Show ingersoll wins over joe dark clark given the decision on a foul in the tenth round of a rattling good fight T the opera house in eureka AT A last vi eda esda evening boss ross ingersoll of eureka and joe dark clark of 0 salt lake put up about prettiest battle that has been wit here for many moons inger soil b being eing given a decision on a foul in the round the contest was witnessed by nearly five hundred fight fans ani it is safe to say that nearly half of them were dissatisfied with the becis on of referee prank frank murray being of the ogmon op nion that inasmuch as it was anybody s fight it should have continued until either ingersoll or dark clark could have landed a knockout knock out blo v there never w as a time during the tho entire ten rounds of fighting that the men were not at it hammer and tongs and wh ie le ingersoll was the general favorite a the beginning dark clark came rapidly in to favor after the second ro ind of f fighting the first two rounds con vinced the local folio follo vers of the game that they had either underestimated darks clarks ability or overestimated that of ingersoll there is no getting away from the tact fact tint thit joe dark clark is a fighter he ile is shifty on his feel feet and has the system of urd meering a pretty stiff punch from either hand his most effective work being lone with his left his fast foot worl orl stood him in good hand several times wh ie le ingersoll may lack ring ex e peri ence and the fact that many ol 01 dark clarks s blobs blo va connected up with hi face in heated that his guard wa weak he has remarkable vitality ani staving qualities A time or two noticeably in the fifth ani ant ninth rounds the sound of the 9 gong ong an bouncing noun cing the eni end of the round wa undoubtedly sweet mus 0 to the eu reka rela boy s ears as he was groggy each time ho vever he came ul u fresh and strong and was not only ready for more pun ashment but able to force the fighting referee murray saas that there is no denying the fact that ingersoll was fouled twice in tha tenth round the referee states that he allowed the fight to go on after dark clark hal landed far below the belt thinking that the blow night m possibly poss bay have been delivered unintentionally but later when clark landed on inger soil a head as the latter was stepp ng away from a clinch with his arms relaxed he decided that there was sufficient grounds for a barding the fight to ingersoll of course there is always a difference of opinion on such matters no two people can see a boxing contest in exactly the same I 1 and many are liable to let their own personal feelings enter ii 0 to their decisions without trying to go into detail v e give the following fol folio loving ving brief report of the affair by rounds BOUND ROUND I 1 no time lost in spar ring both fighters being anxious to mix things ingersoll being the a ag g bressor lively exchange of blo vs several clinches the round being slightly in favor of the local man BOUND ROUND 2 clark repeatedly lands it s left his uppercuts penetrating ingersoll a guard in the clinches ingersoll pounded away at clark s ribs and head but at close range the blows lacked force it was dark clarks s round I 1 BOUND 3 cl aches were frequent dark clark put his left and right to ing ersoll s face and received some sting ing blows in return both fighting hard with honors about even at close of the round BOUND ROUND 4 first blood for dark clark drawn from ingersoll s nose by a couple of well directed blows both fighting viciously when round closed honors about even ingersoll stand ing the punishment well and having good wind BOUND ROUND 5 ingersoll landed heava ly y on dark clarks s jaw with his left and force forcel 1 his man into corner of the ring where dark clark s de stepped duck ed and got a vay from blows w hect had they landed would have ha ve ende the f dark clark retal bretal ate abed d forced the fighting and had his opponent anent down and groggy at the sound 0 the gong BOUND ROUND 6 both the effee of the fierce fighting ingersoll wen to knees after mix up dark clark alac down before blo va vs to the head ing gerroll do aga n but up at th the count of nine lively exchange ex chane of 1 blows throughout the round BOUND 7 most of the fighting done in cl riches most alost of break clean early in the ingersoll lown until count of n ne dark clark alic lown town to knees fast fighting but 1 radically all at close range th advantage vantage id if any was in dark clark favor BOUND ROUND 8 repeated clinches both fighters slugging hard at close range early in the r round rushed dark clark about the ring but fail ed to lard effective blows ingersoll strongest of two at dose close but his face showed effect of punishment pun ashment ment bound round 9 early in the round ingersoll put his man do t vice later dark clark forces the fighting and the local min man goes to the floor corn com ing up at the count of nine inger soil do down u aga n when the gong sounds BOUND 10 ingersoll went lo 10 n the first mix up being struck be lo 10 i the belt he ile regained his feet but was groggy in the next mix up he received another blow while step ping ing back after a cl rich and wa awarded the tight fight because of these two fouls |