| Show PRIZE FIGHTER KILLED IN FIGHT TO A FINISH john babcock of nine 31 mile il killed in ili blovin boxing bout ut lit majton toll in the prize fight staged in the ahe opera house at myton list saturday night arthur olson of price landed on ills his opponent john babcock or of nine mile with sufficient force to cause his death a fow houis later the reports v 0 grot got of f tho fight agree in the statement that everything went smoothly until tho the seventh round hen olson not having been able elble to break through bab cocks guard resorted to the old trick of stalling for an opening by going down anti and taking the count all but out when nhen he jumped and landed on babcock s jaw and tac blows avei the heart tit the v boy evidently was not sufficiently hardened for such work and this coupled wit with the fact that his big heart wa no doubt weak neak succumbed to the blows and died the next morning at about ten minu tet before six that the was law lav and tile the sad gad ending was th tho ift insult ailt of a wholly unintended and abc acc accidental seems seeing to bo be the opinion of those who saw the bout the advertising ader adNer we saw on the posters at least showed a i lack of discretion on the part of the promoter pio moter mr stokes it is against the I 1 hi adte and federal law to stage a fight to a finish and as the counts coults may not accept ignorance as an excuse the on sequence malbo acay |
