Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-28
0 O'BR|EN KNOCKS
OUT KAUFMAN
PHILADELPHIAN WINS IN THE
SEVENTEENTH ROUND
DeIaney's Find Proves a Flash in the
Pan, Although Exhibiting Came
ness Which Won Admiration
of Spectators
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27.-It took
Jack O'Brien, a veteran of 200 fights,
seventeen rounds tonight to knock out
AL Kaufman, who fought his second
battle as a professional.
Kaufman took beating such as has
seldom been given in the history of
San Francisco fights. Kaufman, a
husky 19-year-old boy who is credited
with punch, could not land on the
shtfty man from PHILADELPHIA.
O'Brien's side-stepping, duckins and
general footwork was a marvellous ex-
hibition of skill. Kaufman, with all
his strength, could land only an occa-
sional blow, and that never hit a. vital
spot.
O'Brien, cool and self-possessed.
danced in and out. hitting the young
ster almost at will. Early in the fight
Kaufman's left eye was closed and
his nose commenced to bleed. In spite
of the terrible punishment administered
TO him, the boy kept after his expe-
rlenced adversary anN on several oc-
casions rallied and fought back in a
manner that brought the spectators to
their feet.
In the seventeenth round a succession
of left punches to the jaw staggered
kaufman and then O'Brien put over a
right cross to the jaw and the Califor-
mia boy fell to the mat his head strik-
ing with great force.
Kaufman showed that he is strong,
willing and game to the core. but that
he lacks experience and skill as a boxer
when compared with a man like
O'Brien.
Kaufman, who is a graduate of the
Olympic Athletic club, where he
fought number of battles as an anna
teur and resigned when he became a
professional, was a hot favorite at
odds of 10 to 6.
Most of the wagers were made at even
money that Kaufman would not win
within fifteen rounds. The top-heavi-
ness of the odds, however, was in
fiuenced a great deal by sentiment and
not by the actual chances of the two
contestants.
In the first round Kaufman made a
very good showing, catching O'Rrien
one in the jaw. From the second to the
fifteenth, O'Brien administered a great
deal of punishment. The police made
a motion as if to stop the contest at
the beginning of the fifteenth, but
yielded to Delaney's importantly to
allow it to proceed.
Kaufman took a brace, got O'Brien
in corner and sent him against the
RUPEES WlIH IlSHI ana leItS 10 Lne 1aCe.
He followed his man about the ring,
but O'Brien kept out of the danger
line. The crowd was in a great uproar
and yelled for Kaufman to finish
him." 1t was but a flash in the pan.
The bell rang and ORrien went to
his corner splitting blood. Kaufman
had made his best effort and landed
the most damaging blow of the fight
straight right smash to O'Brien's
mouth, which came very nearly turn
ing the tide of battle.
In the final round Kaufman came up
with both eyes almost closed. O'Brien
landed several fearful right wallops
to Kaufmans jaw He followed this
with a crushing full right swing that
caught Kaufman flush on the jaw and
he went down like piece of lead.
He lay prone until long after the
count and was carried to his corner
limp and completely knocked out.
In the preliminaries, Jim Hayward Of
New York and Billy Shepherd of Aus
tralia, both negroes fought two
rounds, at the end of which Hayward
was declared the winner.
Ralph Worthington of New York
knocked out Harry McCloud of this
city in the third round.