The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-04
Fights Hart For the
Championship.
IT'S ROOT HART OR DIE
And Hart Well Nigh Roots Root Into
the Ground, Knocking Him Into
the Region Of Blue Lights
in the Twelfth
Round.
(By the Associated Press. )


Reno, New. July 3.Marvin Hart
of Louisville today knocked out
Jack" Root of Chicago in the twelfth
round of a fight for the heavy weight
championship. The betting odds were
to l in favor of Root The punch
which encompassed the downfall of
the Chicagoan, was a short, powerful
olt of the right arm to the body. The
blow was delivered with terrific force
and it caught Root while he was COM
ing up. Root reeled, tottered and fell
in heap.
Referee James J. Jeffries, towering
over the PROSTATE form of the Chica-
goan, counted ten, making Hart heavy
weight champion pugilist of the world.
He might hav counted twenty seconds
for Root was hopelessly defeated.
Up to this point of the fight Root
had an apparent lead over Hart
The heavsffrdlun un un un un un
The fight for the heavy weight
championship of the world drew an
attendance of about 1000 people who
paid all the way from 81 to $40 each
for seeing the battle. There was d
liberal sprinkling of women in attend
ance. The men stepped into the ring
side about 20 pounds apart in weight
scaling l70,- while Hart weighed
100. The feature OF the night aside
from the battle itself was the appear
ance of James j. Jeffries, retired
champion of the world who received
81 ,000 for acting as referee.
Before entering the ring Jim JEFF
fries waited upon both men stating
that he had retired for good from the
ring, and that the winner of this fight
is entitled to the name of heavy weight
champion of the world The men
were introduced at 2:45 p. m. Con-
n al,
the gloves, the crowd meanwhile swell
tering in the open air. Battling Mel
son was introduced. He agreed to
fight Britt to a finish in the ring.
Jack Johnson and George Gardner
both challenged the winner of todays
contest.
The fight by rounds then began as
follows:
Round Root starts jabbing
Hart. Hart lands straight right to
head. Root lands left to Harts
heart. Root lands on Hart's jaw.
Root sends left to jaw and left to
body. Hart lands left and right to
jaw. Root landed right on the jaw.
This round was about even.
Round 2.-Root landed left hard to
the jaw; repeats it and rushes into
clinch. Hart and Root exchange lefts,
Root is going to Hart's body and they
clinch. Root missed hard swing and
kept paking left to Hart's body. Roots
round.
Round 3.-Root landed left hard to
jaw and Hart returns to body hard
with right Hart landed right hard
under heart. Root puts left to jaw.
Hart landed hard to stomach. Root
landed hard right to jaw. They ex-
changed lefts to jaw. Honors about
even. Both men fighting hard.
Round 4.-Root landed hard right
swing to jaw. Root landed left ana
right jabs to Hart's jaw. Desperate
in fighting. Round about even.
Round 5.-Root put left to head and
left to jaw. Hart hit body hard with
right and they clinched. Hart landed
right and left swings to head and
Root upercuts to head. Root landed
right to body. Root missed vicious
right swing to jaw. This was Roots
round.
. Round 6-Root lands right to body
and they clinched. Hart puts right to
kidneys Hart lands right swing to
body and Root retaliates with left to
body. Hart missed left 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 equal.
Round 7.-They fought hard in this
round Root knocked Hart dowi with
a terrific right just as the gong sound
ed. A clyaim of foul was made for
Hart but Jeffries disclaimed foul and
ordered men to continue. The gong
saved Hart.
Round S.-Hart came up fresh and
boxed into clinch Root doing very
clever foot work. Both men fought
for body. They roughed 1t. Fighting
against all rules and Jeffries had to
break them. Root landed terrific
hight swing just as the gong sounded.
Roots round.
Round 9.-Hart pounded kidneys
Root put left jab hard to stomach.
Clinch. Hart put hard right to stom
ach, jaw and right swing to kidneys.
Jeffries had difficulty in separating
them. Hart made a squirt in this
round and had a slight lead.
Round 1O.-Hart landed right
swing to Roots neck, rocking him.
They taught into a clinch. Boxed III
and out clinches. Root put left to jaw
as the bell sounded. Honors about
even.
Round 11-Root pounded stomach
with both right and left. Hart land
ed hard right swing to kidneys. Root
put left to chin and right to body.
Root drove left to stomach and re-
ceived left to bodyS
Round 12.-The men fought into 1.
climb. Jeffries separated them, bat
again they fell to a clinch. Separated
again. Hart at close range ripped his
right up under and little to the left
of Roots heart Root went to the
floor and was counted out.