Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-02-24 | Page 9 | Jacobs Knocked out by Herrera in the Third

JACOCSIC&ED OUT 'BY ' Plccky Lccal Pu Put Up Game Baltic, bat Got a "Scckdclaicr" Over Heart. rHerrra wins" wig the decision given giv-en by Referee Billy Sauer to the middle of the third, round of the Herrera-Ja-coibe-contest at the old armory last sight... There was no. appeal from the justice of the decision, for there on the mat lay the sturdy little, local man, unable un-able to rise and quivering from the ef-, feet of. a terrific blow landed over his heart. The blow was delivered with such Quickness and precision that many sitting about the ringside did not see that dusky right when It shot out for the money. . : . Pth men entered the ring In' fine trim. Jacobs weighed 130 pounds, his eye was bright and he looked confident of his ability. Herrera, dark and wiry, weighed 128 pounds, although he looked larger than his opponent. Jacobs immediately im-mediately went after his man, and dur-. ingtho, entire" first round trid ineffec-. . tively to break, through the Mexican's guard: As the round progressed Jacobs began to-worry,-ah4 it was evident that tr Mexican had him guessing. " yearly in the second round Jacobs revived re-vived a tap on the Jaw from Herrera's rtght that should have warned him. . ' . It did not, however, and shortly afterward after-ward Herrera's right shot out again and Jacobs went to the mat At the ninth count he got to his feet, but was so groggy that he could not stand, iler-rera iler-rera watched his man closely and had him down and all but out at the gong. After about one minute's fighting in the third round, Herrera sent in a terrific ter-rific right to Jacobs heart, and the plucky local fighter went to the mat for the count. In Herrera's corner were "Biddy" Bishop and "Reddy" Gallegher, and in Jacobs' corner were "Young" -Price, VFat" MoCree . and "Young" Thomas. Eugene Thompson acted as official timekeeper. There were two preliminaries to the main event. The first was a six-round go between Jack Morris of Provo and Fred Morris., colored. The second was a fast four-round go between "Kid" Watkins of Kansas Glty and "Kid" Smith of Denver. The lads worked hard and furnished a good exhibition. Herrera's next fight will be with Jack Clifford at Butte on the 16th of next month unless 'ahother bout can be -arranged here.