The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-29
KAUFMAN WINS FROM
TWIN" SULLIVAN
Earns Decision Over Boston
Man After Twenty five
Rounds of Fighting.
FAR FROM BEING A CHAMPION
Californian Who Outweighed OPP
ponent 80 Pounds, Has No
Knockout Punch.
FAR FROM BEING 4 CHAMPION

Jack (Twin) Sullivan at the end Of
their twenty five round contest here
yesterday afternoon. The decision was
clean cut.
The fight up to the tenth round was
practically an even affair After that
however, Kaufman forged to the front
and was never in danger again. Sulli-
van did his best work in the early
rounds and for a time it looked as If
he might win
1t was give and take affair up to
the tenth. with Sullivan having the
better of it. In the sixteenth round
Kaufman cut loose. He forced Suui-
van from one end of the ring to the
other, landing almost at will with
lefts and rights to the jaw. He tried
to put Sullivan out and in doing so
weakened himself He showed that he
lacked that one requisite-a knockout
punch.
Sullivan Finishes GameIy.
From the sixteenth on one round was
a repetition of the other. Sullivan
showed gameness throughout the
| balance of the fight. In almost every
one of the later rounds it seemed GER
| tain he must go to the mat from the
grueling shower Of right and left
swings to the jaw, but he always toed
the scratch. although apparently in
great distress. Sullivan stalled con-
tinually to save himself from punish
ment. kaufman thereafter devoted
his attacks to SuIivan's stomach and
during the last few rounds put in sew
eral vicious punches, any one of which
| looked powerful enough to put out any
ordinary man.
The fight, SO far as Kaufman was
concerned, was a great disappointment
| to the spectators, inasmuch as it de-
veloped the fact the Californian does
not by far display the championship
caliber with which he has been credited
After the fight Sullivan claimed he
had injured his right hand during the
sixth round, but it was not apparent
| to the spectators. Kaufman was the
aggressor throughout, and clearly out
fought Sullivan in all but a few rounds.
The decision was considered a just one,
although it was displeasing to some of
the spectators, who expected Kauf-
man to score a knockout
Details of the Milling.
Time was called at 2:20 o'clock The
men spared cautiously for a few mo-
ments. Then Sullivan sent a right to
Kaufman's ear and they clinched. More
| sparring followed, both men landing
several blows. Sullivan appeared the
more clever of the two in the first
rounds
The second round was Sullivan's ;,
Kaufman going to his corner with his
nose bleeding freely. Kaufman, how
ever, appeared to have a shade of the
better of the third round. There We're
| several fierce exchanges in the fourth
and Sullivan staggered his man with a
straight left to the jaw. The round
closed nearly even, as also did the fifth
Sullivan had the upper hand in the
sixth but Kaufman, from whom blood
again was flowing, got in some hard
blows. They exchanged vicious blows
to the head at close range in the sew
| enth, Sullivan having the better of the
rally. Kaufman went to his corner
again with blood coming from his
nose Sullivan had a slight advantage
at this point
The eighth round was a vicious one
both men administering and receiving
considerable punishment. kaufman had
the better of it.
At the close of the ninth Sullivan
was backed to the ropes and looked
worried. Kaufman landed severa
severe body blows. raking left to the
jaw, and had a good lead. The tenth
also was Kaufman's round. Sulllvan's
left eye was badly swollen as he Wen
to his corner.
kaufman Fresher in Eleventh.
In the eleventh round Kaufman
seemed much the fresher of the two
but Sullivan got him against the ropes
and sent in some hard swings to tn,
jaw It was Kaufmans round, as alst
were the twelfth and thirteenth.
The fourteenth round was fairl!
! even. but the fifteenth was Kaufman
by a good margin. Just before tn
! gong sounded Sullivan ducked into
| left which brought blood and Kaufman
remarked: You are not Jack O'Brien
Kaufman landed a number OF blows t,
: the head in the sixteenth. Sullivan be
came groggy and was almost out, bu
made a wonderful rally.
, The seventeenth was Kaufman's bu
he lacked the power TO put his ma
5 out. Kaufman landed almost at vii
in the eighteen round and Sullivan wa
5 splitting blood at its close. Sullivan
2 was outboxed and outpunched in tn
4 nineteenth. his opponents create
e reach. height, and weight proving o
. value. Both men were tired when tn
. next round closed
sullivan Begins 10 "StaII."
In the twenty-frst round Sulllva
stalled at every opportunity and wen
4 TO close quarters. The next round wa
q ! Kaufman's. The twenty roun
was tame. but Sullivan was cheered be
. cause Of his uphill fight.
In the twenty-ffth round they cam
uu fast and fought hard. Sulliva
! slipped to his knee momentarily. Kauf
man placed lefts TO the stomach an
law repeatedly. kaufman followe
sullivan, landing lefts to the jaw a
will. Sullivan held on in the clinchei
but fought back. Sullivan was carrie