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MANY AT THE BIG BOXING CONTESTSULLIVAN AND' COLLINS ONCE -MORE MAKE A 'DRAW.Four Hundred Sports Come Up Trom Salt Lake to See the Exhibition.Untiling for about 15 seconds after I TUo bell liafl boon rung for the finish ’ of the twentieth and last round, , ‘Tele Sullivan, of Fail ltlvor. Mass., , ami Bird T*g Collins, of Denver, I Colo., boxed twenty fast rounds at the Ogden Auditorium last night and were given a dtjululon of a draw by Referee Willard Benn of Salt Luke.' While tliu draw decision did nut cause any great dissension, Snllivnu easily hud the battle on points, as he ( landed many more blows than Ids colored opponent and was the nggros-HOr in practically every round after tile ninth, Colllue used hlH straight, loft lunge for tl:o stomach mostly, but •last night Sullivan seemed to have solved the defense; for Hit* punch, and about nine times out of ten ueally blocked It; The fight was another demouHtrhtlou o£ the' cleverness • for (which Sullivan is noted. Both fighters .were In lirflt clnss shape, with the negro showing greater strength, but unable to .work his. right.,. Soverar times during I ho progress or the coolest Collins wnu * roundly hlasnd for life rough tactice In the clinches.. The negro would secure d sort of strangle hold on the neck of the white* boy and fairly lift him off his feet, AYltb this exception, however, und* a little cai-oleaBness as to JusL where the’foul line wua, Collins fought a cleim'.fight,- wliJlo Suliivau always foughL fairly‘ and hib blows were all * .cleanly struck. • . . • • . All the. expectations of the promoters warfe shattered when the preliminary bout was over and an estimate of the attendance was . made, fully • 2,500 men apd three women, being prepent. ;Abciiit 400 of these were Salt Lake follow ere’ pf boxing, who cmuo up on 'a sppclal trhin over the Den-ror. Rio 'Grande road. Collins hud a number of backers present, who made themselvea' heard, but Gullivnn easily had the crowd with him, Jmd arter the contest the majority of those present united In saying Lliat the Fall River liny won on points.. Both., flghtera were strong, the last ruiind! bojUg:fchc rnRteat of the buttle, and the pue 'In which Collins did the most fighting.* This was ’ ahout the only round. In which the negro triad very hard/he. apparently hofug nfrallt;l •to.run ;lnto Sullivan's wicked left and right hnokg-.to the jaw. After-the bell lor the; fliiiah of the con teat bad been sounded the two men-.-stood fooi to fool at one Bide of-the ring and hammered a way until -torn apart by the. referee and their respective seconds. This happened In several, of Llm rounds, In fact. •. Referee Bean an-, nounced after the third’ time 11 happened Collins wan slightly hard or hearing ; and could uol hear the lioil ring.;:. . /. ...In the -prellmindrieB, Peanuts Sin--oloir demonstrated that’ the little Salt. Luke, colored buy, Wltlio Willy, Kind, no chance with him, and took his limeknocking '.the negro out. The flnl6h came In..the first, part of the sixth round, when. Sinclair planted a vicious! right handed; uppercut on the pointof WllW/Jaw, .dropping., him like a log. . Willy,.took the count, ^limbing' on his fpqt.at nine,.nod Sinclair calmly stopped'in had aliul over another right bpok. Reforee Billy Ryrin of SaltLake gaVe the fight to Sinclair, without Inking 'the trouble to count the nerci but, as to the latter had to he asslaed. to hia corner. . Altogether, the Qglit was interesting while It Insled, hut- after the fourth mind there wug .nothing.to It. In the iUih Sinclair dropped the negro for Llm couni and nothing hut the gong snved 1 the dusky scrapper from Salt Luke in Lhla round.
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Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Sat, Feb 12, 1910
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