The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-01
Benny YANGER AND
HANLON GO TWENTY
ROUNDS TOA DRAW
Referee Smith Unable to Choose
Winner at End of the Fierce
Fight of the Game Little
Featherweights.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 3d.
The Hanlon-Yang go at the Mechan-
les Pavilion tonight ended In a. draw
at the end of the twentieth round
Referee Eddie Smith beinP unable 10
choose a winner between the game NJ
tie featherweights. The fight was one
of the fiercest seen in this city. Both
men fought with a vim from the tap
of the bell in the first round until the
referee gave his decision.
So hot was the fighting during the
first stages of the battle that 1t seem
ed to foretell a quick victory for one
or the other of the contestants. But
neither was able seriously to lnJure
the other, and the contest lasted the
limit.
In Eddie Ranlon Yanger met one Of
the greatest little fighters it has been
his lot to go against, and in Yanger
Hanlon doubtless met the greatest Ut
tie man in the featherweight division
today.
From the first to the ninth round
Yanger had slightly the better of the
contest He led the Californian on
by clever straight leads for the head,
occasionally breaking through the
0rouching guard, which is known as
creation of HanlonS throughout the
Dugilistic world. In the S;inth round
the tide turned in favor of the Cali
fornian. In this round, by series OF
lefts and rights to the head and occa-
sional short-arm blows to the body,
Hanlon had Yanger in a groggy con-
dition. In the eleventh and tWelfth
rounds HanlOnS lead was decisive. 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 a victory for
he hoy IRON 10
to the twentieth rounds. inclusive,
Hanlon had the better of the fight on
more than one occasion. The decision
of the referee was a popular one with
the crowd
Fight by Rounds.
Round One-Yanger missed left to the
face and Hanlon tried with left. Hanlon
adopted his famous crouch. Yanger miss
ed two light left hooks for the head. Han
lon bored in and put left to the body and
hooked Yanger to the head with left.
He then jabbed Yanger to the face with
left and missed anoth6r for the same
place. Yanger was puzzled at Hanlon's
peculiar guard. Eddie drove left and right
to the body and Yanger put straight
right to the head. In a miX-up the Cali
fornian put right and left to the stom-
ach. Breaking from the clinch Eddie sent
right hard twice to. the jaw and Yanger
countered to the face with q straight
left. Hanlon had shade the better Of
this round.
ROund lWO-Hanger led with left and
then pushed in two light lefts to the face.
Hanlon missed right and left for the body
and blocked several jabs for the face.
Yanger hooked right through Eddie's
and left to the body. Yanger got iii
straight left to the face and tried right
uppercut, but it went wide. Hanlon miss
ed right uppercut for the head Mixing it
up, HanlOn sent in right and left to the
body. Yanger crossed with right to jaw
and put light left to the face. Yanger
put hard right and left to the face and
Hanlon fought back desperately landing
left and right to the face. The bell rang
with Yanger the fresher.
Third Yanger's Round.
Round Three-Yanger led with left. but
was short. He missed right swing for the
body. Hanlon whipped left to the body
and Yanger got in two rights and a left
cross to the head. Hanlon sent left and
right to the head and then worked a hard
right uppercut to the jaw In q mix
up both exchanged hard rights and lefts
right and escaped a counter. Eddie put
right to the kidneys twice. Yanger up
percut Hanlon with right to the jaw and
moment later repeated it, forcing Han.
lon to clinch. Yanger jabbed with left
to the face and Eddie put a right to the
body AS the gong sounded Yanger swung
right to the head. rangers round.
twice, but was blocked. They clinched
Yanger tried with left three times and
Hanlon brought his right twice to the
body and missed two right uppercuts ami
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