| Show WILLIAMS QUITS IN T TENTH NIH ROUND Claims Foul Which Is Not Al Allowed Allowed Allowed lowed by Referee or Doctor Charles Charlas Williams of ot Rock flock Springs quit cold at the end of or the ninth round in his fight with Rube Smith of ot Denver at the Lagoon yesterday afternoon Wil VIl Williams llama liams claimed he had been fouled in the eighth round and that he was unable to fighting He lie made the claim during tho the round but it was not allowed and after going to his corner in the ninth a plainly beaten man he renewed the claim which Referee Tom Painter refused to allow A doctor was called from the tho audience who after an exam examination examInation examination declared William had not been fouled Williams simply quit The fight flom the start had bad been a ahard ahard hard one both men going at it from gong to gong In the earlier stages of the bout Williams appeared the stronger man of ot the two and it seemed as if It he would be able to wear the Denver Rube down and out before b Ute the contest hail hall gone very ver long But as IS the fight pro progressed greased gressed it was shown that ruggedness was the only quality possessed pos essed by the Wyoming man and that against this the generalship of Smith proved superior Williams took lots of punish punishment punishment punishment ment and liked It and in return was unable to do any damage to Smith fur tur further further ther than roughing It in the clinches Williams punches were of the wild swing variety which would have proved dangerous If it they had landed Smith met net these with clever blocking and pa patiently patiently patiently and ald slowly awaited his time to drive in one of his long jabs or step stepping stepping stepping ping back swinging In an an upper cut on the covered Williams which frequently found its Us mark Smiths jabs for the face were alternated frequently by drop dropping dropping dropping ping them to the stomach and It was probably the latter blows that weakened Williams more than the jabs about the head and face WilliamS Williamg William Went Down Frequently WillIe While Williams frequently went down downIn In each case It was the result of one oneat of at his own wild swings or slipping sUpping ex cx except except in the eighth round when a stiff right to the jaw staggered Williams at atthe atthe atthe the same Instant that he ho stepped back his foot going over the edge of the ring The combination gave him a hard fall tail For a fight In which there was mixing in every een round there were remarkably few clean blows landed and at no time was either man on queer street as the there result re of ot a blow Smith impressed one more as an old stager In the game than thaI as having baving any allY other quality necessary to make a win n in rl g r me rne lh tUDe was himself at au aL n in rl g r me rne lh tUDe was au aL g gall all times and as cool and collected as asIf asif asif If he was merely boxing a few rounds for tor exercise He was never in a hurry and was careful of at himself at all alt times Williams appeared in much better con condition condition but does not class with Smith in the fighting game The Fight by Rounds At the opening of ot the fight the men started to mix things at the tap tsp of the gong It would be hard to give either fighter credit for tor being the aggressor as asboth asboth both were willing at alternating in lead leading leadIng leadIng ing During this round Smith got in three good left jabs to the face and Williams on two occasions hooked a shot short left to the jaw While these blows had steam behind behin them they the did not at all allstop allstop stop the men and at the end of the round neither was suffering and honors were clearly even Smith got a slight upper hand at tn th the beginning of the second round and forced Williams Into a clinch Williams resorted to swinging which was wild of or orits its mark No damaging blows were landed but Smiths aggressiveness gave him a lead by a slight margin In Tn the third Williams took on a wor worried worried ried look from the constant stream of ot jabs jabe Smith sent s nt in his direction He frequently rushed to a clinch and held to save punishment It was easily easH Rubes Rube s round the Denver man was tired from his work when he went to 10 his corner comer Williams in Bad Way In th the fourth It looked as If Rube would win He had Williams VII IIams in a bail bad badway ba way and worked In several upper cuts while Williams imams was covered up that did much damage Smiths straight jabs were effective Williams doing practical practically ly no offensive work in this round In the fifth Williams received a jab that started the claret and then after his man In a that fol followed lowed loed he lie reached Smith with two upper uppercuts uppercuts uppercuts cuts and landed a wild right to the jaw that staggered Smith Williams forced matters matter for the th rest of the round do doing doing doing ing all the damage It was clearly Wil VU Williams liams llama round Rube began to win in the sixth Wil Williams 11 hams liams trl ped and fell taking the count countIn In the seventh Rube reached the wind effectively and had Williams tired but the latter fought taught back gamely gamel gamelIn In the eighth Williams went down from froma a blow and slip combined and a moment later slipped down again It was wa at this time he claimed a foul Williams was clearly whipped In the ninth Smith slipped sUpped and fell feU on the ropes while Williams slipped down twice The latter was tired and went to his corner where he lie made his claim for fora a foul toul which was not allowed The Preliminaries The preliminary between the two sol soldier soldier dier tiler boys bos King Toilers and Frank Sel S 1 lick was the best tiet be t of the afternoon These two men were willing wilting but were shy sh on cleverness At stages of their six two minute rounds both men were so tired that a feather would lave liae knocked eith either er one of ot them down Schick did go godown godown godown down once all but out but as he stag staggered staggered staggered to his feet King was too tired to hit him King was given the decision The bout between Freddie West est and Young Fitzgerald was declared a draw |
