The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
GARDNER DEFEATED
ROOT IN Y ROUNDS.
Lowell Mans Superiority to Chi
cage Fighter Shown From
Tap OF Gong.
SMALL CROWD ATTENDED FIGHT
New Champion Had His Contest,
ant Worried After First Round
and Virtually Whipped
in the Ninth.

Buffalo. n. Y, July 4.-George Gardner
of Lowell. Mass, defeated Jack Root OF
Chicago in the arena OF the International
Athletic Club at Fort Erie this afternoon.
The bout. scheduled for twenty rounds.
last twelve.
The men Fought for the championship o.
the light heavyweight class, u purse OF
S,G0O and Il diamond mccall
The crowd was not laIge. TIE expens We
seats showed very bare. Manager Her
man had banked on a $4,000 gate. but he
Says he broke Il little TO The good.
= The men got into the ring for the main
bout little after 4 o'c.oek, after a sec
tion OF tine room had been taken of. A
hot sun beat down on the roslnel canvas.
Referee Mcbride called the men together
and warned them about tne Canadian Law
and ito necessity OF avoiding hitting IL
ciinches.
The gong then rang and the men We're at
IT. From the tap of tire bell Gardner
showed his superiority over Roof. He
forced the lighting, Root leading on w.en
he had 10 90 so.
Garcner opened with wicked left to
Roots race and followed it up with swingi
to the body. Gardner had Root weary VIII n
the round ended. The Lowell mans most
eff GIVE blows were the lett TO tine stomach
ard S:cot WINGED with pain every time tHey
landed.
Tom the first round to the ninth Gardner
kept up the pounding on Roots stomach.
Tire men fought very fairly. but the referee
had his han0s full separating item in the
clinches.
With the ninth round came the beginning
of Roots undoing. Gardner ripped a smash
ing right to the body and Root came back
with two rights TO the jaw. but George
Jacks jaw. Root was daZed Two sIpasheS
in the stomach brought his guard down and
clip on the jaw sent him to the floor
Root took nine seconds on his knees, and
when he got up he ran into another smash
In the wind. and the gong. saved him.
Root was worried as Gardner came to him
In fi,a md I'D u-.G
his swings and the two wrestled bit. A
left to the wind lifted Root off his feet and
an uppercut shook him, but he fought back
desperately. Gardner rushed Jack around,
fighting wildly in his easerness. The round
ended with Root much distressed.
As the gong sounded for the eleventh
round Gardner sent left to the jaw and
Root came back with two swings to the
face. Gardner rushed Jack about the ring.
beating merry tattoo on mis- ribs. Root
rallied and set in right and left to the head
hard and his crowd cheered.
Gardner seemed dazed. but in the clirch
he made long-drawn wink to his seconds
and as soon as the clinch was broken he
sent three rights TO Jacks head.
Root ran away, but a long swing caught
him back of the ear and ne sprawled on
the floor, almost rolling out of the ring. He
took the count.
Two punches to the Jaw staggered him
fat on his back as the gong sounded. His
seconds dragged him to his corner.
inc iWeiith round opened Root re-
served his ebbing strength for an attempt
al Gardeners jaw. Root was almost lifted
off his feet by a wicked one in the wind
Another smash to the stomach made Root
SroSgy and swings on the jaw sent him
down. He took the count got up and was
foored again He got up and Gardner
stepped up TO him carefully, aimed care
fully and sent his right through his weak
guard to the jaw. Root was on his knees
when the referee counted ten. He was up
a second after and put UP his guard, but
he RI To
twelfth round lasted two minutes and TWEEN
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