Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-11

tor Referee Eyton to begin the
The knockout may be said to have
come suddenly, as it hardly was ex-
pected so soon, but it seemed inevitable
after the tenth round Mustain had
successfully weathered the storm of
smashes to the body and head for ten
rounds and in a maner that led the
fans to believe that he would stick
the entire distance, as he had put up
a good fight to that period
After the tenth round the big boy
seemed to have warmed up to the job
ahead of him and to have struck his
gait. as he began toe hammer Terry
fearfully and soon forced the Omaha
scrapper to show signs of weakening.
Frequently AL would corner Mustain
and rain blows upon him, but Terry
blocked or covered and saved himself
from annihiliation for awhile.
In the thirteenth round the begin
ming of the end appeared. Al got in a
stiff smash to the heart that caused
Terry to wobble and show very plainly
that he was hurt. He slowed down
and sought clinches thereafter. When
he returned to his corner at the end
OF this round his seconds say that he
dazed, and Eddie Robinson did not
want him to continue, but he insisted
on fighting it out
He went to the center at the call of
time in the fourteenth and Immediately
started in to mix with Kaufman,
hooking his left to the jaw, but with
out effect AS he started the hook Al
started his full swinging right to the
heart. AL got his right home a second
after Terry landed the hook to the jaw
and Terry fell in a heap in a neutral
corner all doubled up and in great
pain. Immediately his seconds tossed
dn the towel and entered the ring to
carry Mustain to his corner Referee
Eyton was raising his hand to begin
the fatal count when the towel showed
up. The count never was started.
This fight clearly proves the justifica-
tion of Kaufmann's claim upon the con-
sideration of the champion, and the
steady Improvement that he has been
showing was more marked last night
than in any previous battle. Al is not
as speedy as Roseben, but he was fast
enough to keep Mustain running
throughout the fight, and occasionally
he caught Terry and made things in
teresting enough to force the Omaha
boy to turn tail and scorch. AL also
showed that he is a two-handed
puncher by the easy and graceful man
ner in which he slipped his left to the
face every few moments and worked
his right cross effectively as a follow.
With his steady improvement, his
height, weight and reach, not to men,
tion his man-killing punches he should
develop into worthy heavyweight
champion.
The first preliminary was a corker
and d surprise to the fans. Hobo
Dougherty of Milwaukee and Young
Hugo, local boy who made his first
professional appearance, went on for
six rounds and they fought every inch
of the way, with Hugo having a slight
shade in each round and at the end
Referee Blake declared Hugo the win
ner. The decision was not well re-
ceived, as most of the fans were of the
opinion that Hobo should have had no
worse than a draw. 1t was a most
exciting battle, but a draw decision
would not have hurt either boy and
would not have been unfair to either.
There is no denying, however, that
Hugo had a shade the best of the mill
ing and, technically considered, was en-
titled to the decision. Hugo showed his
famous wallops, using both hands with
good effect, while Dougherty showed a
better. degree of cleverness and gem
eralship.
The second preliminary was sched-
uled as a six-round bout between Henry
Hoppe, better known to the fans as
Jack Redmond, and Jeff Perry, formerly
spaTTing partner to Battling Nelson. 1t
ended in the second round by a knock
out, but Perry fell to the mat and
rolled over as if in great pain and re-
Tnained there until carried to his cor
ner by his seconds, after being counted
out. He never was unconscious and the
blow which he claimed as foul undoubt-
edly struck low, but it hardly was suf-
hciently foul to have hurt Perry as
much as he made it appear. Redmond
was too fast and clever for him and
administered severe punishment
throughout, without being forced to
stand for much in return.
The semi-windup was another six
round bout, Jack O'Keefe. a Colorado
welter, and Lee Flanders, training part
ner to Terry Mustain, being in the
points. O'Keefe was awarded the de-
cision and earned 1t by his clever, ag-
gressive and effective work. Flanders
had quite an advantage in weight, but
O'Keefe evened up the weight question
with his cleverness, speed and wallop.
FLANDERS, despite his weight, seemed
unable to do much with his leads and
, only his right uppercut, started at the
rround ara seldom landing, was ef-
fective. The decision was popular be-
cause no other verdict would have been
fair.
Immediately after the end of the
Q'Keefe-F Flanders bout Abe Attell and
Freddie Welsh were introduced as the
next attraction at Vernon. Joe Willis
telegraphed q challenge to the winner,
which was read by Announcer Leslie.
Kaufman and Mustain entered the
ring a few secoEids apart and were CIV
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