| Show I 1 williams went down for count in the eighth round christy will ams the colored fight r took th count in the eighth aund of his bout with joe dark clark it at the elks pavil on in eureka on wednesday night many of the spec spee gators figured that will ams w was as look ng for a soft in which to tall fall right from the time the fight stait it d lie ile kept cov comred red up during the greater part of the eight rounds and while he showed s gas 01 life occa signally iio sio nally he was no match for joe lark the ie le t a 8 ving to the head abich came early in the car ried hardly enough steam to make it d i knock out blo v although williams ace showed that he hal previously taken some punishment it was just as well that he was as not game enough to continue the fight because h s style of lighting was not pleas ng the spectators t to any great extent barlier earlier in the even ng when mose pratt the unde bated champion of brintle issued a challenge to fight williams his de i caused considerable laughter but a ter the local follow ers era oi 01 the game sa v the miserable showing shih williams made thy aegan to think that perhaps mose knew what he was talking about wednesday night nights s preliminaries A ere worth the mon man y and conse there was very kick ing because the man ma n event was not up to the standard bat but a few more such bouts would put the fight ing game on the blink here in the first pre prel lias was bowein hairy wallace and a salt lake tighter fighter then came the b g of the evening air mr mose alose pratt esq vs an unknown mose got the de casion after three rounds of fighting g the rhe zed headed beaded joung youngster ster wha was the star performer in th th rd pre 1 sho shoved ved class he ile got h u man in the first round and has all the ear marks a a shifty little boxer bran parker and barlog 1 roberts two little mixed th tor for three rounds and so thoroughly picas pleas ed the crowd that several handfuls of silver were thrown to them the boya boys eat fiat down on the mat and di vided the pot pat each having in the neighborhood of five dollars ross ingersoll acted as referee for the prel events and D I 1 rob erts was the referee for the williams dark clark bout jack monahan and I 1 rank mcdowell promoted the affair |
