The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
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body which shook him up. Near the
end OF the round Johnson was hold
ing on to escape punishment. Hart
then sent a hard right to the body
which made him vince, following this
up with a right to the head. John
son made a show of viciousness in the
ninth round, but it was all on the sur
face, as there was no action 10 back
1t up He sent right and left TO
Harts head which did not stop his
onrush in the slightest degree. Hart
tried a long range right which man
aged to connect with Johnson's jaw.
Johnson punished Hart severely near
the end of the round, making him
bleed profusely from the nose and
mouth. Johnson went after Harts
sore eye in the tenth round, but there
was no finishing power in his blows.
Hart was trying all the time and kept
sending in rights and lefts, some of
which landed and had the effect OF MAX
ing Johnson still more cautious. Hart
commenced 70 improve in the elev-
enth round. He staggered Johnson with
a right to the head and then both in
dulged in a slugging match until the
bell stopped them.
Hart continued on the aggressive in
the twelfth round, the most effective
blow being a right to the body, fol-
lowed by a right to the head. In the
energies to uppercutting. but this could
not keep off the aggressive Kentuck-
ian. IN the fourteenth round Hart
knocked a broad grin off Johnson's
face with a hard right swing. Near
the end of the round Johnson ripped
his left into the body hard.
Hart was the aggressor throughout
the fifteenth round and landed some
hard right swings to the head. John
son uppercut him repeatedly. While
the blows undoubtedly hurt they did
not cause Hart to slow down. Early
in the seventeenth round Johnson
rushed Hart to the ropes. and for
time the white mans head and shoul-
ders were outside the upper rope.
johnson landed a hard right and
left to the body and got a nard right
to the body, which undoubtedly hurt
him. Hart was the aggressor all
through the eighteenth round and also
the nineteenth. Near the end of this
round Johnson landed right and left
which rocked Hart's head. Hart
came back fighting and landed a hard
right swing 10 the jaw, which took
lot of fight out of Johnson.
HART is STRONG.
The twentieth was all in favor of
Hart The men fought all over the
ring, but even at this stage of the
game Johnson would not take
chance with the neryy Kentucki2n.
He hung on for time and the house
was in wild uproar, the spectators
on their feet cheering for Hart and
yelling for him to go in and knock
Johnson out
Hart seemed as fresh as when he
started. although he was no beauty
to LOOK at. and he kept up a fusiIlade
on any part of Johnson's anatomy
. within reach. A few seconds before
time was up a photographer in the
balcony touched off fashlight The
fighters thought the round had ended.
and they ceased their struggle.
Referee Greggains knew the bell had
not sounded and he sent them at 1t
again. They only got fairly started
on a slugging match when the bell
sounded the end of the fight. The
referee at once pointed to Hart as the
winner and the applause which greeted
the decision lasted for several minutes.
1t was the consensus of opinion that
ff-either of them ever decides to fight
Jeffries there will be another death in
the ring, this time from sheer fright.
Young Mitchell and Jim Haywards,
both welter- weights. went six busy
rounds Referee Shuler gave the de-
cision to Mitchell, although the latter
was the cleaner and harder puncher.
+, fGeQ Id1QGIS was EifcH lEe QtCiSiOu
over Toby Irwin after ten rounds of
fighting. Landers was the aggressor
throughout while though he was al
ways trying he seemed to have no
punch. Up to the fourth round there
was but little fighting. In this round
Irwin tried to finish his man. He stag
, gered him with left and instantly
shot out his right. 1t seemed to have
some reverse English on it, as it
fF1rr1Qd T,cr r1dorc of oY0 nd
sent him on his hands and knees to the
mat. He nearly went out of the ring
; Irwin did not follow UP his advantage
and Landers kept after him throughout
the remainder of the fight This gave
him the decision.
RECORD OF THE BATTLE.
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