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Show HE POUNDED PURCELL Tho Omaha Barber Suffer Defeat at the Hands of the Salt Lake Boy. A TUEF EXCHANGE ASSUEED, 7jrginians Object to the Proposed Sullivan- McAuliffe Mill Baseball and Horse Eaoing. A great slugging match was that at the Golden Gate Athletic club last light between Jim Williams of Salt Lake and a barber named Frank Pur-ell Pur-ell of Omaha. It was a ten-round contest with soft gloves. . At least it started out for ten rounds 'nit only eight were fought. Poor Purcell was satisfied with eight, ir at all events, whether he was or was lot, he was unable to got before his ipponent when time for the ninth round was called. He was knocked out and the referee, James Donaldson, gave the light to Williams. The fight was the event of tho evening, even-ing, although there was the usual preliminary pre-liminary sparring and wrestling between be-tween numerous local amateur pugilists. pugi-lists. For the Williams-Purcell encounter Donaldson was chosen referee and Ed. Kelly timekeeper. Both pugilists appeared ap-peared in good shape when they entered en-tered the ring with their seconds. Of tho 150 spectators present Purcell was the favorite, as he appeared more snriehtlv and wiry. But after the first round his friends were disappointed. He stripped at 188 pounds, while Williams Wil-liams is a man of 170. Tho diil'ereiice in weight is what led many to believe that Purcell was tho quickest man with his feet and lists. On tho contrary, Williams proved to be the best trained, most scientific and sprightliest. Ho is a well-built man and for an amateur light-weight, is quito n clover slugger. HE GOT BLOOD. In tho first round, after both sparred for an opening, Williams finally got it and gave Purcell a sniashor with his left that brought blood. In tho next Williams had considerably more confidence confi-dence and rushed tho fight, working for either a left or right blow in the ,1'acc. Purcell then perceived his opponent'? quickness, and was more cautious than In tho first. He managed to give Williams Wil-liams a couple of blows in tho neck, but they were not sufficiently effective to discommodo his antagonist to any great extent, and then Williams got in another left handor which brought moro blood. When time was called for tho third round Purcell appeared as though he w'shed ho was not "in it," and Williams took the lead. The latter was fresh and got in three or four blows, whilo Purcell swung a very pretty under-cut in William's Wil-liam's ribs. At the end of tho round both men were winded. In tho fourth both sparred for wind and playod for an opening. Finally Williams got in a terrible lel'f handor that brought tho claret from Purcell's nose. Williams in tho fifth mado an nndor-out for his opponent's op-ponent's neck but failed to reach him and on his whirl Purcell caught him a stunner in tho bread basket. The round wound up in a clinch which was brokon by the l'eferoe. In the sixth round Williams got in three successive blows in tho face of his antagonist and moro blood wa.s visible. In tho seventh Purcell played the defensive at tho opening, but after a little sparring, and after Williams gavo him a smash in tho nose the Omaha Oma-ha man got his second wind and did some clever work. He succeeded in planting two blows in Williams' face and two iu tho neck and ribs. This began to put more confidence in him, ami ho thought ho might possibly do Williams in the next three rounds. But ho didn't, for when time was called he was spitting blood and vomiting. However, How-ever, ho showed up for the eighth but was before Williams but a short time when he received re-ceived a stunuer thnt sent him over the ropes. Some of tho auditors cried foul, but to no purpose as the referoo decided de-cided that Williams was the winner of tho fight when Purcell failed to respond to call. WANTS TO GO AGAINST SOMEBODY ELSE. Purcell now wants to fight anybody in the territory at welter-weights for any reasonable sum, Mike Fitzgorald is his trainer. Williams will probably moot Strador in a contest if the Athletio club will put tin a Sinn ,ir mi no f tho twi, j want to light.. , THE PRELIMINARY SCRAPPING. Steve Davis and Smith had a four-round four-round sparring match, in which points counted for Davis according to the decision de-cision of Frank Fitzgerald, the referee. Then Fitzgerald and Harry Kendall had a go, and Fitz was a winner. , A wrestling match came next, and Jim Strader was matched against an unknown, who proved to bo Jessie Wilde. Strader agreed to throw him live times, catch as catch can, iu thirty minutes, and then lost tho first fali. After that ho got in his work, and in seven minutes hud scored the other live. Everybody left the club will satisfied with tho evening's sport. |