Show THE GREAT BATTLE 1 UlJ UJAUfll lii JL A UU The Salt Lake Man Wins in Five Bounds S 17000 BET ON THE RESULTS I All of the Salt Lakers Were Winners Harry S Ilyuds Said to Hare Lost Seven Thousand Dollars No sporting event has ever occurred in Utah that has awakened such a general interest in local sporting circles as the fight which came off at the Ogden opera house last night between Jim Williams of Salt Lake and George Morrison of Ogden for a purse of 800 and the championship I of tho territory The batte was arranged by tho Ogden Athletic club some two months ago and for weeks boforo the contest S con-test the principals were carefully trained Slado looking after Williams while George La Blanche trained tho Ogden man The three trains which the Union Pacific ran up to Ogden all carried a goodly number S num-ber of Salt Lake sports and admirers of the manly art the last train leaving hero at 6 p m taking 5 passengers all L of whqm were bound for tho ringside S ring-side The Rio Grande Western ran up a special leaving this city at 730 carried car-ried 200 passengers so thoro wore between four and live hundred Salt Lakers among the spectators Many familiar faces were seen at the ring side among them being some who have won distinction in almost every walk of life and would feel a little I ltte bit cheap if their names were published Great care had been taken to make all I the arrangements for tho fight as complete as possible A 24foot ring occupied the centre of the stage and was raised about afoot a-foot above tho fioor The ropes wore I tightly stretched through stout posts and tho latter wore carefully padded On the north side of the squared circle was a big gong for recording the time and an enterprising enter-prising photographer had his camera rigged up on the east side Around the I ring were three tiers of seats which sold I at5 each I The reporters were given four lables right against the ropes and wero otherwise other-wise handsomely treated by the management manage-ment The Ogden papers of course were all present while TUB HERALD Tribune I and Times sent up reporters There were also present several representatives from I outside journals These circumstances al al indicated the importance attached to the contest Both of tho fighters had many admirers but the Morrison men seemed to have the longer purses and Morrison was the favorite in the betting at Ogden although al-though the wcgors made here were even At 9 oclock between S1700 and 20000 had been bet and the pools were still selling at a very lively rate At that hour the crowd commenced to pour into tho opera house and the upper galleries were soon well fled TTolrVa band was in nttflnnnnoft nn1 n discoursed excellent music Of the two men Morrison was the most widely known He has been in the ring for several years and has met some of the best men in the country In 1S83 he fought John P Cow in Denver and was I defeated He fought Clow again near Denver Den-ver in the nextyear and the battle resulted I in a draw He next met Conkney Sterling Sterl-ing at Cheyenne and easily defeated him I in two rounds He has had several lights I in the Junction City the most tgbts I previous to last nights contest being with I McHugh whom ho defeated in seven I rounds He is twentyeight years old stands 5 feet 10 inches and stripped last i night at 160 pounds He is more symetri cal of form and cleaner of limb than Wil lams ceaner Wi The latter is only twentytwo years of age and his career a pugilist began about two years ago when he defeated Noble at the race track in this city He afterwards mot and defeated Schroeder of Park City Wilson of Wyoming and Mike Sullivan of this city Ho stands live feet nine inches and tipped the beam at about one hundred and seventy pounds His con dition showed the effect of careful and sys tematic training and he fulfilled Ed Kelloys prophecy that ho would be fit to tight for hIs lfea It was just 950 when Morrison attended by his seconds George La Blanche and Mike Fitzgerald entered the ring His costume consisted of red trunks Ho was followed a moment later by Williams accompanied ac-companied by Herbert Slade and Colonel Kelley Both mon were loudly cheered by their admirers After the toss for corners Mr Peery the president of the olub stated the con ditions of the fight and asked that good order maintained Colonel Kelley then advanced to tho centre of the ring and offered to bet t50 even money on Williams and Harry Hynds promptly covered the money It was announced that Thomas Painter of Evanston would act as referee while Billy Younger of this city whie keep time and it was supposed that the preliminaries would be disposed of without the usual wrangle but such was not the case Williams was content with every thing except the referee and he stubbornly refused to agree on Mr Painter After a brief consultation among the seconds Wyatt Earp of San o Francisco was selected and Mr Painter retired At 1016 the men stepped to the centre of the ring and a flash light was taken j a moment mo-ment later they shook hands and the fight fght commenced Round 1 After some preliminary prelminary sparring spar-ring for an opening Morrison led for the face and got in a light blow Williams re taunted with a stinging facer This was followed by a counter and it was give and take until Morrison slipped and went down Williams commenced forrlnp UA fighting as soon as tho Ogden orcn arose aos and got in heavily on the face and ribs Ho followed this with one on the nose which brought tho claret Morrison which bru claret aimed a wicked blow at Williams Wilams face but was short and he saved himself from punishment punish-ment by clinching The round ended in Williams favor and the Salt Lake delegation dele-gation was jubilant LaBlnnche admon ished his man to go sloW and save his strength l Hound Both men came up briskly Williams good natUfM face was wreathes in smiles while MorrTson looked wicked Williams promptly led for the ribs but was too eager and got a blow in the neck which staggered him This was followed by many exchanges which did considerable damage on both sides Then dsmaS6 both hen there was some sparring and Williams suddenly got in a left hand swing on the Ogden mans optic which made him see stars After an exchange Morrison clinched three times and when parted by the referee the Ogden man got in a hot one on Williams ribs This riled the latter and ho landed three stingers on his opponents face Morrison who was getting a little weak commenced to play for Williams wind and Wilams got in a couple of light blows whicn did got damago a and this round also ended in favor of the Salt Laker La Blanche did some clever work in bracing his man up and ho sent him into the ring for the next round look log quite fresh Round 3Both men advanced quickly to the center of tho ring but Morrison immediately im-mediately backed to his corner Williams WiIams followed him and opened the folcwed ball with a punch in the stomach while Morrison countered on the face Then Wijllams made D rush and caught the Ogden man on the chin and landed him on the ropes He followed this up with three smashes in the face which made Morrison very tired and somewhat groggy and ho quickly got out of range Williams followed him up how and landed heavily ever heaviy on Morrisons law This was followed by a rally and some infighting which ended In a clinch On breaking away Williams got in on the Tace and time was called Round Morrison was not so spry this time and when Williams cave him a stiff punch in the ribs he tried an upper stf but the Salt Laker danced out of range He returned however quickly and gave tho Olden man a couple of smashers In the face which staggered him Williams became be-came somewhat careless after this and to the surprise of every one Morrison got in a terrific right bander on the jaw which came near laying the Salt Lake man out Morrison was not able to follow iolo up his adS I ad-S vantage however arid Williams was soon himself again and rushed his opponent with cuing efiect fighting him into his corner and against the ropes and towards the close of the round he fairly rained blows upon Morrisons face Hes gone cried the crowd but just then the gong sounded and the call of time barely saved tho Ogden man from being knocked out Round 5At the call of time Williams skipped to the center of the ring as fresh as when the fight began while Morrison was groggy and evidently quite weak Williams promptly opened hostilities wita a drive in the mouth and Morrison struck tne Salt Lake man a light blow in the ribs This gave Williams an opening and for about a minute he followed his opponent around tho ring dealing him sledge hammer ham-mer blows until at last a straight punch in the jaw sent the Ogden man to grass Mor rison raised up on bis hands and remained there until ho was counted out and Wit liams was declared the winner of the fight and the champion of Utah Then a mighty cheer went up from the throats of the Salt Lake delegation and a few minutes later Williams was passim around the hat to raise a purse for Morrison Some of the Salt Lakers remained over until this moruing but the majority of them took the Rio Grande Western for home at 1145 NOTES Ed Kelley won 1000 in two hots George Barr is said to have won SoOO Colonel Kelley is proud of his protege It was a fair fight and the best man won wonThe The result of the battle brings Williams I up several notches as a pugilist Ed Kelley handled his man in splendid I style and proved himself to be a great second Williams father who Is in the sheep business put all tho cash he could raise about 1000 on his boy The Ogdenites were anxious to back thoir man fur any amount up to the time tme the men entered the ring Nearly every ran in the Salt Lake delegation dele-gation had money up on tho result and they were a jubilant crowd wnen they re turned home last night Harry H Hyds Morrisons backer is i said to have lost about 7000 on tbe rosult He is satisfied that his man did the best he could and would have won had there been any show of doing so |