Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-19

should be credited with decisive
cient to make the McFarland-Hyl
This was the first battle in which
Hyland ever showed in Los Angeles
barring the brief and unsatisfactory
scrap with Cyclone Thompson. which
ended in a decision for Thompson on
a foul before either scrapper had got
in his stride, and therefore it was
the first battle upon which local fans
could base an opinion regarding the
. McFarland-Hyland match that Man
ager McCary has arranged for next
month.
Hyland started out slowly and
coolly, while Dalton began to mix 1t
without delay. Dalton made his best
showing in the first three rounds, and
after that time Hyland seemed to be-
gin to warm up and never left the re-
suit in doubt. 1t was a case of
game rough-house scrapper against
a game, clever slugging general, and
the local boy was at a disadvantage in
his lack of cleverness, speed and gen.
eralship. Dalton waded in without
regard to the consequences and made
a rough house fight of 1t all the way,
but after Hyland got warmed up he
never allowed Dalton to get in the
lead.
The scrap was featured by the slug
ging of both boys at long range and in
the clinches, and Hyland fought a
heady battle in playing principally for
the body-Dalton's weak spots. To-
ward the close of the bout Hyland be-
gan to play for a knockout, but Dalton
was so tough that he managed to
wtather the breaking storms, and one
time the gong sounded like music in
his ears, as Hyland had him going
and might have tucked him away had
the round gone much further.
1t was a good scrap and there was
so much slugging and such earnest
and effective work by both boys that
the fans kept up a continual racket
with their cheers, applause and shouts
of encouragement to both boys. The
great Improvement of Dalton was such
surprise that the fans "rooted" hard
for him to win, but the local boy
is hardly good enough yet awhile to
be sticking around the near-cham-
pionship division. However. he surely
has graduated from the prelim divi-
sion with honors, and his defeat by
such classy topnotcher as Hyland
will do him no harm, nor will it affect
his prestige with the fans, except that
his showing will boost him for future
good matches.
Solomon Whips Woods
The show began with a scheduled
six-round bout between Jack Woods,
brother of Billy Woods, and Young
Solomon of San Pedro. They met at
catchweights and probably weighed
close to the 160-pound mark They
went at each other in an energetic
manner from the first tap of the gong,
and the round ended with nonors about
even. Woods scored a questionable
knockdown in this round, and both
hammered each other with a will
Woods did some fearful execution in
the second round, starting off in the
first half minute with a clean knock
down, resulting from pretty right
cross that landed squarely on the jaw,
Solomon hoped to his feet immedi-
ately, however, and fought back fierce
ly, but Woods alternated with terrific
left hooks to wind and right crosses
to the head that staggered the San
Pedro boy two or three times.
Solomon showed wonderful improve
ment in the third round and gave
Woods a severe trouncing. He ham
mered Woods all over the ring, played
hard rights and lefts to the wind and
crossed fiercely with rights to the jaw.
Woods got over one effective punch
during the round, crossing with his
right to jaw that staggered Solomon
but did not slow him down for a mo-
ment.
Solomon went after Woods with a
determination in the fourth round and
again hammered his dusky opponent all
over the ring with fierce rights and
lefts to head and a continual play fol
hard rights to wind in clinches. Solo
mon got over a right. swing that
glanced off the jaw and staggered
Woods, who was dazed and wobbIy
and fell to the floor when Solomon
rushed in to finish the job.
The fifth was the tamest of all the
rounds, both boys being tired and try
ing to rest by boxing cleverly. Woods
jabbed his right to face several times
and Solomon made little effort to coun
ter. No damage was done in thi
round.
solomon made good finish and afte
the first half minute he had Woods go
ing. He backed Woods all over tn
ring, hammering him with rights t
head, and whenever Woods rushed int
a clinch Solomon worked his righ
with full swings to wind. Solomon
clearly had the best of the millin
and earned whatever decision might b
rendered.
corbett Stops oyama
Second on the card was the schedules
ten-round bout between Fred Corbet
Of Denver and Jap Oyama This wa
Jack Redmond having beaten him Il
his maiden effort in the local ring.
Oyama showed much improvement
over his former appearance and tough
rather cleverly, but Corbett was to-
much rough-house for him and pu
him to the floor with a straight lef