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Show I Giant Wliiie Hope Put . Out by Smaller Boxer Blow Was Delivered Before He Was on His Feet and Referee's Decision of Knockout Js Set Aside; May Meet Again. I The second set of preliminaries in the slate amateur tournament were hold Inst night In tile Y. XI. C. A. The sport was marred by the collapse of the bleachers and the Injury of several spectators, an at!cfdont which Is described In the news columns of this Issue. 5ome of the hojile were excellent, The final event, however, was little shorty of a fiasco, the giant .Uabboti, whofo tremendous! tre-mendous! alae liad frightened many Rood heavyweights from entering tho tournament, tourna-ment, was knocked unconscious in tho first round by an unknown light-heavy named Fred Folach. The sleep producing punch was delivered before Mabbott had '.rot on hifi feet. He had fallon partly on account, of his opponent's blows and partly by his Inability to retain balance uf 50 great a frame. It was the old story of the bigger they are the harder they fall, but the officials rofuncd to allow the referee's decision In Felach's favor, ns ho had struck before hlo adversary had risen from his knoe. George Robinson, better known to local lo-cal sporting circles as "Kid" Hannan, who has been aiding .Tack Downey In handling- tho giant, took exception to Felach'a foul punch, which was undoubtedly undoubt-edly delivered under excitement, and without intention of fouling. The "Kid" Jumped to 1 ho mat and wanted to mix with the announced victor. Felnch, nothing noth-ing loth, was willing to battle, and the ring wa3 crowded with excited trainers, but peace was made. Director O. B. Gingrich Ging-rich announced that the decision was disallowed and that the men would meet again cither tonight or Monday night, as tho tournament may require 1111 the JatJ ter date for completion. I 'Jones Wins Mat Bout. Tho contests started off with a lively vrstllng bout between Men it Young of the Peserct gymnasium and David H. .rones, Jr., an unattached athlete from Prove The boys vwcri In the 135-pound claps. Young showed some knowledge of the game. Jones was exceedingly strong, and though lacking In science, managed to secure a fall alter five and one-half minutes. lie won with a bar-scissors. bar-scissors. Dan Davidson had apparently heard what a clever moxer Ronald McDonald was, for he made no appearance, and Mc-. Donald took tho bout by default. As a substltuto for this Hood MJers nnd Glen Gntke, at l'X pounds, furnished the most exciting and scientific bout of the tournament. These two boys are classmates and trained for the tournament tourna-ment together filers was the favorite and maintained this prestige until near the close of the second round, when Gutke, shifting to a peculiar crouch, established es-tablished a lead. The bout was even at the close of the second. In the third Gulke hit Miers frequently and earned the decision. The third contest was between 13. Schellenberger of the Y. M". C. A. a-nd John ChichlnopolouB of the same Itihtitu-tion. Itihtitu-tion. The Creole, though physically stronger than his opponent, sras no wrestler, losing after one minute of grappling. The fouTlh bout of a. hoxins- exhibition between BUI AnawtnpoTous of the Y. XT. ". A. and Harry Hnlton of the Desereti c.vrn, wan awarded to Tlallon in tho second sec-ond round because of coaching from the "Y" bov nonirr. Halton proved hlm-i't;lf hlm-i't;lf the lutltor. though smaller, bov, out-: 'oxinc tho Greek. Bill is the wrUer who. Thursday r.Igh-t, was accused of Wt-Ing Wt-Ing hip opponent. Ho tried tho same -Uint on MaJtor5 ear lat evening, but waived several hard Jabs to the nose 'Or hi? efforts-. , H. Van Dusen e.t 125 pounds. wrssUIng- for the Y. JM C. A., beat WliUia.m Mecham of the B. Y. U. after ten mln-utos. mln-utos. Van Dupen. was much lighter and not as strong as the Provo boy, but his cleverness enabled him 1o win. Van Ducen gave Freddie Orabbe a hard battle bat-tle In the tournament last winter. Bodner and Clinc, both of the Y. IU. C. A,, put on a laughable .performanco that wa.s flchedulrd np a lZG-pound boxing box-ing match. Neither boy liad on excess of science, but Cline anight havo won bv tandin;r up to his opponent Bodnor, howevor, was willing to mix and when he found Young Abe Attoll relieating before lim, forced a slight advantage until the bout was stopped toward the close of the second round. Bodner got. tho decision. George Given of the Dcsorot had an easy victory over It. Bcrtagnoll of the . Xi. C. A., in the middleweight wren-ling wren-ling class. Simpkin Shows Grit. In tlie 14S-round boxing Gus Xn-eff, a slim, well-built soldier from Fort Doug-lae. Doug-lae. had an easy victory over S. G. Bnr-brldge, Bnr-brldge, unattached. Barry Han-la of Uie B. Y. U. who, Thursday night, beat George HalUng--forth of the Deseret gym. met a tartar in John 'Simpkin of the T. r. C. A. last nignt. The wrostlen; were nupposed to weigh llo pounds, but Simpkin was considerably con-siderably weaker than the Provo lad. He held Harris, however, merely through pit until the expiration of ten minutes, but lost the decision. It was during thi3 match the bleachers went down, but the athletes did not notice it until they finished fin-ished wrestling. G. ar. Hottlnger. who won both here r&ln 3eInVe,1. 'nst wiirter, cosily beat William Birrell of the Deseret gym in the l&S-pound boxing. Tlottiner entered en-tered as unattached and. waa willing to take a decision after three rounds of fair milling1. The Felach vh. Mabbott fiasco came at the conclueion of the programme and the large crowd loft. Tne llnals will be held tonlglit and Monday.' |
