The San Francisco call., 1909-12-18
TnOMP SON GWEN
POPULAR DECISION
HyIand Nearly Takes Count
Twice, bit Finishes Strong
as Cyclone
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

lSPecIdt ODp0fch TO ne GALL
KANSAS CITY. Dec 17.-'Fighting
Dick" Hyland must begin all over
again, while "Cyclone" Johnny Thomp-
son will march on toward the cham
pionship goal Before crowd of 1000
persons in the Hippodrome tonight Ref
cree Brick Owens gave the Sycamore
boy the decision at the end of the tenth
round.
The verdict met the approva. of the
crowd, but at that it was far from be-
ing one sided affair. Although de-
feated, Hyland fought heroicalIy from
start to finish and when the last gong
sounded the boy from San Francisco
was as strong as the tiller of the soil
from Illinois.
Hyland lost the decision in the fifth
round. In this act he f1oundered on the
canvas for count of nine on two oc-
casions. and the second time he went
down it looked as though it was all up
with him. 1t was a terrific full right
arm swing to the jaw that flOpped him.
and he barely arose before the referee
started to count the fatal 10.
The first knockdown was also the re-
suit of right to the jaw. but it lacked
the force of the second jolt, and though
Hyland stayed down the legal limit he
could have regained his feet much
sooner. Barring the fifth round there
was little to choose between the pair
The battle was fast from start TO
finish, with much infghting. By pre-
vious agreement the men were permit
ted to fight in the clinches as long as
either could swing, and this kept them
close to each other the greater part OF
ba Hv-Iond landed ms n
blows in the infghting. but they We're
not as powerful as those of Thompson
delivered in the breakaways.
Mrs. Hyland was a spectator. al
though few people knew she was pres
ent. The gate receipts were estimated
at $4,000. Sixty per cent of this went
to the boxers, who divided it on a so
and 40 per cent basis.
Betting was at even money. ThOmp-
son offered Hyland 5000 to $500 he
would knock him out but Hyland
refused to take the bet
Clarence Owens. American associa-
tion baseball umpire. refereed.
The fight by rounds:
ROUND both men bored in at the outset.
Hyland landed the first good blow. a right 10 the
body They clincher and exchanged rights Snd
lefts to the body without effect. Round even.
ROUND 2-They rushed to clineh and in the
breakaway Thompson landed good right 70
blows, Thompson missing a hard right TO the
Jaw. In clineh Hyland hammered Thompson's
kidneys. Hyland landed hard right to body and
left to jaw. Thompson sent right TO Jaw snd
Hyland retaliated with right to heart Hyiand's
round.
ROUND s-Thompson rushed to Hyland's cor
ner and sent right to body. Thompson landed
right swing to body and followed with stif right
to head. Thompson sent hard right 70 jaw, jar
gering Hyland. Thompson sent succession Of
rights to hesd. Hyland hammered at IhOmpson's
kidneys. Thompson's round.
ROUND 4-Thompson was at Hyland as he
rose from his chair. HylaDd cliuched for mo-
ment and then drove right to jaw Thompson
sent right TO body and they clnched again Hy-
the exchanged body blows. Thompson pep
pered his opponents jaw with rights and Hyland
landed two hard rights TO jaw. Round even
ROUND 5-ThompsOn led with stiff right 30
iawA A second blow OF the same kind sent
Hylsnd to the floor for the count Of eight. A
third right on Hyland's jaw sent him down for
dozen more rights delivered BY Thompson did not
seem TO hurt him. Thompson tried hard for
Toward the end Of the round Hyland used rights
TO stomach and head with good effect. ThOmp-
sons round.
ROUND S-Again Thompson rushed things and
missed right for the head. They elinched.
Hyland sent light rights TO jaw and Thompson
sent seyers! lefts to body. Thompson drove stin
right to jaw. They cllnched and pulled each
other around the ring Round even.
ROUND 7-Thompson put stin left TO mouth.
Hyland sent left to jaw. Hyland put good left
to the jaw Thompson drove right TO jaw.
Thompson bombarded Hyland's stomach with
succession of rights. Thompson rushed Hyland
to ropes and was planting rights and lefts 10
body when the gong rang. ThOmpson's round.
ROUND s-They rushed to a cIinch. Thomp-
son forcing the dghting. Thompson drove right 10
jaw, twisting Hylsnds neck. Thompson landed
stin right TO neck. Hyland forced cIineh and
did good tnfghting. Thompson put right 10 law
and Hyland hung on They fought hard to the
end Of the round.
Jaw Hyland retaliated with left to Jaw They
clinched and delivered body blows as they
wrestled around the ring IIyland wss tired
Hyland put right to body. They clinched ana
referee cautioned Hyland for holding They were
fighting when round ended Round even
ROUND 10-rhompsou rushed in to win and
landed two rights to jaw. HyIand closed in and
Thompson landed several good body blows Nv
land landed sti6 right To ribs Thompson chased
Hyland around the ring, hut failed to land Nv
land drove right TO jaw and landed several holy
blows Thompson sent right 70 jaw and Hyland
sent left to body Thompson Slipped 10 Hoor
and they were in elinch when round ended.