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Show I FANS SEE GREAT EIGHT, BUT THEY OBJECT TO DECISION IN FAVOR OE THE COLORED BOY - Willie St. Clair, brown - skinned tioxer from Salt Lake, was Riven the decision over Lee Morrlssey of Idaho Falls last night by Referee Prank Armsfronp at the end of the twenty-round twenty-round fight at the Armory The decl-sion decl-sion did not moot the approval of the fans and for ten minutes or more fhey kept their places and hooted and jeered. The consensus of opinion was that the fight could easily have boon a good draw but never a decision for H St. Clair. Howevor. a careful analysis of it from an unbiased standpoint, and after a night's sloop, niipht lead onti to de-elde de-elde tho same as Armstrong. Tha colored boy looked the cleaner and probably the fresh when the hghl ended. No one could accuse Mm of ever stalling or turning awaj Iroin the punishment handed out to him No one could accuse him of not bi mp in the fight all the time or of noi oarrj ing tho fight to his opponent when-ever when-ever he had the chance Still the deci-sion deci-sion was very risk Eighth Round. The fans thought if there was any-thing any-thing but a draw decision it might pos-sibly pos-sibly go to Morrlssey for his work apainst St. Clair in the efg&th round. The colored boy seemed to bo groggy and fighting for time in this frame, bm it ended without him going down or losing his pose. This round was the big period of the whole fight It is seldom' such a situation develops. There seemed to be a unanimous opinion in the audi-once audi-once that the colored boy wall about to take the count. Every one in the hall rose to his feet and opened his lunss and yelled. The noise war deafening. It took on a high pitched lone which made the air fairly ibraie with its sound. And the two battlers, walking cautiously about the ring, were the center of all eyes. Morrlssey was en-veloped en-veloped in blfl dangerous crouch, from which he has opened up many a wicked haymaker. St. Clair was stum-bllng stum-bllng about the ring covering a: best he could, his face just a shade lighter than usual. Time and again Lee drove in rights and lefts which recked the colored boy's body and head but ex-cept ex-cept for a slowly growing gros:inr St. Clair seemed to stay up well. Mor- I rissey backed him into a corner and jerked up a brace of stinging upper- icuts which sent St. Clair's head from 1 Bide to side. Still he hung on. The fans exported to see him go down any ' second. He swayed on his feel nnd ' held en to his opponent when oppor-1 oppor-1 ttiRity offered, but still he kept up Then the gong broke the noise and he staggered to his corner. Cold water 'and speedy rubblnc brought hint back j in the next round as fresh as eer. If Morrissey ever came close to gel-tine gel-tine the Sacramento boy's "goat" It waj m that round. Was Good Fight The fight as a whole was aboul the best that Promoter Billy Cdastnann has ' staged. The two boys fought from the start to tho finish- there was neer any let up to their willingness and their work Morrlssey started the batlle by con-! con-! net tins with Willie's mouth in the Brat 'second of the fight with a stirf punch. Willie took n in. smiled and settled into his workmanship manner. I Continually throughout, fans were ; heard to remark that St Clair had : nver been against a man his en,ual in this country and they thought Mor-tiaaey Mor-tiaaey was the boy who could draw hlra out and make him show whether he was a frest or the real stuff. If that is (he case, the colored boy is genuine, gen-uine, for he put up one of the nicest little fiphts one could ish to Bee. Ho 'showed himself to be a clever. Willing fighter and a hard hitter. , " The fight, with the exception of the eighth round, seemed so even that it j could hardly be determined on rounds. Both boys were matched In weight, height and reach. Morrlssey seemed to show the pus-lahment pus-lahment he was getting more than the colored boy. His left ear was cut. his left cheek bene slightly bruised and his nose bleeding at times. Ono could not detect any nicks on the brown -skinned boy except a big bump on 1 is !efi cheek bone. The prelimindries were both good tights. In the first Battling Donaldson Donald-son and Kid Burns fought a four-round four-round draw. They are in the flyweight class. id Koko and Blacklc Malan fought the second, a six -round affair. K. O. Brown refe.-eed and gave the decision to Koko, which was pretty fair. Thin (x-rouna Ppht was quite interesting,; althouch not spectacular |