The evening world. Newspaper, August 22, 1911, Page 7

LOOK AXEL ~ | MATCHED You WITH A COLORED MIDDLEWRIGHT FOR “TONIGHT, BE SURE Smith Fought Many Good Bat-| tles During the Latter Part of His Career, but After Being Defeated by Oscar Gardner and Joe Bernstein Lost His Final Fight on a Foul. Solly Smith. Gosrrigtt, 1911. ty The Pree Putting Oo. ‘The New York World), ly Smith's retura from d, he was matched with Tommy White, the ‘Board of Trede Pet" trom Chicago, on Jan. 12, 18%, before the Bohemian Athletic Club of New York City in @ twenty-five rowad bout. Despite the high prices the clubhouse was crowded anq the betting was spirited. White was the favorite at 10 to & The fighting was Pretty even for the first ten rounds, both men displaying plenty of clever- nese and punching ability. From the tenth to the fMfteenth rou i, White took ¢he lead, Smith being tired from Als own strenuous rushes. But he recovered and just about evened up things by the end of the twenty-fifth round. The eo declared the con- test a draw te probably “ad the better of in clevernese and sclence. On March 13 Smith battled for twenty rounds to a draw with Oscar Gardner, the a at the Broadway A, pounds, and the men {pte It wae @ hard this fight FI n a pound Kk Smith cla itather than disappoint club made this forfeit 1t Was @ pretty rough Both men mant- {il feeling toward hs aggressive work in e light gave him a Was not able to also took the aggre: t round and won the Turned Tables on Dixon. von after this ight with his {fin at Wood- San Francisco for ipts. Griffin was knocked out venth round, ward's 1 matched xon for V's Pa- $4,000 to the loser This was for nner and eight was ed to give a - | tised Glever man with @ hari punoh, and @uring the first four rounds he con- sistently outfought the California boy. The Afth round was chockfull of action from bell to dell, Sullivan having the better of it at the end. Smith refuced to come out for the sixth round, saying that he had broken his left in the third round. This was Probably true, for during the fourth and fifth rounds Solly did not use his left at all, depending entirely upon his terrific right-hand blows. So the referoe awarded tho fight to Sullivan, much to the disappointment of the crowd, which clamored for some more fast fighting. Solly did no more fighting until Feb. 7, 1899, when he mixed it up with Oscar Gardner in a twenty-round go at the Lenox Athletic Club. Gardner was the favorite. He had put up a corking fight against Dixon and shortly prior to the Smith encounter had bested Dave Sulll- \ crowd Dixon Was agreed to hit In the clinches with one arm free. For the first three rounds, Smith had the best of !t. He landed heavily on Dixon. By this time the colored boy had gotten Solly’s measure and in the Next few rounds evened up mi From the sixth to the event round honors were about even, bi the last three rounds Smith forged ahead and punished Dixon considerably with his terrible right. The referee xave the deciaton to Smith, much to 6 Californian’ ht. Although the verdict was popular with the West erners, it found little favor on the Atlantio side of the continent, and Dixon continued to be regarded here in the Hast as the American and world ‘matchedin height, reach and weight and an interesting acrap was expected. The clubhouse was jammed. Gardner Put Solly Away. ner led all the way. Hb dis- played a terrific punch and knocked Solly down frequently Smith was grog- gy in the fifth and all during the sixth, in which round Gardner put*him out with a right-hander to the Jaw before the bell rang. On May ® Solly fought a twenty- round draw at the Hercules A Brooklyn with Frank Pattet a Brooklyn featherweight, and again on July 10 at the Coney Island Athletic Club they mixed it up for twenty-five van, The men were pretty evenly |"* & Grew. He wanted to disquality Pat- terson in the twenty-third round for hitting low, but Smith waived the| claim. George Edwards of Yonkers was the referee. Solly was then matched with Joe Bernstein, the Ghetto champion feather- weight, at the Rroadway Athletic Olud, to fight twenty-five rounds on Aug. 15, Solly was knocked out in the thir- teenth round. Lost Last Fight on Foul. | On October 2 Smith lost to, Jack Mo-| Clelland, champion featherweight of | Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg, Smith foul- ing his opponent in the sixth round. Hin next fight was on March 4, 1900, with Billy Barrett in a t enty round pout at the Greenwood A. C. in Brook- lyn, The weight in this affair was 122 pounds. After a slashing fight Referee pougnatty gave the decision to Bar- Billy Maynard, « Brooklyn a\cht, hefore the Sampson Athletic Club in Brooklyn on May 29. Maynard's seconds threw up the sponge in the tenth round, thelr man being practically out ‘On June %, 1900, Solly had his last twenty-five-round go at 124 ‘Solly Aetented fight, a pounds before the Broadway A. C., with | Mee Bernstein. 1. the fourteenth round, after Bernstein had him a terrt- bie beating, Solly fouled the Ghetto champion and was immediately dis- qualified by Referee Johnny White. ‘Smith has retired from the ring, and| at last accounts was Ilving on a ranch Southern California. (The next article will deal with Cal Mc- featherweight champion, On April 18, 1898, Solly came back to Chicago and fought with Eddie Santry. This was declared a draw at the end of rounds. The referee also declared this No Deposit the eighth round, but Santry really had the better of it. On July 7 Smith fought with Billy O'Donnell of Memphis before the But- falo A. C. in Buffalo and bested the Tennessee man in seven rounds. After thia he came to New York City and wa hed again with Tommy White. Th fought twenty-five rounds before the Greater New York Athletic Club on Aug. 16. Smith was the favorite tn the betting at 2 to 1 The fight was wit- nessed by a crowd of about 8,000 people. ~ Smith was in perfect condition, but White looked stale. The men put up another rattling scrap all the way. Smith knocked White down in the fourth, Tommy returning the oom- pliment tn the seventh and repeating it in the twenty-fourth. The advant. swung back and forth all during th fight. In the twenty-fourth round White had Smith going, but could not put him out. Solly came back strong in the closing round and Referee Brown called the fight a draw. 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