The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-01
.HANLON and yANGER
FIGHT FIERCE DRAW.
Neither of the Game Little Feath-
er Weights Is Able Seriously
to Injure the Other.
GO AT A TERRIFIC PACE.
Californian Seems Doomed to De-
feat in the Earlier Rounds, but
Finishes Strong and Fight.
ing Like a Whirlwind.
GO AT A TERRIFIC PACE.

| twentieth round. Referee Eddie Smith hav-
ing been unable TO choose winner between
| the game little feather weights.
The fight was one of the fercest ever seen
| in this city. Both men fought with q vim
| from the tap of the bell in the first round
until the referee rendered his decision. SO
hot was TIE lighting during the first stages
| of the battle that it seemed to forctcll a
| quick victory for one or the other of the
| contestants But neither was able seriously
| to injurc the other. and the contest lasted
| the limit.
In Eddie Hanlon Yanger met one of the
greatest little fighters it has been his lot
to go against and in Yanger. Hanlon doubt
less met the strongest little man in the
| feather-weight division to-day.
| From the first to the ninth round. Yanger
| had slightly the better of the contest. He
| led the Californian on. and. by clever
straight leads, for the head. occasionally
| broke through the crouching guard which
| is known as creation of Hanlon's
throughout the pugilistic world.
| In the ninth round. the tide turned in ia
| vor of the Californian. In this round, by a
| series of lefts and rights to the head and
occasional short-arm blows to the body,
| Hanlon had Yanger in a groggy condition.
Ions lead was decisive, but in the thirteenth
| Yanger recuperated and at one time
seemed to have Hanlon at his mercy. but
| the local lad was too clever, and by good
| generalship stalled off what appeared to
| be victory for the Chicago boy.
| From the fourteenth to the twentieth
rounds: inclusive, Hanlon had the better of
| the Chicago lad all but out, and willing TO
! hang on at the slightest provocation. The
decision of the referee was a popular one
with the crowd. which showed its approval
with great burst of applause.
YANGER KNOCKED DOWN.
In the seventeenth the first knockdown OF
the fight occurred, Hanlon putting a terrific
right to Yangers jaw. sending him through
the ropes. Yangcr was quickly on his feet.
but the little Californian was after him with
I his hands and had his opponent almost out
when the bell rang.
iangers lighting on several occasions met
with the dislpproval of the crowd. He
struck low !: number of times during the
fight, and was once warned by the referee
Whenever he seemed TO be getting the
worst of the battle he set himself against
Hanlon. rushed him against the ropes. and
twice almost had :. the Californian outside
After the contest Johnny Hertz. Yang
ors manager. stated that his man disabled
his right hand In the seventh round of the
contest and was obliged to fight strong
and clever man with one hand. Hertz Of
ifornian and states his willingness to bet
5000 on the side that Yanger will be de-
clarsd the winner.
Hanlon was seen in his dressing room
after the contest and stated that ianger
was the strongest and toughest little man
In the world at his weight and the best
fighter he has ever met in the ring. Han
Ion says that at no stage was he at all UNI
meet the Chicago boy again before the club
Offering the best purse
ROUND ONE.
Yanser missed left TO the face. and
Hanlon tried with left. Hanlon has had his
famous crouch. Yanger missed two light
left hooks for the head. Hanlon bored in
and put left to the body and hooked Yam
ger to the head with left. He then jabbed
Yanger to the face with left and missed
puzzled at Hanlon's peculiar guard.
Eddie drove left and right to the body.
and Yanger put a straight. right to the head;
left to the stomach. Breaking from the
clinch. Eddie sent right hard twice to the
jaw. and ianger Countered to the face with
a straight left Hanon had a shade the bet
ter Of this round.
ROUND TWO.
Yanger led with left and then pushed in
two light let's TO the face. Hanlon missed
right and left for the body and blocked
several jabs for the face Yanger hooked
right through IIddies guard to the Jaw
and Hnnlon put right and left to the body.
Yanger got In straight left to the face
and tried an uppercut with right. but it
went wide.
Hanlon missed right uppercut for head;
and right to the body. Mixing it. Hanlon
sent in right and left to the body Ianser
crossed with right to the jaw and put light
left to the face. Yanger put hard right and
left to the face and Hanlon fought back
desperately. landing right and left to the
face; The bell rang with ianger the fresher
Of the two.
ROUND THREE.
Yanger led with left, but was short. He
missed right swing for the body. Hanlon
whipped left to the body and Yanger re-
buked him with two rights and a left cross
to the head. Hanlon sent left and right to
the head and then worked hard right up
percut to the jaw. In a mix-up both eX-
changed hard rights and lefts, with Han
Ion fighting trifie wild. $40
va lger hooked Hanlon to the Jaw with
right and escaped a counter. Eddie put
right to the kidneys twice without appar-
ent effect. Yanger uppercut Hanlon with
right to the serd Jaw to- enc
ger jabbed with left to the face and Eddie
put a risht to the body As the gong
sounded Yanger swung right to the head.
Hanlon went to his corner. smiling, but
Yanger had the better of the round
ROUND FOUR.
Yanger bored in with left twice, but was
blocked They then cinched. Yanger tried
with left three times. and Hanlon brought
his right twice to the body. and missed two
right uppercuts and left swing. Yanger
drove in short-arm right to the ribs. and
Eddie put left and right to the head.
Yanger then cut loose with a succession of
rights and lefts to the face and head. wtiicn
Jared Eddie. Eddie got in a smart left to
the jaw. Yanger whipped in right to the
body and Hanlon sent right to the head.
drove right to the ear and followed it with
right uppercut to the jaw. Yanger shot
his right hard to the kidneys and they
mixed 1t very roughly as the bell sounded.
Yanger had shade the better of the
fighting in this round
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ROUND FIVE.
Yanecr led with right and sent left to the
face. He caught Eddie with a right to the
head, and Eddie partially blocked hard
right for the body. In mixup Yanger up.
percut to the face twise with right, and
Hanlon swung back Intellectually. Yanger
crossed with right to the jaw and fol-
lowed 1t with right to the head.
Yanger blocked beautifully. He jabbed
Eddie twice with left to the face and Eddie
swung right to tbs. head. two rights to the
kidneys and good left to the face. Eddie
planted his left hard to the jaw and re-
ceived left jab to the face in return.
right and caught Yanger on the head. The
latter slipped to the floor. but was up
quickly.
ROUND SIX.
Hanlon missed left swing for the head
and tried a left for the face. Yapger's right
went through Hanlon's guard Ecad caught