Show SOLLY SMIfH IS GIVEN THE FIGHT He and Flaherty Fight to the Limit in New York BUTH OF THEM FRESH AT THE END I THESE TWO MEN H NEVER MET BEFORE I Both However Had Met Dixon Smith Goes to His Knees SeveralTies Several-Ties in Order to Avoid Flaher tys RushesFlaherty Was Surely the Aggressor in the Last Round Turf Events and Baseball Games S of Yesterday New York May 4Sally Smith o Los Angeles Cal and Martin Flaherty cf Lowell Mass e tonight in a 25 round glove contest at 122 pounds before be-fore the Broad Y Athletic club Both fought to the limit and eaoh of them was ready and willing to continue at the end of the 25th round but the referee ref-eree decided in favor of the western man although Smith had dropped to his knees frequently during the bout to avoid Flahertys rushes These two f men had never met before but each had met George Dixon Flaherty In his three meetings with Dixon secured a draw each time while Smith was defeat de-feat d in his only contest with Dixon In the 20th round Smith led with a wild left swing but Flaherty dodged and clinched and Smith went to the i floor on one knee Twice in the 21st j j round Smith dropped to his knees to avcid Flahertys rushes The second time Flaherty fell on top of him In the 2d they slugged clinched and wrestled Smith was rtifched to the rones A little later he knelt again to avoItl a rush In the 23rd Flaherty dazed Smith wMi a stiff left jab on the I I mouth but failed to follow up his advantage ad-vantage He rushed Smith to the i rope where they clinched Smith I again sought the floor to save himself him-self In the 24th Flaherty uppercut I with a left on the face and rvshcd j J Smith to the ropes where Sally again wet to hls knees Sally Jabbed a left on the head twice Martin swung a I eft on the ear and twisted Solly around They rushed into several I clinches and Martin jabbed a left on i the mouth and then on the wind and te the Californian nte I The 23tih round wasthe last and saw Flaherty the aggressor Smith dodging and clinching I |