The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04
HART NOW CHAMPION
PUGILIsr DEFEATS JACK Roor AT
 RENO, NEE.
Loser Had the Lead in Fierce Fight
 Until the Fatal MOmept-The
 Bout Refereed by Boiler maker Jim JefHries.

"&A~k ShAn SCMEACos t.. Reno, July 3.-Marvin Hart won over Jack Root in the twelfth round here this afternoon when the odds were 3 to compressed the downfall of. the Chica- goan was a short arm. powerful joit of the right arm to the body. The and and" caught Root while h. was coming m a heap on the floor of the ring.
 s1ssxsSn Sysr taed ts o sss ten seconds which made Hart cham pion of the world. He might have counted twenty seconds, for that mat tip othis point of the fight Root l had a lead over Hart and appeared to have the fight well in hand; The ngnt was attended y by about fran 4,oos peopteo to sIo apiece for seeing the battle. There was was liberal sprinkling of women in attendance. The men stepped into tne weight, Root scaling i7O. while Hart
 TRe feature of the fight aside from the battle itself was the smries 1niesai retired Champion chan Ge of the world. who acted as arbiter, for which function the Los Angeles boilermaker received received M,ooe; the ringside with the clubs so;0oo in his pocket. This was split on the pa. sis of 66 per cent to the winner ana of Jack Root were Battling Nelson. ey Bill Gallagher of San Francisco: of ofia aart tae were waec Jack elk Mccormick, Deafy Thompson. Jack Roberts, Hal. upolke and Lee Updike. Timekeeper. Al. Up- dyke. .,, Cormick, Harts manager, beat Lou M Houseman, acting for Root, ana placed his mans back to the sizzling sun
 awaited upon both men, stated that ne | had retired for good from the ring. and that the winner of this hfsHYws,s ght ,s eh champion of the world.
 Considerable time was wasted in ad- l iusting gloves. the crowd meanwhlle sweltering in open air Battling e,sn, Neisom | of the wait somewhat by agreeing to l fight Britt to a finish in this ring. Jack Johnson and George Gardner oo5h contest shai
 First Round-They rush into clinch' Hart lands right to head; Root eoun- tering to jaw. They run run into & a clineh; lsnds | straight right to head. Root lands left to Hart's heart. Root sends~risht to body. Root sends left to jaw, and then they ciinch. Root lands on, Hart's jaw. Root sends left to jaw and left to body. Root uppercuts They cilncn. 1 As'ON lands right on the jaw. This eound was
 Second Round-Root landed left hard clinch Root lands right to body and uppercut to body. Hart and Root ex- change lefts Rushed into clinch. Foot crossed right to head hard. Root is going to Hart's body and they clinch; Root missed hard swing and Root Kept poking left to Hart's body. Root miss l cd oin left hard to body. Roots round.
 Third IogndmTIhey rushed ne to nd sliIoni Hsr returns 1 i to body hard with right They cIinch; Hart missed vicious right swing. Hart landed right hard under heart; ear, Hart Is fighting aat anded Hard to ach. Root landed hard right to jaw. They are clinched. Root sends left to body. They exchange lStts t" s Jaw. Jh, | ing desperately.
 Fourth Round-Roth men appear to be comparatively fresh. They ex, , hard on kidneys. Root uppereuts Hart. Root puts hard left to jaw Boot Boot land land | ed hard right swing to jaw. Root land ed left and right jab to Hart's jaw. They clinched and in the breakaway Root put left to jaw intghtngg rsSt RSSt to Harrt's heart. Hart swings wildly. l Root put left to Jaw. houno apoue
 Fifth round-Root put left to mouth. They exchange lefts to body and clinch. Hart landed right swing. but went wide clinched. Root put left to head and left to jaw. Hart hits body hard with right and they clinch. boxing in the the swings to head and Root uppeercuts to body. Root landed left to body. Roof missed vicious rigbt swing to jaw Root puts right to jaw and left hard to body' This was Roots round. . | Sixf1 roundabout lands right to body snd they clineh. Root lahds to to lands right swing to body and Root re- | taliates with left to body. Root swings to jaw. Root receives hard pdo. left nne TO TO right swings. Root landed hard left to jaw. Clinched. Hart put hard right hard and put right to jaw. Hart pound ed Kidneys. Root goes to body with both right and left. This round equal and they clinch Root put left to jaw. Hart put hard right and left to jaw Hart pounded 4 kidneys, s.g Fdgnbins nb harr Hart landed vicious right. swing to side of head. They clinched. Root put right to head. Hart put stiff right to heart | right to Harts heart and received stiff | one to jaw. Hart landed right swing to body Root knocked Hart down with a terrific right just as the gong sounded. A foul claim is made for Har' but Jeffries disallows foul and orders to continue. The gong saved Hart:
 Eighth Round-Hart comes up fresr and boxes in to clinch Root doine very clever foot work. Both mer fighting for body. Harts nose bleed ing. They indulge in roughing it. EX change left hooks to jaw. Clinched
 Root lands hard right to body. Clinch- ed. Hart lands hard to jaw. Fightine in short against all rules and Jeffries had to break. Root landed hard tt body Root put left and right to. jaw
 but Hart hangs on gamely. Root land sounded. This was Roots round.
 Ninth RoundAThey exchange left: and rush into clinch. Both hanging on
 Hart puts right hard to jaw and Roo, put left to nose. Hart landed righ1 lab to stomach. Root lands left hook to jaw. Root jabs stomach hard anc put right to jaw. Hart pounded Kid
 neys Root put left jab hard to stom
 ach. Clinched. Hart put hard right tt neys Jeffres having difficulty in sep
 arating the men. Root put left swing to kidneys Root ducks right swing and puts left to jaw Hart made { spurt in this round and had sligh
 lead.
 Tenth Round-Clnched. Hart pu
 jab hard to jaw, right to body. Botf miss right swings and clinch. Roo
 put left hard 10 body and right t. right uppercut to chin and ducks swing | Root puts straight left to body. HaT