The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-19
GARDNER DEFEATS ROOT IN A
sEvENTEEN-RoUND
BATTLE
CONFINES EFFORTS TO FOES
FOOD RECEPTACLE
Both Men Badly Punished-The Fight
Is Remarkable Both for Speed and
Gameness-The Victor Was Almost
Done for in the Thirteenth Round.

George Gardner, of Lowell, Mass, to-
night decisively defeated Jack Root, of
Chicago, who defeated him seven
| months ago in San Francisco, by
knocking him out in the seventeenth
round of fight remarkable for it's
speed and the gameness under punish
| ment shown by both men.
Gardner showed q knowledge Of
Roots weak spot-his stomach-and
disregarding Roots left jabs, which
found his face time and again, devoted
his entire attention to Roots stomach
Root showed the effects of the body
punishment he received as early as
the seventh round and plainly lost
speed after that round.
Gardner was very tired in the twelfth
and thfrteenth rounds, but came up
fresh again in the fifteenth round, and,
utterly disregarding Roots jabs on his
cut and bleeding face, put his head be-
tween his shoulders like Terry Nc
Govern and bored in. Root was in
distress in an instant. Half a dozen
rights and lefts squarely in the pit of
the stomach brought him to his knees
near the ropes, the gong saving him.
Root went down again in the sixteenth
from a left hook on the chin which all
but put him in dreamland. The end
came in the next round. Gardner, pay
ing no attention to Roots swings. rush
ed his man to the ropes, planted his
left and right to the stomach and the
latter went down, gasping for breath.
Up Only to Fall.
Root got up only to go down again
the third time he struggled to his feet.
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Working his right and left like piston
rods, Gardner fairly caved in Roots
rlbS, and the latter sank slowly to his
knees, then rolled over on his back.
He was not out, but evidently utterly
unable to defend himself, and his Sec
onds save him further useless punish
ment by throwing up the sponge. Both
men were severely punished. Gard
ner's left eye and Roots right were
opened in the seventh round at the
same instant, and both men bled free
ly until the end. Roots left hand was
shattered in the second round, when
he landed left hook on the back of
Gardner's head, and was of little use to
MN as Tar as Furnishing power was
concerned from that time on.
The betting before the men entered
the ring was 10 to on Root.
1t was 1888 p. m. when Gardner and
Root entered the ring and took their
corners. ROOT was attended by Jack
,Donnelly and Thomas Murtaugh.
Gardner was attended by Aleck Greg
gains and Dave Barry. Harry Hynds,
OF cheyenne, was named as referee
Both men stripped beautifully. Their
muscles stood out like whipcords, and
It was evident that they were trained
to the hour. The men weighed in this
afternoon at 1875 pounds.
BY Rounds.
Root landed light left on Gardeners
race land followed with a heavy one to
the same place. He repeated it an in
slant later, and sent his right to the ear.
Root forced the fighting, playing for
Gardner's face, and Gardner devoted his
attention to Roots stomach. .IApt swung
neaVy right to Gardeners eaH&Alen tried
a heavy right in the stomach. Gardner
followed with right and left to Roots
stomach. ~ The blows were a trifie low.
Root forcing the fighting. Root put in
two lefts to Gardner's nose. Gardner
put right into Roots ribs and a left
to the nose. They exchanged Iefts to
nose. Root staggered Gardner with two
Ietts on the jaw. Gardner swung a heavy
IeIt nook TO Roots ear, a right to the
ribs; Root put his left to Gardeners ear,
as the gong souded. Gardeners nose was
bleeding as he went to his corner.
Hit His Sore Nose.
Round Three-Root put his long left ia
FARMERS nose. Gardner swung q hard
left to Roots kidneys. Gardner reached
Root with a strong left to the cheek,
put received two nasty jabs on his sore
nose. Gardner put hard left to the face
anu flgnt TO the stomach and right to
rips, and caught Root on the ropes with
lefts to Roots stomach Root put a hard
gong sounded. W
Round Four-Gardner put in two rights
TO Roots ribs and right and left on the
mead. Root put in left to mouth and
rig I 10 ribs; Gardner put in left and
ieIt on the mouth and right on the ear.
Gardner got his left twice on Roots eve
ana received hard right in the ribs and
t W. LETT. iefts i. IN the stomach Root swung
gong sounded Gardner swung a hard left
squarely on Roots nose, Shaking him I'm
considerably. ----- ny
Round Ffve-Gardner put right and left
squafely IN Roots stomach and repeated
~ twice. Root Jabbed Gardner twice on
M nus 80 sore nose and Gardner put his right
70 race. Gardner sent his right to Roots
rlbs, which showed the effect of the
blows he had received there Root sent
IN hard left to Gardeners nose. The
latter was bleeding freely when the gong
sounded. Guns
1t Distresses Gardner.
Round Six-Root sent his left straight
70 70 1 tI sore nose and received left
on the ribs Roots left found Gardeners
eye. Gardner pushed right and left to
Roots ribs. Root received another hard
lett on the nose. Root hooked his right
mouth. forcing the fighting. Gardner's
right reached Roots ribs twice. Gardner
was plainly distressed when he went To
his corner. ~
Round. Seven-Both came I'D fresh.
Gardner swung hard left and right to
Roots ribs. Both landed hard left labs
on left eye and the blows went home
ana the men We're covered with the blood
In an instant. Root swung two hard
rights to Gardeners eye and a left
squarely on the chin. Gardner coun-
tered with two swings to the face. Gard
n rih. rus peot swinging right to Roots
GARDENERS face. Root was the fresher
as they went to their corners.
Round Eight-Gardner sent In a hard
lar blow. Gardner poked his left to Roots
sore eye. Gardner landed his right on the
rios. Root swung right to Gardeners
ear and Gardeners right returned to
to Roots eye and uppercut him with his
right. Root opened Gardner's eve with
hard left. This round was Gardners.
Another Round Is GardrLr's.
Round Nine-They exchanged lefts to
face: Root sent left to Cal Ener's mouth.
Parqner sent LEFT and right to Roots jaw.
ROOT was plainly growing weak Root
opened Gardeners eye with a right hook.
Root sent his right over to Gardner's eve.
put was fiercely uppercut. Gardner was
the stronger OF the two as they returned
Round Ten-Gardner forced the fighting
and opened Roots eye with two righf
swings Root jabbed. In fierce mix-up
ner's ear, getting a left and right in the
stomach. Gardner uppercut Root three
times In the face and, getting him on
the ropes, Gardner sent a Succession Of
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