Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-14 | Page 8 | Bat Levinsky Gives Jack Dillon a Merry Time

Ba Leviosky Gives Jack Dillon a Merry Time BATTLING LEVINSKY. :---y ;:..::v BALTIMORE, July 13. Jack Dillon Dil-lon of Indianapolis and Battling Levinsky of New York, light heavyweights, heavy-weights, fought a ten-round, no-decision bout at Oriulc park here today. The New Yorker outpointed the lloosicr in all but tho first and sixth rounds, in which Dillon hud a shade the better of the going, aud the fourth, which was even. The bout originally was intended to go fifteen rounds to a decision,, but the comparatively small attendance brought about a lengthy discussion between the boxers and promoters, which resulted in a compromise. It was announced that the lighters had waived their guarantees guaran-tees a 11 i.l agreed to put up a teu-rouud exhibition with no derision. The men fought somewhat cautiously during the first three rounds. There was some rough work in the fourth session, ses-sion, when .Dillon forced the fighting and tried for a knockout. Levinsky met him at his own game, however, and both men flit and missed in equal proportion. pro-portion. Dillon kept trying for a knockout in the fifth and sixth rounds, but Levinsky Levin-sky 's speed)- left made him miss many blows. The furious onslaught in the seventh, which was decidedly to Levinsky 's advantage, ad-vantage, seemed to give the New Yorker more confidence and the lloosicr was obliged to take severe punishment in the remaining rounds. There were fourteen women spectators.