Show Boxing was the main 1903 sports attraction Baseball was just getting started in the United States and it was starting to become a popular sport in t the the e Uintah Basin A story concerning I baseball follows as as' it was printed in The Vernal Express Express' i ion on June 27 1903 TilE THE VERNAL Ball Team went to Ft Duchesne for a game yesterday and nd fully expecting t to to tC C come me back covered all with glory They got the game all right that is they crossed bats bats' with the Fort D Duchesne chesne team yesterday and the score we hate hale to say it but if we must we must so here goes stood 27 to 19 in favor Cavor of Ft Duchesne Comment is is' unnecessary but we would like to bet something that we we can take the first nine men who t J pass l t our ur office nd beat belt rd te friz l S d I 1 I boys expect to come Vern Vernal l' l lon rl on the The sport of baseball was ws w S' S Snot not the number one sport im the Uintah Basin Boxing was the main sport written about In inthe the he Vernal Vernal Express A boxing article follows as it appeared in inthe inthe inthe the Vernal Express Expression on August 22 1903 JEFFRIES STILL CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAM CHAM- PION Defeats Former Champion Corbett in the Tenth Round TEN THOUSAND people saw salt saw James J J. J Jefferies champion heavyweight of the world defeat Jim Corbett at the Mechanics' Mechanics Pavilion in San Francisco Friday night when Jefferies played with wilh his opponents opponents opponents op op- for nine and half rounds when Corbetts Corbett's seconds motioned to the referee to stop the fight in order to save their principal from needless punishment The end came shortly after the beginning of the tenth round when Jefferies planted one of his terrific left swings on Corbetts Corbett's stomach The man who conquer conquered John L Sullivan dropped to the floor in agony and the memorable scene at Carson when Bob Fitzsimmons landed his solar blow w was was s almost almot duplicated This time however Corbett struggled to his feet and again faced his gigantic adversary With hardly a moments moment's hesitation Jeffries swung his right and again landed on Corbetts Corbett's stomach Jim Jim- dropped to the floor and then it was that Tommy Ryan seeing that it wa was all allover over motioned to Referee Graney to stop the J I punishment THE TIIE FI FIGHT demonstrated beyond all doubt that Jeffries stands alone in his class He showed remarkable improvement improvement im im- provement ment in both speed and skill Corbett Corbell during the first part of the fight was almost and the few blows that he landed on Jeffries were apparently without sting Jim Corbett said after the fight II I I did my best and lost I fought the best I knew how Jeffries was too big for me and he is the best man in the world IC the public is sa satisfied with my fight I am m. m Im I'm glad to give Jeffries all the credit that is his due I have no personal feelings in the e matter I have fought my last fight b km Another nf air I II l fr that Vern Vernal l' l Express on December 5 1903 The article printed word for word follows GARDNER STAYED THE LIMIT Fitzsimmons Was Unable to Knock Him Out in Twenty Rounds HOB Bon FITZSIMMONS IONS proved Wednesday night that he was not a dead one when he out- out boxed and out Gardner for 20 full rounds in San Francisco Fitzsimmons was as awkward and as cunning as of yore and apparently realizing that he must foster his str strength there was not a moment when he was not carefulness personified While the old man could avoid punishment punishment punishment punish punish- ment from Gardner he could not knock his opponent out although he l landed a number of vicious blows From his performance performance performance per per- Gardner is not in Filz's Fitz's class He landed on the timer old-timer once in a while but Fitz was always going away from him and the blows were harmless Several times Fitz Filz apparently had Gardner almost out but he was either too tired or lacked his old strength and could not land a out knock punch Fitzsimmons was very skillful in blocking and dodging Gardeners Gardener's blows and in the clinches and breakaways was very ery careful BOXING WAS the sports activity that was getting gelling the most print but with coming of the World Series in 1903 and every year except 1904 to the present baseball picked up more space i V Vt t f t w r i 1 f r 1 r 1 i em v A LADY KNOCKS the ball boll toward the Ih net not during Vernal Utah Utah Stake volleyball a action tion |