The San Francisco call., 1904-04-30

did some effective work in the clinches.
WalcO:t vas the aggresser in the sec
ond round one of his most effective
blows being snappy left to the head,
which shook up his opponent.
WaicOtt lid lots OK his leading TO the
head, while the Kid played for the
bcdy. The KID missed hard left
swing near the end of the round and
went down to his knes from the effects
of q left to the head.
Walcott rushed his opponent through
the ropes and out OF the ring early in
the third round. He kept swinging his
left 80 the head overland and the KiG
could not stop him. WaIcott s. got
right TO the body that made him grunt.
The Eid staggered Joe with right to
the head and missed n vicious swing.
In return he got a couple OF rights and
left to the body that hurt. Walcott
kept IN close and the Kid could not
hurt him. The Kid jabbed Waicott to
The head when the latter said smiling
ly. Aha" Walcott whispered to some
one near the ringside: 1T is like play
ing with baby, the Kid is so easy to
handle. He also said to some one:
You ought to see my brother fight"
The fifth round was full of fight and
showed the Kid to better advantage
than some of the previous ones. In
the sixth, also, the Kid seemed to gain
strength and scored with some long
swings The seventh was the Kids
best round up to this point He forced
the fighting and sent his right across
on Walcott's jaw hard 1t made the
Boston boxer look serious. The Kid
drove his right to the body hard and
Walcott hung on for a moment Both
swung their rights and walcott beat
the Kid to it. The latter slipped down,
but was UP Immediately.
SLUGGING IN EARNEST.
Early in the eighth round the Kid
e tridwith his right for the head. but
missed, and then they both fell to slug
ging in earnest. The Kid was finally
forced to cover UP, while Walcott tried
all he knew to land blow inside his
guard. He finally staggered the Kid
with right to the head. The Kid was
tired boxer when he went to his cor
ner Walcott regained his cheerfulness
in the ninth round. Near the end of
the round the Kid surprised him by
landing qiean right to the head, but
Walcott came back fighting, as though
the blow had no effect on him. The
Kid was down for six seconds in the
tenth round from right TO the head,
but he was not dazed and fought il
out until the bell.
Walcott had started a blow just be-
fore the gong sounded and could not
stop it. He did not hurt the Kid but
the spectators showed their disap-
proval by kissing. Walcott missed
when he tried left shift early in the
eleventh round. He tried everything
he knew in this round. but still could
not reach a weak spot on the Kid.
Walcott was a busy boxer all
through the twelfth round, scoring
often with right and left to the head
and with his terrible kidney punch.
The Kid recovered In the thirteenth
round and staggered Walcott with a
right to the head and followed this up
with right and left, but the Boston
man came back fighting.
Both fought desperately in the four
teenth round. and the Kid went to his
knees for a count in one of the hot ex-
changes. The Kid slipped down in his
own corner in the fifteenth round and
was assisted to his feet by Walcott.
The Kid got his geography mixed in
the sixteenth round as he started for
Walcott's corner, and that amiable
slugger had to direct him to the proper
angle of the ring. The seventeenth and
eighteenth rounds saw Walcott keep
up his efforts to stop the Kid, but
without avail
Walcott rushed the Kid out of the
ring again in the nineteenth round and
then assisted him back to the ring
Walcott was quite fresh despite his
exertions. Near the end of the round
the Kid sneaked in a right uppercut
that sent Walcott's head back with a
snap. II surprised waIcott, but it
only made him redouble his efforts be-
fore the end Of the round Walcott
fought desperately in the twentieth
round. He kept sending in his vicious
kidney blow and the spectators Kissed
him for it.
The Kid appeared to be firing rapid
iy, while Walcott was still fresh. The
Kid slipped down near the middle of
the round and Walcott helped him to
his feet. He kept up his kidney
punches until suddenly Referee Sui
livan separated the men and declared
the Kid the victor on what he called
foul blow. The spectators were
amazed and could not grasp the i'm
port of the decision for some minutes
Luckily for Sullivan, he escaped
before serious bodily harm was done
him. though he will remember Wal
colts wallop for some time to come.
The fight between Fred Landers and
Lyn Truscott was declared a draw,
which decision pleased the spectators
Neither boxer showed any class but
the bout was full of fighting.
Portlands Go to Pieces.