The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

vicious right swing; Hart landed left
hard to body. Roots round
Round 3-They rushed to clinch.
Root landed left hard to jaw and
Hart returned to body hard with right.
They clinch. Hart missed vicious
right swing. Hart landed right hard
under heart Hart fought desperately
Root put left to jaw. Hart landed
right to jaw. They clinched. Root
sent left to body. They exchanged
lefts to jaw. Honors about even; both
men fighting desperately.
Round both men appeared to be
comparatively fresh. They exchanged
! lefts to jaw. Hart landed hard right
to kidneys. Root uppercut Hart. Root
put hard left to jaw. Root landed left
and right jab to Harris jaw. They
| clinched and in the breakaway Root
put left to jaw. Desperate mitigating.
Root put right to jaw. Hart put hard
right to body. Clinch. Root put left
| swing to Harris heart. Hart swings
wildly. Root put left to jaw. Round
about even.
Round 5-Root put left to mouth.
clinched- Hart landed right swing,
but went wide of mark. Hart put
right to jaw. CIinched. Root put left
to head and right to jaw. Hart hit
| body hard with right and they clinch-
ed, boxing in the clinches. Hart land
| ed right and left swings to head and
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| left to body. Root missed vicious
right swing to jaw. Root put right to
jaw and left hard to body. This was
Roots round.
Round 6-Root landed right to body
and they clinched. Root landed to
landed right swing to body and Root
retaliated with left to body. Root
| landed left to jaw. Root received hard
| left to chin and right to head. Root
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and right swings. Root landed hard
! left to jaw. Clinched. Hart put hard
right and left to body. Root goes to
body with both right and left This
round equally divided.
Round Root put left to body and
they clinched. Root put left to jaw.
Hart put hard right and left to jaw.
Hart pounded. kidneys. Fighting hard.
Root sent right to stomach. Hart
| landed vicious right swing to side of
head. They c1inched. Root put right
to head. Hart put stiff right hook to
| heart. Root landed left to jaw and
| ducked vicious swing for head. Root
put hard right to Harris heart and re-
right swing to body. Root knocked
Hart down with a terrific right just as
/ the gong sounded. A claim of foul is
/ made for Hart, but Jeffries disclaims
! gong saved Hart.
Round S-Hart came up fresh and
boxed into clinch, Root doing very
clever footwork. Both men fighting
for body. Harris nose bleeding. They
INDUCED in roughing it. Exchanged
left hooks to jaw. Clinched. Root
landed hard right to body. CHnched.
Hart landed hard to jaw. Fighting in
short against all rules and Jeffries had
to break them. Root landed hard to
niody. Root put left and right to jaw,
but Hart hung on gamely. Root lands
right and left to head. Root landed
terrific right swing just as gong
sounded This was Roots round.
Round 9-They exchanged 1efts and
rushed into a clinch. Both hanging
on. Hart put right hard to jaw and
Root put left to nose. Hart landed
right jab to stomach Root landed left
hook to jaw Root jabbed stomach
hard and put right to jaw. Hart
pounded kidneys. Root put left jat
hard to stomach. Clinched. Hart put
hard right to stomach, jaw and right
swing to kidneys. Jeffries having diff
Guilty in separating the men. Root put
left swing to kidneys. Root ducked
right swing and put left to jaw. Hari
made squirt in this round and had g
slight lead.
Round 1O-Clinched. Hart put lax
hard to jaw, right to body. Both missed
| right swings and clinch. Root put left
hard to jaw and right to stomach
Clinched. Root lands stiff right upper
cut to chin and ducks q swing. Root
puts straight left to body. Hart lands
right swing to Roots neck, rocking him
They fought into a clinch. They ex-
changed rights to body. Boxing in ane
out of clinches. Root put left to jaw
as the bell sounded. Honors about even
Round 11-Root jabbed jaw and they
clinched. Hart put left to jaw ane
missed right to head. They exchanged
swings and clinched. They fought intc
a clinch Root swung to body and land
ed hard left to jaw. Root landed righ1
and left to head and left to stomach
! Root pounded stomach with both righi