The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-05
GARDENER Is WINNER
Lowell Man Defeats Jake
Root in Twelve Rounds
HEAVY PURSE AND HONORS
Root Is Worried from Start
to Finish
HEAVY PURSE AND HONORS

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,
lasted twelve. The men fought for the
championship of the light heavy weight
class, purse of $1,000 and a diamond
medal.
The crowd was not large. The expen-
give seats showed very bare Manager
Herman had banked on $4,000 gate, but
he he broke only little to the good.
The men got into the ring for the main
bout short yafter o'clock, after a sec
ton Of the roof had been taken off
hot sun beat down on the rosined canvas.
Referee Mcbride called the men together
and warned them about the Canadian law
and the necessity Of avoiding hitting in
clinches.
The gong then rang and the men were
at it. From the tap of the bell Gardner
Ishowed his superiority over Root. He
forced the fighting Root leading only
when he had 10 DO SO. Gardner opened
with a wicked left to Roots face and fol-
lowed up with swings to the body. Gard
her had Root weary when the round
ended The Lowell mans most effective
blows were the left to the stomach and
Root WINGED with the pain every time
they landed. From the first round to
the ninth Gardner kept up the pounding
on Roots stomach. The men fought very
fairly, but the referee had his hands
T,,u =,
With the ninth round came the begin
ming of Roots undoing. Gardner ripped
q smashing right to the body and Root
came back with two rights to the jaw,
but George rushed in and sent a long right
swing TO Jacks jaw Root was dazed.
Two smashes in the stomach brought his
guard down and a clip on the jaw sent
him to the floor. Root took nine sec
onds 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 the tenth round. Gardner was
short in his swings and the two wrestled
a bit. a left to the wild lifted Root off
his feet and an uppercut shook him, but
he fought back desperately. Gardner
rushed Jack AROUND fighting wildly in his
eagerness. The roAld ended with Root
much distressed
AS the gong sounded for the eleventh
round Gardner sent a left to the jaw and
Root came back with two swings to the
face Gardner rushed Jack about the
ring. beating a merry tattoo on his ribs.
Root rallied and sent in right and left
to the head hard and his crowd cheered.
in, 4Ha oIfv
he winked a long drawn wink to his sec
onds 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 ca rand he sprawled on the
floor almost rolling out of the ring. He
took the count.
Two punches to the jaw staggered Root
yacain and a couple of uppercuts sent
him fiat on his back as the gong sounded.
His seconds dragged him to his corner. !
As the twelfth round opened Root re-
served his ebbing strength for an attempt
a. Gardeners jaw. Root was almost lifted
off his feet by a wicked one in the wind |
Another smash to the stomach made Root
erogey and swings on the jaw sent him
down. He took the count, got up and
was fioored again. He got up and Gard
ner stepped up to him carefully, aimed
carefully and sent his right through the
weak guard of Root 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 the referee
sent him to his corner. The twelfth round
lasted two minutes and twenty seconds. |
CANS MAINTAINS HIS PLACE.
Butte. Mont. July Am a drilling
rain and in the presence of small crowd
Toe Cans retained his hold upon the cham
ni.nshir bv defeating Buddy King OF
Denver in five rounds King was never
IA II after the first round. when a hard
risbt 10 the mouth sent him down lot
The ccilnt. He bled freely and was plainly
trim. TO stay for the money. In the
carl! mart of the fifth Cans whipped MS
riobt across Kings jaw and the Denver
nerf went down and out.
1u5o thousand people saw the hght
which Navor Mullins has declared VIII
be the last in Butte
OXFORD WINS.
London. July 4.-ONford TO-DAY won o'ie
.,,,,al cricket match with Cambridge
-, ~ Lords grounds Thursday, by
26S runs
p,rxs TwO-YEAR-oLD COLT.
CIV York. July Al. E. Madden TO-DAY
purchased f. r. Thomass half interest
a. the two-year-old colt Pulsus. 10y Top
Gallant Glen Hope. The price IS SAID 10
hs S15 oao BY his victory in the great
trial stakes last Saturday horSemen re
sard p,,lsus as one Of the best two-year-
Odds of the year.
AUTOMOBILE RACES.
Columbus. O.. July AT the annual
meet Of the Columbus Automobile CLUB
held at the columbus driving park TINS
tfeernoon. Barney Oldhold broke all the
worlds records on a circular track from
one TO ten miles