Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-04
"Jl'k" Root, of Chicago, Knock.
ed Ont by Marvin Hart in
The Twelfth Round.
jim JEFFRlEs TIE REFEREE
Winning Punch. Delivered With Ter
rifle Force, Sends Defeated Puailist
to the Floor in Heap-settine
Three 10 One in Favor of Root
Fierce Fighting from Start to Finish.


u'y Associated Press)
htNo. NEVADA. July Marvin
ilarl. pf louisville. today Knocked out
Jack Root, of Chicago. in the twclfth
round OF a fight for the heavyweight
chaihpionSllip. The betting odds were
To l.: favo: of Root. The p,mch
which cncompasscd the downfall of
Tie Chicagoan was Il short powcrru,
Hsh' arm jolt 10 the holy. The blow
was delivered with terrific force and Il,
caught Root while he was coming nm
ifool rcol"d tottercd and fell i'm a heap
Referee James j. .Icilrics towr;.inr
over The PROSTATE form of tho Chica.
s'ah counted ten. making Hart heavy.
weight champion puglist of the world
lie might have counted twenty soc.
on'ls, Tor Root was hopclessly defeat.
eu' Up to This point of the fight, Root
li;li an apparent lead over Hart.
The Fight by Rounds.
Hound Root starts jabhing Hart.
liart lands straight right to head.
isonl lands left to IIartS heart. Root
lands on Harris jaw. Root sends left
10 Jaw and left TO body. Hart lands
icy and right to jaw. Root lands right
oScn/
Round 2-Root lands left hard TO
the jaw; repeats 1t and rushcs into
dinch. Hart and Root exchange lcfts.
loot is going to Harris body and they
tlinch. Root misses hard swing and
lccps poking left to Harris body.
Roots round.
Ronnd 3-Root lands left hard TO
jaw and Hart returns to body hard
With right. Hart lands right hard I'M
der heart. Root puts left to jaw. Hart
lands hard to stomach. Root lands
lard right 10 jaw. They exchange
lefts to jaw. lIonors about even; both
men fighting hard.
Desperate Fighting.
| Round i-Root lands hard right
swing 10 jaw. Root lands left and right
abs 10 Harris jaw. Desperate might,
ng. Round about even.
Round 5-Root puts left 10 head ana
eft to jaw. Hart hits body hard with
light and they clinch. Hart lands
right and left swings to head and Root
uppcrcuts TO head Root lands right
to body. Root misses vicious right
swing to jaw. This was Roots round
Round G-Root lands right to body
md they clinch. Hart puts right tc
kidneys. Hart lands right swing 10
body and Root rctaliatcs with left tC
body. Hart misses left and right
Iswings. Root lands hard left to jaw
IClinchcd. Hart puts hard right and
left to body. Root goes to body will
right and left. This round equal
II Hart Knocked Down.
4 Round 7-Thcy fought hard in thi.
round. Root knocks Hart down will
Il terrific right Just rs the gong sounds
a claim of foul was made for Hart
but Jcffrics disclaims foul and orders
men to continue. The gong savc
Hart.
Round Start comes mp fresh an,
boxes into clinch; Root doing yer,
clever work. Both men fight for body
They roughcd il, fighting against al
rules, and Jeffrics had to break thon
apart. Root lands terrific right swini
| just as the gong sounds.
Round 9-liart pounds Roots kid
ncys. Root put left iab hard TO stom
ach. Clinch. Hart puts hard right [,
stomach, jaw and right swing to kid
ncys. Jcffries has difficulty In scpa
rating The men. Hart makes spur
in this round and has a slight lead
Round 10-Hart lands right swim
10 Roots neck, rocking him. The
! fight into a clinch. Root puts left L
the jaw as the bell sounds. Honor
about even.
Round 11-Root pounds stomach
with both right and left Hart land
hard right swing to kidneys. Roo
puts left to chin and right to bod,
Root drives left to stomach and RI
ceives left to body.
Round 12-The men fight into