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Show I DJBOIAKED A DRAW. GREAT DISSATISFACTION MANIFESTED MANI-FESTED VEn DECISION. Admitted by All That Rcan Ottt-l'oinlctl Ottt-l'oinlctl Williams 10 to 1 -Referee Admits ft Mistake. Tho Hcan-Willlams giovo contest VM pulled rt In tho 1'iovo opera hougo last evening boforo an overflowing nudlouco. Twnnty-two rounds wero sparred and nil tho ad-Tanweo ad-Tanweo was In Bean's favor, even William's most ardont friends admit-ling admit-ling as much. Dean weighed in at 1M pounds and Williams at 170 poumls, RVinir tho latter 25 pounds tho host of It. A fmrly wo,l fll'ei1 Iioubo greeted the fir' preliminary, which wns n llirco- round bout between Harding and Ruppor, both of Provo; J. T. Clark acted OS rofcrro and T. L, Evans as tlmo keeper. The coulost wns lively and resulted In a decision in fuvor of tbo smaller man, Ruppor, In the meantime tho Salt Lako special arrived and over 300 sports from that clty.wlih Hilly Itldd of tho Rio Grande Western In charge, filed in and filled the vacant chairs. Mayor Jones' In Ma usual happy manner greeted tho guests and audience audi-ence us follows: "Ooutlcniou You are assembled to witness a glove contest between Wil-JardBian Wil-JardBian of Pjovo in d Jim Williams of Salt Lake. A great many havo objected ob-jected to such a performance, but from Ihu appearance of Urn crowd it wi uld seem there nro several who havo no objections. ob-jections. Wo havo examined the ordl-nances ordl-nances of Trnvo anil had tliero been anything agalnts this event it would not have taken pi ice. "We depend upou your sense nf honor to maintain ordor. Wo have, ourolllcers hero to keep ordir, and if any youngster young-ster gets miisy, we trust somo man will slop his exuberance. At any rate, keep your scats. Also understand that it is contrary to tho r.ulca to havo any Humbling In tho ljouso. Wo expict Do I brutality mid that tills event will he fair and Bquaro, and no hittintr. bolow tbo boll; and if tho mou themselves can't bu nlsy,' then, In the language of Mrs. Maloney, 'they will he as alay as lhey can.1" After tho mayor's speech sovoral prominent Salt Lakers announced to Tub democuat man that "If Jones will come to Salt Lake wo will elect him mayor permanently. He's all right." Thrco cheers wero given for Mayor Jones, and a four-round contest was announced by Billy Wilson, master of ceremonies, bctweed Geno Roberts and Frank Kuowldcn. Tho bout was lively and decided a draw, although Roberts was considerably tho heavier and stronger. John Thomas of Salt Lako then gave a most excellent exhibition of club swinging and captivated tho audlonco with his cleverness. Billy Wilson then announced that a j disagreement was felt as to thocholco pf Herb Slndu as referee and suggested that somo ono ho chosen fr.iiu tho ring sldo. Putts, ono of Williams backers objected to n change, hut the crowd yelled "Dixon," "Glcason,'uud"Loose." Bean appeared on tho stngo and expressed ex-pressed his willingness to ncccpt anyone any-one mid stated thai ho did not accuso Stndo of bribery or any dishonesty. On nppearanco .of Williams tho mattor was settled by Slado being retniued as v refeicc. Hilly Wlllson, Tom Osborne and T. P- Clark wero in Bean's comer, whllo Jack Haynes, Kelly Golden and Joe Williams olllclated as 8ocondn for Williams. Wil-liams. Herb Slado was introduced as roforeo Bnd J. A. Lewis as tlmo keeper. Tlmo on tjio main light wpa called at 10:30. Tho following is a short history by round-: Round 1 Roth sparred for an opening. open-ing. lJean landed on Williams' chest and again on tho faci. A rapid cx-chango cx-chango of blows followed with n clinch and cull of time, llean decidedly tho best of It. Houud2 A short, but heavy, ex-chatiiio ex-chatiiio and clinch, llean landing on Williams' wind and in tho face. Bean again the best or it. Hound 3 Opened wlti a weak exchange ex-change of blow?, then Williams re-elved re-elved hard onvs in tho st much and face an I w.n forced to his knees. An exchange followed in w Icli llean ro ctdved a specially hard one In tho face. Hound 4 Honi.rs wero' ecn, llean landing on Williams' wind no Ivlng two in the f ce. Hnih clinched to nvold punlshmont. Bean made several clover escapes from Jim's wicked punches. Hound 5 Aft'T light sparring followed fol-lowed by a cli'ch, llean landed four hard ouch on Jim, one In the face, auothcrln tho neck and two in tho side. Dean reoived a hard one. In tho face and was forced to tho ropes whon tho gong B"iii.dMl. Hound 0 Williams forced tho fight- ( ihg, but got the worst of It. Dean . Inndcd on Jim's fctomach twlco and oncoln tho neck. Wi Hams clinched to save himself. Tho round was clear-, ly Bean's. Hound 7 Oponed slow. Bean after somo light sparring laml.nl heavily on Jim's wind and again on liN in rk. It looked us though it wns Bean's fight when tho gong sounded. Hound 8 Tills round wns very tame, tho only blows being on Williams' stomach ano" fnce, v. ry light. Hound 0 This round belonged to Williams, who gayo Bonn two hard ones on face and chest. Bean coun-tend coun-tend on Williams' faco but failed to mako an impression. Hound 10 Honors oven. Both mon I landed, Beau on tho stomach and side and Jim n he stomach. Bean made a clever duck of ono of Jim's hard ones and the round closed with a clinch. Hound 11 Williams received at the start two hard ones in tho face and clinched. In a rapid exchange both had faco blows and Bean drew first blood out of William's nose. Bean was tho "whole clieeso" this round. Hound 12 Hound opened with nno each in tho faco. Bean smiled and Jim looked funny." Williams gels ono in stomach and one on the head and looked to bo going when the gong song. Hound all Bean's. Hound 13 Bean caught Jim In tho fnco and received a heavy ono In exchange. Bean evened up and mom by two on Williams' bread basket and ono In tho faco. in the clinch there wero loud cries of foul on account of play mado by Williams, and whllo palpable was not allowed. After Williams Wil-liams got two more hard ones time was called whon tho Salt Lako pug was on tho run. Hound 14 Was a hard ono. Rapid exchanges weio tho feature, coupled with the clover ducking of Bean, A clinch and call or tlmo apparently sayed Williams. Hound 15 Williams riihhcd but missed and got ono on tho stomach. A rapid exchango and clinch with honors even. Hound 10 Williams got bard ono in face. Thou clinches after exchango of light blows. Williams got two on tho head and a heavy ono in tho stomach and tho call of tlmo saved the ex-champion. ex-champion. Hound 17 Roan fresh as a daisy, Williams a httlo ".'ogle." Williams gets ono In face, stomach and head and saves himself with a clinch. Hound 18 Kveu tho Salt Lako sports were tired of Williams und hissed him, Bean hit Jim at will anil forced him to tho ropes. Williams just able to walk straight to his corner. At this stngo ono obstreporoua Sail Lako sport(?) was tukonout by Deputy Sheriff Henry. Hound 10 Williams evidently had a second (or third) wind, and camo up fresh. Got pno on Bean's neek but In tho exchango had more stomach pun-ishmout. pun-ishmout. After an exchange on tho face, In which Bean had the best of it, followed a clinch, Rouud 0 Oponed with cautious sparring. Williams received six hard blows on face and neck and evidently felt weary. Bean had ull tho best of It. Rouud 21Hean got a hard ouo on Jim's neck and rocolvod a returner. Alter a clinch Williams gathered in a protty ono in his faco and would have gone out but for call of tlmo. Round 22- Contestants shook hands and Williams immediately rocolvod four quick ones all over. After a clinch Jl, caught Uou "swifter' In the face which was relumed, at least oven, land m.i as cil.cd aud l.ho "contest" 1 1 " AsHievldetice of tho fresh .on.tltlou lot WW ha cams to tho froni f 'too stage and Very cleverly turned a back I summersault, Rufi-reu Slade appeared at tho front or tbo stngo and declared the cum est. a , draw. Under tho condition of the contest tho decision was so manifestly uuf ilr that now. s i i ue and derision broko nut all over the hnuso. Even Williams' supporters In tho majority admitted that llean was thn winner. In talking with Heforoe Slado today wo will stale that hu s.iy ho was not advised ad-vised that the nittch was a contest for points or he would have given Ihu decision de-cision to Bean. Slado also says lliat on points Bean was tho winner over 10 to 1. In conclusion wo deslro to con-gratulato con-gratulato thtnatiatteiicntnf the affair for tho perfect sealing accommodations accommoda-tions and tho good order umlutulnud throughout'. |