The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
JACK ROOT PUT
OUT OF BUSINESS
Gardner Delivers Proper Blow
in Seventeenth
BOTH MEN WERE DEAD GAME
Root Was Terribly Punished in the
Last Round and His Seconds
Saved Him BY Throwing
Up the Sponge.
BOTH MEN WERE DEAD GAME

Gardner of Lowell, Mass. tonight de-
cisively defeated Jack Root OF Chicago,
who defeated him several months ago
IN San Francisco by knocking him out
IN the seventeenth round of a fight re-
markable for its gamenesa and speed
under punishment shown by both men.
Gardner showed a knowledge of Roots
weak spot-his stomach, and disregarding
Roots left jabs. which found his face
time and again, devoted his entire at
tention to Roots stomach. Root show
ed the effects of body punishment he re-
reived as early as the seventh round
and plainly lost speed after that time.
Gardner was very tired in the twelfth
and thirteenth round. but came up fresh
again in the fifteenth round. and utter
ly disregarding Roots jabs on his cut
and bleeding face, put his head between
his shoulders like Terry McGovern and
bored in. Root was in distress In an In
slant. Half dozen rights and let's in
the pit of the stomach brought him to
his knees near the ropes the gong saw
ing 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
paying no attention to Roots swings,
rushed his man to the ropes, planted his
left and right to the stomach and the
latter went down gasping for breath.
Root got up only to go down again, the
third time he struggled to his feet.
Gardner was on him like a fash Work.
ing his right and left like piston rods,
Gardner fairly eaved in Roots ribs and
the latter sank slowly to his knees then
rolled over on his back. His seconds
saved him further useless punishment by
throwing up the sponge. Both men were
severely punished. Roots left hand was
shattered in the second round and was
OF little use from that time on.
The betting before the men entered the
ring was 10 to on Root
y Fight by Rounds.
Round latter adding a moment
Root landed light left on Gardeners
face and followed with a heavy one to
the same place. He repeated it an in
slant later and sent his right to ear
Gardner put two lefts to Roots stomach.
Root forced the lighting. playing for
Gardeners face and Gardner devoted his
attention to Roots stomach. Root swung
a heavy right to Gardeners ear then
tried a heavy right in the stomach
Gardnerl followed with right and left
to Roots stomach. The blows were a
trihe low.
Round 2-The men got right to work.
Root forcing the lighting. Root put in
two lefts to Gardeners nose. They ex-
changed lefts to nose. Root staggered
Gardner with two lefts on the jaw.
Gardner swung a heavy Lett hook to
Roots ear, a right to the ribs. Root put
his right to Gardeners ear as the gong
sounded. Gardeners nose was bleeding as
he went to his corner.
Round 3-Root put his long left to
Gardeners nose. Gardner swung a hard
left to Roots kidneys. Gardner reached
Root with a strong left to the cheek,
but received two nasty jabs on his sore
nose. Gardner put a left to the face and
right to stomach and right to ribs and
caught Root on the ropes with hard
left to the ear. Gardner put In two lefts
to Roots stomach. Root put In hard
straight one on Gardeners nose as the
gong sounded.
Round 4-Gardner put In two rights in
to Roots ribs and right and left on head.
Root put In left to mouth and right to
ribs. Gardner put In left and right in
Roots ribs but received a nard left on
| mouth and right on ear. Gardner got In
his left twice on Roots eye and receiy-
ed a hard right in the ribs and two lefts
in the stomach. Root swung his right to
| Gardeners ear. Just as the gong sounded
Gardner swung a hard left squarely on
Roots nose, shaking him up consider
ably.
Jabs In Stomach.
Round 5-Gardner put right and left
souarely in Roots stomach and repeated
it twice Root jabbed Gardner twice on
his sore nose and Gardner put his right
to Roots stomach They exchanged lefts
TO face. Gardner sent his right to Roots
ribs which showed the effect of the blows
he had received there. Root sent In a
hard left to Gardeners nose. The latter
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ed.
Round 6-Root sent his left straight to
Gardeners noce and received left on ribs.
Roots left found Gardeners eye. Gardner
pushed right and left to Roots ribs Root
received another hard left on nose. Root
hooked his right to Gardeners ear and his
left to the mouth. forcing the fighting.
Gardner's right reached Roots ribs twice.
Gardner was plainly distressed when he
went to his corner.
Round 7--Both came up fresh. Gardner
swung hard left and right to Roots ribs.
Both landed hard left jabs on left eye
and the blows went home and the men
were covered with blood In an instant
Root swung two hard rights to Gardner
/ eye and left squarely on the chin. Card
.ner countered with two swings to the
| face. Gardner rushed, swinging hard
| right TO Roots ribs. Root pushed his
| the fresher as they went to their corners
Round s.-Gardner sent in hard right
to Roots ribs and received a similar
blow. Gardner poked his left to Roots
sore eye Gardner landed his right on
the ribs. Root swung a right to GARDENERS
ear and Gardeners right returned to
Roots ear. Gardner hooked hard left
to Roots eye and upppercut him with
Ibis right. Root opened Gardeners eye
with hard left. This round was Card
ner's.
Both Hit to Face.
Round 9-They exchanged Iefts to the
face. Root sent left to Gardeners mouth.
Gardner sent left and right to Roots
jaw. Root was plainly growing weak.
Root opened Gardeners eye with right
hook. Root sent his right over to Card
Ger's eye, but was fiercely uppercut.
Gardner was the stronger Of the two as
they returned to their corners.
/, Round -0.--Gardner forced the lighting
and opened Roots eye with two right
swings. Root jsbbed. In a fierce mix-up
Root swung his left squarely on Gard
ners ear, getting left and a right In the
stomach. Gardner uppercut Root three
times in the face and getting him on the
ropes. sent a succession OF rights and
lefts to Roots stomach. This was deftl-
eddy Gardeners round.
Rounc f-They exchanged lefts to face.
Root uppercut Gardner lightly In the
stomach and sent a left jab to the mouth.
| Gan diner uppercut Root on the chin. Root
| jabbsd Gardner on the nose. Gardner
landed right uppercut on Roots chin.
dazing him.
Round 12-Root put his left to Gardner's