Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-08

for Baker to hit at, and It might he
added Baker embraced the opportu-
nifty again and again. Neil got in a
right and left to the face. and left
to the Jaw. Then the boys again stood
up for an instant and fought face 10
face.
Round
Baker shot a light left to Neil's wind.
but frankie paid no more attention to
It than II II were a mosquito bite and
came back strong. Baker was told
| by his seconds to keep away and ht
did AS Neil followed him around the
ring he paused Just long enough to
send In a half dozen lefts to the face.
Nell was close to him, though, In
Bakers corner, and sent a hard left
swing to the stomach and whipped
| lett 10 the face a second later. Neil
missed the next attempt to land a hard
one and Baker hoped away. Baker
then closed in and fought fast with
both hands. His blows landed, but
they only brought a few additional
drops of the claret from Neil's nose
and made the right eye loom UP a little
blacker. Neil sent In a hard right
swing to the head at the gong.
Round
As the gong sounded for the eighth
round Baker walked n few steps
toward Neil and stopped still There
he stood, waiting for Frankie's rush.
Nell came head on and Baker beat
tattoo on Frannkle's eye. Then they
exchanged lefts to the breadbasket
territory and clnched. Baker sent
three lefts to the face, following the
borhbardment with hard right upper
cut to the chin but still Neil came on.
Nell sent a hard left hook to Bakers
nose and followed 1t with another of
the same kind. Neil appeared tired.
He followed Baker but the ginger
which he displayed earlier i'm the con-
test seemed to be lacking Bakers
left was hurting him, even if it failed
to make him give ground. They were
clinched at the gong.
Round 9
They came together and clinched.
Neil missed left to the body and took
hard left hook to the face from
Baker Neil replied with a left swing
that caught Baker on the jaw, Bakers
head going back with a jerk. Baker
covered up and sent a left to Neil's
heart. Neil got in hard left to the
stomach, but took a right swing to
the jaw in return. Walk around,
frankie; walk around" The words
came from Van Court, Just as they
round of the contest, and Harry
needed them. He appeared willing to
mix things, but he needed the warning
and kept away with as pretty an exhi-
bition of footwork as has ever been
seen in the Maud junction pavilion.
AS the round closed Neil missed two
right swings to the face and was COM
PEELED to take several uppercuts to
the jaw, but they hurt him little, ap-
parently.
Round 10
They wasted no time. Coming to-
gether in the center of the ring the
game little fellows stood up and ex-
changed rights and lefts to the face
and body. Baker sent right to the
wind and Neil sent In terrific right to
the face and a left swing to the stom-
ach which cracked like pistol. Baker
covered UP, rushed to a clinch and
hung on. The blow had hurt him, but
he came out of it nicely, dancing but
still poking his fast left against Neils
bloody nose and sore eye. Neil got in
another left to the wind and Baker
lefts to the face, not one or two, but a
dozen of them. They were clinched at
the gong.
Round II
Both advanced to the center of the
ring and spared for a few seconds.
Baker opened with a left punch fol-
lowed right lead which Neil had no
difficulty in getting away FROM The
little champion came back with hard
right to the heart, shooting in his left
to the jaw, quickly followed by a right
to the body. Neil opened and Baker
| landed two hard lefts on the Jaw
frankie swung wildly at Bakers jaw
with his right and missed, Harry COM
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Baker backed out of his corner
quickly followed by Neil, who landed
two right punches on the body of the
ex-amateur. Baker swung with his
right and landed squarely on Neil's
body. The boys stood and glared at
each other as the gong sounded.
Round 12
Both sprang to the center of the ring
and clinched; In the breakaway Baker
jabbed a hard left to the face of the
champion. Neil uppercut three times,
landing on the jaw and stomach An
exchange of lefts resulted, both landing
on his opponents jaw.
Baker jabbed Neil on the jaw, jolting
his head backward. Neil stepped in
and landed two hard left swings on the
face and body, as the men clinched
in the corner frankie landed hard
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Round 13
Baker stepped inside a left swing
and clinched, and in the breakaway
received a hard jolt on the jaw. Burns
broke the men, who spared for a few
seconds, Baker poking his left into
NeiPs face. Both stood up and landed
several good blows on the body. Nells
pushed Bakers head back with q
straight left, rushed and struck low.
pushing him to the floor as the gong
sounded Neil helped Baker him to his
feet
Round ID
After a little careful sparring, both
exchanged lefts to the face. Neil
stepped out and rushed Baker, landing
a hard right on the jaw and clinched.
Baker swung his right to the stomach,
jabbed repeatedly with his left and
danced away from Neil's rushes;
frankie stepped in and landed a hard
left on Bakers stomach. AS the goug
sounded when Neil poked in a feft on
Harry's jaw, Burns reprimanded him
for striking after the gong