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OUT OTTO SITLOFFFierce Determined Contest Lasted Nine Rounds and FortySeconds.FiCHT FANS WELL PLEASED.Both Boxers Were in Excellent Con-dition and Each Made the RequiredWeight, i|| Bounds.Say, did you s*v th* M«Carthy-Hlelorf contest last night?”The fight fans assembled at the rltig-»i 1 e pronounced it a font and determinedContest After nine Is and forty * lt;ends fl**rc«* milling, Jerry McCarthy knocked out Otto HI* lofT. th** Fightdik ltutchrnan «*f Chicago, and wiped out. the defeat fit rn* t at the hand* of Hkloft taut wint• rWhile tho con teat was Rlnoluttly dlt;*Void of fancy sparring, lion *... n.tnl «l second's r» st for either man. It was swing, Jab and uppercut alt the tini.Doth men were in spi ndld physical ronlltlon and J*iry was tin drung«*r of the two. At A o o! lt;4; yesterday aft* moon, they weighed In, ai d neitin i man rainedtho beam at 144 poundsW illard ft# tiit w as l h« s u roft rt o of the* bout, but Tommy Huron, mi* lott » trainer, eprung a surprise just be fore the m* n w*r* to go on, hy orinandniK that three judges b*. neb et**d in addition to the ref-«r* e. The judges chosen weie Ftrry CHjeemtn. James Connelly and if. A. Dratz of Og ten TId* unpopular action nettled Bean ii iltti ■. and 1»» -tated tlmy he would r* sign tin position. lb* recon* #ujei«d a moment later ami consented to40 Iflight In th.* beginning of the brat i mind, it u - bang hammer fttongs, Hie loft hading nrst with a light h ft to face. Jerry bored ifi unmercifully and swung repeatedly on (fit* Dutchman s beat and body. Honors were even. In the third round it loked us it McCarthy might score u knockout. Si* loft missed half a dozen swings for the jaw. nut tl-i succeeded in planting a righi and l«ft to head They exchanged light swings, both landing, and then Jerry swung a territi* blow on BhdofT s tie* k. knocking him to the floor w here he remained for the count. Always game, always ready, 04to * ume up for mor* — andgot it. Four times he was s* nt to themat from McCarthy's onslaughts, and th.* gong saved HteloftIn th*? fourth Mieloff made a wonderful rally, showing his good condition. Ho came up strong and fast and took fV*e aggressive. If* planted a hard ri«ht tojerry s neck and had the local boy almost at his mercy. Around the ring he forced McCarthy, who was plainly In distress, and when th.* gong rang it was ti pleasant sound to Jerry and his seconds.But . from that round on McCarthy raided, and later forced the lighting. Mi* -luff was compelled to hang on to save himself. BielofI tried to keep his opponent off with left jabs to Jerry's sore nose, but tho latter grinned at the blows and rushed in fiercely. In the seventh and eighth both men be. a me tired trom the terrific pace that was s* t, and Mieloff clinched in every mix-up or exchange ofblows.The ninth round was the beginning of the end. Five times Jerrj knocked Hie-loff to the floor, and * .teh time Otto took the count, but gamely * tine Up to the scratch. He tried hard to rally, but be could do no more. McCarthy appeared tn k- I stronger, but, seeing that •* had the match won. lie became excited and, consequently wild and could not land the finishing wallop.Mieloft cam*- back somewhat refreshed for the tenth round. Jerry was th*? stronger, however, ami the moment he got to the center of the ring he rushed at Mi* lott for the purpose of ending th** match. Alter some little infighting, he planted another hard right on Mleioff's neck, and the Chicago boy went down for the count. As he arose to his feet. McCarthy shot in a right hook that landed full on the jaw. Otto fell to the canvass on his face and was counted out This round lasted but forty seconds. The knockout was clean and thorough, and clearly sljnw. 1 McCarthy to be the mas-\ i '1 Hi'- much was admitted by Sieloff when th** two met In the dressing room after the go. With teats streaming down his face, McCarthy said to Sieloff:“Otto, you are a fast, game f.Uow. It seems rather hard for me to say that 1 am glad I whipped you as 1 did. but I am glad because of the cowardly and underhanded fight that has been made on me here. You understand what it is. 1 promised my friends that if given a ctlance I •would redeem myself, and I have done it.”Sieloff said: That is all right. Jerry. You defeated me fairly and I have no excuse to off* r. They told me you could not fight, but I want to say to you right hero that you are all right, that you are one of the fairest an 1 best men I have ever met. No one can ever tell me again that you can't fight.”McCarthy said that his trainer. Frank S. Hew Is. was enttiled to great credit for bis (Jerry’s) splendid condition. The contest was given under the management ofthe Shamrock Athletic club.
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Salt Lake City Deseret Evening News
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Wed, May 25, 1904
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