Show Glove Contest PROVIDENCE May 8 Twelvo hundred eat e-at the Gladstone club tonight saw Patsy Cardiff Car-diff of Minneapolis fall down before George Godfrey the colored heavy weight champion of Boston in sixteen rounds The opinion was generally expressed by those who claimed to be conversant with the western mans peculiar tactics that he voluntarily surrendered the con test The Jl200 tropy was awarded to Godfrey Cardiff was remarkably clover in dodging His left eye became completely closed during the struggle The men fought mostly at close quarters The Boston cose quarers mans left eye was discolored and his face cut by the powerful left hand blows of his adversary Neither received any body punishment In the sixteenth round the men clinched near the ropes when Cardiff suddenly fell to the floor upon his Cardli was seized with nausea it was said and was suffering from exhaustion This closed the fight |