Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20

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his corner, where 1t took several min
utes to revive him.
Jimmy Walsh, champion bantam
weight of the world. defeated Eddie
Menney in a ten-round contest at NC
Carey's pavilion last night.
Jimmy was on the aggressive all
through the fight, with the exception
| of the first round, in which Menney
started out to deliver the sleep
punch. He changed his tactics. how
ever, after colliding with a few OF
Walsh's left leads. After the s SeSo
round Menney remained on the defen-
sive, getting in his most effective WORK
in the clinches with his left and right
uppercuts.
| In the fourth round Walsh floored
Menney with a terrific left to Jaw;
Menney recovered quickly, smiled ana
retaliated with a vicious right upper
! cut. With the exception of this round,
the fight was tame until the tentn'
when both men went in for knockout
The gong saved Menney.
Walsh Handy with uppercuts
The first round was even, both men
sparring for openings.
| Walsh started the second round with
| two quick right uppercuts, which were
neatly blocked. He missed a terrific
left uppercut, which made Menney
cover up.
Tn the third round Menney jabbed
his left toward Walsh's wind, but did
not reach the spot. Walsh came pack
with a left uppercut which weakened
| Menney, Walsh missed right and left
| swing to head.
Walsh missed another swing and
they clinched On the break Menney
put his whole weight into right
| swing, which was cleverly ducked by
Walsh, who jabbed into Menney's wind.
They parted, both smiling. Walsh
landed a fierce left swing to Menneys
stomach as the bell rang.
Both men rushed in the fourth ana
Menney missed right and left TO stom-
ach. They clinched; in the mxup
ney's kidney. Menney missed left
uppercut, then covered as Walsh re-
! taliated with right to jaw. They ex-
changed right and left to jaw. Walsn
missed a fierce right jab TO Jaw ana on
| the recover swung his right TO Men
ney's jaw, flooring Menney, VINO re-
covered quickly. Both men were weak
at the bell.
In the fifth Menney rushed Walsh 10
the corner and swung his right TO
Walsh's Jaw and missed left swing 10
the same place. Walsh sent his right
to Menneys chin. Menney covered as
Walsh swung with right and left. They
nercut. Walsh poked several straight
iefts to Menney,s face and both missed
right swings. Menney uppercut Waish
as the latter opened up.
Menney Stalls Through Sixth
In the sixth Menney clinched and
sent right and left to face. Walsh sent
in a powerful left to Menney's face. He
followed with left and right upper
cut. Menney stalled and Walsh chased
him and swung his right to head:
In the seventh Menney missed right
swing and Walsh sent two quick rlgn ..,s
| to Menney's wind. He followed with
his right to Menney's jaw, missed left
uppercut and sent jab into the pit OF
Menneys stomach.
In the eighth Menney rushed and
sent a straight left to Walsh's wind. A
mixup followed, both men exchanging
right and left to jaw. They laughed,
and Menney ducked to receive a left
uppercut. Menney covered and missed
a terrific left swing. Walsh swung
right and left to Menney's head. Men
ney covered and uppercut with his le1t.
He covered again as Walsh swung MS
| right to jaw. At the bell botn men
were exchanging weak right ana iel'
| swings. So,
Walsh opened up the ninth with a
swing to Menney's wind which MADE
the Denver boy groggy. Waisn 1oi-
lowed up with hard left jabs. Menney
covered and stalled for an opening.
Menney missed two left uppercuts and
sent his right to Walsh's wind. They
exchanged right and left uppercuts
Walsh rushed Menney and sent III
powerful rights and lefts to wind. For
a moment 1t looked as though Jimmy
had him. Menney came up strong IN
the last half minute and sent a swift
right and left uppercut to walsh
Jaw, which were neatly blocked.
Both Men Strong at Finish
The tenth round opened fast. Both
men rushed to center, shook hands and
exchanged terrific right jabs. A gem
eral mixup followed in which botn
swung viciously. Jimmy rushed and
Menney covered. He slipped his right
to Jimmy's jaw. Jimmy came BACK
with a left hook. For the first time
during the fight Jimmy used the cork
screw" and sent Menney's head back
He did not follow his advantage, how
ever, and blocked a right swing from
Menney. Both men were strong at the
finish.
The Temple quartet, which is singing
at the Orpheum theater this week. sans
at McCareys pavilion last night fol
the benefit of local society that Is
raising money for a porch house fol
conservatives Hundreds of silver
pieces were thrown upon the stage
while hats were passed among the au'
dience for a voluntary offering.