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Show WiLHOl ID ' WILUJIMS DRAW The s'x round i.uxu.g contest, which was pulled yff last evening In Labor Union hall hot ween Bud llalverson of Ogden and Kid Willlama of Cblcagn. was declared a draw by Referee White, the decision meeting with gen-crol gen-crol approval. The men' met at catch-weights. Williams Wil-liams appearing to he about the llght-woicht llght-woicht limit and Halverson a trifle lighter. The latter la much the taller of the two and was more clever than his stocky opponent Williams Is a hard hitter, however, and although lacking as a Judge of distance, succeeded suc-ceeded in landing many telling blows, which, had tho cloves been smaller, would have jarred the local man with ; considerable effect. The gloves used were eight -ounce "pillows'" which made lauding a damaging blow quite Impossible Hal-verson'tt Hal-verson'tt right and left swings frequently fre-quently found their mark on the Chicago Chi-cago boy's face and several times had him stnggerlncr with little m.re effect, ef-fect, however, than to rouse him to an animated rally In which he would rush his opponent across the ring witli rib roasters and stinging upper-cuts upper-cuts which had some of them landed, would have more lhan evened matters In the matter of points, llalverson had a shade the best of It. although the decision of a draw was unquestionably a fair one. llalverson wan seconded by F. C RIcken, C. V. Rapp and Jack Stanley, Stan-ley, while Williams was looked after by Kid Blackey, Kid Hawkins and Fred Kumiss. In the opening round, both men sparred cautiously. llalverson landing a couple of light lefts to the faco with Williams coming back with a right upper-cut which grazed his opponent's oppo-nent's Jaw and brought exclamations of warning from the friends of the native snn. Williams missed several hard swing and In a clinch which followed, fol-lowed, llalverson used a right backstroke back-stroke almtl at Williams' ribs, hut which fa'lod to connect. Tho round closed with honors even. The second round was a repetition of the first as rejnirde cautious sparring, sparr-ing, each man evidently seeking an opening for a telllug blow, but preferring pre-ferring to awn It an opportunity Both men were slightly winded following an exchange of swings to the head and several clinches which were promnt'v broken on command of Referee Ref-eree White. Williams was aggressive In this round, but accomplished little with bis elusive opponent until the close of the round when he had llalverson llal-verson staggering backward with a couple of well-timed punches to the face and stomach. The gong found them In a clinch with honors even. IV.th men were careful In the third, clinching repeatedly, both trying for body hooks with right and left. llalverson llal-verson stopped a hard right with his head and cauerht a light left on the jaw. which Williams followed with rlrht and left to face. A quick ex-ihaw1 ex-ihaw1 followed, llalverson landing a hard right hook to the Jaw. which reddened Williams' face. Williams missed several upper-cuts and rushed Halverson to the ring-side and rn to the piano, the medley which resulted drowning the sound of the gong. Honors M11 even The fourth and fifth rounds were faster than the previous ones, numerous numer-ous exchanges of quick rights and lefts to the face bringing cheers from the supporters of either men, but doing do-ing lltMe damage in any case. Will-lams Will-lams was aggressive throughout, but failed to land effectively, Halverson cleverly avoiding his rushes and blocking the dangerous ones with apparent ap-parent ease. The sixth and last round was a continuation con-tinuation of rapid exchanges and clinches, each man trying for a knockdown, knock-down, but falling, due principally to nenonsness and the near approach of the end. Halverson landed several good swlnes and a couple of hav-mnk-ers from the Chicago lad staggered the native son before the sound of tho final pong. Honors were very even, however, and Referee Willie's decla Ion of a draw met with applause. It was cood clean contest and both boys showed much cleverness throughout |