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Belt Surrendered BY JeHIies Goes to
Marvin Hart, Who Knocks Out
sack" Root at Reno, New.

Marvin Hart of Louisville Knocked on
jack Root OF Chicago in the 12tl
round OF a fight for the heavyweight
championship vt Rena, New, Monday
The betting odds were 3 to / in favor D
Root The punch which comprised tn
downfall of the Chicagoan was a short
powerful jolt Of the right arm to th'
body. The blow was delivered with ter
rife force, and it caught Root while hs
was coming up. Root reeled, tottereC
land fell in a heap. Referee James J
iJeifries, towering over the prostrate
form OF the Chieagoan, counted 10, max.
ling Hart heavyweight champion pugil.
list of the word. lie might have counted
20 seconds, for Root was hopeless defeat
led. Up to this point Of the fight Root
Lad an apparent lead over Hart
The men rushed to a clinch in round
| j, Both landed often and the round was
about even. The second was Roots
hound. He landed hard with his left and
repeated, persistently poking Harris
body. Hart fought desperately in the
third. Missing vicious right swing, he
landed his right under the heart and
then in the stomach. Honors here were
about even, with both men lighting hard.
! They came back apparently fresh for
round four. Desperate iniighting follow
ed clinch and breakaway. Root dam
jagged Harris jaw and Hart plunked Root
hard in the body. Hart swung wildly at
the close. The round was about even.
Ihe fifth round was full of clinching,
and the pugilists boxed in the clinches.
Root missed vicious right swings to jaw,
but kept reaching Harris body with his
left. 1t was Roots round. Honors were
again even in the sixth The fighters
sent forth blow for blow The seventh
was a hard one. Root sent his right to
stomach. Hart landed a vicious right
to stomach. Hart landed a vicious right
swing to side of head, and they clinched.
Root put his right to the head. Hart
mt a stiff hook to heart and Root land
ed left to jaw and ducked a vicious
swing for head. Root put had right
&c heart and received stiff iab on the
Jaw. Hart landed a right swing to the
body. Root knocked Hart down with
a terrific right just as the gong sounded.
a claim Of foul was made for Hart, but
Jeifries disclaimed it and ordered the
men to continue. The gong saved Hart.
Hart freshencd up for the eighth and
the men fought in short, against the
rules, 50 that Jeifres had to break them.
Root landed hard, but Hart hung gamelyH
on. Root was fast after his man as
the gong sounded The round was
Roots again, In the ninth Hart spurted
into slight lead. The 10th was a.
series Of elinches, with no advantage
either way, The nth was give and take
again. IN the 18th the men fought into
q clinch. Jeffries separated them, but
again they fell into a clinch. After they
We're separated again Hart bored in and
at close range ripped his right mp under
and a little to the left of Roots heart.
Root went to the floor and was counted
out
The fight drew about 1000 people at
from So to $40 each. Root weighed no,
Hart 100. Sixty.flve per cent of the
5000 purse won't to the winner and IS
TO the loser Jeffries, who is said to
have received $1,000 for refereeing, de-
clared in the ring that he had retired
for good and that the winner could have
he championship title. John L. Sulli-
van challenged the winner in BEHALF 81
Jim Mccormick.