Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-07-04
CHAMPION HART.
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landed right on the jaw. The round

upper cut to body. Hart and Root eX-
changed lefts and they clinched. Root
shot left over right to jaw and crossed
right to head hard. Root went to Harris
body and they clinched. Root missed
a hard swing and kept paying left to
Hart's body. Root missed a vicious
swing of right and Hart landed left
hard to body. 1t was Roots round.
Round 3-Thcy rushed to a clinch.
Root landed left hard to jaw and Hart
returned to body hard with right. They
clinched. Hart missed a vicious right
swing and a second later landed right
hard under heart. Hart was fighting
desperately. Root put left to jaw. Hart
landed hard to stomach. Root landed
hard right to jaw. They clinched. Root
sent left to body. They exchanged lefts
to jaw. The round ended. honors even
and both men fighting hard.
Round 4-Roth men appeared to be
comparatively fresh. They exchanged
lefts to jaw and Hart landed hard right
to kidneys. Root put hard left to jaw
and landed hard right swing to jaw.
Foot landed left and right jabs to
Harts jaw. They clinched and in the
breakaway Root put left to jaw. Des-
perate in-fghting followed. Root put
right to jaw and Hart put hard right
to body. They clinched. Root put left
swing to opponents heart. Hart swung
wildly. Root put left to jaw. This
round was about even.
Round Root put left to mouth.
They exchanged lefts to body and
clinched. Hart landed right swing and
put right to jaw. They clinched. Root
put left to head and left to jaw. Hart
hit body hard with right and they
clinched, boxing in clinches. Hart land
ed right and left swings to head and
| Root uppercut to body. Root landed
| left to body. Root missed vicious
right swing to jaw. Root put right to
| jaw and left hard to body. This was
Roots round.
Round 6-Root landed right to body
| and they Clinched. Root landed to body
| and Hart put right to kineys. Hart
| landed right swing to body and Root
retaliatcd with left to body. Root
swung left to jaw and received a hard
| left to chin and right to hear. Root up
| percuts to body. Hart missed left and
| right swings. Root landed hard left to
3. jaw. They clinched. Hart put hard
right and left to body. Root went to
body with both right and left. Honors
| were even in this round.
| Round Root put left to body and
they clinchcd. Root put left to jaw ard
Hart put hard right and left to jaw.
Hart pounded kidneys. They were
fighting hard. Root sent right to
f; stomach. Hart landed vicious right
swing to side of head and they clinch-
| ;,h
stiff right hook to heart and Root land
ed left to jaw anG ducked vicious swing
for head. Root put lard right to heart
and received stiff jab on jaw. Hart
landed right swing to body. Root
knocked Hart down with a terrific right
Just as the gong sounded. A claim of
foul was made for Hart but Jeffries
disclaimed foul and ordered the men
to continue. The gong saved Hart.
Round S-Hart came up fresh and
boxed into clinch, Root doing very
clever footwork. Both men fought for
the body. Harts nose was bleeding.
They indulged in roughing it. They ex-
changed left hooks to jaw and clinch-
ed Root Traded Lard right to body and
they clinched. Hagt landed hard to jaw.
They fought in short against al rules
and JeRries had to break .thenl. Root
landed hard to body and put left ard
right to jaw. out Hart hung on gamely.
Root landed right aud left to head and
a terrific right swing just as The gong
sounded. This was Roots round.
Round 9-They exchanged lefts and
rushed into a clinch both hanging or
Hart put right hard to jaw and Root
put left to nose. Hart landed right jab
to stomach Root landed left hook to
law, jabbed stomach hard and put right
to jaw Hart pounded kidneys. Root put
left lab hard to stomach and they
lclinched. Hart put lard right to stom-
ach. jaw and right swing to kidneys
lJeffries had difficulty in separating the
men. Root sent left swing to kidneys
Root ducked right swing and put lef,
to jaw. Hart made a squirt in tins
round and had a slight lead.
Round 10-They clinch when the
round opens. Hart jabbed toot to jaw
and put right to body Both missed
rights swings and clncheda Root put
left hard to jaw and right To stomach
They clinched. Root landed a stiff
right uppercut to chin and ducked Il
swing Root put straight left to body
Hart landed fright :swing to, Root
neck. rocking him. They fought into a
clinch. They exchanged rights to body
and boxed in and Eout of clinches. Root
put left to jaw as the bell sounded
Honors We're about even. =.
Round 11-Root jabbed the jaw and
they clinched. Hart put left to jaw and
missed right to heed. They exchanged
swings and cffrched. Root swung tc
body and landed hard left to jaw. Rooi
landed right and left to head and lef.
to stomach. Root pounded stomach
with both right and left. Hart landed
hard right swing to kidneys. Root put
left to chin and. right to. body. Roof
drove Ief. to stomach and received left
to body.
Round 1.-THE men fought into 8
elinch. Jeffries separated them. bu
again they fell to a clinch. Separated
again. Hart bored in and at close range
ripped his right up under. and little
to the left Roots heart. Root wen'
to the fioo- and was counted out.
Tho managers Of Jack Root and o
Marvin Hart met. tonight. and Har
agreed to a return match with Root