Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-04
Sent Jack Root to the Mat for
Keeps 10 Twelfth
Round,
FOUGHT UNDER BLAZING SUN,
Chicago Man Was Put Out Of Business
BY a Wallop 10 the
Stomach

Reno Ncv. July 3-ln a furious T..
round nght that was witnessed by am
excited crowd OF 5000 people MurNn
Hart " Louisville knocked oll Jack
Root NJ chicago here this afternoon,
with odds TO the other way
The contest took place In the groa.
arena mile east Of the oIly of Reno,
ana Tor nearly an hour tho men fought
under blazing sun that Wis almost
proUralIng The decisive blow MAS
landed by Hart In the twelfth round,
R0ol who WAS tired, but plll lighting
RamelY led hard for the head with his
left ana 400 no missed, ,lum sent ter.
rife rlRh'hnnd blow Ia the pie Of the
stomach The smack ~ the blow was
heard an over the Immense arena ana
when Root fell gatpiug for breath tho
spectators knew that be- would never
Wgo within the count AZ tho eighth
second was called Root raised on hlf
hands with hs mouth opun dragged
himself 10 u kncoing position and then
collapsed lls seconds carried him IN
his corner whore he recovered I'm uhou,
three minutes
NO COMPLAINT
"It Was q square 0Rht and / have
no complain. ~ mako" ho uId weakly
after no Ind revived, "rhe best man
won Hart announced that he stood
ready to meet all Corners, barring me-
gIooa The fight opened with both
men lighting desperately Root smiling
us Hart became ugorol AZ the in.llght'
lng IN thc ,lIuchcs tluohvs were fro
Quonl ana though It was an agreement
lhut there was 10 be- cloun break.
away both men fought ylolouFly with
shorturm blows every time they came
together llaw striking for the kidneys,
while Root smashed ui the stomach
Before the end of the fourth round both
men were sweating prufWcN ana
lluwf right eye was almost closed,
ALTITUDE TROUBLED HIM
Roo. seemed to unO most from the
altitude breathing with his mouth
opcu Ne rpat blood cyoly time he
went 10 hls corner having received scvs
prN vicious blows In The mouth Sew
cnl times be- was carried tu the ropes
by the furious PUSHES ar Hart who
repeatedly loW hlF head duMug the
nghUng m the cllnchos ana lclortc JET.
flies VAS compelled To- break lhcm by
main force,
At the close Of the seventh round
whom honols rested cyonly Hart drop.
ped from a heavy right ON the point of
the Jaw. The gong sounded before the
blow was delivered, but NO foul was ll'
lowed, as there was evidently no in'
lontIon to violate tine rules ON the part
" the Chicago man
At the end OF the tenth round there
was no Root money IN sght Root
Tough yllously but his blows lacked
steam ana WNllo Nc landed oflcncr than
Hart II was apparent that he could new
or land u Knockout
Hart rushed hls man al every oppor.
unity taking lcfls ana rights to ihc
body IN order 10 land on the heart ana
klducyY Root plnchol frequently ana
Nung ON % hIs opponent breathing
heavily until compelled 10 break
Both men responded with rush ~
the opening VI the twelfth llar, loI
nrsl ana forced the lighting rushing
Root almost into his corner whore each
raInol blows 10 the body II WoH dur
INK the innghrng that the knockout
came ana not until after Root recover.
81 was H. exact nature known, Root
stating that u landed al the pr Of tho