Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-10
CALIFORNIA HANDICAP TRIAL IS
FEATURE AT SANTA ANITA TODAY

| tory, yet it remained for those at ring
side to see and appreciate the rare
| gameness of Dalton under continuous
and severe punishment.
! Dalton started the aggressive at the
/ gong, but Picato cleverly sidestepped him, and
after a few harmless passages Picato went
after him. Picato swung a left to the right
! eye, opening a cash that caused the blood to
! flow freely. and from this moment it a
ferce battle Picato used uppercuts and right
| swings with great effect and cleverly avoided
any damaging return. At the gong, Picato
caught Dalton with q right to the jaw that
staggered the spaghetti champion. Picato was
| unmarked, although Dalton swung several
rights to the wind with great force.
Before the second round had gone half a
minute Picato knocked him down with fierce
right swing to the jaw. Dalton got up with
out waiting for the count, and Picato rained
| rights and lefts to the jaw, often staggering
Dalton. Rights and lefts to the head opened
up the cash at the right eye and made another
at the left eye, and Dalton's face was bleed
ing and covered with blood. Picato put him
down again with another terrific right swing
| to the jaw, but Dalton arose without waiting
for the count. Dalton was in a bad way
when the gong rang.
Dalton came back for the third in a crouch
and they fought into clinch. Dalton rallied
and forced Picato to break ground with some
terrific drives to the wind and head. Dalton
swung hard to the wind and they mixed it
wildly in the center Of the ring, with Dalton
| fighting gamely and with good effect. Picato
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with rights to wind. Picato worked his right
uppercut with staggering effect in the close
range fighting. This Dalton's best round.
They went at it wildly at the start of the
fourth and both went to the mat as they
missed wild swings. Picato continued to play
for the head and jaw, while Dalton confined
his efforts mainly to leads for the wind. They
mixed it furiously in the center of the ring,
Picato getting home several swings to the jaw,
but Dalton kept boring in with his leads for
the wind until both seemed to tire.
| PiPatO OneOpd the fifth round with q
! right uppercut to the chin and then they
clinched and went TO infighting at which
Dalton excelled. Both slowed up in this round,
although Picato never let up In working his
right to the jaw. Dalton swung a hard right
to Picato's jaw in the last minute Of the
| round. but did not seriously hurt him, and
| they finished the round faster than they began.
| Picato got Dalton going at the start OF the
! sixth, when Dalton almost fell when he missed
a wild swing but the spaghetti champ rallied
| quickly and came back full of hght. Plcato
| caught him with fierce right hook to the
| jaw that staggered Dalton and followed It
| up, but Dalton rallied again and resumed
! fighting back. Picato worked the right upper
! cut and right hook to good effect until Dalton
caught him with right to the jaw and
! forced him to momentary cover. Dalton s
| gameness in this round was above his own
| standard.
They began the seventh rather slowly com
| pared with their previous efforts, but Picato
| soon opened up with volley of right swings
| to the jaw. nearly all of which landed, and
! soon had Dalton bleeding again from cuts
| about the eyes. Dalton rallied and staggered
/ Picato with a right swing to the jaw that
! encouraged his hackers. Picato was too clever
| for him, however. and avoided further pun
| ishment. although getting in a few more
rights to the jaw.
! The eighth round started off in lively fash
| ion. both going to work without delay Picato
/ began using his right uppercut with good
| effect again, while Dalton played mostly for
/ the wind, and nearly all blows landed. Picato
swung a hard left to the jaw and had Dalton
wobbly and covering up for a clinch. Picato
| then fought him half through the ropes and
| seemed about to score a knockout but Dali
! ton covered again and clinched They came
! together in the center of the ring and were
| fighting like demons at the gong.
Dalton game back strong in the ninth and
went on the aggressive, while Picato coolly
waited for opportunities to swing to the jaw,
| and landed almost at will Picato went after
/ Dalton unrelentingly and played right hooks
and uppercuts until it seemed that Dalton
was doomed to take the count. but he gamely
| stuck on the job and was apparently strong at
! the gong.
They shook hands at the beginning Of the
\ tenth round and then got busy with their
/ finishes. Picato was trying for a knockout at
every punch, and swung altogether for the
| jaw with rights and lefts. Dalton fought like
| an enraged tiger, but Picato much too
| strong and clever for him and pounded him
with rights and lefts to the jaw with great
| regularity and easily earned the decision At
the gong they embraced and were applauded.
Turner Wins Again
| McCarey scored a big hit at his previous
show with the four-round bouts and gave
them a further trial last night, with the
same success, the youngsters fighting with
determination and energy that made a
| big hit with the fans. The first prelimin-
airy bout was a four-round tilt between
| Young Turner and the Tattooed Kid. Tur-
ner defeated Ed Higuar in his first out last
week.
Turner went after the Kid in a vigorous
: manner in the opening round and had all
the better Of the frequent mixups, ending
the bout with a clean knockdown with a
right uppercut. Kid took the count one
knee but the bell rang before the count
was finished. The second round was all
! Turner, the dark-skinned boy being on the
| aggressive all the time and forcing Kid into
| solely defensive tactics Turner held his
| head in the third by his aggressive and ef-
! fectve tactics and had Kid bewildered
he could not hit even defend himself