The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05
Spectators Yell "Fake"
as the Men Stall
Around Ring.
Finish Is Fast, but the
Bout Has a Queer
Look.


floor, defeated boxer. The fight was at
Colms-
The round had Just opened and Turner
came up gToggy and all in, for IN the pre-
ceding round he had taken the count
once and when the bell rang he was lying
on the floor. and had not the welcome
sound chimed forth when it did Turner
could never have regained his feet within
the allotted ten seconds.
Although the finish was q whirlwind
one and the knockout blow a truly legiu-
mate one, the fight carried with it an un-
savory odor and looked anything but
right Turner had chances galore to whip
d IN that awful right hand OF his, yet he
passed everything up. Just before the
bout started Billy Jordan announced
from the ring that all bets would be de-
clared OF II everything did not look
fair, and several times during the pro-
gress OF the fight the referee would
certainly have been justified in stop
ping the affair and calling IL no con-
test
There was an ugly rumor af7oat just be-
fore the battle that it was due to end in
Gardner's favor during the seventh
round. Billy Roche, the referee, knew
this and before the bout started stated
that If there was any evidence of job
berry in the fight he would call all bets
of. He seemed on the point of doing
this several times, but let the tight
take its course and the knockout ended
his responsibility.
Several times during the progress of the
fight the immense crowd seemed to
unite IN the cry Of fake" The boxers
did not wade in al each other with the
v4gOr and vim which should have marked
the work Of two such past masters in the
art of self defense. Time and time again
Turner could have brought in his right
with deadly effect, but instead Of this he
fought his fight with the left hand, some
thing the black demon has never been
known 10 90 before during his long
career in the ring.
GARDENERS LEFT GOOD.
Gardner showed that he had a wonder
ful left hand and a great kick in his other
rnitt when he chose to shoot IL He also
demonstrated that he inherits his brother
Georges disposition under fire. The Lo-
weH boy does not like TO take a beating
-F the least. and had Turner managed TO
I'd in that right Of his now and then
contest might have had a different
ding.
Turner took an awful beating. a worse
one 81 fact than he ever stomached in
his life before Gardner cut the negro
up greatly with HIS left hand closing his
eyes and cutting his face up badly. Tur-
ner, on the other hand. cid not land many
effective blows on the Lowell boy. When
ever he did try with that wonderful right
hand Of his. the blow invariably went
wide Of its mark, after which Gardner
would cover up ana stall around the
ring.
Gardner had a peculiar way of covering
UP. II may have been on the square with
him. but il did not look good TO the
crowd. and when he huddled himself into
q corner as the negro came at him the
fans were wont to yell. Kiss him, or
nd
is bad. Turner might have been bafled
by the lowell mans peculiar style of
defending himself, but he never tried very
hard 70 wing in any punches during these
periods.
, The tenth round marked the beginning
OF the end OF the contest Gardner start
ed IN by shooting out his left 70 Turner'S
jaW and following the latter all around
the ring Turner was getting wObbly
when Gardner shot in a hard right TO
the Jaw and the negro went TO the floor
He was barely able TO regain his feet
a. the count Of nine. and as soon as he
stood up Gardner planted another one
10 the same place and Turner went TO
the carpet dead TO the world.
TURNER Il REVIVED.
Timekeeper George Harting was tolling
off the fatal seconds when the tap Of the
he'll stopped further proceedings. Tur-
uer was dragged TO his corner and re-
Eived. lie came up weak in the eleventh
and Gardner stepped out 10 meet him.
Quick as flash of lightning the Lowell
boy brought his right over 10 the Jaw
once again and the negro sank TO the
mat, vanQuished gladiator.
When the men stepped into the center
of the ring for the first round they stall
ed and iiddled around ana Turner COM
.menced 10 lead with his left The crowd
did not seem to get warmed UP TO the
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40 la that funny style Of his. Billy Roche
at the end Of this round said the bout
SO far was not satisfactory, and unless
q the boxers made a better showing he
would declare bets of.
The second round did not improve the
. situation materially. Turner still kept
I'D his work with his left and Gardner
continued TO cover up. Turner overlooked
many bets with his right, and the fight
fans were quick to notice this. Gardner
got in a couple OF hard lefts 10 the jaw
and shook Turner up some. The third
round brought out a rally and an ex-
change of rights and lefts at the gong,
which seemed to suit the crowd and make
both men bit groggy.
CROWD DISSATISFIED.
The fourth was Gardner's all the way.
He landed time and again with his left
to the Jaw and Turner seemed to slow
up. The crowd was dissatisfied and
voiced its sentiments with Kisses. In. the
fifth after Gardner had done all the
work and sent in many damaging lefts to
the face, Turner took lease of life at
the end Of the round and rushed Gardner
to the ropes, swinging in rights and lefts
IN quick succession. Gardner covered up
and the crowd urged him on
In the sixth and seventh Gardner hit
low in the clinches and was warned by
Referee Roche. Gardner continued TO do
most OF the work in these periods using
that urrerring left Of his all the time,
while Turner seemed content to take the
heating In the eighth Gardner tried TO
push Turner through the ropes and was
loudly hissed by the crowd. Turner had
MANY chances TO bring IN his right in the
ninth round but he overlooked them all
and allowed Gardner to pepper him with
his left Gardner began to give the negro
q bad beating toward the end Of this
round and had him on the way to dizzy
street.
The preliminary was won by Charles
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