Deseret Evening News | 1905-02-04 | Page 22 | The Largest Sum Ever Fought For

c V arm run r In M Ln S The Largest Sum Ever ei Fought For J j c hi n 11 n M inn I nuu U H It I Is in over II 1 years since James J f tiit won the tho heavyweight ft pf of o the Hie world troll from John JohnL Johl L I at at New Now Orleans That tight on UI Sept Sc t 7 T 1 1892 was sius contested for tor the tho largest over at itt II stoke stake In itt II a it 1 ring The purse puno offered the men va Wa tsal 2100 saul and b besides this en enl h posted Ilo II a t clue IIA bet bel of or mak making ing IIII huu a 1 total stoke stake of or t Another record light wan WOI held hell at nl Now New Orleans April fl C 1893 1803 In that dute Andy and Jack Hurko Burll met mel metIn melIn In hit what WOH YeM s for tor or a 0 finish h the thc fight lasting seven coven bouts and ant 10 the tha longest glov con contest CO test tel In 11 tho the record of ot the thue sport Hind QUil three of o his bis biggest In the Louisiana city He lp I In won the middleweight champion phi by liy h knowing knol ln out alit Jock Jack Dempsey De 1 1111 In la 13 rounds Jan 14 H In March 1881 lsD he lie hI won from Yo Peter er In 12 and ft a J r lati v renJI d 1 his hut I II Itt against ll If If 1111 nil by n it I knockout In the fourth round There were other great Irl I lights fights but hUI butth th the greatest of ut all 11 was 1 the th tiny or butt defeated Sullivan The Contest wis sas nM the tho lh winduP of ot a ii f carnival lusting three IllY 11 In widen as many championships were ere Sept 5 G Jack Mra 11 Hilly Ily Meyer for foi the l The Thc now nol day df DIxon won WOI tho honors from from Jack anti and thou then thel the bl big men settled their question Is he I still In thin the ring and he ho Is la nn ito ni better bet ter than a I preliminary I inn ry boxer In iii II is he M a I saloon saloonkeeper saloonkeeper keeper fn to Pennsylvania nail and poor Jock Jack J rk went to I the bud bed years ago ogo lund and disappeared