The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-15


trial race were cap,ained by Goodrich and
Perkins Goodiichs a. ht won N min
utes and Is seconds. Tho NAcord for the
course is minutes and - seconds. The
mS Ss w was royd II h y s sasss s
had mastered only the rudtnents OF a
new stroke, For these rsusons thu result
was very. satisfactory and iiar.aM men
livery hopeful of turning out a winning
crew.
The strobe was a great ,w"roYcaicnt
S %"s SnSS ara SSIt s tsnwaa SS y
heavy sweep through the water. with 40
Jerking or splash.ng. II sent the h'~,v,
roIiceibie dfr,rensc from the old s,ruke
Vas In the body swing, the men doubling
themselves up like Jack. knives al the
start and finishing far back OF the vertical
Jack Moulton Of the football eleven las
Joined the squad ard 8 lookot strcn a.
one of the promising mon. lie Is a power
ful fellow and has had considerable cx-
pcrlcnce in the water. l.. Il. Rust Is the
enly promising candidate for coxswain.
son and bids far to do 80 agata this year.
He has the three necessary quail feat ong,
being quick. cool and hight.
a Lively scrap.
san Frncisco, Cal. December iJoc
Cans OF Baltimore knocked ont Charlie
Rochctto of san francisco In the fourth
round. and Jack ward of Newark ~ j..
WIS awarded the decision over Jimmy An
thony OF Australia, In a ten round contest
here tonight
Tho frs. par fought at iS2 pounds and
the i1tter -. liz.
Rochette put up good fight un;il the
end of the fourth round When Cans led
with left on the head, staggering Roch\tte,
and before he could recover Cans nut his
rlsh. straight on the point Of the Jaw
Rochoitc went down. but arose in a dazed
condition and swung Wildly amid riin
OF rights and left, on the head. from
which the san Francisco man went down
as the gong rang II was apparent he
could not respond. and Roferos Mitchell
declared Cams the winner.
OF the Anthony-Wari ight, in tho i,rs'
round, Anthony fofccd matters. landing
well ON the body, but cot several hot lcfts
on the head aud neck
Anthony kept ~ his mln IN tho second
round. iahhng Ward In the face with his
left Ward put hard righ over Jimmy s
!eii eye. causing elight cut.
leads and e couniers with Nn,hosy fo re, az
| Wart around tn, ring. Jus, at the t,osa
| Ward put vecious lcit swing on An
thonN,s flce, Staggerins ihc Austrian.
| In the fourth Anthony Kept pvls.stcntly
~, work on Ward, 1abbins his lefi on the
! neck o9Il face. bn neNny the hood In a
steady flow Ward got In two or three
dli no farm.
In thc aNth round ANTHONY Kept ward
sey man showed extreme clevcrncss in
| avoiding AnthouN'S rushes Anthony re
| pcttedly took Wards blows 7i"r TO
get IN close, as tho latter had the longer
| reach.
In tho seventh Anthony swung hts left
| with tcrrluc fore ON the wind Which
| nearly dcGbtd Ward up. an tho latter
finished thr round by bre'k ng ground
| ana CinC ug.
Round ght was fast one Apthony
| rushed Ward. and Jack otnle hack with
| some bard swings on the head AND neck.
| hut Anthony did not seem to m nj them
IN the ninth Anthony wen at ward,
| trying to corner h'n II orler TO use his
| right but Ward clcverlN fought AWAY,
! Nnihony. however. got IN his lcfl on the
/ face. hiring ms blood n strenm from Il
eat on the nose. At the call Of time Ward
! The trnth ana last round was East from
| he start, with Anthony forcing Ward
| about The ring an tryins for. a kuock
| hioWs lacked puulshmert and he Wa de
r1,lS,slly wrek at The close.
AounF M,tchen who had h"en mn,
| fair sport" surprised n great maay people
| ~ deciding That Wand had the /. f,.t OF
the fcniesl An,hpny hal lo,eri The heM.
at the finish whilo Ward was 0pparen,ly
saved by Jho gong IA the soy, IA anl
eighth rounds Wnrd, however. eouuic'gd
| Mtil hllb iF0 N..t'iN Ts'll'l IN f'N l'fhH
| lar one.
ANTHONY would have certainly Wor in a
| finish contest ] Is aaid Wal broke tho
! bones 20 la right hanf hYcly OF the
ln ch IS if the fourth round The odds
were to or ANTHONY
! u tie nrsi round Of The other bon: 10
Ghetto stopped CONS with u straight h.r,
| n the face cyrry time the 'attct tanc AZ
hum. Cans landed only ore light loft on
| the head
The sc-ond rolul was without notable
| ftaturH
In The third li1cho'te stopped Cans with
! RIGHT an left hlrl On the heed.
In The fourth llo, hottie p't Cars I'm n
Cans follnwci Rocho,tr ur and SWIM
r.rht lrd lcf' on hrnd Rorhettc nut d
stralEht 'ofi left in The face and lcut q
hard lft on the ho,1 staggering him
! BEFORE ne could recover Cans landul a
e,rng right on the Jaw and ended Tho