The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-18
FURIOUS FIGHT GOES
TO THOMPSON
SYCAMORE CYCLONE EARNS 10
ROUND DECISION OVER
DICK hVlANO.

rounds Of furious fighting. Cyclone
johnny" Thompson of Sycamore. H..
was awarded the decision over Fight
ing Dick" Hyland OF San Francisco
{ iiiSht Thompson easily deserved The
verdict. He rushed the battle from
the start and forced Hyland into
ciinches time after time. Using his
vicious right to the jaw 10 good effect.
the Sycamore farmer totte1ed the Pa
cific coast boy repeatedly. Had Hy-
land been a fighter Of slower rccuper-
alive powers. he would have been
Knocked out in the fifth round. Twice
with hard right swings to the jaw
Thompson sent his man to the canvas.
The first time Hyland took the count
of eight and the second knockout kept
him down nine seconds. Ue came back
strong. however. and. although
Thompson tried hard to land knock
ont punch. he fai'cd.
Fast All the Way.
The battle was fast from, start to
finish. with much infiGhting By pre-
vious agreement. the men were per-
rlitted to fight in the clinches as long
as either could swing. and this kept
part of the contest Hyland landed
many blows in the infighting. but they
were not as powerful as those Thomp-
son delivered in the breakaway Mrs
lIyland was "A spectator. although 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 ii on 60 and 40 per
money. Thompson offered Hyland 5000
to $500 he would knock him out. but
Hy'and refused to take the bet Clar-
ence Owens. American association
baseball umpire. refereed. The fight
by rounds:
Round One.
Both men bored In Ut the outset
Hyland landed the first good blow, a
right to the body. They clinched and
exchanged rights and let's To the body
without effect. Round even.
Round Two.
They rushed to clinch IN L. In
the breakaway. Thompson landed a
good right to the jaw. Hy'and fought
back with vicious body blows. Thomp-
son missing hard right TO the jaw.
In a c.inch Hyland hammered Thomp-
sons kidneys. Hyland landed hard
right To the body and left to the jaw.
Thompson sent a right to the jaw and
Hyland retaliatci with right to heart.
Ityllnd's round.
Round Three.
Thompson rushed TO Hy,and.s corner
and sent right to body. Thompson
landed right swing to body and fol.
lowed with stiff right toyhcad. Thomp-
SON sent hard right to jaw. Earring
Hyland. Thompson sent right 10 jaw.
staggering Hyland. Thompson sent
succession of rights to the head.
Hyland hammered at Thompson's kid
ncys. Thompson's round.
Round Four. ,.
Thompson was ut Hyland as he rose
from his chair. Hyland clinched for
u moment and then drove right to Jaw.
Thompson sent right to body and they
c'inched again. Eyland sent right to
body and. as they clinched. the men
exchanged body blows. Thompson pep
pered his opponents jaw with rights
aud Hyland landed two hslrl rights to
the jaw. Round even.
Round Five.
Thompson led 18th n stiff right TO
jaw. \ second blow of the same kind
sent Hyiand to the floor for a count
Ut eight. \ third right on IIyland's
jaw sent him down for nine seconds.
but he came up strong. and a half
dozen more rights delivered by Thomp-
SON did not seem to hurt him. Thomp-
son tried hard for n knockout. but did
not have the necessary punch. To-
ward the end of the round Gyland used
rights TO stomach and head with good
effect. Thompsons round.
Round Six.
Again Thompson rushed things and
missed "a right for the head. They
clinched. Hyland sent light rights to
Jaw and Thompson sent several lefts TO
body. Thompson drove stiff right to
jaw. They ciinched and pulled each
other around the ring. Round even.
Round Seven.
Thompson put stiff left to the
mouth. Iis.and sent left to jaw. ,Hy-
land put good left to the jaw. Thomp-
son drove right to jaw. Thompson
bombarded Hyland's stomach with n
succession of rights. Thompson rushed
l1yland to tho ropes ana was planting
rights and let's to the body when the
song rang. Thompson's round.
Round Eight. .
They rushed To ciinch. Thompson
forcing the fighting. Thompson drove
right to jaw. Thompson landed stiff
right to neck. Hyland forced ciinch
and did good infishting. Thompson
put right to jaw and Hyland hung ON.
They fought hard to the end Of the
round.
Round Nine.
Thompson landed two rights to jaw.
Hyland retaiiated with left to jaw.
/ They clinched and delivered body
blows as they wrestied around the
ring. Hyland WAS tired. Hyiand put
right to body. They ciinehed and
the referee cautioned Hyland for hold
Ing. They We're fighting when the
round ended. Round even.
Round Ten.
Thompson rushed in to win and lanJcd