The record-union., 1899-12-02
OUT IN THE FOURTH ROUND.
KENNEDY WAS TOO MUCH FOR
WALKER.
A Good Contest, but Right on the
Chin Brought the
Finish.

The glove contest between Soioler
Walker and Joe Kennedy drew soou
crowd last night at the Old Pavlioh'
where il was held under the auspices
of the Sacramento Athletic Clup, anu
although it fell far short of the twenty
round limit. the crowd was satlsned
that it was on the square and that the
loser was defeated by no fault OF MS
own.
Although Kennedy was aggressive at
the beginning of each round anu W din
er was wary, yet when they got s'sil .eu
the soldier was the one who geherduy
did the leading. and landed mucn more
frequently than his opponent Ihey
seemed to lack steam, however, anu al
though he put in NUMBER Oh ndi
ones on Kennedy's neck ana tnioa''
they did not, except in the beginning
of the third round appear to jar lne
latter much.
The latter. from a scientific point OIL
view, did not show as well as the SOL
der. and depended on his right swings
largely, looking out for q chahce -
land a knockout blow. He USED ms
left effectively several times, but w ak
er showed good lodging abilities anu
avoided some terrific swings, missing
some himself. The end came III the
fourth round in a short mix-up, from a
half-arm jolt with the right that TOOK
Walker under the chin and ne went
down. He struggled gamely to MS leet'
but reeled over to the ropes, While
Kennedy, confident he had won, walked
to his corner.
There were two good performances
the first being between William Jonh-
son and c. Schwalenburg, showing some
good sparTing and much Improvement
in the latter The other was between
j. Delano and H. Walsh, and exclteo
much merriment.
Then came the main match. CharleS
Sweeney of San Francisco was referee.
Kennedy's seconds were j. HoWr1gan'
c. Post and Ed. Burns, and Walkers
were Ed. Johnson and A Lands.
Round walker was the taller OF
the two but Kennedy looked much the
stronger man, with heavy shoulders
and strongly built. He took the ag-
gressive and led, landing lightly on the
neck with his left, and followed it with
a left on the throat. Exchanges ON the
neck, and Walker shot a left on the
landed on the neck and Kennedy did
the same, and they exchanged heavy
blows. Walker landed on the body, and
Kennedy twice on the neck lightly
Walker bored in and landed several on
the neck, one being a heavy one. Walk
er had the best of the round.
Round 2-Walker led off on the neck
and Joe landed on the body and chest
and put one on the mouth. Kennedy
reached the body and heavy exchanges
followed. Walker put a hot one on the
neck and one on the mouth, and dodged
a vicious right swing. Joe put one on
the kidneys, and the soldier put hard
right on the neck and one on the
mouth, followed by one on the neck
Kennedy reached the body hard and the
soldier retaliated on the neck, and they
mixed just as the bell rang. Walker
had the best of the round.
Round 3-Joe was aggressive, but
Walker put the left on the neck, get
ting one on the body in return, and
they mixed. Walker missed vicious
left swing, and Kennedy put one on
the kidneys hard. Walker put three on
the neck in succession and Joe visited
the body. Exchanges on the neck ana
Kennedy put in a left upper-cut- Walk
er sent his right hard to the body, ana
Joe put couple on the neck, Walker
retaliating on the neck and throat.
Walker slipped and fell on one hand
and knee, and Joe started a blow, but
checked it. Walker slipped again. Ken
nedy put one ON the neck, and they
exchanged on the neck as the bell rang
Round 4-Walker was putting a little,
but led off with one on Joe's face, and
the latter came back on the neck Walk
er reached the face again, and Joe put
a left on the neck and one on the body
Walker landing on the neck. A quick
mix-up, and Joe shot a right-half- arm
jolt under the chin and the soldier went
down on his back, lay a few seconds
and then struggled up gamely, but
staggered to the ropes, while Joe
walked to his corner, and all was over.
Walker was dazed for several min
utes, while his seconds worked on him
and finally took him to his dressing
room, much cut up over his defeat.
Bound Over to Keep the Peace.