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 Carter on each occasion. In the eighth opponent, and the latter finally went to the floor and remained there until the count of ten seconds had been slowly reeled off by the referee. Carter's ability to stand punishment was a revelation and stood him well in hand. No other man could have lasted five rounds under the terrible punishment which Gardner inflicted. Both victor and vanquished were tremendously cheered as they left the ring.
 Fight by Rounds.
 Round 1-Gardner was the first to lead but fell short with left. He landed right twice to the head and escaped counter. Gardner chopped Carter on the face with left In clinch, Carter landed lightly on the Kidneys Carter led for head with left but fell short Gardner swung with right hard to head. He Aonowed with left uppercut to face. Gardner got un- der Carters blow and kept up a system atic battering on Carter's face with right. He drove a hard right to Lead, but Car ter rebuked him with left to the face. Carter jabbed Gardner on nose with left and put in a right on Gardners nose, which staggered the Lowell man.
 Round 2-Gardner landed left lightly on head. Carter jabbed Gardner twice to the face with left and they clinched. On emerging Gardner sent right hard on the body but Carter retaliated with hard left to the face. They clinched. Gard ner jabbed Carter twice on nose with left. Carter essayed a hard left for face but was short Gardners right went around Carter's neck. Carter went in, but Gard ner caught him hard with right and left to face. He then staggered Carter with vicious straight right and followed it up with two lefts to face. Carter put a hard right to the head and they ciinched As the gong sounded they exchanged blows. Gardner punished Carter severe ly in this round, but the latter took his gruelling with remarkable fortitude.
 Round 3-Gardner led with left, but fell short. They clinched and Gardner hit Carter twice lightly on the face. Car ter put his left lightly to the face, and Gardner retaliated with a straight left to jaw. Gardner cleverly blocked hard left for the body. He crossed with left on Carter's eye. In a clinch Gardner up- percut Carter with right. They clnched. Gardner polSed his left to the face. He just missed a right uppercut for the head but in a clinch landed a hard up- percut with right and left vfciously to face Gardner sent a right and left hard to the face and Carter retaliated lightly with left on the head as the bell rang.
 Round 4-They went to a clinch. On the breakaway Gardner sent his left hard to the face. He caught Carter a tremendous left over the solar plexus and evaded a return. Carter is a glutton for punish ment and does not give any ground. He swung right hard to the Lowell mans head. They clinched. Gardner sent in hard swing to the face. He planted his left twice on the stomach and right hard twice to the face Carter led but fell short. Gardner sent left to the face, but Carter came back with two good ones to the face. Carter is bleeding at the mouth. Carter landed a left to the heart just at the close of the round.
 Round 6-Gardner sailed in at once and put his left to the face. Carter landed left swing on the face. Gardner put his left to the face again and blocked a re- turn. He uppercut Carter to jaw with right, but Carter went in for more. Car ter swung right, missed, and then put left to jaw. Gardner's fighting was very vicious. He sent left to the face, but Carter met him with a hard left hook to jaw. Gardner swung hard right to head They exchanged blows, both talk ing hard punches. Gardner had Carter bleeding profusely. He was chopping his face to pieces but Carter went in with body blows and sent a terrific right to Gardner's face as the bell sounded.
 Round 6-Carter tried left for body but was short. Gardner put right to face and Carter retaliated with a full swing to the face. Carter put in a terrible right to chest and they clinched. Carter clocked Gardeners blows for the head and face and sent in another hard left to the face and right to the body. Gardner dealt Car ter hard right on jaw. Gardner swung right for head, but Carter got inside of it. Gardner landed left twice to face. In a mix-up he landed Tight and left several times in rapid succession and hoored Carter. The latter was attempting to regain his feet as the gong sotirTed. This round was much in Gardner's fa- vor
 Round 7-Gardner went after his man but Carter went in side and the blows were wild. Gardner landed right and left swings to the jaw. They cMnched. Gardner swung wildly and in a mix-up he put left and right to jaw. He kept Carter busy ducking vicious blows Car ter landed right twice on the face and escaped a return. Gardner kept after Carter's face and rained blow after blow on the bleeding portion. Carter got in vicious right on the face that stagger- ed Gardner ten feet. They fought yici- nNHC ClNr -NA