Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-05
BY JAY DAVIDSON
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BY JAY DAVIDSON
There hardly will be any discussion
as to who won the ten-round fight
last night between Phil Brock and
Frank Carsey, as the Cleveland boy
nut 1t all over his oid-.time rival, and
when the gong sounded at the END OF
the final round nine in every ten OF the
1000 fans in the Maud Junction pavil-
ion voiced the true resultant BROCK
had won in a decisive manner. A
careful analysis Of the fight by ROUNDS
shows that Brock had six of the ten
rounds, Carsey had three ROUNDS anu
the first round was an even break.
The boys put up rafting gooo
fight but Brock always was on the
aggressive and seemed filled with con-
fidence in his ability to defeat Carsey
He rushed frequently and seldom
missed with his leads in these rushes
Carsey backing away and attempting
to block, with only occasional eHorts
at return until they had clinched
Brock also surprised the fans by &C
tually outboxing his cleverer opponent
and this enabled him to get over wal
lops that stung and counted erect
lively in his favor
Carsey scored the only clean knock
down of the fight when he swung a
hard right to Pills jaw in the sew
enth round, but Brock was on his feet
without the loss of second ano
showed that the blow had not hurt
him much by rushing Carsey to the
ropes and landing hard left hook to
Carsey's head that rocked the chicago
boy. Carsey began bleeding in the
second round after Brock had Japbed
his left into Carsey's mouth and nose
several times, and the blood tr1ckled
gently throughout the fight, although
at no time was either covered IN an
unsightly manner with blood.
Brock seemed to grow stronger the
farther the fight progressed, While
Carsey seemed to lose heart and was
inclined to fight mostly on the defens-
i've. except in occasional flashes, when
he would show his real form.
The seventh round was the last ses-
sion in which Carsey showed anything
to greatly encourage his packers. AFTER
this round Brock made every session
a winning one, and although Carsey
tried hard to make winning OF qraw-
ing finish in the last round, Brock
showed his gameness in refusing to be
content with his good lead and more
than met Carsey half way in the rushes
and smuggling. By these tactics IN the
final round Brock showed good Judg-
ment. as he did not permit Carsey 10
even I'D any honors or make a snow
ing that would befuddle the pubic
mind regarding the result. HIS VIC
tory was decisive and clearly estdp-
fishes the fact that he is Carsey
master over any route, now that ne
has beaten him twice over long and
short route. ,.,,z
Referee Walsh was roundly criticised
by the fans for stopping the fight De-
tween Willis Fairbanks and Norman
Stone in the fourth round, but supse-
ouent events more than JUSTIFY Walsn
action, and had he not stopped tne
fight, Stone might have been injured
and the game would have sustained
blow from which it would have re-
ouired a long time to recover. Stone
tainted away from exhaustion after
going to his dressing room, and was
long time coming around. He propa-
bly failed to train properly for sucn
a grilling and fierce fight as they put
M in the three full rounds they pat
tied.
Mack Defeats Rogers
The curtain raiser was an excellent
appetizer for the fans, being rough
house mauling match between Joe
Rogers, local boy, and Wine Mach
of San Francisco. The northern boy
won. but he was unable to put Rogers
out. although no other round OF hght-
ing ever shown at Maud Junction VIII
heat the fifth session of this fght. Inc
bovs wore themselves into almost com
plete exhaustion in the hrst 1our
rounds, mauling one another nnmerel-
fully. When the fifth round started
Rogers was all in and Mack was not
1nnch better. Mack rushed Rogers to
the ropes. and the latter was so tired he
could not lift his hands, while Mack
SWING suuarely with rights and lefts
flush to the jaw several times and could
not put Rogers down. Rogers rallied
toward the close Of the round and gave
Mack a hard fight. In the latter part
of the round Rogers fell to the floor
twice from exhaustion and rested Whlle
Referee Walsh counted nine. Mack is
a slow fighter, but has good head and
a fierce Wallop in each hand but neither
how seemed trained sufficiently to stand
the stiff pace. Otherwise a Knockout
would have ended the scrap early
Rogers gameness was his redeemine
feature.
Fairbanks Wins in Fourth
The second number on the card was
the six-round bout between Willie
Fairbanks of Los Angeles and Norman
Stone of Sydney, Australia. stone for-
merly fought as an amateur, but re-
Gently entered professional RANKS. Inc
Australian started a riot of joy in tbs
first round by sailing into Fairbanks as
if he would knock his head off without
delay. Fairbanks recovered quickly
and for the next two minutes the fans
were treated to an exhibition of rough
house that broke all former records
Fairbanks repeatedly staggered Stone
with wallops to the head that seemed
to be sufficient to end the fight, but
stone came back strong every time and
fought like a tiger, getting in several
most effective wallops. The second
round stirred enthusiasm of a kind that
never before was seen at a local fight
the Australian fighting Fairbanks off
his feet and having much the best OF
the round. Both boys landed hard and
frequently, but Stone had a big lead
at the gong. The crowds went wild
with cheers and calls for Stone.
The third round was a repetition o!
the preceding ones, except that after
two minutes of furious fighting Fair
banks dropped Stone with a right to
the head and at the gong put over an
other that might have ended the fighi
a few seconds earlier. At the beginning
of the fourth round Stone was weak
and unable to fight, apparently, and
after Fairbanks had planted several