Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-10

1t was a pretty contest all the way
and at all times, with both boys always
willing to mix it and with scarcely an
idle moment spent in fiddling. They
went at their business in a determined
manner that indicated in the early
rounds that ten rounds would be sutti-
cient distance to settle their individual
supremacy argument. Whfle Irendall
improved after the second round,
Welsh also seemed to get better as ne
warmed up to his task and started In
to win by the knockout route after try
ing out the st. Louis boys punches in
the first two rounds.
Straight left jabs and hard pokes to
the face kept Trendall bleeding contin-
uously from nose and mouth, While
Freddie frequently hooked his left to
the Jaw in a manner that rocked Tren-
dalIs head and showed that the Brit
ish champ had the steam to score a
knockout at any time he could put II
over to the right spot. He dropped
Trendall to his knees in the second
round, and a few seconds later put over
started Trendall back to kneellng po-
sition; but the ST. Louis boy gamely
got back into position and stuck it out,
smiling all through the round.
In a mixup on the ropes in the fourth
round, when both boys were hooking
and swinging with lightning-like rapid
ity. Welsh crossed with his right to the
jaw and Trendall took nine before arls-
ing. From then on until the end Welsh
was right after him with fierce leads
for the head, Jaw and wind and in the
fifth round he had such a big lead that
Trendall hardly could have overcome
it without putting over a knockout
The end came quickly in the sixth. Al
ter a few swift passes and br1et
mixup in the center of the ring, Fred
die drove a smashing left to the pit or
the stomach, and like a stroke or
lightning hooked his right to the jaw,
sending Trendall sprawling upon his
back for the full count
1t was a great battle at every sec
ond of the five and half rounds, ana
the fans gave almost continuous ap-
plause as the boys smashed each other
while working their gloves like trip
hammers. Glass stuck out like sore
thumb and the fans yelled themselves
hoarse at the great exhibition of clever
boxing and fast and furious fighting.
When seen in their dressing rooms af-
ter the bout they expressed themselves
as follows:
81 never thought Freddie could hit
me hard enough to hurt me-" said
Trendall. "and I probably became too
anxious. He hit me several times and
did not hurt me, so l thought there
must De SOHlelllHS III lIe 6lOIy VI MS
snowflake punch. 1t was no snow
flake that hit me in the SIXTH
II have to thank the Los Angeles
sporting writers for my knockout
punch" said Freddie, "They panned
me so much about my lack Of wallop
that I decided to bring 1t out of retire
ment and put 1t on exhibition again.
] guess now everybody viii give me
credit for having n punch"
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The first number to be called was
the scheduled six-round bout between
Steeplejack Martin and Bill Bentley
at catch weights. After they squared
off and started in to mix it, Steeple-
Jack swung a hard right flush to the
Jaw and Bentley fell to the floor and
took the full count. The blow caught
him squarely on the jaw and he went
down like he had beer shot, falling
face downward The blow was the
first of the fight that had been landed
Next on the card was the bout be-
tween Frank Picato, the knockout KID
and Charlie Anslinger, scheduled to &c
six rounds. This was their third meet
ing, both having credit fer victory
over each other. Their previous ex-
periences as opponents taught them tc
train properly for this scrap and II
was expected that it would settle for
ever all question as TO their individual
supremacy.
The first round was a great rough
house battle in which Anslinger went
after Picato fearlessly and easily had
the better of the milling Picato took
several rough jolts to the Jaw and
went down from the effect of a blow
and a shove. He was up, however
without waiting for any count. Pi-
cato lost no time In evening up the
score in the second rounG and admins
tered severe punishment to Anslinger
The latter was badly hurt in this
round and was all in when he went
10 his corner, although he fought back
with flashes of his real speed all the
time.
Picato gave Anslinger a terrific beat
ing in the third round, drawing the
cIaret in a stream from Anslinger' s
nose and mouth and hammering him
over the head, on the face and to the
body In hard running fight Ans
linger was weary and covered up con-
siderably, although he fought back at
times.
The fourth was a repetition of the
kwe preceding rounds, with Anslinger