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Show "MORMON CYCLONE" ADDS ONE MORE TO HIS STRING OF VICTORIES. Wlllnnl llcan Defeats Jack Widay or Michigan In E glit Rounds at Met-cnr-A Rattling Mill From Start to FlnMi. The glove contost betweon Willard W. Dean, champion of Utah, nnd Jack Weday, a Michigan middle-weight, which hug been keeping tho local soon on tho anxious seat for the past two weeks, took nlaco In Murour Thursday evening, and resulted In a eoniplelo victory for licnu. A largu crowd attended at-tended the contest among them being several Provo boys who went over to see their favorite. The main event of tho evening was preceded by a preliminary four-round bout bdtweon Jack Hanson of Sandy and Thomas Richards of Pari; City. It Is reported as lively work, and Tom OsUorno, who ncted as roferee, says ho had to do as much lighting as either principal In order to got them to break nwnv. Tho bout was declared a draw. The main event between llean and Wcday.whloh was to be twenty rounds, Is sMd to havo been a very Clever oxln-bltioup.irtlcularlyou oxln-bltioup.irtlcularlyou tho part of Dean, Tor the eight rounds it lasted. Dean went Into tlio ring at 151 pounds and Weday at 151. Lon Groesbeck noted as referee, John A. Lowls of i'rovo and Robinson of Mercur as tliuo-l.eeperri. Dean's seconds wcro Hilly Wilson and Jack Smith. Wedav being attended by Kid Smith and Roy Condle. Wo copy tho report of the fight by rounds from tho Mercur correspondent of tho Salt Lake Herald. In tho first round tho lighting was slow, Dean hunting oflener thun Weday. Aftur some sparring in tho Rccnnd round, Dean landed on Weday's ribs and Weday returned and landed on Dean's Jaw. Weday got In another blow on Itoau's ovj. It; the third round, Dean got In some heavy blows, and all through tho round Dean had the best of It. Doth camo up smllllug In thu fourth, but In a clinch Dean struck Weday in t ho ribs and cries of foul were beard all over the house, but tho referee didn't sou It. Doan la tided bard on Weday's j.iw and gavo him several taps In tho faco. In tho llflh round there wero but fow blows given that amounted to anything. any-thing. The sixth round was the hottest round In tho light, ami Dean was decidedly de-cidedly ahead. Weday retired mid showed signs of weariness. The seventh round was a ropotltlon of the sixth, and the light sliowod up still more In favoi of Dean. In thu eighth round Weday landed two blows, but It was uvlduut that ho was at tho end of his rope. Dean cleverly clev-erly ducked a few blows and at lust lauded over Weday's heart a fow seconds sec-onds before time was called, and Weday walked to bis corner. As soon as ho sat down ho fainted, and when time was called his second threw up tho sponge. When tho referee declared him tho winner, Dean steppod to thu mhldlu of tho stage and turned a hack handspring. hand-spring. It was feared for somu time that Weday was killed, but In about Hftoun nilnutus he ruvlvud and was taken home. With tho exception of n black oyo Dean scent' unhurt ami walked olT tho stngo t .irently as fresh us when ho camo on for the first round. The work of Dean was a surprise to all who saw him for tho first time, and It was generally conceded that the "Mormon "Mor-mon Cyclone" Is a wonder. Dean's- work Is no sunrise to tho Provo people who know htm, as tho utmost conliduiico existod here that he was a winner. Ho Is now contemplat ing a trip to California, whero ho will continue training, and should soon get hi with lotno "top-notchors." If be does, wu-nre sure that wo shall hear good reports of tils work. |
