The herald., 1898-10-15
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JIliwY LAWYER
NORTHERN MAN WAS PLUCKY
Hs Was Punished From Start to Finish
but Took the Blows and Still
Fought On

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Once more did Bob Thompson do tn
trick, and gain another creditable victor.
last night by defeating Jimmy Lawler o.
San Francisco In . fifteen -round 80 before
the Los Angeles Athletic club. 1t was moi
q knockout, but the fight was Thompson't
almost from start to finish. Lawler showed
hinseh to be about the pluckiest man tina
has ever stepped into 4 local ring, for he
took some terrific punishment and was still
fighting at the end OF the fifteenth round.
Thompson first fought for LAWYERS body
putting hard right swings under the hear
and over the kidneys. and after weakening
his white opponent by these blows directed
hts Gttention principally to left leads ant
right swings on the face and Jaw, with
occasional right swings over the kidneys
LAWYERS blows lacked steam, and he was
unable to inflfct much punishment on his
opponent during the latter part OF the
fight. He was very fair at duckfng, but II
was remarked by number of those who
had seen him fight In San Francisco that he
had lost much Of his former quickness
He wasa glutton for punishment however
and seldom lost an opportunity to retaiiate
on Thompson. Both men fought fairly
and squarely and from the first call OF
time to the end Of the final round.
Inwler was the first to appear and was
greeted with cheers, there being many OF
tn visiting turf followers who knew HIM
prsonally and had IN addition put their
money on him, as he was favorite In the
betting. The colored man was well re-
and Thompson 134K John Brink an
nounced that Tom Darmody would referee
the fight This was met with a prompt OBJ
lection by Lawler. The young man said
that he would under no circumstances con-
sent to Darmody as referee. Frank Bur-
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brief and vigorous protest against Dar-
mody. He said that he had received a tel
egrAm from San Francisco and there was
something doing" What this some
thing, was he did not explain nor did
Eawler when he made his protest. but the
insinuation was that somebody was bet
eng wad Of money on Thompson IN San
Francisco and 1t looked funny. Jim JEFF
fries, the heavyweight was suggested, Is
referee, but Thompson entered an objec-
tion. and called to the attention of Lawler
that Dnrmody had been agreed upon by
them, and he insisted on his acting. Dar-
mody naturally refused and finally the mat
ter was compromised by John Brink act
ing in that capacity after first saying that
Mr. Darmody was a square man. and that
he did not believe he had any money bet on
the fight. The men agreed to hit with one
arm free.
The men commenced to fight from the
Jump, and Bob started to play for LAWYERS
wind. In the first round the colored man
landed seven hard rights on the ribs and
under the heart, and Lawler missed q cou-
pie Of right swings but landeda a left lead In
the face. The round ended with Lawler
evidently badly winded In the second
round Thompson landed a left jab under
the heart and Lawler missed a right
swing. Thompson caught him a right
swing on the side Of the jaw and Uawler
missed lead for the face. Thompson
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hard right swing under the heart. and
landed on the face with left leads. The
round closed with Thompson landing a
half swing on the side of LAWYERS head.
Lawler tried for the face In the third,
but missed. and then they rushed to a
clinch Bob was able to land left leads
several times. At the end of the round
Lawer forced Thompson against the ropes
and landed several blows on the head and
body, but they did not seem to do mucn
damage. Lawler also landed a good left
lead on Bob's neck In the first of the fourth
round. Bob retal!ated In kind, and then
they mixed things up Lawler landed right
and left on Bob's body, but Thompson put
his right on the body and jaw again and
at the end of the round had Lawler very
much distressed.
In the fifth round Lawer missed right
swing for the jaw, but Thompson was able
to reach his jaw with left Jabs. Lawler
made a rush and tried a left swing but
missed and fell to the floor. wrenching
his back badly, he said afterwards. Bob
then fought Jimmy to the latter's corner
and landed first right and then left
swing on the jaw, sending Lawler to his
knees Bob also landed repeatedly with
his left and right in LAWYERS face and
blacked his LEFT eye Bob struck Lawler
on the breast with an upper cut In the first |
clinch In the next round, but 1t did no
damage. Lawler tried left swing but
Bob blocked, and retaliated by landing left
leads. They mixed It up and Bob caught
him a right swing which sent him to the
ropes They smiled at this and shook
hands as Lawler returned plucki1y to the
center Of the ring.
Lawler made his best showing In the
seventh round. for after Bob had landed his
left lab on the face, the San Francisco man
nut a good stlff left on Bob's jaw, Which
made him blink, and an instant after La1i-
Ter landed. hard right on the body. Bob
missed Alright swing and IIawler caught
Bob a hard left on the side Of the head.
Both missed leads. and m mix-up and
clinch both struck each other about the
face and head The round closed by Thomp-
son getting IN a hard body blow with a
right swing. The eighth round was hot
one, and Lawler seemed stronger than in
the previous round. Bob was able to put
his left repeatedly en- the jaw Of Lawler,
but Lawler gave Bob a hard left swing ON
the Jaw no SOOH dIteT pldnteu Il HdTu TISNI
on Bob's stomach. Bob landed on the body
with his right and then placed three right
swings on Lawer's Jaw. Lawler was EVIL
IDENTIFY in a bad way from the hard blows
n this round, and the call of time proba-
bly, saved him. Lawler made a good show
ing in the ninth round. but the terrible
punishment he had been receiving told, for
his blows lacked steam. Lawler led for
the body and missed, but Bob landed. Law
Ter landed two lefts on the jaw and later a
right on Bob's face. Bob landed his ter
rible right on LAWYERS ribs and Lawler
put his right on to Bob's jaw. The latter
is anded on body and jaw. Lawler got In |
hard straight left on Bob's jaw. and imme-
d.a tely followed It with a right coun ter
which set Bob's eyes to moving Thompson |
planted two more hard right swings on
LAWYERS kidneys and the round closed.
In the tenth round not much damage was
done beyond LAWYERS lip being slightly cut.
Thompson put two more right swings over
the kidneys, and Lawler hit Bob n the face
twice and In a clinch struck Thompson
number of times II the head La w'ler ma de
q good showing during the first part of the
eleventh round, landing his right and left
In Bob's face several times. but iowa rd the
fatter part of the round Thompson man
aged to put in four hard swings on Law
ier's jaw. and nearly had him out as time
was called.
The twelfth was Thompson's round for
ne put his right under LAWYERS heart, al
though he got hard right IN return. There
was hard IN fighting and Thompson plant
ed two more rights on the Jaw and moth
lER but the call Of time ssy we'd I,aw1er