Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-12

! scrappers to the fans after the gloves
had been fitted on them and said their
names were Sam Hildoth, Frank Hol-
brook, Jim Clay, w. c. Brown and
Thomas Chavers. Then Monk told the
crowd the conditions of the contest
and the ring was cleared Of all except
the fighters, no referee being necessary
and nobody was willing to take any
chances in serving in that capacity.
Two of the lighter ones were put
away in short order and were dragged
out of the ring by the attendants.
Frank Holbrook, big as a house, then
had only two light blacks to dispose
of, and he went after them, but they
doubled on him and gave him a severe
beating, finally putting him down, and
he was dragged from the ring, thor
oughly beaten, but not knocked out.
| This left Hildoth and Chavers to fight
it out, and in about minute Chavers
caught Hildoth with a right swing to
the solar plexus and Hildoth was put
down and dragged out of the ring,
being unable to arise and continue.
ChaVers won and was applauded
Throughout the battle the crowd arose
and got as near to the ring as pos
sible, cheering and yelling instructions
to the fighters.
The semi windup was on the pro-
gram as ten-round battle between
/ Young Terry McGovern and frankie
! Sullivan, who were matched on the
basis of 11S pounds at Z o'clock.
The first round was a whirlwind of
| gloves, as the boys swung hard rights
/ and lefts to head, jaw and body. Sui
| Ivan had a good lead at the gong,
scoring q clean knockdown in the first
minute of fighting with a right swing
to the Jaw, and almost repeated a few
| seconds later when he swung his left
to the. jaw staggering McGovern half
way across the ring.
The second round was even better
than the first, with both boys fighting
furiously. Sullivan captured the crowd
by his great battle, and the fans yelled
| throughout the round, as it seemed
that a knockout was imminent at any
| time. The boys tangled and wrestled
for a moment and fell to the floor. Sui
Ivan had the shade.
The third was terrific session, and
both boys fought like wildcats. Upon
three occasions they fought clear
through the ropes, falling outside and
continuing to fight after falling until
/ separated. McGoVern had a shade the
better Of Sullivan and kept a stream
of blood flowing from his mouth. Both
| boys administered severe punishment
and there was not a second that they
were not fighting like their lives de-
pended upon winning.
Both boys slowed down in the fourth
and the round was very tame in COM
/ parisOn with the preceding ones. At
| the gong II was an even break. They
| resumed their terrific style Of fighting
in the fifth and 1t was fully up to the
j standard Of the preceding rounds. Sui
/ livan stopped some fierce wallops, but
put McGovern nearly through the
/ ropes with a quick right and left when
! the round was half over, and it looked
/ squally for McGovern for a moment.
/ Sullivan had the shade.
| McGovern almost won by the knock
out route iE the sixth, when he caught
Sullivan with left swing to the face
and a hard right cross. Sullivan was
dazed and wobbly, but covered up long
enough to get back his senses, when
they resumed their terrific fighting.
! McGovern punished him severely and
might have stopped Sullivan had the
round gone another minute.
Sullivan came back strong in the
| seventh, and after he had stopped two
/ right swings with his head he sailed
into McGovern, dropped to his knees
| and Sullivan fouled him by striking him
couple of times.
The eighth went to the credit Of Sui
4 livan by a good margin. He went
after McGovern most aggressively and
mixed it without regard to defensive
/ tdCllcS. sullivan nalI showed and half
knocked McGovern down in one of
these miXups and throughout the round
had much the better Of the milling.
The ninth round was about an even
break. Both boys did some great work
In this round, took good beating and
finished strong at the gong. Sullivan
continued his aggressive tactics and
gamely stood up under the wallopings
he was given.
! McGovern put up the stronger battle
In the tenth round and had a good
margin of advantage at the gong. His
aggressiveness in this round and gen
eral effectiveness entitled him to any
decision that might have been rem
dered. He finished the stronger. got
away with no marks to denote that he
had been In fight, while Sullivan was
bleeding at the mouth in nearly every
round.
There was slight delay after the pre-
J liminaries until the featherweights en-
J tered the ring, and they were given a
: round of applause. Attell was second
} ed by Jack Perkins, Charles Swanson.
; Dick Hyland Fred Corbett and jockey
} Mountain. Wolgast was ACCOMPANIED
? by Tom Jones, his manager: Hobo
Dougherty, George Miller and Iouis
Meripole. The details preliminary tn
the battle required little time and In
q few moments the battle was on.
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