Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-04 | Page 11 | Hansen-George Go is Declared Draw

KEN-GEORGE GO IS DEMED DRAW Twenty-round Bout at Saltair Fails to Show Middleweight Middle-weight Master. "Kid" George nnd "Vic" Hansen fought twenty rounds at tho Saltair hippodrome last night to the general dissatisfaction of half a thousand light fans who looked on. Tom Painter, refcroo, called it a draw, probably In the absence of any real honors for either boxer, but in tho generally gen-erally expressed opinion of tho fans Hansen Han-sen outpointed George all the way. It was a clinch fight from start to end. It began in a clinch and tho last gong found tho referee still struggling to part tho men. The blows landed clean In open lighting could be countod on the fingers. Hansen Forces Fight. Hansen forced the fight all tho time, taking advantage of the continuous clinches to belabor George's kidneys and the back of his neck. That was about all George was willing to expose. Hansen i probably hit him u couplo of hundred times on one spot In the Bmall of the back and tho total result was a rosy complexion com-plexion on that part of George's anatomy, Neither man so much as left a visible mark on the other's features. The rounds were featureless and of a monotonous sameness. It was a enso of clinch, clinch, clinch, with a llttl0 futllo shadow boxing In betweon, In the twentieth twen-tieth round, urged on by tho howling fans, both men mixed It George scored a knockdown, but Hansen camo up smiling. smil-ing. They slugged ono another for probably prob-ably ten seconds and then came the clinch again and the gong. Meehan Is Knocked Out. The evening was not without features, however. Not least ol these was "Spike" Hennessey, the announcer. "Spike" has the question of acoustics tied up in a bag. His voice is a thing of beauty and a noise forever. He received moro applause ap-plause than any one else who cllmbod into tho ring last night. Young Lonnle Tucket- of Kansas City and Frank Martin of Salt Lako did their best in a six-round preliminary. Tucker was by far the more clever. He cut Martin's lips, closed one eye and brought the claret In generous quantities with a whirlwind of upporcuts, Martin was game and fought to the end of tho bout with flying colors. .Tuckor was given tho decision, . , , "Ted" Kelly of Pueblo knocked out Young Meehan of Snlt Lake In two rounds.