1900-09-11 Mysterious Billy Smith W-PTS18 Young Peter Jackson [Business Men’s Gymnasium, Cleveland, OH, USA]

1900-09-10 Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) (page 3)

PUGILISM.
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Interest at Fever Heat.

The big glove contest scheduled for tomorrow night at the Business Men's gymnasium between young Peter Jackson and mysterious Billy Smith will certainly be a great affair. Both contestants are in the very best possible condition and this will certainly mean a good contest.

The men are now on edge and waiting for the gong to sound. They will simply do enough work now to keep in condition. The weighing in process will be gone through with tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Both men are well under the weight limit, which is 145 pounds. If either man weighs more than the weight stipulated in the articles he will forfeit $100 to the man at weight.

The advance sale of seats goes far ahead of any previous contest ever given by the club and the crowd will surely be a record breaking one.


1900-09-10 The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH) (page 8)

PUGILISM.

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ALL IN READINESS.

All arrangements have been completed for the 20-round contest to-morrow evening before the Business Men's Gymnasium Club between "Young" Peter Jackson and "Mysterious Billy" Smith. Both men have taken their final hard work before the contest. Yesterday they devoted their time to light road work to keep down their weights. The advance guard of out-of-town sporting people who will attend the contest arrived last evening, and more are expected to-day. All arrangements have been made to handle a large crowd. The main bout will begin promptly at 9 o'clock.


1900-09-11 Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) (page 6)

BOTH MEN ARE CONFIDENT.

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Statements From Smith and Jackson on the Eve of Battle.

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A Championship is at Stake.

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While Cleveland has never been much behind the other cities in this part of the country in any line of sport, a championship contest in the roped arena has never been decided here, and had the old-time rules which governed pugilistic affairs prevailed, the chances are that no such event would be forthcoming for some time to come. Under the rulings that put science at par and discount brutality, however, a championship contest was arranged, and the followers of boxing have been waiting for this, the eventful day, for a long time past.

Young Peter Jackson and Mysterious Billy Smith will meet at the Business Men's gymnasium, on Bank street, tonight, and the winner will have a good claim on the welterweight championship. The records of the men which have been published have set all the "dope" experts to figuring, but as the men have fought in widely different circles there is little to be gained from figuring out their records.

Jackson has beaten nearly everybody in his class in the west, and no one need be told what Mr. "M. B." Smith has done in the east. The men will come together tonight as strangers and there is every reason to believe that they will be extremely close acquaintances before they leave the ring.

Each contestant picks himself to win in tonight's contest in the following personal letters to the sporting editor of the Plain Dealer:

"I will show Jackson that I am his master tonight. I know he's a tough fellow, but then I've always had hard ones to beat and I have no doubt but that I will beat "Bishop's Black Demon." I am in better shape now than ever before and if I don't win it will not be because I am not in condition. I am very confident of victory. I want Tommy Ryan after I win from Jackson. Mysterious Billy Smith."

Jackson writes:
"I know Smith to be an exceptionally good man, but still I have no doubt as to the outcome. I am just as confident as ever. I never like to say I can beat anyone until I have done so. I prefer to do all my blowing after the contest is over. I will surely do my best and you can rest assured that I will bring home the laurels. My condition is all that could be wished for. I am in perfect fix.

  "Young Peter Jackson."

The doors will be open at 7 o'clock and the entertainment will begin promptly at 8:30 with a four-round bout between Denny Gallagher and George Siddons.

Smith and Jackson will enter the ring precisely at 9 p. m. Smith will be seconded by Prof. Jimmy Kelly, Mike Barry and Joe Maxfield. Jackson will be looked after by "Biddy" Bishop, Ed Chartrand and Grant Nickens.

The public is warned by the club against purchasing tickets from scalpers. Those desiring to buy tickets can do so today and tonight at the club and at the usual sporting resorts about town. In this way purchasers can have no fear of buying counterfeit tickets.

The preliminary bout will begin at 8:30 and the main event will be on shortly after 9 o'clock.


1900-09-11 The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH) (page 6)

PUGILISM.

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WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

After a great deal of discussion "Young Peter" Jackson and "Mysterious Billy" Smith will meet in a twenty-five round contest for the welterweight championship this evening before the Business Men's Gymnasium Club on Bank street. "Rube" Ferns was originally engaged to meet Jackson, but he backed out of the agreement after articles had been signed and the forfeits posted, and hence Smith was engaged to take his place. The latter is a more formidable opponent for the colored man, as he has had more ring experience and has also defeated some of the best men of the day, including Joe Walcott. That this bout is attracting the whole pugilistic world is shown by the large number of out-of-town sporting men who are arriving to witness the contest. It is expected that fully 300 of them will be here.

With the coming of the sporting men, the betting on the result of the contest has greatly increased. The result is that several big wagers were made yesterday afternoon, in which Smith was the favorite at 10 to 9. The Jackson people are backing their man at these odds. There is still plenty of money in sight, and it is quite likely that when both men enter the ring to-night the betting will be even. Jackson takes a wonderful amount of punishment, even to get in a blow, and his backers are pinning their money on his strength and staying qualities.

The main go will start promptly at 9 o'clock, with Lavigne as referee. The men are now down to the required weight and there will be no trouble on this score. The doors will open at 7 o'clock. A large number of extra seats have been placed in the building. The curtain raiser, which will be a four-round bout between Denny Gallagher and George Siddons, will be called at 8:30 o'clock. Following are the views of the principals for this contest:

"Mysterious" Smith--I am going to do my best to win. I am in good condition, in fact I never felt better in my life and if I lose I will have no excuses to make. I know Jackson is a good man and I know he is a hard fellow to beat. If I don't win it will be because he is a better man. After this contest I will challenge Tommy Ryan.

"Young Peter" Jackson--Smith is, I think, the best man I have ever gone against. I am confident I will win. I can't say just how I'll fight him until I get into the ring, but I will surely give my supporters a good run for their money, and Wednesday will see me the champion. I am in good condition and have trained hard and faithfully. I think every one will be pleased with the contest.

Professor James Kelly--I have trained Smith myself and his condition is all that could be desired. I think it will be the greatest glove contest ever seen in this city.

"Biddy" Bishop--You can rest assured that Peter will win. I have been with him each day that he has trained and have worked with him, and he is in perfect condition.


1900-09-12 Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) (page 6)

TOO FIERCE A BATTLE.

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The Smith-Jackson Bout Stopped by the Police.

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Eighteen Hard Fought Rounds.

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Wonderful Gameness Shown by the Western Colored Boxer.

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Mysterious Billy Smith and Young Peter Jackson boxed eighteen hard rounds before a big audience at the Business Men's club last night, and because the bout began to look a little rough toward the end, the police representatives requested that it be stopped.

Early in the match Smith discovered an old sore spot on Jackson's left ear and he went after it. The result was that while the colored man was not in the least distressed there was too much blood flowing to please either the spectators or the contestants.

Jackson put up one of the gamest battles that has ever been seen here, and when he was finally stopped he insisted that he was not hurt in the least and begged to be allowed to continue. The examination that followed after the western boxer was taken to his dressing room showed that his injury looked far worse than it really was, but there seemed to be plenty of cause for stopping the bout, and it was for the best interests of the boxing game that it was not allowed to go farther.

Jackson protested vigorously when he was sent to his corner and justly claimed that he was as strong as his opponent. At the time the bout was terminated Smith had the best of it on points, but Jackson was proving that he is well entitled to all the confidence that was placed in him.

Smith started out in the lead for the first three rounds, but while he landed often his blows did not hurt. In the fourth round the colored man held the mysterious Billy even and then came so fast that he had the better of the next two. The seventh it was even again, but the next was all Jackson's. After this he did not show so well, and while several of the remaining rounds were even Smith did the better work on the whole.

There was a long delay on account of selecting a referee. Both parties had agreed upon Billy Lavigne, but at the last minute Smith's managers put in an absurd objection, based upon the statement that Lavigne and Biddy Bishop, Jackson's manager, are personal friends. Mat Hinkel, the president of the Newburg Driving club, and manager of the Rockport Athletic club, was finally selected.

Denny Gallagher, the same old-timer who has been seen here in all sorts of contests for the last few years, and Kid Phillips of Saginaw went on for a curtain raiser. The bout was of two-minute rounds, with gloves that looked like pillows. No decision was to be rendered. Even under all these restrictions the boxing was fast enough to keep the audience interested all the time, and had the gloves been regulation size and the rounds the prescribed length there would have been a fierce battle on. As it was, it was impossible for the men to harm each other, and the only danger was from loss of wind. At the same time, the match was one of the most amusing that has ever been seen in the club's preliminaries.

Mysterious Billy Smith and young Peter Jackson were not long in appearing, but the audience, impatient for the main event, kept up an almost continuous uproar. The men weighed in without difficulty at 145 pounds at 3 o'clock. Neither one was up to that weight.

Smith was first to enter the ring, and behind him were Prof. Jim Kelly, Mike Barry of Chicago and Joe Maxfield and Bob Bell of this city. Smith wore bandages on his hands and unusually high trunks. Jackson came in a little later. He was attired in a loud bathrobe and wore no bandages. Behind him were Biddy Bishop, Grant Nickens and Ed Chartrand. There was quite an argument over a referee, Manager Lavigne having declined to act. "Spike" Sullivan, the famous lightweight and Tom Couhig of Buffalo were introduced to the audience, and there were cries for both to referee. There were also cries for Mat Hinkel, Tom Jenkins and others. Everybody yelled for his favorite, and it was worse than a political convention. It was impossible to agree upon a man for a long time, but it was finally agreed to have Mat Hinkel act in the ring, with two judges on the outside, who were empowered to overrule the decision of the referee. Spike Sullivan and the sporting editor of the Plain Dealer were agreed upon as judges.

It was after 10:30 when the men were called together. At this time odds were offered at 3 to 1 on Smith. Jackson put on light bandages just before the bout started. Tom Jenkins was the official timekeeper.

Round 1--Jackson made the first lead lightly; Smith came back with left and right on body. Smith put left on head. Jackson landed straight left on body and face, but they were light. In two close mix-ups Smith had the better of easy infighting. Smith hammered Jackson on the kidneys repeatedly with his right after blocking his leads.

Round 2--Smith rushed from his corner and landed left and right on the head. He kept on rushing and was cautioned for hitting in a clinch. He had Jackson worried and the black boy kept hanging on. He came back fast, however, and put in several good lefts on the body. The wind up was fast.

Round 3--Smith landed repeated rights on Jackson's kidneys, Jackson fighting low. Jackson landed left in face. Smith landed left and right on face and kept up his kidney blows. Jackson hung on and was slightly worried. Smith met Jackson's punches with straight lefts on the neck. The round was decidedly Smith's, Jackson fighting low and giving opportunities for hammering on the kidneys. He hugged often.

Round 4--Smith opened with straight left and right to head. A left to jaw was Jackson's first really hard punch. Smith landed straight left twice to face, then missed several vicious body blows. Jackson landed lightly on face and body, but they didn't count. The round was the most even so far.

Round 5--Jackson got in a hard left to body but most of the blows were light, the colored boy doing the rushing. Jackson landed right on head and Smith in a clinch put right to body. In clinches Smith used right on face and body, Jackson leading for face with left. They mixed it up in the middle of the ring on an exchange of face blows. As the bell rang Jackson led left for face, Smith coming back with right. The round was fast and Jackson showed up well.

Round 6--Jackson used his left effectively on face. Smith landed a hard left on neck and put both hands to the wind. Smith began to show the effect of the face blows. In the clinches Jackson held his own. Smith's uppercuts with right were blocked. The white boy was rushed to the ropes. They were mixing it in the middle of the ring and Jackson, by his showing, began to make a few friends among the spectators, even money being offered.

Round 7--Jackson put back Smith's head with a straight right. They mixed it and in clinches Smith got in a couple of good body blows. Jackson's lefts and rights to face began to tell and Smith clinched often, getting in body blows, which were growing visibly weaker. Smith missed a couple of swings, but the round ended soon.

Round 8--Both were cautious, but when they mixed both swings right and left to face. Smith sent straight left to wind, pushing Jackson to the ropes. Jackson landed a terrific left on chin and repeated. Smith clinched and got in right on body. Smith landed right on the neck as the bell rang. It was Jackson's round.

Ninth--Jackson opened with the same left to jaw, Smith landing kidney blows in the repeated clinches. Smith rushed Jackson to the rope with rights and left to face. The white man began to lead right to face, Smith blocking. The round was even.

Tenth--Smith after opening with a straight left to the wind landed once or twice on face. Jackson blocked Smith's uppercuts and then ducked his face into a left. Jackson countered hard with left reaching face on Smith's rushes. The round was even.

Eleventh--Jackson reached Smith's bad left eye. Smith rushed the black boy, uppercutting right and left. They fought into clinches, both landing hard. Jackson slipped down and was hit, but it was unintentional. Smith hooked right to jaw at the close of the round. It was Smith's.

Twelfth--Billy rushed Peter to the ropes. They began to rough it. Jackson began to bleed on the left ear which Smith kept pounding. They landed rights and lefts on head, Jackson slipping down. Peter put back Billy's face with a left and both were fighting hard and furious at the end of the round, which was Smith's by a shade.

Thirteenth--Smith put left to Jackson's ear, but matters were evened by Peter's straight ones to face. Smith landed a couple of hard body blows, but devoted most of his attention to Jackson's ear. The round was even.

Round 14--The early part was tame. Smith's right to ear hurt. In a clinch the white boy uppercut with right. Smith sent a hard left to stomach and Jackson seemed very tired. On exchange Smith had slightly the better. It was slightly Smith's round.

Round 15--Smith opened the round by rushing Jackson all over the ring. Smith got a hard right to wind and met Jackson's rushes with blows to face, which were closing the black boy's left eye. The round wound up with Smith sending a left to face which made Jackson rather dizzy. It was Smith's best round so far.

Round 16--Smith's right swings to head made Jackson very weak and closed his left eye, but the colored boy was game and took his beating, getting in several light blows himself. Again Smith's round.

Round 17--Smith got in all of the earlier blows, landing on face and stomach. Jackson swung left to face, but Smith continued to play on Jackson's ear. It was all Smith's.

Round 18--Smith uppercut. Smith kept putting left and right on face and neck and right on the sore ear. Jackson only kept smiling and kept coming back whenever he found an opening.

While the men were in their corners the police objected to further bloodshed and the battle was stopped. It had gone long enough and fast enough to suit the most ardent admirers of the boxing game and while Jackson lost the decision, he won many friends.


1900-09-12 The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH) (page 6)

FIGHT WAS STOPPED.

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Smith Had Best of It When Police Interfered.

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END OF EIGHTEENTH ROUND.

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JACKSON TOOK A WONDERFUL AMOUNT OF PUNISHMENT.

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COULDN'T LAND DECISIVE BLOW

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ALTHOUGH "MYSTERIOUS BILLY" LANDED ON FACE AT WILL.

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The Finest Boxing Bout Witnessed Here for Years.

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After eighteen of the fastest and fiercest rounds ever witnessed in this city, "Mysterious Billy" Smith was given the decision over "Young Peter" Jackson before the Business Men's Gymnasium last evening. The contest was originally scheduled to go twenty-five rounds to a decision, and had not the police interfered it is quite likely that it would have gone to the limit, for, although Smith had the best of the contest with the exception of three rounds, he was unable to finish the colored man, who seemed to be a glutton for punishment and was ready for more. When the contest was stopped his left ear was in bad shape, it being partly torn off, and his left eye was closed, but he was still game.

Some of the blows that Smith landed on him would have put any ordinary man out of the business, but they did not seem to bother the colored man in the least. While the crowd seemed to think that Jackson was having the worst of it, the colored man did not think so, and was always ready with his trusty left hand when he had a chance to use it. If Jackson had Smith's experience and knew something about ring generalship he would be one of the best fighters in the business to-day. He can take punishment, but he cannot defend himself, and is very awkward on his feet, as well as in the use of his hands. He has only one good puncher and that is his left, and he had only a few chances to use it, but it showed every time. Smith had him guessing all the time, and clearly earned the decision. In only three rounds did Jackson seem to have any the best of it, the fifth, sixth, and eighth rounds. When the contest started, it looked as though it would be a walkaway for Smith, for he landed at will, while Jackson seemed to be in distress. But in Jackson the public were fooled, for he was ready for the call of the bell when the police stopped the contest. He was game to the core, and the crowd, after the tenth round, appreciated his gameness and cheered him on until the contest was stopped.

It was a cosmopolitan crowd that witnessed the contest; in fact, it was the largest crowd that has attended a boxing show here since the Lavigne-Daly contest several years ago.

There was a long delay between the curtain raiser and the main bout, and the crowd was impatient. "Mysterious Billy" Smith and "Young Peter" Jackson were the principals for the main bout, which was scheduled to go twenty-five rounds to a decision. They were matched to weigh under 145 pounds, and both tipped the scales under that weight. It was just 9:30 o'clock when Smith entered the ring. He was looked after by Professor "Jimmy" Kelly, "Mike" Barry, "Joe" Maxfield, and "Bob" Bell. He looked to be in excellent condition, although he had a big plaster on his kidneys. Jackson showed up a few minutes later, wrapped up in a bathrobe. He was looked after by "Biddy" Bishop, "Ed" Chartrand, and Grant Nickens. There was another delay when the men entered the ring over the refereeship. While the argument was on Spike Sullivan and Tom Couhig, the fast lightweights were introduced, and it was announced that they would appear before the club in the near future. The betting was $100 to $80 on Smith, and several wagers were made at these figures. There were calls for "Spike" Sullivan, Matt Hinkle, and Tom Jenkins. Finally the crowd became so demonstrative that Manager Lavigne announced that he "would give the men five minutes to decide between themselves, and if in that time they could not agree the club would appoint the referee. When the five minutes were up Lavigne appointed Matt Hinkle to referee. Jackson objected and the club called "Spike" Sullivan. After a long argument Jackson agreed to Douglass White, but the latter refused to serve. After a wait of forty-five minutes it was finally decided to accept Matt Hinkle and a proposition of two judges on the outside, who were to make the final decision. To the two judges Smith at first would not agree, but finally consented.

At once Jackson made arrangements to begin proceedings, thus causing another delay until he put on his bandages. When Jackson stripped he looked in excellent condition and wore a green ribbon around his waist. Smith appeared to have the better of it in height and reach, and it was plainly seen that both were trained to the hour. At 10:30 o'clock both men shook hands.

First round--Jackson led lightly on wind, Smith countering with right and left on body. Smith put his right on the face. In a rush Smith put his left on face. Jackson dodged cleverly from a right swing and got away neatly from an uppercut. Smith kept playing repeatedly with his right on the kidneys. In a fast mix-up Jackson put his left hard on the face and Smith countered with two hard rights over the kidneys. Honors were even.

Second round--Smith rushed as the bell rang and put his left squarely on the eye. Smith kept rushing and caught Jackson with a left swing on the jaw, which dazed the colored man. He appeared weak and kept hanging on Smith with every lead, while the "Mysterious" played continually for the wind. Jackson was unable to lead a square blow and repeatedly clinched to save himself. It was all Smith's round.

Third round--Smith at once played for the kidneys, Jackson taking a crouching position. Smith put his right and left on the jaw without a return, Jackson being unable to land. In a mixup, Smith landed right and left on the head and face, Jackson being very tired. Near the end of the round, Smith started to take things easy, looking for an opening.

Fourth round--Smith started to end matters and rushed with right and left to the face. Jackson feinted with his left, Smith coming back strongly with a hard right swing. Twice in succession Smith landed his left on the face. He tried to rush but Jackson dodged cleverly. In close quarters Smith put his right on the jaw. Twice Smith landed his right over the kidneys, but the blows did not appear to affect Jackson, who went back to his corner strong when the bell rang.

Fifth round--Jackson started to mix up matters at the start, and put his left on the head and kidneys and in close quarters Jackson put his right and left on Smith's face. In a rush Jackson slipped to his knees. Twice Smith tried his right on the jaw but fell short. Jackson in another mixup placed his right on Smith's jaw. Near the end of the round the fighting was fast and furious, both giving and taking a great deal of punishment. Jackson appeared to be tired when he went to his corner. Jackson had slightly the better of it.

Sixth round--Smith was cautious when they came up this time, but he caught Jackson with a left swing on the jaw. In a mixup Jackson put his right on the jaw, without a return. Jackson was just warming up and he put his right and left on the jaw, forcing Smith to the ropes. A left jab on the nose brought the claret from Smith's nose. It was all Jackson's round.

Seventh round--Jackson blocked cleverly left jab for wind. Both were fighting viciously, Smith leading, putting his right and left on face, Jackson countering with a right swing on the jaw. Smith dodged cleverly from two vicious swings. He was on the offensive and twice put his left on the face. This was the tamest round of the contest thus far.

Eighth round--Smith rushed and put his right and left on the head and wind. In another rush Jackson was nearly pushed through the ropes. Jackson changed things a second later when he landed his right twice on the jaw without a return. Jackson poked his left on the wind. Smith worked hard to land a decisive blow, but Jackson was always on his guard. This was Jackson's round.

Ninth round--Smith jabbed his left on the wind just as they came to the center of the ring. In a hot mixup Smith had the better of it, putting his right over the kidneys. In another mixup he rained right and left blows on the face and jaw without a return, Jackson seeming to take the punishment without a murmur. This was Smith's round.

Tenth round--Smith tried to follow up his advantage and put right and left on the face and wind without a return. Jackson did not seem to be able to use his right. Three times Smith crossed his right over on the jaw, Jackson never offering to return. Two strong left jabs on the face knocked Jackson's head back, but he was always ready for more, while Smith was tiring himself out in the attempt. This was Smith's round.

Eleventh round--Jackson allowed Smith to do all the leading, and the latter was doing all the work, landing right and left on head and face. Getting Jackson near the ropes he put right and left squarely on the jaw, which would have put any man out, but Jackson was ready for more. Smith followed up his advantage. Jackson landed his left on the jaw, and just as Jackson was slipping to the floor, Smith put a right on the kidneys.

Twelfth round--Smith put his left in the wind as a starter. He started to wind up matters, but Jackson took his punishment gamely, and landed his left squarely on Smith's jaw. This was a very hard round, and both men were tired when the bell rang.

Thirteenth round--After sparring for wind for a moment, Smith put his right over the kidneys. Jackson countered with a left on the face. Smith kept playing for the bad left ear, but Jackson was cautious, and put his left on the jaw. A right poke on the wind made Jackson wince for the first time during the contest. Honors were even.

Fourteenth round--Smith slowly forced Jackson to the ropes, and then put his right on the jaw. Jackson ran into a left jab on the jaw, Smith countering with right on the head. Smith started to rush, and put right and left on head and wind, without a return. Smith seemed to be tiring, and his blows lacked steam.

Fifteenth round--Smith rushed Jackson to the ropes, and put right and left on the head and face. Jackson dodged cleverly from a vicious right uppercut, but Smith changed tactics for the kidneys and bad ear. Smith put his right over the heart with his whole force, but Jackson came back for more. In a mix up, Jackson put his left on the jaw. Just as the bell rang, Smith put his right squarely on Jackson's head. This was one of the fastest rounds of the fight.

Sixteenth round--Smith kept putting his right and left all over Jackson without a return, any one of the blows being strong enough to put an ordinary man out. In close quarters Smith, with a vicious right hand uppercut, landed on the jaw, but it seemed not to bother the colored man, he being a glutton for punishment.

Seventeenth round--It was the same old story, Smith starting to do the rushing, putting his left and right on the head and wind. Jackson rushed into a left hand jab on the jaw, but it did no damage. Three times did Smith land his right over the bad ear, but Jackson was game to the core.

Eighteenth round--Smith kept playing all over Jackson's injured ear and bad eye, while the colored man did not seem to be able to defend himself. He was strong when the bell rang, but the police ordered the contest stopped.

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"Denny" Gallagher and "Kid" Phillips, announced from Saginaw, Mich., gave a four-round setto with twelve ounce gloves as a curtain raiser. No decision was to be given. The contest created plenty of amusement, as Gallagher had all of the science, while Phillips did not have the first rudiments of ring generalship. He kept the crowd in an uproar by rushing Gallagher, and made it interesting. Each round would usually start off with "love taps," but when they got warmed up, it became all the more interesting.

1907-11-12 Sam Langford W-PTS20 Young Peter Jackson [Pacific Athletic Club, Naud Junction, Los Angeles, CA, USA]

1907-11-13 Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA) (page 8)

LANGFORD-JACKSON FIGHT IS A FARCE
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SHADY MEN GIVE FIASCO
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YELLOW PETER REFUSES TO STAND UP AND SLUG
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SAM RUNS BLACK BALTIMORE JACK RABBIT A RACE
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Boston Negro Gets Decision After Twenty Rounds of Clinching That Disgusts Enormous House
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BY J. G. GRIFFIN

No tragedy, lots of comedy and still more farce marked the initial production of the Jackson-Langford continuous performance company in Los Angeles.

One of the actors, Mistah Langford, is pretty fair, and gained the plaudits of the crowd--as well as Referee Eyton's decision--but as for Mistah Jackson--whew! To the incinerator with such!

Contrary to all expectations a large crowd turned out at Uncle Tom's cabin to see what proved to be one of the rottenest cards, at least so far as the main event went, that has ever been pulled off, even there. The preliminaries, both of them good, saved the day, for the windup was not worth watching.

Peter Holds On

To begin with, Jackson crabbed it for the entire distance. Out of the sixty minutes of action in the ring it's a cinch bet that Young Peter dogged it for fifty-eight of them, and tried with wild and ineffectual swings for the other two.

Langford would stand off at long range and pepper away at Peter's head and body, usually landing. The blows did not hurt Jackson such an awful lot, and he kept in close, endeavoring to wear Sam down with body blows delivered in the clinches.

From beginning to end Pete stalled along and only in the clinches did he make any endeavor to use his arms. A few times he shot out with wild swings which Langford easily evaded, and the half a dozen real clean punches of the battle (?) were for the most part shot in by Samuel.

Just to show how fight hungry the town is, a crowd that packed the big pavilion to the roof turned out and spent the time during the main event in hooting the boxers and yelling for Langford. Peter's several attempts to claim a foul were greeted with more than groans, and ll Eyton had to do at the end of the twentieth round was to grab Langford's mitt in token of victory.

Both Preliminaries Hot

To drop the frosty part of the program for a while, the preliminaries should be mentioned, as both of them were all to the tobasco. Jimmy Royle and Roy Rogers fought a fast six-round go to a draw and Young Terry McGovern upheld Tom McCarey's opinion of his ability by making Harry Dunn stop in the tenth and last round.

The McGov-Dunn contest was one real affair, with honors resting slightly with McGov nearly all the way. Dunn is a good enough boy with a perfect build and a machine-like mouth that chewed gum even up to the time McGov landed him helpless on the ropes. His seconds slipped over a piece of lemon in lieu of a sponge and the show ended right near the close.

Dunn a Whirlwind

Dunn started out like a whirlwind and nearly pushed McGov through the ropes in the second spasm. The newcomer's infighting was all the candy, and he had McGov guessing a little, until the latter warmed up toward the end of the second.

The third was something fierce, both boys going their fastest. Dunn was tired, but awfully willing, and together with McGov he provided the best round of fighting that has been seen here in a long time. Young Terry ripped his glove at the wrist, and every time he sent one over, the ring was strewn with a deluge of hair.

Things began to slow up a little in the fourth, and McGov slipped one over to the beak that opened the member up a bit. The fifth was also a little tame, and in the sixth McGov stalled until almost the end, all of which got him nothing.

Young Terry tincanned a bit in the seventh, but opened up in the spasm following and floored Dunn with a series of punches to the head. Harry was bewildered, but game, and stalled off the inevitable until the bell sent the lads to the corners.

The ninth was fast enough to suit any of them, and Terry shot one over on the jaw that loosened up the gum chewing molars. In the tenth he tore in like a little cyclone, and had Dunn groggy almost at the start.

Asleep on the Ropes

The new boy leaned over on the ropes and didn't know whether he was asleep or on horseback, and his seconds had sense enough to throw in a piece of lemon, which did for a sponge.

Jimmy Royle and Joe Rogers opened the evening's program, and it must have been that sympathy favored the little fellow. Rogers outweighed him at least ten pounds, and had all the best of it in reach, but Jimmy was there to take a beating, even after he had been floored with a bad wallop on the jaw right in the opening round.

Royle came back stronger as the fight progressed, and in the fifth he opened up and had all the best of it. His gameness stood him in good stead, for the last two rounds were all his and Tommy Walsh rendered a draw decision, which was a little to the horseshoe for Jimmy.

Abe Again Advertises

In between the preliminaries and the so called big show the Abe Attell publicity department was put on and gave an exhibition. Kid Farmer crawled into the ring first, and challenged George Memsic (by request), to meet at 138 at 3 o'clock on the day of the fight. Georgie followed and declared his willingness to meet anyone in the business at 133 pounds, and then Attell came along and offered to fight George at 133 if the latter would first meet Farmer at 138. Memsic wisely refrained from biting at the bait, and there was nothing doing along the lines of a match.

Dingles' Fight Rotten

It's a shame to waste paper on the Jackson-Langford farce, so a brief summary will suffice. The mill opened with a rush, Young Peter breaking into a clinch and whanging away with both hands at the kidneys. Sam showed his skill at the long range work, while Peter lined up well in the close stuff.

Sam feinted Peter open in the second, and shot over a right to the bread basket that did Pete no good. A few jabs also helped some, and it was an easy Langford round. In the third Pete broke fast, and swung both arms like a windmill, but the only damage done was a cut on Langford's lip. Sam jabbed back with a will, and there was nothing really exciting recorded.

The fourth and fifth were the same, except that in the latter Pete went wrong again, and Sam was forced to stick around close to keep from falling into a haymaker. Sam kept his opponent open in the sixth and kept his long left going fast, keeping it up in the seventh. Sam's shanty, the foundation for which was laid in the fourth round, rose rapidly in this period, and toward the end his left lamp was nearly closed.

Eyton Interferes

Charlie Eyton had been separating the men without going between them up to the eighth, but at last he was forced to get busy and push the dingles apart in order to let them to break. The crowd began hooting at this stage of the game, for Jackson had developed a lovely case of stall.

More hoots followed in the ninth, and when his seconds began wiping Langford off with the national colors at the end of the round there was a small sized riot under way. The tenth was a good fast round, and Pete was hanging on to keep from being punished too severely in the eleventh.

The covering tactics were resorted to by Jackson again in the twelfth, but along toward the middle of the spasm he tore loose and tried with wild swings. Sam slipped over a hard right to the head, but no real damage was done. Pete started the thirteenth like he meant business, but a few jabs caused him to cover again.

Pete Tries for Knockout

Pete caught Langford under the chin with his elbow in the fourteenth and swung him over to the mat, trying his best to land a knockout as Sam went down.

In the fifteenth, Pete backed into a corner and drew Langford after him, but it got Jackson nothing, as Sam stood off and peppered him. More howls greeted the sixteenth, and Pete kept on trying to finish it with a punch in tho following act. He landed several neat blows, but they did no great amount of damage, and all Langford had to do was to keep on with his long range work, and protect his body in the clinches.

Hosts Greet Stall

Pete's elbow work in the eighteenth was something rich, and when he commenced to stall the hoots from all parts of the house were renewed. In the nineteenth, Langford landed the real punch of the fight, when he feinted Peter opened and shot over a terrific right to the stomach. Sam kept after his man and Pete bent low, trying to make Eyton think that a foul had been committed.

The windup was about the same, with Pete bleeding profusely from the lips. Sam worked his shift to advantage, and Pete was rather the worse for wear at the end of the putrid battle.

The way things came out is no more than was expected. All along The Herald has contended that the fight as a fight would not amount to much, and this opinion was more than justified by the way things went.

Langford a Good Fighter

One thing determined, however, is that Langford is a fighter who can make a whole lot of the white light heavies sit up and take notice. He did not have much chance to display his skill for Jackson stalled too much, but any time Sammy starts he is sure to have a large following among the local sports.


1907-11-13 The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) (page I6)

BLACK TURNS YELLOW.
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SAM LANGFORD SHOWS CLASS.
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Whips Young Peter Jackson in Twenty Rounds.
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Outboxed and Outfights the Baltimore Negro.
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Young McGovern Meets Tartar, but Finally Wins.
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Sam Langford made Young Peter Jackson “quit” in their twenty-round fight before the Pacific Athletic Club last night, and incidentally showed himself to be one of the classiest all-around fighters in the ring today.

Jackson never had a show, and not once did he deliver a blow that hurt the Boston black. Long before the bout was concluded Peter was stalling and in the last three rounds, he quit dead, and simply stayed the limit because he was able to assimilate all the punishment Langford handed to him.

Langford did all the forcing and showed a willingness to fight at all times. Jackson tried to play foxy through three-fourths of the battle, and while covering up, kept the crowd in expectancy for a rally at the proper time when he should catch the Boston darky off his guard. But Langford was too clever a boxer, and too good a ring general to leave the opening, and meanwhile Jackson took an awful walloping.

Toward the end of the fight the punishment began to tell; and Jackson cast about for some more serviceable way to protect himself than by covering. Langford had found all the holes in his defense, and picked the spots with unerring judgment. Then Peter began to back up and walk away, and force himself into a clinch. He even attempted to induce the referee to believe that some of the hard left swings Langford sent into his stomach landed foul, but the blows were clean and the bluff did not go either with the crowd or the referee.

CLAIMED FOUL.

Eyton cautioned Jackson to do better work and openly laughed at his claims of foul. Jackson attempted several rallies but his stamina was gone, and in the last round Langford had him very weak and bleeding badly at the mouth. Sam did not lose sight of the fact, however, that Jackson is dangerous at all times if an opening shows itself, and played the game safe, being content with a decision.

The crowd did not take kindly to Jackson’s style of fighting in the last half of the battle, and hooted him roundly. Many began to leave the hall, as Langford had such a wide margin that nothing short of a knock-out would have lost him the decision, while Jackson had shown almost certain inability to accomplish the trick.

Langford caught the crowd with his clean, effective work. He is a two-handed fighter, with a punch in either hand and enough cleverness to protect himself in the clinches or at long range. He amply justified Eddie Keevin's efforts for nearly a year to get him on before McCarey's club, and showed that none of the white boys have any business with him.

Jackson's friends claim that it is his style of fighting to continue to cover up and stall until he finds an opening, but Peter carried it to extremes and the majority of those who saw his fight believe that he quit and refused to fight when he was being walloped.

The fight looked to be the last which these two negroes are to have, being their sixth. Jackson is getting too old, and Langford is ready for bigger game in the championship class. Although Jackson proved to be the stronger and possessed of the harder punch when he allowed himself an attempt at delivery, Langford was by far the classier fighter of the two.

MUCH INFIGHTING.

The men got busy at once and began heavy infighting, at which Langford proved the best, as he landed the greater number of blows, although not as strong as his opponent. Langford was better at protecting himself, as he paid more attention to the direction of his opponent's blows, while Jackson blindly covered and thus left occasional openings which Langford was not slow in finding. He would step back and look for these holes while Jackson covered, and when he picked a place to deliver a blow, he was able to hit with either hand at long or short range with plenty of steam behind the blow.

Jackson was game for half the fight and took enough punishment to suffice for putting out half a dozen white boys. Langford slammed the left to the body or head and crossed over to the head or jaw frequently, but Peter came back for more. Only when he saw his task of winning hopeless, did he slow up and retreat before the attack. Often Langford backed him into a corner and feinted him into an opening. After taking a few punches, Jackson would crouch and force himself into a clinch, when he would attempt to hammer Langford's stomach. But the latter would block the most of them and then drive in hard right or left until Jackson held to protect himself.

Jackson at times tried to overpower his opponent by sheer brute strength, but Langford was clever enough to use his lesser strength to better advantage and always staved off harm.

In the eleventh Langford landed a hard right to the jaw, near the ear, and Jackson showed real signs of weakness. From then on Peter doubled up whenever Langford led, and staggered about the ring while Langford danced about and tried to jab his way into an opening. Often Langford found an opportunity to land one on the ear or jaw and then Jackson's staggering was not caused by attempts to cover up.

It was all Langford thereafter, and the crowd became disgusted with Jackson.

DUNN PROVES TARTAR.

Harry Dunn gave Young McGovern the hardest fight of his life in the second preliminary, and it was not until McGovern finally sent across a hard right to the chin in the tenth, which dazed Dunn, that the local boy was able to win. That blow befuddled Dunn and he was soon at the mercy of the "Slugger." Referee Tommy Walsh stopped the fight when Dunn staggered over against the ropes, unable to see in which direction he was fighting.

The battle was the fiercest ever seen in the ring, and one of the hardest hitting contests between little fellows ever fought. Dunn, who hails from Kansas City, and whose real name is Nebergall, was game to the core and never let up in his fighting. Most of the time he carried the battle to McGovern, and in the clinches walloped the kidneys with his right until McGovern had to be content with protecting himself.

Dunn showed little ability to land his blows clean, and had little defense. Had he been able to land his blows so as to count and to avoid McGovern's hard swings, he had an excellent chance to win.

Reports that Abe Attell had bet heavily on McGovern seemed to be confirmed by the interest the featherweight champion took in the fight. He went into McGovern's corner in the seventh and coached him in desperate fashion. McGovern woke up to the fact that he had a hard task before him when his right overhand swings went wild, and he took on a worried look and fought very earnestly.

The chances are that the battle might have been declared a draw had not McGovern been able to slip across that right to the chin, which enabled him to finish the battle in the last round.

These boys ought to be good for another fast ten-round go under the new ordinance.

GOOD DRAW.

Jimmy Royle and Joe Rogers went six rounds to a draw--very fast for preliminary fighters. Rogers looked eight pounds heavier and much stronger, but Royle made up in cleverness and gameness which he lacked in size and punching powers. Rogers scored a clean knockdown in the first round, but Royle came back strong, and by carefully avoiding as many of Rogers's hay-maker swings as possible, sneaked in enough counters to even things at the end.

1904-12-26 Young Peter Jackson D-PTS15 Dixie Kid [Eureka Athletic Club, Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, MD, USA]

1904-12-27 Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD) (page 7)

PETER JACKSON IN MERRY MOOD
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HE MADE THE BOUTS EASY FOR THE DIXIE KID.
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Conqueror of the English Pugs Didn't Put on Steam and the Man Whose Name Savors of the Southland Trotted the Course and Made It a Draw--A Little Rough-house at the Start, After Which There Was Nothing Doing--Butte Man's Poor Showing.
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Filled with the good will that makes Christmas the most joyous of festivals, Young Peter Jackson permitted the Dixie Kid to go 15 rounds to a draw yesterday afternoon before the members of the Eureka Athletic Club at Germania Maennerchor Hall. It was apparent to the old stagers among the spectators that Jackson had no vicious designs against his opponent, and that for him to go the limit was mutually satisfactory.

Jackson had returned from an all-conquering trip to England, and it was figured that the Dixie Kid would be an easy mark. This impression and the Christmas cheer on the outside caused the hall to be lacking the huge crowd that generally turn out to the bouts of the Eureka Club.

Both men seemed in good condition, but Jackson had the better of the weight, and when they stepped into the center of the ring the appearance of the men strengthened the belief that it would be a short horse soon curried. There was a delay while the men and their henchmen quarreled over the question as to whether it should be a clean break or protect yourself in the break, the Dixie Kid crowd holding out for the clean break. This point once conceded by the Jackson crowd, and the men got busy. In the first round Jackson was credited with trying out his man, but in the second he went to work, and in the old-school Jacksonian way put down the Kid for the count of nine with a shower of rights and lefts and shoved him through the ropes.

Roughed in the Third.

That was the only flash of real Peter Jackson fighting in the whole bout. In the third round the men roughed it, but Jackson did not put into his work all the power of which he is capable. From the third round on Jackson was sleigh-riding. He made it up to the Kid to do most of the leading, which he did, but the results were as though he had tapped with his fists the well-nigh impregnable defenses of Port Arthur. For reasons best known to himself, Jackson did not go about it as though he were in earnest, while the Kid undoubtedly sent out the best he had in the shop.

Some good solid body wallops were landed on Jackson, and the crowd whooped its glee, for it will ever be popular for the under dog to get in good licks. In the fourth round the Kid's nose bled slightly, and after the sixth round he frequently vomited while in his corner. In the clinches Jackson pounded on the Kid's kidneys, but did not even do that with his well-known power, else this would have been a different tale. In the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds the Kid went his best. He put it on Jackson and caused him to tin-can around the ring, and once shoved him over the ropes--a thing rarely done to Jackson, and which probably would not have been done had Jackson been really in earnest.

'Twas Herford's Joke.

Among the bunch of Dixie Kid's seconds the pretty little story about the Kid's wedding to follow the battle was shattered by the statement that the Kid is already married, which goes to again prove that the Eureka Athletic Club and its managers are not good tutors in the school of veracity, and that editors would be wise to take a huge grain of salt, whatever they may see fit to say about a fighter.

The Dixie Kid was seconded by his manager, Denny Murray; Eddie Haney, Billy Reynolds and Pete Schwartz--a scrappy bunch that gave Referee Jim O'Hara so much trouble that Deputy Marshal Manning was forced to interfere for the sake of that peace and good order which are the boast of the management of the club.

Jackson was seconded by Al Herford, Joe Gans, Harry Lyons and Rag Watkins.

About the Prelims.

The preliminaries were unusually dull. Charles Borax and Young Mitchell went a prosaic three-round draw. Young Buck Washington defeated Little Dick in three rounds. Jim Langley, of West Point, and Kid O'Brien did a three-round whirl, and Matty Knox, of Sandy Bottom, won in three rounds from Jim McGrath. The funniest of the preliminaries was between Young Munroe, who claims Butte, Mont., as his hailing port, and Kid Brown, of Buxton. Munroe had an idea that he was a fighter and began full of ginger, but a punch from Brown put him down to take the count and ruminate on the folly of mundane things. After that Munroe was slower and wiser and lasted through the three rounds, although Brown was given the decision.

It was announced that Larry Temple and Young Peter Jackson will meet next Monday afternoon.

During the ceremonies Manager Al Herford was presented a diamond stud in a neat speech by Dr. H. Lee Clarke, the stud being the gift from some of the enthusiastic members of the club.


1904-12-27 The Sun (Baltimore, MD) (page 9)

IT'S ONLY A DRAW
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Young Peter Jackson And Dixie Kid Get This Verdict.
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NEITHER HURT VERY MUCH
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Baltimore Boxer Excelled At Close Range And The Other At Long-Arm Fighting--No Wedding.

Young Peter Jackson and the Dixie Kid, colored welterweights, fought at 15-round draw yesterday afternoon before the Eureka Athletic Club, at Germania Maennerchor Hall.

After the fighters had entered the ring President Al Herford, of the club, was given a beautiful diamond ring as a Christmas present. The present had been purchased with money subscribed by the club members.

The Dixie Kid proved to be a good, clever, two-handed man. At long range he was able to reach Jackson and successfully outfight him. In close work Jackson was the master. In the clinches he landed many good blows on the body over the kidneys.

It had been announced that the Dixie Kid was to be married a few hours after the set-to. Mr. Maurice J. Herford, secretary of the Eureka Club, later stated that the contemplated marriage ceremony could not be performed, as license clerks of the court were keeping holiday and could not be located.

The fight between the Dixie Kid and Jackson was one on which no one could lose money had they bet on a winner or a knockout.

In the course of the entire 15 rounds Jackson hit the Kid, and the Kid hit Jackson time and again on such points as looked as if the blows should result in a knockout. Both men, however, were strong at the finish and showed but little results from their endeavor.

It had been stated that Jackson since his return from a successful fighting tour in England, would show that he had changed his style and would box more openly. He proved this assertion in a few rounds, but then went back to his crouch and close-cover style.

The Kid was a shifty negro and was game. He proved that he could, with right or left, reach Jackson so long as Peter would stand up and fight. At infighting the Dixie Kid was not so good a punisher, but was nevertheless clever.

Not much was done in the first round. In the second Jackson sent the Kid through the ropes and hit him often about the face and body in the clinches. The blows of each lacked force. It then looked, as it did to the finish, as if one or the other would win on points, since each lacked force in hitting.

Clinches, mixes and ineffectual short arm work marked the remainder of the fight. In clinches Jackson got in the fast blows invariably. When the fifteenth round was ended and the decision of a draw was given by Referee James O'Hara there was no dissent, as both men were in shape to continue, and the Kid could have had no excuse because of any punishment inflicted by Jackson to postpone his contemplated marriage.

Dixie Kid's seconds were Dan Murray, Billy Reynolds and Edward Harvey. Jackson was cared for by Al Herford, Joe Gans, Kid Sullivan and Harry Lyons.

Before the preliminaries started, Manager Al Herford had his troubles. All the boxers, led by Kid Reason, went on a strike, wanting more money. Some joker said that Reason had enough reasons to bear out the fact that he was not misnamed. "Mistah Herford," he said, "dis here is Christmas and we wants more money. Times is hard, money tight and chickens is high, and if we don't get more money, there ain't nuthin' doin'." After a long argument the strikers decided that their "frenzied finance" argument did not go and gave in to the management.

Referee Sweigert called a draw the first bout of three rounds between Charles Borax and Young Mitchell. The decision met approval, though Mitchell had done the better fighting.

Young Buck Washington and Little Dick, both colored, gave three rounds of good fighting.

Kid O'Brien and James Langley went three rounds of hard slugging, both boys bleeding and being tired at the end, the referee giving a draw.

Matty Knox received the decision over James McGrath after three rounds.

Kid Brown and Young Monroe, both colored, made a fair showing, and Brown won the decision.

1903-06-18 Joe Walcott D-PTS20 Young Peter Jackson [Balanee Box, Portland, OR, USA]

1903-06-19 Morning Oregonian (Portland, OR) (page 11)

FIGHT CALLED DRAW
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Joe Walcott Escapes Losing His Title.
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FIERCE BATTLE FOR 20 ROUNDS
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Young Peter Jackson Makes a Game Try for Welterweight Championship, but Lacks a Knockout Punch.
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Joe Walcott, the world's champion welterweight, came nearer losing his title in his battle last night with Young Peter Jackson than he has since he gained the title. For 20 rounds both men fought one of the fiercest and gamest battles ever seen in Portland, and while Referee Jim Neil called the fight a draw at the end of the 20 rounds, the last five rounds were largely in favor of Jackson.

The fight was for the welterweight championship of the world, and if Al Herford, Peter's manager, had his way, and the fight had gone 25 rounds instead of 20, there would have been a new welterweight champion this morning. Walcott fought his usual clever and masterful battle. During the earlier rounds his ducking, leading, blocking and ring generalship made Peter look as slow as a carthorse compared with him. But Peter was fighting under instructions, which were "bore in all the time; take what's coming, but always keep covered." And how closely he followed these instructions showed as the battle waged. And it was a battle, for round after round the two black pugilists clashed, smashed and walloped each other until it looked as if both fighters would fall from sheer exhaustion. But they did not. At the sound of the gong, which brought them to their feet, Joe and Peter were at each other, with Walcott ripping rights and lefts to the body and head and Jackson jabbing a straight left to the face, and then in the clinches working both hands like pistons on a donkey-engine.

Fighters Go a Fast Pace.

Not a one of that great crowd present, after Peter and Joe got mixing it, ever dreamed that the fight would go to the limit. It seemed, at the pace they were fighting after Walcott had sent Jackson to the canvas in the second round with a right swing that nipped Peter on the cauliflower ear, that one or the other of the boxers must take a peep into pugilistic dreamland, where the fighter, like in a dream, wakes to half-consciousness to hear his master receiving the plaudits and cheers of the crowd. But the fight grew faster and faster as the great bell over in the official timekeeper's corner tolled off the rounds. And with each round Jackson began to unlimber. He seemed to grow stronger. He straightened out of his smothered pose and started after the champion and kept after him until he had Walcott holding in the clinches in the last two rounds. As Jackson grew strong, Walcott, while he lost none of his skill at ducking, his blows seemed to lack steam, and his judgment of distance became less accurate. It was Jackson's straight left that kept reaching Walcott's face that was beating the champion. He realized it as well as the crowd, which, during the earlier stages of the fight, was with the Black Demon from Boston. But when Jackson's stinging left repeatedly found lodgment against Walcott's jaw and face, his right smashing into Joe's wind, or ripping an upper cut which sent Walcott's head back with a snap, the tide of favor turned, until in the 18th round the crowd was yelling like mad and howling, "Jackson! Jackson!" Jackson tried manfully to deliver what the crowd wanted--a knockout punch--and it was only because of Walcott's ability to stall that saved him.

Walcott Grows Serious.

Of course, Walcott doesn't think he was anywhere near beaten. His seconds share his opinion, but it was noticed that the laugh was no longer tripping merrily from the lips of the Barbadoes Wonder. There was no longer the ready jibe and witticism; instead, the black from Boston was serious--as serious as a miser counting his hoarded wealth. The yawn and the assumed air of sleepiness had also disappeared, and on his ebon face there was an expression of anxiety and consternation. He was fighting to save his title, and no longer to hear the laugh of the crowd. All this time Jackson, like a mole working under ground, was wearing his antagonist down. In the 19th round a series of lefts to the face, and a number of herculean uppercuts had the champion wobbling and rocking like an old-fashioned cradle. At that Walcott was at all times dangerous, and, although badly weakened, there was a knockout punch lingering in those brown arms. Jackson knew this, and he never became careless; in fact, all through the rough journey both men fought hard, but carefully.

There was the usual delay in getting the men in the ring, and even after they were in the arena there was a short parley about the number of rounds. Herford wanted the men to fight 25 rounds, but Walcott would not consent, and they finally settled on 20 rounds. The men were brought to the center of the ring and introduced. Dixie Kid was introduced, and offered to fight any man in the world at 145 pounds. Jackson and Billie Woods are matched, and the fight will be pulled off in San Francisco.

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MEMSIC WINS PRELIMINARY.
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Snailham's Seconds Throw Up the Sponge--Ah Wing Boxes.

The crowd as usual was on hand early and as the hour for starting the mill rolled around there were the usual calls for the fighters, Ah Wing and Ed Wiley. At 8:45 Ah Wing with his queue stuck in the rear of his tights, was first to show. The crowd yelled him a loud welcome, and the cousin of Wu Ting Fang smiled in return. Wiley is Wing's sparring partner, and the round exhibition pleased the crowd hugely. The Chinese was clever and demonstrated that he knew something of the boxing game. In the third round both boxers gave a fine exhibition of light slugging. In the fourth and last round Wiley allowed the chink to wallop him and gave a show how the knock-out is delivered.

It was 9 o'clock when Mike Memsic, followed by his seconds, entered the ring. Dick Memsic, his brother, and Joe Cotton were in his corner. Snailham followed shortly and he was looked after by Fred Newhouse and Mike Sullivan. Billie McClain, Dixie Kid's manager, officiated as referee. The boys were a trim-looking pair and looked to be in fine condition. It was Dick's initial appearance and he showed himself a bit of a master of the game. Snailham had only a right that he tried frequently, and missed just as often, for the wind. Memsic's straight left jab soon had the Californian in distress. In the second round Memsic used both hands effectively and just before the bell Memsic sent Snailham down with a right to the jaw. Just as he got to his feet the gong sounded.

Memsic tried to finish the battle in the third round, but his blows, while they punished greatly, lacked steam. Snailham was the gamest kid that has boxed in Portland for days. He gave away at least five pounds and certainly was a glutton for punishment. The crowd liked the Bay City kid's gameness and cheered him roundly when he landed a stiff punch. Snailham came back strong in the sixth round, and he had a shade the better of the argument. Snailham's ankle went to the bad early and he limped painfully, but in spite of this and the beating he got he kept coming back for more until about one minute and a half of the ninth round, when his seconds threw up the sponge. His ankle as much as anything helped make him quit. The fight was awarded to Memsic, who is a good, clever boy.

1905-06-16 Sam Langford W-PTS15 Young Peter Jackson [Douglas Athletic Club, Chelsea, MA, USA]

1905-06-17 The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA) (page 3)

LANGFORD THE MASTER
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Jackson Should be Content Now.
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Boston Boxer at All Times Ahead of the Baltimorean.
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Briggs and Coffey May Meet Again.
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Young Peter Jackson was defeated for the second time by Sam Langford of this city when the two met last night at the Douglas A. C. The Baltimore boxer should rest content now and admit that he has met his master.

The bout last night was somewhat of a repetition of the contest at Marlboro, only last night Langford was more confident of the result.

There never was a time when he did not feel that he was winning. His left hand jabs found a resting place on Jackson time and again. The visitor resorted to his stalling and blocking tactics, but they availed him very little. When they got to close quarters Jackson got in some good punches, but he found Langford pretty handy at infighting, too.

Time and again on the breakaway Jackson tried to get over his famous right, the punch that knocked Jack O'Brien out twice, but it was no use with Langford.

In the bout at Marlboro Langford got one taste of the dangerous wallop and it came near losing him that battle, so last night he was prepared for it.

When the referee gave Langford the decision the greater number of those present fully agreed that the verdict was the only one that could have been given. Of course, Jackson could not see it, but there was no alternative.

Langford will now seek matches with some of the other pugilists who think they are entitled to the middleweight championship.


1905-06-17 The Boston Journal (Boston, MA) (page 5)

Langford Won From Jackson In Slow Fight
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Sam Langford of Cambridge and Young Peter Jackson of Baltimore fought fifteen dreary, weary rounds at the Douglas A. C., Chelsea, last night, Langford winning the decision by all kinds of margins and angles. Jackson did not have any chance for victory except to send Langford down and out. He came within an ace of the point, but "nears do not count."

Langford's work was pretty in the extreme sense of the word. He stabbed repeatedly with the left hand on to Pete's nose and face and the right-hand blow which crashed onto Jackson's jaw was also used often as a supplement to the left-hand jab. The left-hand hook to the body by Langford was also telling. Four times during the contest Langford's right smashed so hard onto the black Oriole's jaw that he was staggered half way across the ring.

Jackson had fifteen or twenty pounds advantage in weight. He pursued the tactics he employed when he showed in this city before and did nothing but stall and cover up and try for one "haymaker." But while Langford was eager to stab and jab with the left and smash with the right on the jaw, he was also wary. He never forgot to guard his jaw, and also remembered that there is such a warning among canal boat men as "low bridge," for he ducked more than once out of harm's way.

Jackson's right, which carries destruction in its path, sailed over Sam's head several times, as he saw it coming.

It was a case of clinch on Jackson's part and to protect himself Langford was also obliged to grapple. Fifteen or twenty times during every round found both boys locked in a warm embrace, working desperately with the free hand.

Kid Lester of Cambridge dropped twice to the floor to avoid punishment. The second time he went on his hands but not his knees. While in this position his antagonist, Harry Edels of Chelsea, punched him. Thereupon the referee disqualified Edels, who had beaten Lester at the rate of fifty to one, overlooking the fact that Lester had gone down to avoid punishment without being punched, a clear violation of the rules.

In the first bout Johnnie Fitzgerald of South Boston won from Tommy Murray of Roxbury. It was all Fitzgerald in the last round, and it appeared a bit brutal. The referee showed good judgment in stopping it. Murray was game to the core and made a good showing till the last round when the tide of battle turned against him.


1905-06-17 The Washington Post (Washington, DC) (page 8)

LANGFORD BEATS JACKSON.
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Baltimore Fighter Unable to Get Close to Boston Man.

Special to The Washington Post.

Boston, June 16.--Sam Langford, of this city, knocked out Young Peter Jackson in their fifteen-round fight before the Douglas A. C. members in Chelsea tonight. The colored fighter from Baltimore exhibited a capacity for punishment that only equals Joe Grimm's ability in that line, yet he kept Langford stepping pretty fast to keeo out of the way of his wide swings.

In the last round Langford had Jackson all but gone. The Boston man simply hit Jackson when and where he pleased. Jackson willingly took powerful swings on the jaw in order to get in close, but it seemed impossible for Jackson to get into position to land a punch.

Jackson was groggy and floundering around the ring in the last round.

1906-06-13 Young Peter Jackson W-TKO5 Sam Langford [Southbridge, MA, USA]

1906-06-14 The Evening Times (Pawtucket, RI) (page 2)

SAM LANGFORD QUIT IN FIFTH WITH JACKSON
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WORCESTER, June 14.--Sam Langford stopped in the beginning of the fifth round of his contest with young Peter Jackson, at Southbridge last evening, and refused to continue. He claimed that he had been injured and that it was impossible for him to resume boxing. Jackson was awarded the decision by Referee Arthur Pratt.

The bout was surprisingly fast up to the end of the fourth round, when Langford claimed that the injury was inflicted. The appeal to the referee came after a clinch, but there was no evidence that Jackson had hit any unfair blow. When time was called for the beginning of the next round Langford refused to continue and was counted out while sitting in his chair.

In the preliminaries Johnny Sheehan of Boston knocked out Kid Williams of Lowell in the fourth round and Jack Curran of Worcester made Duke Ferguson quit in the fifth round.

1902-03-13 Joe Walcott D-PTS10 Young Peter Jackson [Eureka Athletic Club, Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, MD, USA]

1902-03-14 Baltimore Morning Herald (Baltimore, MD) (page 4)

Walcott-Jackson Battle
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PETER STAYED LIMIT
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Barbados Wonder Failed to Administer the Necessary Knockout
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Germania Maennerchor Hall was packed to the doors last night and many who came late to see the Walcott-Jackson battle were compelled to go away, simply because it was a physical impossibility to get another man into the house. Indeed, it would have been difficult to have stuck a needle into that crowd.

Not only the galleries and the body of the house were filled, but the new three dollar seats, erected for this occasion at the ringside for the wealthy, were every one taken. It was the biggest gathering ever seen at a fight in Germania Maennerchor Hall.

It was a mighty high toned assemblage, too, for a boxing show, and the solid element of Baltimore was to be seen on every side. And the fight was worthy of the crowd--it was a peach.

By the terms of the agreement made between the men Walcott was to knock Young Peter out in 10 rounds or forfeit the whole of the purse. He failed to accomplish the desired end, and at the close of 10 rounds Young Peter was still on deck and handing out punches as hot as tabasco sauce.

Of course, by the strict terms of the agreement Walcott had forfeited all claim to his share of the juicy purse, but there is a strong suspicion that Manager Al was generous, and that the Barbados Wonder didn't go away without cigarette money. Quien sabe?

This was the third time that Walcott and Jackson had met. The first was at Music Hall, when Jackson stayed 20 rounds, but Walcott had the better of it and got the decision. The second was a few weeks ago at Philadelphia, when the two men boxed six rounds, in which honors were easy. Since the meeting at Music Hall Jackson has improved wonderfully. He has acquired confidence and last night he did quite as much of the fighting as Walcott.

Both men were eager as hounds, and from the first tap of the bell the pace was heart-breaking. At the start Jackson rushed in to force matters and was met more than half way. The result was a series of rounds that would have warmed the cockles of the heart of the most blase ring follower. There was not a second but something was doing, and the big house grew almost crazy with excitement. Every round to the very finish was red hot and the infighting was the fiercest ever seen here.

Jackson started out with the view of reaching Walcott's commissary department, and all the earlier part of the battle he devoted himself to body punches. And many a stiff one he handed out. Once or twice he put his right over Walcott's heart with force enough to have killed an ox.

The sixth round was the hottest of the bunch, and in this Jackson showed to the front. He landed a succession of stomach punches that made Walcott wince, and for a while, at least, the Barbados man was very wabbly. In the last three or four rounds Walcott showed a shade the better. He kept meeting Peter's rushes with stiff uppercuts.

At the end of the 10th round, both men being on their feet, according to agreement, the decision was a draw. Speaking of the fight, Referee Mantz said that strictly on points Walcott had a shade the better of it. Possibly this may have been so, but the majority of the crowd were quite satisfied that Jackson had done fully as much damage as his opponent, and a draw seemed to be just on the strict merits of the case without reference to the agreement.

Joe Gans, Harry Lyons and Raymonds Coates seconded Jackson, while Jimmy Kelly, Florrie Barnett and Al Lewis were in Walcott's corner. George Mantz refereed.

Jimmy Kelly announced that he was ready to meet Joe Tipman before the Eureka Athletic Club, and would bet $250 on the side that he would best Tipman.

Several fine preliminaries were pulled off. Jimmy Farren disposed of Harry Boxley in one round, and afterward got a decision over Al Mason in three rounds. Alonzo Jackson and Joe Howard boxed a draw. Lanky Bob beat Buck Washington in three rounds, and Sammy Harris got the decision over Joe Washington in three rounds.


1902-03-14 The Sun (Baltimore, MD) (page 6)

WALCOTT COULDN'T
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Young Peter Jackson Fights Him hard For 10 Rounds.
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THE BATTLE IS A DRAW
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Barbadoes Wonder Meets A Fighter Who Is Greatly Improved Over His Form In Last Contest.

Joe Walcott, the "Barbadoes Wonder," attempted to put Young Peter Jackson out in a 10-round fight at the Germania Maennerchor Hall last night. Joe Walcott failed.

According to the agreement Walcott was to make his colored brother quit in the prescribed 10 rounds, or else he was to forfeit any claim to the money which came in at the box office. Both men were strong at the end of the battle, and the referee decided the fight a draw. Walcott would have gotten the decision had the award been made on points by Referee George Mantz.

There was plenty of money in the box office to spur Walcott on to try to put his man out, but he simply could not do it despite his wonderful fighting ability.

In November, at the Music Hall, Walcott gained a decisive victory over Jackson in 20 rounds, and he then concluded that he could put Jackson out in half the time. Hence his contract. Now he knows more about it. He found the "Peter Jackson" of March, 1902, a much improved fighter over the "Jackson" he met in November, 1901.

Big Fight Attendance.

No larger attendance was ever in the Germania Hall than was present last night, and there would have been more had the hall been large enough to hold the people. Many went away from the doors when they found that even standing room could not be had. It was not altogether a local attendance. There were large delegations from New York, Philadelphia, Washington and other cities.

The New Yorkers, especially, believed that Walcott would win, and they backed their man and lost. They were loud in their praises of the fight Jackson put up. It was without doubt the best "Jackson" has ever made. He showed great improvement over his previous good form, and if he ever faces Walcott again the betting should be even money--"Jackson" to win. He is not yet as clever a boxer or ring general as Walcott, but his improvement is rapid, while Walcott has reached his zenith.

Great Men Physically.

Seldom have two better physical specimens of the negro been seen in a ring. Both are big and powerful in shoulders and back. Walcott is the larger in the lower body and thighs, while "Jackson" has the greater height. Each has wonderful hitting powers and both are as tough as humanity could be made. Each has the ability to take the most severe punishment, as they proved in their 10-round battle.

When the two black gladiators entered the ring they were clad in robes of hues that would be valuable in the Barbados. When they were thrown off the crowd gave vent to their admiration of the physique they disclosed.

The men knew the conditions under which they were to clash and lost but little time in taking instructions from the referee. The struggle was quickly on, and was by rounds as follows:

Round 1--Jackson went right at his man at the start and kept at him throughout. His plan of battle was quickly comprehended. Jackson was a bit overanxious at first, but he got settled after a few fierce interchanges. Walcott was the first to land a dangerous blow and it was a right to the body. Exchanges followed and at the gong Jackson landed a hard one on Walcott's jaw.

Round 2--Walcott sent his left straight to the face, and as Jackson ducked away Walcott uppercut nicely. Jackson landed a stinger on the jaw, and in trying again slipped down.

Walcott found that Jackson was ducking his head low and tried to uppercut, without success. Then he resorted to left jabs and was more successful. At the end of the round Jackson walked into a hard facer.

Round 3--Walcott jabbed and tried a right cross, which fell short. Peter ducked his head and Walcott sent his right over on the ear. For the first time Jackson was forced to break ground. Walcott continued to jab and finally got in right and left to the body. "Joe" Gans called to Jackson to go in. Walcott told Gans to keep quiet. Peter had heard Gans and waded in, and at the gong missed a lead and slipped down.

Good Even Round.

Round 4--Both were good and fresh. Walcott landed two to the body. A series of hits and clinches followed. In breaking from a clinch Jackson landed a neat uppercut on Walcott's chin, sending the head of the Barbados wonder back forcibly. Jackson followed with a hard jolt to the jaw and tried to right cross.

The round was very evenly fought. The battle was nearly half over and Walcott looked to be about as far away from stopping Jackson as he was at the beginning.

Round 5--Jackson began to force the fight even harder than before. Walcott aimed a vicious right, which was short. Later he landed a hard body jolt. Jackson retaliated on the jaw. Walcott then went at Jackson, forcing him to the ropes, where some fierce infighting ensued. When they broke Walcott reached Jackson's body good and hard. At the end of the round Walcott had Jackson on the ropes, and Jackson said, "Keep on, rough it, old man."

Fearful Head Blow.

Round 6--Jackson led off with a blow to the head. It was a fearfully hard blow, but did not appear to hurt Jackson's head a particle. It brightened up Walcott a bit, and he landed two hard blows without a return.

Jackson sailed in, and at short arm work outfought Walcott.

His best blow was a staggerer to the jaw. In a wild lead Jackson slipped and fell. When he got up Walcott had to fight him quickly, as he feared to let the dangerous local man get set. The round was Jackson's, and Walcott was not very dangerous at the finish of it.

Round 7--Walcott came up fresh and landed three face jabs before Jackson could counter. A series of clinches followed. Walcott landed a hard blow on the ear and tried for a right swing, but failed. Later he landed an uppercut.

Gans Urges His Man.

Round 8--Gans had instructed Jackson to go at Walcott, and Jackson did it. Walcott kept him off by left jabs. Walcott landed hard on the neck, but Jackson kept on forcing the fight. Walcott landed at the finish on Jackson's body. It was Walcott's round.

Round 9--Jackson led to the face and then walked into a hard body blow. A clinch ensued and Walcott handed out some words to Jackson that would not look well in print. Al Herford was in Jackson's corner and remarked to Walcott.

Joe's Last Chance.

Round 10--Both men were strong enough to be very dangerous. It was Walcott's last chance to earn the money, and he took some chances trying to get his right over effectually. A series of clinches marked this round, and Referee Mantz was getting hoarse from yelling "Break! Let go!"

Jackson got in a hard blow on Walcott's right eye, a spot that he had swelled by previous blows. Walcott got in a right and left to the face, and Jackson clinched. As they broke from the clinch Jackson landed an uppercut on Walcott's chin. Walcott reached his man's body and they were in a clinch when the gong put an end to a battle that was as hard fought and that abounded as much in skill as any given in Baltimore.

Walcott was cared for by Florrie Barnett, Kid Lewis and Johnny Kelly. Jackson's seconds were Joseph Gans, Harry Lyons, Herman Miller and Raymond Coates.

The Preliminaries.

The preliminary fights were as follows:

Jimmy Farren made Harry Boxley quit in one round.

Alonzo Jackson, colored, and "Joe" Howard, colored, fought a three round draw.

"Lanky Bob" and "Buck" Washington had a side bet of $25 which was to be settled by a six round fight. "Lanky Bob" outfought Washington and got the decision.

Jimmy Farren had had so easy a mark in Harry Boxley that he came on again and boxed Al Mason, colored, three rounds. Farren made Mason look cheap and easily won the decision.

Sammy Harris and "Joe" Washington, both colored, fought three rounds, and Washington was nearly out when it ended. Harris got the decision.

Frederick Sweigert, "the old trialhorse," refereed the preliminary fights.

1904-01-11 Young Peter Jackson W-TKO5 Ed ‘Snowball’ Snowden (Hudson Athletic Club, Canton, MD, USA)

1904-01-12 Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD) (page 10)

SNOWBALL QUIT IN FIFTH ROUND
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HIS STOMACH A PUNCHING BAG FOR PETER JACKSON.
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Local Welterweight Smothered His Heavier Opponent, Landing Repeatedly With Both Fists on Body and Face--Snowball Was Fifteen Pounds Heavier, but This Did Not Handicap Jackson in Any Way--Johnny Smith Beat Bender in the Second Round.
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Wearing a look of distress and begging the referee to stop it, Edward Snowden, better known as Snowball, showed the signs of "cold feet" in the fifth round of his battle with Young Peter Jackson before the Hudson Athletic Club of Canton last night.

Snowball, upon his victory over Charlie Lewis, of Sparrows Point, on New Year's night, issued a challenge to meet Jackson. His desire was granted last night, and now he is a wiser but much sadder fellow. Jackson, although 15 pounds lighter, went at his man at a terrific pace from the off-start. His frequent and telling punches to the stomach soon caused Snowball to look worried. But Snowball, nevertheless, was game, and must be commended for the length of time in which he stayed.

At the beginning of the fifth round Jackson went at him to put an end to the mill. With lefts and rights in quick order he planted all over Snowball's anatomy, and might have done the trick before the end of the round had not the latter taken unto himself to quit. Snowball was the favorite among the audience, and was encouraged on to knock Jackson's head off. Snowball got in a few blows to the face and head, but Jackson would only smile. Jackson seemed to realize that his heavier antagonist hadn't the physical endurance to stand the strain much longer, and kept hitting away.

A Jolt to the Jaw.

In the third round Jackson sent in a hard right to the jaw, putting his man on his knees for the count. This punch took the steam out of Snowball, and from then on until he quit he showed signs of distress. Jackson never let his opponent get set, continuing to bore in all the while. They agreed to box one arm free and protect themselves in the breakaway. This was a handicap to Snowball, for his stomach was a perfect target. Snowball stood up and took his punishment gamely.

It did not take long, however, for Jackson to demonstrate that Snowball had bit off a little more than he could chew.

In the fifth round Snowball showed sound judgment in quitting, and after it was all over stated that he had had enough. Hereafter Snowball will seek battle with men of less ability than Jackson, and will not be so open in his boasts. In his corner were Ike Waldorf, his manager; Sammy Myers, Kid Eifert and Charlie Boyer. They set up a yell of foul as soon as they saw their man wincing, but Referee Swigert refused to listen to them. In Jackson's corner were Harry Lyons, Herman Miller and Draggs, Jackson's trainer. They gave very little instructions for Jackson displayed his generalship in the truest way.

After the main bout Manager Rebbel gave a very attractive luncheon to the newspaper men and other friends. The semi-windup was a rattling fast bout. Johnnie Smith and Kid Bender were the principals. They are 90-pounders, but put up a pretty stiff argument. Bender was counted out in the second round. He gave Smith a fast fight, however, while it lasted. Charlie Boyer bested Kid Hoy, of Cleveland, in four rounds.

Herman Miller, who has not appeared here for nearly a year, will meet Fred Vanuch, of Canada, before the Hudsons next Monday night.


1904-01-12 Baltimore Morning Herald (Baltimore, MD) (page 4)

"SNOWBALL" EASY MARK FOR YOUNG PETER
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Herford's Protégé Made His Opponent Quit in the Fifth Round of a Tame Battle.

A little more than four rounds was the time required last night for "Young Peter Jackson" to make Ed Snowden, colored, better known as "Snowball," quit in the bout before the Hudson Athletic Club of Canton. The bout was scheduled for fifteen rounds at catchweights.

"Snowball," who has until recently figured only in preliminary bouts, has been clamoring for a match with Jackson for quite a while, but there were few members of the local pugilistic fraternity who were not of the opinion that "Snowball" had undertaken much too large a job in going up against Jackson. Their ideas were verified last night.

Although "Snowball" was heavier than his opponent, it was soon evident that he had little chance of winning. It was a matter of a knockout or "Snowball" crying enough within a short while.

The first round proved that unless Snowden should land Jackson a chance blow that he had little show to win. Since it a fact that Jackson has never yet been knocked out the former probability had little chance of becoming a reality. Jackson started off by rushing matters, and Snowden looked distressed after half of the round had expired. Jackson, however, let up and practically allowed Snowden to send in a few blows to the head, at which he simply laughed.

The second round found matters decidedly tame, with Jackson appearing as if he would let the bout go a while. In the following round he tried repeatedly for a knockout and almost succeeded in doing the trick. A right swing to the point of the jaw made Snowden take the count.

Several swings to the jaw were landed by Snowden in the fourth round, but they lacked the steam and Jackson merely grinned.

The fifth round brought the end. The men agreed to protect themselves at all times and in the clinches Jackson had kept hammering his opponent with short body jabs. In this round Jackson put a few to the stomach and Snowden showed the white feather and quit right then and there. Several of the spectators thought that Jackson had fouled his opponent, but the husky Californian had not struck his opponent below the belt.

Jackson was seconded by Harry Lyons, Herman Miller and "Draggs," while Snowden was looked after by "Sammy" Meyers, "Kid" Eifert and his manager, Ike Waldorf.

In the preliminaries "Johnnie" Smith, the ninety-five-pound champion of the state, established his claim to the title by knocking out "Kid" Bender in two rounds. Bender was made to take the count several times in the second round, but he fought gamely to the end. Charley Boyer, colored, received the decision over "Kid" Hoy, colored in four rounds.

Herman Miller and Frank Vanuch are scheduled to go fifteen rounds before the club next Monday night.


1904-01-12 The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA) (page 5)

SNOWDEN QUITS.
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Peter Jackson Knocks His Championship Aspirations Into All Askew in Five Rounds.

BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 11.--The aspirations of Ed Snowden, who recently gained notoriety by defeating Charles Lewis, for championship honors, were knocked askew tonight by young Peter Jackson before the Hudson athletic club.

The bout between the two welterweights was scheduled for 15 rounds, but in the fifth round Snowden came to the conclusion that he had enough and quit.

Jackson fought a peculiar battle. He played for the body throughout, paying but little attention to the head. He assumed the aggressive from the start, and did most of his effective work on infighting. Snowden landed repeatedly on Jackson's face and head, but Peter only grinned and bored in. In the fifth Jackson rained rights and lefts on the stomach, and Snowden soon gave signs of distress, and a right hand punch under the heart forced him to quit. Both men were in superb condition.


1914-01-12 The Evening World (New York, NY) (page 10)

(Special to The Evening World.)

BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 12.--Edward Snowden, better known as Snowball, quit in the fifth round of his encounter with Young Peter Jackson before the Hudson Athletic Club, of Canton, last night. It was a case of cold feet on the part of Snowden.

After receiving severe punishment about the body, Snowden rushed up to Referee Swigert and begged him to stop the mill. Finding that the referee would not listen to him, Snowden rushed to his corner. His seconds immediately raised a cry of foul, but as Snowden refused to continue Swigert awarded the decision to Jackson.


1904-01-12 The Sun (Baltimore, MD) (page 9)

SNOWBALL IS KNOCKED OUT.
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Peter Jackson's Solar-Plexus Blow Is Responsible.

Only a fair-sized crowd gathered around the ring of the Hudson Athletic Club, of Canton, last night to see Young Peter Jackson knock out Edward Snowden (Snowball) in five rounds. A left swing on the solar plexus did the job.

Snowden put up a good fight and he had many sympathizers among the spectators, who cheered every time he landed, and this was frequently, but that he was no match for his dark skinned antagonist was seen from the start.

They mixed things generally as soon as the first round opened. Snowden landed good rights and lefts on the head and Jackson returned body blows. They clinched frequently, Jackson leaning on his opponent every time they grappled. This winded Snowden and he went to his corner panting.

Snowden landed on the Californian's head as the second round began, and continued to pour in right and left punches to the face until the gong sounded. They clinched even more than in the first round, and Referee Fred Sweigert had to separate them several times. The round was evidently Snowden's, although he seemed tired, while Jackson went to his corner fresh and smiling.

Jackson swung fiercely as the third round began. One of his right swings caught Snowden on the jaw and the mulatto sank to the floor. He arose on the ninth second of the count and succeeded in landing several times on Jackson's face, at which the latter smiled.

The fourth round consisted mostly of clinches. Jackson continued to lean, Snowden still reached the black man's face with little apparent effect.

In the fifth round Snowden swung right and left successfully for the head. Jackson watched his opportunity and while Snowden was swinging he sent in a terrific left to the plexus, followed by another. Snowden sank into the chair in his corner with an agonized look. Several of the spectators shouted "Foul," but Referee Sweigert declared it a clean knockout.

The two preliminaries were good. The first was a four round contest between Chas. Poyer, of Baltimore, and Kid Hoy, of Cleveland, both colored. Poyer had the better of it all through and was declared the winner.

In the six round match Kid Johnny Smith, the 95 pound champion, knocked out Kid Pender with face blows in the second round.