The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-30
SPORTS
CARTER IS SECOND BEST
George Gardner Gets Decision Over
Brooklyn Light Heavyweight
in Six-Round Bout.

George Gardner, of Lowell, Mass, the
light heavy weight champion, won a de-
cision over kid Carter Of Brooklyn IN
a six-round contest at Chicago, last night.
The fight was rough and fierce from
first to finish, with Gardner having the
advantage Of each round. Carter was
very groggy during the last round, out
by resorting to clinches at every oppor-
tunity succeeded in escaping a knock
out.
When time was called for the first
round. both men sprang for the center
OF the ring, and a fierce exchange of
swings followed Towards the end of the
round, Gardner cut a deep cash over Car
ter's right eye.
This bothered Carter considerably dur
ing the remainder of the fight. In the
second round, Gardner cut another cash
over Carriers left eye, and the latter
was covered with blood when he took
his: corner. Carter sent in some vicious
right-hand punches to Gardeners stomach
in the third round, but the latter more
than evened matters near the end Of the
round with half a dozen upper cuts that
set Carter to his corner staggering.
During the fourth round, the men
fought at close quarters, and both re-
ceived severe punishment, although Car
ter appeared to suffer the most. Gardner
was bleeding from a cut over the right
eye at the end of the round.
After several exchanges in the fifth
round, with matters about even, Gardner,
= on break-away, crossed his right to
Carriers jaw. The blow sent Carter stag
gering back to the rope, where he sank
to his knees. He pulled himself up by the
ropes, and the bell saved him further
punishment. Carter made little effort to
fight during the last round, taking ad-
vantage Of every clinch to hang on to
Gardner until the referee separated them.
Both men were covered with blood at the
end Of the contest.
Sheriff Barrett. who had orders from
. the governors office at Springfield to
4 stop the fight if it became brutal. was at
the ringside, but apparently saw Moth
ing to call for interference. r
~ The Jeffries- Fit1simn1ons combination
which is starring Montana under the
management of Clark Bell. brother in-law
of the latter, is meeting with adversely
on every hand. =. &. :5;." s.l...
4: First came that Munroe stunt with
Champion Jeffres, since which Ball has
been endeavoring to make terms with
the young miner to accompany the troupe
or again meet Jeffries. II r. = -
In the meantime Jeffries is said to have
become smitten on a member of vaude-
Vile show at Helena, and while the rest
Great Falls and Missoula, the champion
fingered in Helena, and, SO far as can: be
learned, he has no intention Of leaving. :
In the Thornton hotel at Butte early
yesterday morning Fitzsimmons and Ball
were said to have had an argument over
matters which eliminated in the manager
calling the Cornishman a liar Then ru-
NOR has it, was delivered one OF Fitz-
simmons, famous upper cuts, which
rendered Ball unconscious for a few min
utes. The trouble is supposed to have
arisen from the fact that Ball had Sc
cured the service of Munroe to accom-
pany the show as a counter-attraction
to Fitzsimnons and Jeffries, and neither
Of them took kindly to the idea. Internal
discussions of the combination seem
thicker than mosquitoes in New Jersey.
Jeffries does not hesitate, it Is said, to
berate and he!ittle FitZsimrnons, while
the Cornisnman's references to Jeffries
are far from endearing. Opinion seems
to prevail in sporting circles, now that
Munroe has Joined the combination, that
the Butte fight was a prearranged affair
in order to help gate receipts, but the
Jeffries affair has upset all calculations
and the dates are being disregarded,
while Fitzsimmons is on the verge Of
leaving the combination.