Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-18
PUT TO SLEEP.
soro MADE SoMNoLENT IN SIX
TEEN ROUNDS.
Gus Hergst Wins Closely Fought Con-
test-The Affair Described by Rounds.
A Well Conducted Match.

The gymnasium of the Pastime Ath
letic club was filed to overhowing last
night to witness the contest between Joe
Soto and Gus Herget.
The match was made at catch weights.
Soto gave his at 122 pounds. Which is
about seven pounds above his proper
fighting weight in his best days. He
stands five feet three inches in his box
ing shoes, and had to give lot away in
height, weight and reach to his oppo-
nent, who is 23 years of age, five feet
seven inches tall, and weighs about 127
pounds. Herget is brother of Young
Mitchell, of San Francisco, and is COM
paratively green man in the ring. Soto
is an old warrior, Of great ring expert
ence, being shifty, game, clever and cum
ming.
After few preliminary set-tos the
men appeared.
Herget was the first to enter the ring,
seconded by Billy Lewis and Tom Dar-
mody, with Tom Savage as bottle
holder.
Soto followed, seconded by the Smith
Brothers, with Joe Hyland as bottle
holder. He looked in poor condition for
long, hard battle, while his opponent
seemed to be in very good trim.
John Kennedy was chosen timekeeper
for Soto, John Brink for Herget and
Tom Rodman for the club. Mart Cur
rem was chosen referee.
First round-At call OF time both men
began to feint for an opening, and step
ped warily around the ring for fully a
minute, when both led with left hands on
the head and clinched, then separated.
Soto then tried with right-hand swing
and missed, then cllnched and broke
away. Soto again sent tie right hand
on the body. Herget missing the coun-
/ ters with left, after which slight rally
took place at close quarters, and time
ended the round with honors even.
Second round-This was uneventful,
! so far as damage to either was concern
! ed, though it could be seen that Herget's
superior reach bothered Soto considera-
! bly,. After a few misses by both men,
and clinch or two, the round ended
without advantage to either man.
Third round-This was Soto's round.
He narrowly missed knocking out Her.
! get by a right-hand swinging blow,
which just grazed his throat, passing
under his chin, though the latter kept
his head and fought back like veteran.
Fourth round-H Herget landed stiff
left swing on the throat which made
Soto blink and retreat few PAGES, and,
following up his advantage, Herget
landed a good straight hit with the
right on the ribs. Soto then steadied
himself and landed very hard left
hand swing on Herget's mouth and drew
first blood, though the round ended
slightly in favor Of Herget.
Fifth round This was Herget's
round. His longer reach began to tell,
and he landed hard with both hands on
face and body. Soto, though fighting
on the retreat, countered sharply with
left hand swings. Round ended with
both men fresh, strong, and not yet
damaged perceptibly.
Sixth round-Soto came back fresh
and took the lead with good left hand
swings on the head and straight coun-
ters with the right, which, while they
landed, were too high up to hurt
Herget much, Gus holding his ground
and driving out with the left straight at
his opponents head, many of which
were ducked by the crafty Soto.
Seventh and eighth rounds-Were
uneventful, though Soto bled slightly
from the mouth.
Ninth round-Herget here took the
lead, and fought Soto slowly around the
ring.
Tenth round-Soto, retreating, landed
several good body blows with the right
while Herget missed several left-hand
leads, being somewhat wild in his de-
livery, though he steadied himself
somewhat toward the last and banked
several of Soto's attempts to knock him
out with right-hand swing.
Eleventh round-This was hard
round, characterized by Herget landing
hard left straight shot on the mouth
though Soto evened things up TOWARD
the last, and the round ended will
honors even.
Twelfth round-This was uneventful
Herget forcing Soto around the ring
but was unable to land effectively on hi
clever antagonist.
Thirteenth round-Herget had an
other narrow escape, Soto landing
straight counter which just grazed hi
: chin and landed on his throat. Thi
was the hardest round yet, both mel
rushing in turn and fighting at clos
quarters.
Fourteenth round-This was Soto
round. Both men landed hard left
hand blows on head and body, and Sot
J began to cunningly get his shoulde