The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04
Knocked Root Down and Help
less in the Twelfth.
Chicago Fighter Had the Best
of Bout for a Time.
TT WAS AROUGH FIGHT
Jeffries, as Referee, Had to
Separate Repeatedly.
Managers Met and Agreed to Let
Men Fight Again.

Reno. New. July An furious
12-round fight, that was Witnessed by
an excited crowd of 5000 persons,
Marvin Hart of Louisville knocked
out Jack Root of Chicago here late
Monday afternoon.
The contest took place in the great
arena a mile east of the city of Reno
and for nearly an hour the men
fought under a blazing sun that was
almost prostrating. The decisive
blow was landed by Hart in the
twelfth round Root, who was tired,
but still fighting gamely, led hard for
the head with his left, and as he
missed Hart sent terrific right
hand blow to the pit of the stomach,
The smack of the blow was heard all
over the immense arena, and when
Root fell, gasping for breath. the
spectators knew that he would never
rise within the count AS the eighth
second was called Root raised himself
on his hands with his mouth open,
dragged himself to a kneeling position
and then collapsed His seconds
carried him to his corner, where he
recovered in about three minutes.
1T was square fight and have no
Complaint to make" he said weakly,
after he had revived. THE best man
won
Hart said that he stood ready to
meet all corners, barring negroes.
The fight opened with both men
fighting desperately, Root smiling as
Hart became angered at the infghting
In the clinches. Clinches were fire.
quent, and although the agreement
was that there was to be clean
break away. both men fought viciously
with short arm blows every time they
came together, Hart striking for the
kidneys. while Root smashed at the
stomach. Before the end of the
fourth round both men were sweating
profusely and Harris right eye was al
most closed. Root seemed to suffer
most from the altitude, breathing
with his mouth open. He spat blood
every time he went to his corner, hav-
ing received several vicious blows in
the mouth. Several times he was
carried to the ropes by the furious
PUSHES of Hart who repeatedly lost his
head during the fighting in the
clincres and Referee Jeffries was
compelled to break by main force.
At the close of the seventh round,
when honors rested evenly, Hart
dropped from a heavy right on the
point of the jaw. The gong sounded
before the blow was delivered, but no
foul was allowed, as there evidently
was no intent to violate the rules on
the part of the Chicago man.
At the end of the tenth round there
was no Root money in sight. Root
fought viciously, but his blows lacked
steam, and while he landed oftener
than Hart 1t was apparent that he
could never land a knockout
Hart rushed his man at every
opening. taking lefts and rights to the
body in order to land on the heart
and kidneys. Root clinched fire.
Quently and hung on to his opponent,
breathing heavily, until compelled to
break
Both men responded with a rush at
the opening of the twelfth round.
Hart led first and forced the fighting.
rushing Root almost into his corner
where each rained blows to the body
1t was during the in-fghting that the
knockout came and not until after
Root recovered was its exact nature
saown. Root stating that it landed al
the pit of the stomach as he led for
the head with his left
The Fight by Rounds.
Round They rushed into clinch.
Hart landed right to head Root
countering to jaw. They clinched
Root started jabbing Hart. Hart
landed straight right to head Root
right to body. Root sent left to jaw
and then to body. Root jabbed on the
Jaw and they clinched. Root landed
on Harris jaw. Root sent left to jaw
and left to body. Root uppercut
They clinched. Hart landed left and
the Jaw. This round was about even
Round Root landed left hard to
Jaw; repeated it and rushed into q
clinch. Root landed right to body
and uppereut to body. Hart and Roof
exchanged lefts. Rushed into clinch
Root shot left over right to jaw. Roo
crossed right to head hard. Roo
missed hard swing and kept pokinl
left to Harris body. Root missed