norton's face as he
gave ground before Meehan's saw
age rushes.
Meehan's usual ring comedy was
almost entirely absent. Norton new
er smiled from start to finish and
it was not until the later rounds,
when Meehan realized he had gain
ed a victory, that a smile broke owe
his face as he winked at Sharkey,
Neither man was heard to say a
word to the other during the course
of the contest, but their managers
engaged in several verbal exchanges
across the ring.
The men hit and fought fast as
featherweights and that the o II
remarkable features. They fought
clearly and clinches were few and
far between and always of short
duration. In the second round
they snapped punches without any
attempt at defense until Norton was
driven to cover, and again, in the
seventh, they had a similar eX-
change when Meehan backed Nor
ton against the ropes, and with
out any attempt at covering, they
delivered a fusilade of wallops fol-
ten seconds.
Despite the terrific pounding each
man received, they bore few marks
of the contest at the close and, al
though Norton was apparently
tired, he was well able to continue.
Yesterday morning Meehan's face
was cut in one place and slightly
discolored and Norton was nursing
an exceedingly sore midsectiOn. AL
tied each other through the ropes,
there was never a knockdown and
neither man was off his feet in the
ring, except on one occasion, when
Norton slipped to the floor.
The outstanding feature of the
contest was the fact hat Norton as
simulated what is believed to have
been the greatest punishment ever
administered to a fighter in a Gold
field ring and was apparently never
groggy at any stage. Sharkey i'm
plored him. round after round, to
keep his right hand up to guard his
jaw from Meehan's left as it landed
again anu again Will hidCuihC-llhF
regularity and begged him to coun-
ter Meehan's body blows. but he
was never able to meet effectually
the attack of his opponent.
After the fight was over Sharkey
stated hat Norton was not in good
condition, but it is considered i'm
probable that any fighter not in
the best possible condition could
have taken the beating he did
without going under. Sharkey had
no word of protest against the de-
cision, and when Norton raised his
hand about a foot from his side
toward Referee Ferry at the end of
the tenth round. he did it in a half
hearted manner.