Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-14
THE PUCILISTS.
Great Battle Between Hart
 and Gardner.

Twelve Rounds the Fight Went When
 Hart Broke His Arm-Gus Gardiner Puts Out Billy Armstrong-Joe Cans
 Defeated Tom Tracy-Other Boxing
 News.
 Louisville, May 14.-George Gardner of Lowell won from Marvin Hart, the Louisville heavyweight, in a slashing bout before the Southern A. c. last night. The match was for twenty rounds and large crowd was present. The mill was the best seen in Louis vile in years. Both men were on their even It was announced after the twelfth round that Hart had met with an accident, and the decision went to Gardner.
 Both boxers were in good condition. Hart tipped the beam at ITS pounds, while Gardner sealed ten pounds less. They entered the ring about 1O:15 o'clock. Gardners seconds were Billy Pierce of Boston, Emil Thiery of Chi cago and J. K. Curley of Chicago.
 Hart was handled by Sherley Beddle 5f Louisville, Jack Mccormick of Philadelphia and Jack Swartz Tim Hurst was the referee. They met un- der straight Marquis of Queensberry rules.
 Hart was the first to lead. He sent a straight left ito the jaw. It did not hurt His next attempt was a left lead for the mark. Gardner stepped in close and got away from the blow. Hart was on the aggressive, never giv- ing his rival chance to do any exc cution. Gardner was more active in the second
 He sidestepped two Iungess for the I body and then swung wiekedly for J Hart's jaw. Hart escaped by ducking. Hart made another rush, but received a vicious uppercut which made his ! head rock. Gardner got home two lefts on the mouth just before time was called.
 The third round opened with rush by Hart.
 He landed rights on the face in rap i'd succession. Feinting Hart into a lead, Gardner sent three jabs to Harts face. Just before time was up in this round, Hart collided with Gardners head and had his nose smashed. The blood flowed in streams. A rush signalized the opening of the next round. Hart shot the left over .on Gardner's face, but did no serious dam age Gardner, on the other hand, scored with heavy swing on the head which made the Louisville Rugilist take several steps backward.
 When they faced each other again they exchanged lefts and rights and A Hart's cheek was cut.
 Tn the next three rounds it was an even thing, both rushing and landing a hard. Gardner was a bit weak, but showed extreme cleverness in tight \ corners Tn the eighth, ninth and tenth rounds Hart showed his superi- ority by iabbing and swinging with precision He had Gardner in trouble at the end of the tenth and 1t seemed as if another blow would have finished Gardner
 The eleventh was uneventful, but in the twelfth they slashed away for dear life. Both were in straits and the bell seemed to be welcome.
 When it was time for the thirteenth round to begin, Referee Hurst an nounced that Hart could not continue, # as he had broken his arm in the elev- enth round.
 Portland, Ore, May 14.-Joe Cans de- feated Tom Tracy in the ninth round here last night.
 Savannah, Ga, May 14-Gus Gardin- CT of Philadelphia and Billy Armstrong of California went on for twenty rounds for decision at 135 pounds before the Savannah Athletic club last night. The contest lasted three very fast rounds when Gardner with a left ihook to the jaw put Armstrong out.
 Joe Choynski, when he visits the K1ondike where he is to meet Nick Burley, the California heavyweight next month, will combine business with pleasure. Choyrski says he is going ito invest some of his money in mining claims if the opportunity pre- sents itself Choynslzi during his ca reer as pugilist has saved over $4O,- OOO
 The failure of George Dixon to make any kind of showing in his last two battles has convinced the former feath- erweight champion that his days as a pugilist are nearly over. Dixon admits that he cannot stand the strain of ac- tive work, and that his defeats are due more to lack of strength than any thing else. He is now planning a trip to South Africa.
 The limited round bout between Denver Ed Martin and Jack Johnson of San Francisco, which was arranged a New days ago, will not be decided at Philadelphia unless the fighters can secure a guaranteed purse. One of the clubs in the Quaker City is prepared to offer 50 per cent of the gross re- ceipts for the match, but the proposal mas been ignored. -r DinunIno 0nd