The herald., 1897-05-19
Suffices to Cook Bakers
Goose
THE OLD FAMILIAR JAW JAB
INDUCES JEFFRIEg OPPONENT
no LIE DOWN
rhe Los Angeles heavyweight Con-
tiuues His oallop Toward the
Il. s.,,..., Championship
associated Press Special wire.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1s.-The
much advertised boxing carnival un-
der the auspices OF the olympic Athletic
club. which recently withdrew from the
American Amateur Athletic union, and
the management of which has embarked
in the prize fighting business for reve-
nue., was not the success which had con-
fdently been predicted. The club.
which claims to be among the "pure"
athletic clubs on the coaet, counted on
the support of its 1000 or more members
to lend their patronage to its pugilistic
enterprise. but g'this:t Eas. .disappoint-
ed. 1t had been repeatedly announced
by the management that nothing but a
square and gentlemanly contest would
be allowed. that all the men had been
"tried out" and found to be in perfect
condition, fulfilling all the requirements
of the agreement. And yet, at the very
beginning, one Of the men advertised ae
q "star' contestant, brought on from
New York, weighed In ten pounds over
the scale of weight agreed upon. Not
withstanding this big advantage Of
Leonard over his opponent, Cans. the
colored lad, agreed to go on and fight.
When the men were called to the CEN
ter Of the ring for the customary hand
shake, as an earnest of the absence of
all ill-feeling in their bout, Leonard vio-
lated all rules and ethics of the prize
ring by deliberately splitting In his oppo-
nent's face. There was an angry Demon
stration from the crowd which did not
subside for a minute, but Cans kept cool
and seemed content to wait his oppor-
tunity for wiping out the insult caused
by the disgraceful exhibition of his op-
ponent, which he did. The fight then be-
gan with both men sparring cautiously
Cans took the lead from the start, and
despite the deliberate fouls of his oppo-
nent, kept his head all through, several
times having his man weak and going, :"
when the gong announced the end of a
round. The fight was good and fast to
the end and the referee very properly
gave the decision to Cans.
Jim Jeffries, the big Californian, as
cended another rung Of the ladder to pu-
gilistic fame by defeating Henry Baker
of Chicago. Jeffries was in the lead all
through with the exception Of couple
of rounds when Baker INDUCED in some
wild and Intellectual rushes, which did
little damage.
BAKER-JEFFRIES
When the men stood up Jeffries looked
to be in much the better condition. The
fight began with Jeffries aggressive.
Jeffries landed left on the face and tried
with right, but Baker ducked cleverly,
keeping out of the way of the big fellow.
In the second round Jeffries landed q
hard left on Bakers wind, and the lat
ter retaliated with a right on the neck.
Jeffries clinched, and struck in the
clinch, for which he was hissed. Jeffries
tried with his left, but Baker ducked
under and clinched. Jeffries struck in
the breakaway, and was again Kissed
by the crowd.
The third round was entirely in jeff
ries' favor. The big fellow forced Baker
around the ring, trying hard to land a
knockout blow, but the Chicago man
was too clever for him.
In the fourth round Baker started in to
rush, and did not give the California
man any rest, striking out with both
right and left for the body. This round
was in favor of Baker.
Fifth round-Baker landed several
severe punches over Jeffries heart, who
also landed a couple of stiff lefts on the
Chicago mans face. This round was in
Bakers favor.
Sixth round-Jeffries went at Baker,
forcing him to the ropes and landed some
terrific left hand jolts on the jaw. Both
men struck in the breakaway, and the
crowd cried foul" but the referee said
the men had agreed to strike while in
the clinch and therefore no foul had
been committed.
Seventh round-This was anybody's
fight. Baker did q lot Of running around.
Jeffries kept after Baker wind with his
left with very good success.
Eighth round-This was hot round
from the beginning; Jeffries landed left
on jaw and Baker goes down, taking five
seconds to rise. He came up weak and
Jefrries rushed him to the ropes and
landed hard left and right on the jaw
Baker again went down and took the
limit Of nine seconds. Jeffries went at
his man but Baker clinched to avoid
punishment. In the breakaway Jeffries
landed terrific left on his opponents
Jaw, and the crowd cried foul, but 1t was
not claimed by Baker.
Ninth round-Jeffries came up strong
and smiling, while Baker rose very leis-
urely. Jeffriee walked up to his oppo-
,nent, and after couple Of leads landed
q terrific left swing squarely on Bakers
Jaw, knocking him under the ropes, and
he was counted out by the referee
VICIOUS BANTAMs
In the bantam-weight contest tonight
Lawler was given the decision over Reilly
in the first round.
When the twenty-round bout between
Joe Cans Of Baltimore and Mike Leonard
sof New York, light-weights, was called
Leonard was declared overweight. and al
though all bets were declared off. Cans de-
clared his readiness to fight, and the men
went on.
When time was called Leonard spat in
Cans face in lieu Of the usual handshake.
During the first few rounds Leonard used
his overweight unfairly, fighting roughly
and somewhat foul. with considerable
clinching. Cans held his own without
much aggressive work until the ninth
round, which was decidedly Cans round.
He led at the start of the round and sci
q pace which proved too fast for Leonard.
In the tenth and eleventh rounds Cans
fought Leonard all over the ring, and had
the beau Brummel" going when the gong
sounded.
In Che twelfth Leonard's overweight told
In his favor and the crowd called to Cans
to claim foul. which had been previously
committed by Leonard, but the colored lad
kept on lighting.
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