The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-01
ROOT WINS ON FOUL
GIVEN DECISION OVER GARDNER
IN THE SEVENTH
ROUND
HAD BEST OF WHOLE FIGHT
showed Superior GeneraIship and
Goodness in n Hurricane Battle,
While the FavOrite Was
Wild and Reckless.


enth round of what was to have been a
twenty-round encounter between George
Gardner, of Lowell, Mass, and Jack
Root, of Chicago, the latter was award
ed decision here tonight upon the claim
OF foul. In hurricane fight that develop
ed Gardner as the aggressor, but Root
as the superior boxer, the Lowell man
was beaten and finally forfeited the fight
upon blow conceded by a majority Of
the spectators to have been straight
foul Gardner fought on the outside in
a wild and uncertain style, while Root
fought on the inside determinedly and
well. Gardner suffered the disadvantage
of having his left eye practically closed
by a right-hand punch in the second
round, and he was never himself after
that. In the fourth round, however, he
missed his only opportunity during the
battle. The Lowell man delivered vigor-
Gus right-hand punch that caught Root
apparently behind the ear, and the Chi
cago' man went down. Root took the
count to four seconds, then held in a
clever clinch, saving himself for nearly
half a minute. In the sixth round Gard
ner was fighting low and the claim of
foul was made upon two occasions, but
ignored by Referee Phil Wand When the
round closed Gardner was plainly in dis
tress and stood small chance of winning
The seventh round opened with Root
boring in methodically, and Gardner
ng'hting wild in evident desperation. 1t
was then, after one minute and foTty-six
seconds of this sort of work that Gard
ner started a left reach for the stomach
and caught Root Squarely in the groin.
The Chicagoan sank to the floor with a
grOan and Gardner was dragged to his
corner by his trainer, Aleck GreggainS.
Referee Ward at once awarded the de-
cision to Root, and Gardner, approaching
him, protested that the blow was purely
accidental The 1000 people gathered in
the Mechanics Pavilion Kissed Gardner
as he left for his dressing room, and APP
plauded Root with vigor when he had
sufficiently recovered to leave the ring.
81 did not mean to foul him." was
Gardeners statement after the fight.
The Fight by Rounds.
Round One-Gardner was on his feet
first and waGed right in, but did not land.
He tried right and left for body, but was
blocked. Root tried to put in left to
head but the blow went wide. They
clinched. Root neatly blocked a left for
the jaw. Root is very clever and so far
Root jabbed Gardner lightly on face with
left. In a clinch Gardner landed lightly
over kidneys with right. Gardner essay
ed vicious right for the jaw just as the
bell rang. There were no blows of con-
sequence struck in this round, the men
trying to get line on each others meth
DDS
Round Two-Gardner led for the head
with a left but was short. He sent a
right in lightly to head. Root jabbed
Gardner with left to face and easily
avoided a return. Gardner waded in and
forced Root to the ropes. but the latter
sent in Ieft~to the body and sent the
Lowell boy back Gardner missed Il vi
cious right uppercut for the jaw, Root
getting inside of it. Root swung wildly
with left for the head and they clinched.
Gardner put his left on fac9 and follow
ed it up with left to the body, They
clinched and Root put his right lightly
over the kidneys as the gong rang.
Round Three-Gardner kept playing
for the kidneys and landed twice with
the right. Root met Gardner with
straight left to the face, and d moment
later duplicated the blow. Root blocke1
a right for the head Gardner applied
his left over the heart and evaded a.
counter. Root tried to place his left OIL
Gardner's face, but the latter bore in
Root jolted Gardner hard on the face
with the left, and Gardner clinched to
steady himself. Gardner looked Sroggy
as the bell rang. Root had much the
better of this round
Round Four-Gardner landed two hard
lefts on Roots shoulder, and the latter
force of the blows and slip. Gardner
had freshened UP and went IN after Root,
landing right swing on the head. Root
put a straight left to the head, and in
a clinch Gardner tried to uppercut Root,
but the latter got inside of it. Root triel
a right swing for the head. but went
around Gardner's head. Gardner feinte3
with left and put a light right to Roots
face. Gardner seemed inclined to rough
it in clinches, and was cautioned by the
referee
Round Five-Root scored with light
left over the eye and avoided a wicked
counter The referee experienced great
difficulty in separating the men. Root
poked Gardner in the face with left They
clinched. Root bored in and pushed
Gardner to the ropes, landing left on
the face Gardner uppercut Root with
a right on the jaw, but the blow lacked
force. Gardner crossed Root with left
peared to be f0uling Root. Root was
smiling. while Gardner looked a trife
worried
Round six-Root led for head with left.
but missed. Gardner held Root in the
ciinches and was repeatedly cautioned
by the referee. Root put right to body
Root forced Gardner to the ropes, but
failed to land. Gardner did most of the
cllnehlng and appeared to be afraid of
Root The referee worked hard to keep
the men separated. Gardner blocked a
left for the face. The men were clinchcd
most of the time and no effective work
was done in this round. Just at the
conclusion of the round Root put in
straight left to the body.
Round Seven-Gardner tried with right
and left for the body but was blocked.
In mix-up Root put his right twice
in succession to the head Gardner again
tried to land with right and left but
failed to connect. He fought Root to the
ropes, but more by elbow work. Root
sent straight left to the face Gard
neF's blows were very wild. Root sent
a vicious swing to the jaw and Gardner
cilnched. In clinch Gardner put a.
left to the body and Root went down
1t was claimed that Gardner fouIed
Root, hitting him low. The questionable
blow was struck in the latter part of the
seventh round. The decision was given
to Root by the referee.