The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
The Chicago BOY Was Never in the
Fight From the Start.


Fight From the Start.
Round Herman led for the body,
missed and they went to clinch. The
men spared and in clinch Herman
sent his right to the kidneys; Cans
then drove a wicked right swing to
the jaw and followed it with a right
to the head and they went to clinch.
At close quarters Herman hooked his
right to the head. Herman missed a
left for the body and quick as flash
Cans whipped right and left to the
nose. bring a thin stream of blood
from that organ. Cans swung a ter
rife right to the face and walloped
Herman with right to the ribs. Her
man as the gong rang planted his left
to Cans face. The round was Cans
but Herman smiled confidently as he
took his corner.
Round Herman covered up and
they worked to close quarters, Her
man taking right and left on body. The
men then mixed it and furious rally
followed. Herman had the better OF
an exchange of blows to the body.
More in-fighting followed in which
both men displayed great cleverness in
blocking the others attempts. Her
man swung his left hard to the ribs.
Cans reta1iated with two hard rights
to the jaw and forced Herman into a
clinch Mixing it Cans drove a right
to the ribs and sent Herman stagger-
ing back with a right to the neck. As
face with a right and shook hands
with Herman in an apologize manner.
Not content with this apology, Cans
walked to Herman's corner and again
shook hands with Herman. Cans
round.
Round Sherman after a clinch
swung a hard left to the head and the
men exchanged right swings to face.
Cans nearly f1oored Herman with a
right to the neck. Herman was in
quickly and tried right and left for the
body but received a left to the face
that would have sent him outside of
the ring had the ropes not saved him.
Cans followed with shortarm right and
left body blows. Cans sent Herman to
the floor with a left hook to the ribs.
Herman, however, was off balance
and blow left no telling effects, Cans
had the better of the round by far. but
Herman showed little signs of distress.
Round AFTER clinch Herman
swung his right to the ribs and a left
to the stomach. They mixed at close
range and Herman nett1ed Cans with
a shortarm right to the head. Both
then missed terrific rights and Her
man landed his left on the stomach.
Cans planted his right to the jaw with
great force and they exchanged lefts
to the stomach. Cans planted his right
to the stomach. Herman swung
hard right to the jaw and
followed it with heavy left to
the stomach that made Cans vince. 1t
was an even round.
Round after "a half gt. minutes Ute Starring 5
lowing with a right to the same place
Ing right and LETT hiah on n the BODY CANS
then shot out his right and it landed on
I He jaw, The latter; however. sent
Cans into the ropes with a volley of left
and right swings to the Jaw and face.
Herman sent a left to the face but Cans
countered with two hard rights to jaw
and in a rnix-up that followed Cans OUT
pointed his man, landing right and left
short arm blows on the jaw. The gong
ended an even round. Herman's showing
thus far had been good.
Round 6-Gans cleverly blocked various
leads by Herman and peppered the lat
ter's face and body with rights and lefts
but Gans's face bore a determined look.
Herman was on the aggressive but re-
his head bacK foet Fan n e ea the
Injunction. from Herman's seconds as
and again to the kids face Cans almost
knocked Herman through the ropes with
dsd in this r TO dnsd had es Rg
jaunty air as he sought his seat.
Round HERMAN opened the round
a left to the stomach. Herman rallied
over the ribs and the4 clinched. Cans Cans
forced the fighting and getting Herman
to the face, Herman. fought back wildly
and as he closed in Cans met him with
ferrirc right upper cut to. the face that
left Its mark over the Hebrews eyes.
Cans followed his man to corner and
they EXCHANGED kidney blows The bell
changed IS they were sparring. 1t was
Gans's round and he looked like the win
ner.
Round Scans sent. straight left to
the face and Herman retaliated with
right TO the jaw and a left to the ribs
Cans merely shook his head and followed
his man around the ring, cornerng him
but failing in attempts to land Sud.
denly Cans shot out his left and right
squarely to the Jaw and Herman dropped
as though hit by a board. He made no
attempt to rise 1t was as clean a knock.
out as ever took place, in a ring.