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Show BEAN A WINNEll. "MORMON CYCLONE" KNOCKS FARRELL OUT IN 0 ROUNDS. A Hard Fight ami Both .Men In to Win-It Was No Fake and B..t'i ol the Principals Received Scvete Pun'Bliincii t. The ten-round mntch botwern Wll lard W. Bean, champion of Utah, and Laurence Farreli of Colurado, look plaee In the I. O. 0. F. hall In Eureka lat Thursday evenlnir, It was a hard tight with both men nut, to win and ine lariio crowd In at tendance undoubtedly received their money's worth. Tho p-nditlon of the match were Unit Farreli Far-reli should kuncK Bean out til ten rounds, but as the llubt reaulted, Beau whipped his man In nine rounds. The result was largely a surprise as Fan ell was il least 130 pounds heavier than Dean and has had much more ring ex-perh ex-perh nee. Three preliminary bouts pu-cedod the main eveiu of the even lug between local spoils as follows: L. U. JohiiMUi of M 'lei'r and W. J. Tie-zotii Tie-zotii of Silver City, Jake Benm-iu of .Silver City and Oien Kelly of Mammoth, Mam-moth, Jack Labor and E. W. Packer, both of Kuieka. All of lb so contests were lively and whetted tho appetite of tli crowd for lhn main event. The light proper was delii) oil nbout 45 minutes by tho slowness of Farreli In getting leady, and It wns i o ir y 11 "'clock tlnfoii' the prlnc'pa's mei In tin ijuir. Billy Wilson and Geo. Har risnti acted as Beau's seconds, while Jack L iher and E 1 1 Pnc er performed a similar ieiv!ce for Fan ell. Herb Slink-, the Moarl, was refero- un-l Jack Lewis tlme-kei per. Ilea n weighed In nt It pounds nnd F.urell at about 18.). From tho stin t the lighting wis fast and furious. The men clinched frequently, and Imu.Ii struck In tho breakaway. Fnncll forced the lighting, and in the second round drew Hist blood by u vicious punch on liean'a nose. At I lib end nl tho m cend rnund Benn was bleullng fiTely.hnt Finn II showed itlln signs of imulsliiiicii'. Bean ihrew Farreli twice in tin inuud, when tho men clinched. Tho third loiiiul wn full of hard llxhilng. both men playing for thofaee. Farreli opened the roiiiih lound by lauding hard several times on Beau's face and ueik, and geilli g sevi ml MlIT ouos in reiuin. FnireK had mticli Ihn Ir si of It at tho llnlt.li, tn-wi ver, mid Bean was very groggy t the close of ho round, and staggered lo his corner. In lids r und Beau disloi-n.ti-d his light thumb by one of his vislou punches on Ityrioll's face. TImi fifth round wns rather tame. Hoi li men showed clfec's ol the hard lighting, and clinched frequently to iivntd punishment, Commencing with tills round Beau clrint-ed his tncilcs, making ipost of his play at F.irreli's wind. The result showed his wisdom a l ho body punchiH roeulvud by Fur roll evidently did tho business In ibo clxih Beau was almost out twice, hut, landed several stiff piiuohi.- on the Color.ido man, and finished with n shade the best of It. In I ho seventh and eighth rounds the lighting was vlcl'itis. limn rushed Farreli frequently, but In return received re-ceived conidrabhi punishment, and wiA covered with blond when time wus called. The ninth and Inst round opened tamely enough, but was speedily finished fin-ished by Reun, who justified his title to i lie iiiimo of "Mormon cyclquo" by a terrific rusb and half u dozen hard blows on Farroll's body followed up by a severe cut under tho cur that ended tho battle. Ho rushed Farreli to the rope. From there Furred staggered iicros the ring and fell, faco downward, down-ward, und was counted out. Those who expected the fight lo bs a fake '.veto limb utnodly ill)ippolnted as t ho contest was certainly for a result. re-sult. At Ihn openliu Rufojeu Sbule staled thnt tho contest must bo a light or theto would be no decMou, and ah-Ktilutoly ah-Ktilutoly re lu fed to allow tho numerous fouls claimed. The result of tho flghl is Most t-ntlsfiirtory to Provo ns Bouu Is a great fuvi'ilto hero and all now ad init Beau's elnlni to tho title of 'Champion (if Utah." Ws hopo (he next tight ho' has wilt bo pulled nit at Piovor.ud Wlllurd given a chance to show Our homo people wlmt ho call do, |