The San Francisco call., 1901-12-21

when the gong saved him, and he was
again carried to his corner limp and help
less His remarkable recuperative powers
and his gameness again brought him
around, and he faced his hard-hitting op-
pOnent as though nothing had happened.
Gardner saw victory in sight and rushed
al him. To the surprise of the spectators
Carter landed a stiff left to body and right
action.
Gardner was the fresher and knocked
the kid" to the floor with a right upper
cut. The defeated man took nine seconds
on the floor When he stood up again it
was only to receive shower of blows
which sent him down a second time. He
remained down eight seconds, and, al
though dazed and practically helpless, he
again staggered to his feet. This time
crashing right to the body, which left
Carter helpless until he was counted out
Carter Dangerous Opponent.
Carter showed himself the most danger
Gus man in the ring to-day, as, no matter
now cruelty beaten he was, he always had
the power to deliver a punch which would
As for Gardner he will find it difficult
to induce any middle-weight to enter the
ring with him. Harry Corbett ventured
the opinion that with fifteen pounds more
weight he would prove more than a match
for Champion Jeffries. He is the mildeSt-
hammered chap in the world out of the
ring, but once inside the ropes he is a
the arts and articles Of the fighter and
never stops. The blow with which he did
all the execution last night was a right
uppercut while in clinch. Carter was
unable to block this and it did terrible
execution. In the first two rounds Gard
ner went in head first at Carter, and If
he missed with his hands he scored with
his head. After a time Carter and his
seconds saw the play and appealed to
Referee Jim Mcdonald to stop it, which
he did.
When the men went together for the
first time Gardner at once tried right
shift which he has been practicing as
siduously- It worked to perfection and
he shot his right across at Carter, scor-
ing at once. For a moment it seemed the
fight would end then and there. Carter s
tremendous vitality was not to be sapped
by any one blow, however, and he showed
no i'll effects from this one.
Before the round was over the specta-
tors at the ringside were predicting it
would not go three rounds. Gardner
seemed to outclass his opponent in this
round, although Carter was not idle,
sending in some stinging right hand blows
TO the body. Gardner proved master
hand at blocking and many. of Carter S
terrible blows never reached the point for
which they were aimed.
Gardner Slows Down.
In the second round Gardner started
proceedings his object at the opening of
each round being apparently to intimidate
Carter. Carter was not to be denied, and
landed two hard rights to the body. Gard.
ner landed right and left and followed
with two hard lefts to the body. Gardner
missed a hard right and left swing. He
landed repeatedly on the body and the
kid" showed signs of distress. The
kid" landed what seemed like a hard
right to the head, but it glanced off Gard
ner's shoulder. 1t was in this round Gard
ner was accused of butting with his head
In the third round Gardner slowed down
noticeably in his pace, and for a time II
was thought his hands had given way
Carter was full Of fight but did not seem
to trouble Gardner, who protected him
self cleverly.
Near the end of the fourth round Gard
ner sent in a short left jolt to the body
which looked for a moment as though II
would end the fight. Instead of stopping
Gardner again worked the right shift, but