The record-union., 1899-07-04

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brought the men to a clinch. LavignA
reached Erne's face twice, and as a
parting. shot sent right for the head,
but failed.
Round 3-Erne came up fresh, with
Lavigne leading, They mixed UP three
times, and then Erne electrified the
crowd with a terrific left on the KIDS
face. Erne sent his left to the body
hard, but the kid" came back quickly
with a corking right under the jaw, and
sent left to the face without return.
Once more the kid sent his left to
the face, Erne countering on the head.
Round Hard rights and lefts were
exchanged on the breast and neck, and
Lavigne boring in, sent an awful left
over the heart. Erne fought back
gamely, but got another crushing blow
almost in the same spot, in reply to
which he ripped a left to the wind.
Erne Strengthened the Saginaw man
with right uppercut on the face, la.
vigne countering hard on the body.
| Round 5-Erne was first to lead, land.
| ing his left on the face, Lavigne swing
| ing his right to the ribs. Erne threw
exchanges on the body followed. At
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to the head, landing back of the ear.
Lavigne became hot-headed, making
two wild swings, which Erne got under,
and the Saginaw man got the worst OF
the infighting, which ended the round
Round 6-Lavigne led for the chest,
Erne sending double left to the ribs
and head, following up with a left
smash in the wind Lavigne sent his
1Qf To no n ,;~rI,k ~ he
| while Erne sent his right to the body
and left to the. neck. closing in with a
half clinch. Lavigne jumped in with
left and right to the head and Frank
countered with left and right on the
body. At the close of the round La,
vigne was forcing the pace.
Round 7-Erne sent two lefts to the
body without return. Breaking from a
clinch, Lavigne whipped his right to
the ribs and bored in with left and
right on the body. Erne hooked his
left to the head and swung right over
the kidneys, taking a hard punch over
the heart. A beautiful right smash on
the face drew the blood from Lavign's
nose, and moment later he swung a
heavy left on Lavigne's jaw stagger,
ing him. Erne then sent succession
head and face. which made the Kid
groggy. In less than half a minute
Erne landed score of blows, while the
Kid came back wildly, landing occa-
sionally on the head, and it looked as
If the KID would go out. His Sec
onds called to him Block, George"
The bell saved Lavigne.
Round S-George came up willingly
| ENr,,n fol,0 Il L.;
stead of forcing the fighting, waited
for Lavigpe to come to him. Erne
| blocked left lead for the head. and
hooked his left to the wind Lavigne
then tried several lefts for the face,
but failed to land
! Round 9-Lavigne's right foot seem
ed to bother him when he came from,
his corner, and his seconds ripped his
shoe open. AS soon as they shaped
Erne led his left for the head, landing
and blocking a right counter Lavigne
Tented several times, but Erne care
fully avoided these traps Erne led his
left, landing on the neck, the Kid
countering with his left, but ran into
an awful left uppercut. Erne repeated
this dose second later, sand had all
the best of the mill at the end of the
round.
Round 1O-Lavigne's face was badly
bruised when he came up for this
round, and Erne showed no signs of
| punishment. Erne was now doing the
forcing, and sent his left and right to
the face, Lavigne countering on the
body with both hands. Erne bored in It
close quarters, and showed his right
glove over Lavigne's heart at the close
of the round.
Round 11-Erne tried a left. swing
which went over the kids" head, but
a second after sent a left smash to the
KIDS wind. Lavigne hooked his left
to the short ribs, and sprinted from
Erne's counters. Erne bored in with
his right to the wind, but had his head
rocked with a straight left a second
before the bell.
Round 12-Erne, on the aggressive.
landed light left on the head. and
blocked counter. Lavigne forced,
landing on the body and a left on the
neck, Erne countering on the ribs and
| head. Lavigne hooked his right to the
wind. Erne seemed a bit tired. and
lacked the aggressiveness of his oppo-
nent, who, although having the worst
of it, was ever ready with both hands.
Round 1o.-They exchanged lefts on
the face, and Erne sent a double left
blow to the neck and ribs, following
with right to the neck, to which the
Kid replied with left and right light
ly on the body. Erne sent his left to
the chest, and the kid" ripped his
right to the wind. Erne worked both
hands to the body, while Lavigne sent
his left twice to the face. Lavigne was
forcing at the bell.
Round 14-Lavigne was the agrees
sor, but it was tit for tat with left and
right for the first minute of this round.
| Erne sent his left hard to the wind.
| and in a half clinch Lavigne struck
him on the body. The referee eau
| toned the kid In the meantime.
Erne was using both hands with good
effect on the Kids" face, but La
| vigne was game.
| Round 15-Erne was cool, while La
vigne was in evident trouble when they
| came together George bored in. but
was driven back with straight lefts on
the face, which We're administered with
| good judgment. Two left leads from
Lavigne were blocked, and then Erne
hooked three hard lefts to the wind.
and George returned to his corner much
the weaker of the two
Round 16-While Lavigne was in his
| corner some of his seconds advised him
to take chance, and Lavigne tried a
right swing as soon as they SNAPPED
Erne lodged, and drove his right hand