The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-01-02


Herman's corner, and explained that he
had not heard the gong. Kisses chang
ed to cheers as Cans returned to his
seat
After the fight Herman said:
There is no gstting away from 1t,
the best man won. made the best
fight that was in me against supe-
rior man. cannot deny that he is the
best man; and do not begrudge him
his victory
Cans bore his easily won honors with
the best of grace. 1t was just as 1 ex-
pected.' said the champion. 81 had
Herman outclassed. He was game but
he never had chance to win"
Fight by Rounds.
Round Herman led for the body,
missed; clinch. The m ensparred, and
in an exchange Herman sent his right
to the kidneys Cans then drove hard
right swing to the jaw and right to the
head. AT close quarters Herman hook
ed his right 10 the head. Herman miss
ed left for the body and quick as a
flash Cans whipped right and left to
the nose, bringing thin stream of
blood from that organ. Cans swung
q terrific right to the face and walloyed
Herman with a right ito the ribs
Round 2-Herman covered up, and
they worked to close quarters, Herman
landing right and left to body. They
mixed it and furious rally followed
Herman had the better of an exchange
of blows. More infghting followed, in
which both men displayed grtot clever
ness in blocking. Herman swung his
left hard to the ribs, but Cans re-
taliated with two hard rights to the
Jaw, forcing Herman to clinch. Cans
drove his right ito the ribs, and sent
Herman staggering with right to neck
AT the gong Cans hit Herman in the
face with right and shook hands with
Herman as an apology. Not content
with this Cans left his seat, stalked
over to Hermans corner and again
shook hands with his opponent The
round favored Cans.
Round Sherman after a clinch
swung a hard left to head, both ex-
changed right swings to face Cans
nearly fioored Herman with q right to
neck. Herman tried with right and left
for the body, but received left to the
face that would have sent him outside
of the ring had the ropes not saved him.
Cans followed the advantage with short
arm right and left body blows. Cans
then sent Herman to the floor with a
left hook over the ribs. Herman, how
ever, was off his balance and the blow
left no telling on him. Cans had far
the better of this round, but Herman
showed little distress.
Round Alderman swung right to ribs
and left to stomach. They mixed at
close range, and Herman landed short
arm right to the head Both missed
rights, and Herman landed left on
stomach. Cans planted his right 70
+ Jaw, and both exchanged left to stom-
ach. Herman swung hard right to jaw,
and followed with a heavy left to the
stomach. The round was even.
Round SHERMAN swung left and
right to body, and then rushed Cans
- NJ rrTfTer landing right and left
high on body. Cans put right to Her
mans jaw. Herman then set the
crowd cheering by driving Cans to the
ropes with left and right to the Jaw.
Cans countered with two hard rights
to jaw and in mix up outointed Mer-
man. Round even. Hermans showing
thus far was good.
Round 6-Gans cleverly bllcked va
rious leads and pepered Herman's face
and body with rights and lefts. Her
man received a right hook to Jaw that
IN sent his head back. "Cover and fall in
came the injunction from his seconds
HAS Cans, at long rnge, drove in right
Again Cans almost sent Herman
Mhrough the roes with right hooks to
the jaw. Cans had big lead in this
! round and Herman lost his taunty ali
as he SOUGHT his seat.
Round Herman opened the round
with left swings tc the ribs, but Cans
more than got even with rights and
a left to the stomach. Herman rallied
and landed his left and then a right
over the ribs, and they went to 9
Slfnch Cans forced the fighting and
Y getting Herman against the ropes
planted right and left to the face. Her.
man forght back wildly and as he
closed in Cans met him with terrlht
right uppercut to the fact that left its
mark over the white mans eye Cans
followed his man to a corner and they
exchanged kidney blows The bel
changed as the men were sparring. L
was Cans Mound.
Round Scans sent straight Jeff
10 the face and Herman retaliatet
with ri@ht to the Jaw and left to the
ribs. Cans merely shook his head an(
\ followed him man around the ring
/ lcornering him but failing to attemp
to land. Suddenly Cans shot put hi
left and right squarely to the jaw ant
his man dropped as though hit by I
hoard. He made no attemt to rise.
was as clean knockout as ever tool
place in a ring