The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-27

from much of il by his clinches. The
round closed with both men pretty we'll
windsd from their hard work, and frat
blood awarded TO Freeman.
The second round started with some ex-
changes at close range and a clinch before
any great damage WAS done. Then Rays
began using Freeman's neck for a mark.
and the st. Paul man evidently overesti-
mated his ability to stand the battering
there, for he made very little effott to pro-
tect that vital point. One of these blowa
nearly sent Freeman down, but Hays did
not follow up his advantage closely enough.
After another of Hays blows had landed on
his opponents neck. there was some sharp
and heavy ~infghting, in which freeman
kept hammering at the damaged nose of
the colored man. freeman had to dodge
30 save himself from q heavy swinging blow,
and got out of Hays reach before the latter
could get in another. The honois III TINS
round we're about even.
Both men started Of cautiously in the
third round. Hays then began the work with
another of his swings, which didn't reach.
There was a olinch in which Hays got in
some short arm upper outs before the ref
cree could part the men. When they got
into action again Freeman landed on the
nose and got one on the neck in return.
Hays seemed at this point to be very weak
about the legs, and reiterated to his corner
where there was some heavy exchanges,
Freeman doing most of the work and Hays
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case was beginning to look desperate for
Hays when time was called. He seemed
pretty nearly exha listed, and his opponent,
while not very fresh. appeared to be in
much beta er shape. though his left eye was
beginning to show signs of a collision with
the gloves.
HAYS started to rush the fighting in the
fourth round, and got two vicious labs in
the mouth in quick succession. Hays kept
pounding at Freeman's neck, and finally
got in an upper cut right over the heart
that sent Freeman TO the ropes. He got
his breath in time to avoid further punish
ment and started to work again on Hays
features. He was stopped by another body
blow that pumped the wind o1t Of him and
made him grunt. Though Hays was bleed
ing freely from the nose when the round
closed. it was apparent that he was in much
better shape otherwise to go on with the
contest than Freeman was.
The fifth round showed the effect of the
body blows on Freeman. He seemed to
have weakened rather than gained strength
during the one minuter rest allowed between
rounds by Queensbury rules. He got a
sounding body blowthat made him cry out,
and it was apparent that he was winded.
He vent down without being knocked
down when he got a blow on the neck, and
lay there until nine was called by the
view of getting some breath. He avoided
being called ont, however, by getting
up before the timekeepers shouted
"ten.'' Foul was claimed for him on a
blow that seemed to lane below the belt,
but it was not allowed. Hays now confined
his attentions almost exclusively to Free
mans body, and the latter went down a
second time to a blow that caught him
back of the neck. He was up again before
he could be counted out. but in the Ian
guage of the fighters he was very g~roggy."
Another clinch followed, and after the
breab-away freeman dropped over the
ropes from the mere force required to
dodge a blow. The call OF time saved him.
HAYS Wac bleeding. but looked confident
when he saw how badly off the other man
was.
Freeman came up to the call of time for
the sixth round looking like a beaten man,
and Hays started in to finish him. He
rushed Freeman to the ropes, and in dodR-
ing a vicious swing the st. Paul man went
to the floor. Hays stood ready to finish his
man when he got ur. but the referee ordered
him to give Freeman a chance to regain his
feet. The chance was given. but it did
very little more than delay the anal out
come. At n blow which caught him behind
the neck, freeman went down again, and
this time he was unable to rise, and was
still rolling around when the timekeepers
had called up to ten" and he was declared
out. He had to be assisted to his room by
Ed German, and the contest was declared |
in Hays favor. The colored man was
loudly cheered, and those present voted
that they had seen a good nights sport.