The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-27
BOBBY BAKER KNOCKED OUT
"Puggs" Talbot Wins Prizefght in
the Fourteenth Round.
Two Hundred Local sports see Good
Bouts ar Nearby Resort-Three
Preliminary Mills.

.-Puggs" Talbot. Of the Navy Yard, last
night knocked out Bobby Baker. OF Wash
ington. at a club near the outskirts Of the
city. i'm the fourteenth round Of what was
10 have been - fftleu-round bout The
bout was held In private in the presence
Of one hundred local sports. and contrary
To the fears OF many, there were no sher-
IFS 10 put in appearance and stop the
bouts I'm addition To the bout between
Talbot and Baker. there were three other
boxing contests on the card. The first
was between Alec Brown. of battle-royal
fame. and another dusky fighter, calling
himself The Charles County Shadow.
At the end of the third and last round
Brown had a shade on the shadow. The
next number on the programme was j
tEree-round set-tO between Jack Hogan
and Billy Ryan. two feather-wcights OF
Washington. whiah resulted in a draw.
Both boys displayed a goOdly amount of
science. The semi-windup brought out
Tommy Lowe and Kid buckingham, two
local light-Weights. They went three
rounds in whirlwind style. and Lowe was
awarded the decision on points.
The main bout was put on AT 10.l5. and
chat both Talbot AID Baker had d gener-
Gus cotcric of friends was evidenced by
the amount of money bet on the result
The first round opened with fast, rough
work. Baker did the leading. and ham
mered his opponent hard about the face.
Baker kept Up an inCessant hammering
OF rights and lefts To the sailors face
in the second round, and maintained his
/ advantage gained in the preceding round
Both maintained the furious pace in the
third session. with Baker having all the
better Of il. and the gong was a welcome
sound 10 the ears Of the navy yardeT.
They slowed down in the fourth. and
( Talbot did better and was nOticeably
stronger when he went to his corner. The
( fifth. sixth, and seventh rounds were al
most replicas of those preceding. with
Baker landing the mast blows Although
I Baker had a shade i'm the eighth and
ninth rounds il was noticeable that his
opponent was getting stronger as the
/ fight progressed. and bore out this indi-
cation in the tenth by administering sew
/ eral stiff wallOps to the body. which
! caused Baker to slow up. In the elev-
/ enth twelfth and thirteenth rounds
/ Baker hit Talbot hard and often, but his
/ blows nearly al landed too high. Had
] itt lIllAtu n lfA ubBEitutS Will Ills ItDS
/ Fe nav have been returned the winner.
/ Although he stu had the leads. as far
as points were concerned. he was not as
strong as Talbot who seemed to be con-
tent with countering TO the wind
/ The end came in the middle OF the four
/ teenth. After they had been separated
/ from a clinch by Referee Pat O'Connor.
they came TO each other again, and while
/ Talbot was boring in he planted short
/ jolting left to his opponents solar plexus
and followed this with a short right to
the jaw. Baker went down and out and
il was twenty minutes after before he
| fully recovered from the effects of the
blow. 1t was the punch under the heart
that did the business
All the bouts, with the exception Of
that between Alec Brown and the
Charles County Shadow" were refereed
by Fat O'COnnOT The exception was Off
ciated over by Billy Peyton. John Harper
was official timekeeper In Talbot'S cor
ner were Bugs" Lowry, Bert Clark, and
/ Larry Getzenstein. while Baker was look
ed after by Joe LLOYD.