The record-union., 1899-12-16
PARKER THE WINNER.
FORCED TURNER TO QUIT IN
THE NINTH ROUND.
Richie Given the Decision in the
Preliminary on a Foul Blow
Delivered by Cole.

| SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1o.-Kid
Parker, the Denver lightweight, made
Rufe Turner (colored) of Stockton quit
in the ninth round of what was sched-
uled as a twenty-round bout before the
National Athletic Club at Woodward S
Pavilion tonight. The men weighed
1873 pounds at o'clock in the after
noon, and fought for IS per cent. of the
gate receipts. The attendance was
1880.
| Turner, who is built something after
| the style of Walcott and adopts the
same tactics in the ring, started out
] like a winner, and for two rounds had
Parker guessing. Parker did not at
tempt any close range work until the
third round, when he mixed II with
| the colored man, ana gave Turner more
than he got Turner's strong point in
| his previous fights has been his might
| ing. but in Parker he met his superior
at that style.
| Parker did a little forcing in the
third. and smothered Turner with
rights and lefts at close range, but
| without serious damage.
The fourth round was a smuggling
match, in which Turner had a slight
might go to the man that landed the
| first blow. After the fourth, however,
Parker took a decided lead, and kept it
to the finish.
The fifth and, sixth were a series of
fierce mixes, in which Parker gave
Turner a terrible beating.
The Denver boy sent Turner down
three times in the sixth from lefts and
rights on the jaw, the colored man be-
ing saved from knockout by the gong.
Parker started in to finish his man in
the seventh, but was weak from his eff
forts in the previous rounds, and was
. unable to land the finishing punch.
Turner, however, went down just be-
fore the gong from left swing in the
stomach. and was again saved by the
call of time.
The eighth round was repetition OF
the seventh, Parker doing the forcing
and landing at will, with Turner clinch-
ing and swinging wildly in the attempt
to land his right.
After one minute of fighting in the
ninth Parker swung his left hard on
Turner's stomach, and the colored man
went down, clutching at his groin, and
made no effort to get up. 1t was plain
that he had had enough of Parker's
fighting, and wished to quit. Referee
Jordan accorr-nodated him, and declar-
ed Parker tie winner.
The preliminary between Clarence
Richie of ST. Louis and Willie Cole of
San Francisco ended abruptly in the
second round. The men had agreed to
strike with both hands free. and break
away clean. In the first round Richie
had something the better of the mixes,
and ratified Cole with series of short
arm jolts or the face. Cole wished to
fight at long range, but Richie con-
tinued to force the pace, and at the
end of the first it looked all in favor of
the ST. Louis boy. After few ex-
changes in the second round Eitchie
forced Cole. into corner and punched
him with hard right to the body. fol-
lowing with a clinch. In the clinch
Cole held Richie about the neck with
his left. and sent in a hard short arm
jolt with his right, which landed clear
~ in the groin. Ritchie went down
like a shot, and Referee Jordan, with
out a moments hesitation. gave the
fight to Ritchie on foul. 1t was some
time before the ST. Louisan was able
to walk out of the ring.