Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-04
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his left to neck, Erne countering on
body. These blows were repeated a
moment later. Lavigne sent two
straight lefts to forehead, Erne send
ing a left to the ribs in return. After
a clinch Erne sent left and right to
face and neck, Lavigne countering on
body. Erne's nose began to bleed and
he parted a left to his head. Lavigne
tried two left swings for the head,
which Erne lodged and the round end
ed in a half clinch. :
Round aLavigne opened with arush
but was blocked. Erne sending left to
body and right to reck. Lavigne coun-
tered and then SEM a hard left to
wind. Lavigne still forcing sent his
left hard to face, but was met with a
terrific left in stomach. Both iddled
and Lavigne caught his man square in
the chest with a left, Erne hooking
left to stomach and followed Up with
a left hook on face. Erne cleverly
blocked a left lead for his face and an
exchange of lefts On body brought the
men to a clinch. Lavigne raped on
face twice and as a parting shot tried
to send his right over but he got too
close quarters as the bell separated
them.
Round s.-Erne came up fresh with
Lavigne leading half arm mix-ups,
which had no effect and brought the
men together three times in success
sion, and then Erne electrified the
crowd with a beautiful left on the
Kids face. Lavigne tried several
feints to draw Erne but Erne sent
his left to body very hard, but the
Kid came back quickly with a corking
right under the jaw and sent a left
to face without a return. Once o
the Kid sent his left to face, Erne
countering on the ribs. Then Lavigne
tried a left hook poke, which fell short
and he almost lost his balance. Erne
saw the opening, but the Kid was too
quick as he dropped his guard and
blocked.
Round 4.-Lavigne led with left to
jaw, Erne clinching. Lavigne over
reached himself in another attempt,
but recovered in time with a saving
block. Hard rights and lefts were ex-
changed 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 wind. Lavigne
swung two lefts failing to land, and
Erne coming back quickly ~straighten-
ed the Saginaw man with a right up
percut on the face, Lavigne counterlng
hard on the body. They were sparring
when the bell sounded.
Round 5-Erne was first to land lett
on face; Lavigne swung his right TO
the ribs and was blocked with botn
hands to the body. Erne threw over his
right to the body and double exchanges
on the body followed. Erne led right
for the face, but Lavigne got inside his
lead. sent right to stomach. At close
quarters Erne hooked right to ribs aud
hooked it into stomach again, but the
Kid hooked his right to the head, land
ing back of the ear. Lavigne became
~hot-headed, making two wild swings,
which Erne got under and the Sagi-
nav man got the worst of the might
ing, which ended the round.
Round every little was done in the
first minute of this round, both try
ing to draw the other out. Lavigne
led left for chest, Erne sending double
left for ribs and head, following up
with a left smash in the wind. La
vigne sent his left to head, a right
to the ribs and another hard left with
to the body and left to neck, closing in
with a half clinch. Lavigne jumped in
with left and right to head and Frank
ccuntered with left and right on body.
At the close of the round Lavigne was
forcing the pace.
Round 7-Erne sent two lefts to the
body without a return; breaking from
a half 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 his right
over the kidneys, taking a hard punch
over the heart. A beautiful right smash
on the face drew the blood from La
vigne'S nose and a moment later he
swung a heavy left on Lavigne's jaw,
staggering him. Erne then sent a sue
cession of left and right swings on
Lavigne's head and face which made the
Kid groggy. In less than half a minute
Erne landed a score OF blows, while the
Kid fought back wildly only landing oc-
~casionally on the head and it looked as
if the Kid would go IL His sec
onds cried to him: Block him,
George" The bell saved Lavigne.
Round S-George came up willingly,
but Erne was waiting for him n it
was evident that Lavigne had lost much
OF his speed. n watched his opportu-
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