Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-28
TWIN ENDS SOFT COMBAT IN
Thirteenth
CLASS TOO MUCH FOR KID AND
FIGHT is STOPPED
At No Stage of Show Is Mike in
Danger, and His Clever.
ness Is the Whole
Thing
BY J. G. GRIFFIN

- The short part of a Scanty purse, an
awful lacing from Mike Twin Sullivan
and an end to bum show in the thir-
teenth round. when Referee Eyton stopped
The mill at the same time Farmers Sec
onds heaved in the towel is all that the
Kid draws, and at that he was lucky to
stick around as long as he did.
Three words sum up Sullivan's victory
too much class. The toupeless wonder
never saw the time during the engage
n1ent when he was in the slightest
danger, and had not his usual caution
flooded his think tank Mike could have
terminated the affair almost any time
after the seventh round. Save OCCASION
ally, when he gave @. wonderful exhibition
OF timing his punches in the rallies, the
Twin was content to use his lightning
like left jab and keep Farmer from
setting himself for any kind of q blow.
In only one round did Farmer have even
look-in. The sixth saw him take a
couple of Mikes fast chops at short
range, then come back and land three or
four that made Suly bit cautious. Mike
ducked one that would have been curtains
had the Kids good intentions carried but
the shfty Bostonian was not there when
the punch came his way.
That was Farmers only chance, for in
the following period Mike began his Won
derful work in the mixes, and the way he
timed his blows to cross Farmer was the
best of it's kind ever seen in local ring
To h,,p nd rub Milxa
slowed up in the eleventh round 1t looked
as though he had a chance to stick around
until at least three-quarters of the jour:
ney was completed
Ends in Thirteenth
The thirteenth act, which saw Farmer
completely at the mercy of Sullivan,
started when Mike slid one to the head
and followed it a moment later with
ripping left to the stomach. The lead was
strengthened with a series of fierce
punches delivered with both hands at
close range, and a crushing right to the
head sent the Kid down, where he stayed
on one knee in a bewildered condition
until nine had been tolled off by Referee
Eyton.
Mike saw that his victim was all in and
took his time about going after the knock
out He left Farmer get clear on his
feet and then started another rain of
punches, and despite the Kids efforts 10
lang on soon sent him to the mat again.
Farmer was all in, and just as Eyton
stepped in front of the Twin to end the
affair the token of defeat in the shape of
towel. was hurled into the ring.
From the opening round Sullivans over
whelming superiority was displayed.
After little fiddling he started his long
left lab, and Farmers efforts to land
were easily evaded. The Kid pushed in
Fight left and then slipped his right 10
the body, but the Twin was not bothered
in the least.
In the second Mike kept his jab work.
ing overtime, and when Farmer tore loose
with a haymaker Twin ducked under it
and raped his opponent on the body III
close quarters. One good mix was pro-
ductive of damage to neither man, and
the round was rather tame.
1t sounded like a bunch of broken ribs
for Farmer in the fourth, when Mike shot
over a wicked right, but the Kid was
apparently unhurt, and came back with a
right to the body. He warmed up little
and made Sully step around some. but
cid baldy ducked the bad ones and re-
turned with few himself.
Farmer tried to make the fourth round
his, but there was nothing doing as a re-
suit of a hard rush. Mike sent his right
to the body and Farmer came back with
a couple to the stomach. After another
Of Sully's jabs Kid shot over two to the
kidneys, and then mixed little, warming
the Twin up.
SuIIy Shows His Class
Sullivan showed the class that is his IN
the fifth round, when Farmer tried the
mixing dope. In every clinch Mike let his
blows go from anywhere and had Farmer
guessing how many Sullivans there were
in the ring with him.
Farmers best round followed, for al
though he fell into stomach punch az
the opening of the period he kept after
Sully and landed some neat blows. Still
Mike was not bothered to any noticeable
extent, and at the bell let Farmer run
into 81 straight left to the face that hurt.
All the class in the clan of Sullivan
came to the front in the seventh period,
when Mike started something with jan
that sent the Kid back ten feet and cut
lis lip open. Farmer landed good right
cross, and his followers hollered for him
10 go in, but Mike came back with three
hard rights to the face and then slugged
WITH the Kid all over the ring, timing his
Lows with the accuracy of a machine
and escaping all damage himself
Farmers complete lack of claims to be
in Mikes division cropped out like a
million-dollar ledge in the following
period, and although he managed to land
one good blow Sully had the Chicago lad
where he wanted him. A hard right to
the face, doled out at close quarters, hut
Farmer more than anything that had
gone before, and had the Irishman stepped
back the Kid might have dropped without
more help
1t looked like blowing time in the ninth,
when one of Mikes short rights caught
Farmer on the point and he went to the
floor. The Kid watched his corner and on
tie advice of those handling him stayed
down for the count. The Twin was wait
ing with a wicked one to the bread
basket, but Farmer managed to hold his
fe, and keep away from the mat
Mixes right shift cut Farmers lower
1jp open at the start of the tenth, and
sfter few on the body the Kid was lay
ing all over Mike in an endeavor to stick
the period out. A last-ditch rally by
Farmer, when coming out of his corner
for the eleventh, got him nothing, for the
Twin used his knowledge of the game and
blocked everything sent his way.
EarrnAr,e 1 asf Snurt