Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — Smith Bents Whittaker. [ARTICLE]

Smith Bents Whittaker.

Hatch Smith, an Omaha colored light weight of considerable note, and Jack Whittaker of Cleveland, also, colored, fought fifteen and a half rounds of what was to have been a twenty round go at Omaha, which resulted in Whittaker’s defeat. Smith caught his adversary squarely on the jaw with a right hook and Wh ttaker was counted out. The fight was fast from start to finish, and both men were badly punished and were bleeding profusely before five rounds were fought. The men weighed 120 pounds. It was anybody’s fight up to the last round. Oscar Gardner refereed the contest, .which was witnessed by 400 spectators.