Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08

Had Picato possessed a few more
months of the drilling that comes OF
hard fought encounters and had Mem
sic lost a little of his speed, aggres-
siveness and punching ability, the
bout might have been a draw, but
there was no question as to the stand
ing of the two men after that fearful
eighth. Catching Frank coming in.
Memsic crossed one of his famous
rights over to the point, and Frank
shot sideways. After his man, bent
on a knockout, George landed two more
in the same spot, and as Frank stag
gered he jumped in, endeavoring to
reach vital part. But Memsic, al
though connecting a fourth time to
the chin, lost his GOODNESS with the
finish in view and allowed Frank to re-
cuperate. There was little blood drawn,
but each peppered the others nose and
kidneys at every opportunity, and their
bodies this morning will tell the tale
of a fierce struggle.
Fast Bout from Start
Len Lauder challenged the winner of
the main event for a side bet of $3.50.
Memsic and Picato entered the ring
IN quick succession. Both appeared 10
be in excellent trim. George missed a
hard right swing just after the men
shook hands, and after a few seconds
of cautious sparring chased Frank to
the ropes, landing hard right and left
swing to wind. He repeated a moment
later, scoring to Jaw IS well. Twice
he swung hard to the chin, Picato dane
ing in again but failing to land. Both
were feeling the other man out.
George shifted over a light left in
the second, and in a miXup they swung
exchanges to the body Memsic sent
in two hard wind punches, and Picato
came back with a nice shift. Memsic
swung wi j at the ropes and Frank out
boxed him. Memsic reached the wind
and the round was even.
Picato started to force the milling in
the third. and worried George with sew
eral jabs to the face. Frank was on
the aggressive. Picato chopped a hard
one to the Jaw and Memsic was fight
ing wildly. Picato hammered Memsic's
kidneys in a clinch. Memsic missed
frequent leads and Frank backed him
up with straight lefts. George was
blowing hard as he went to his corner.
it was Picato's round.
Memsie Forces Pace
George crossed with a hard right in
the opening exchange of the fourth and
Frank frequently tapped George on the
nose. Angered, George f. ed the pace,
swinging hard with right and left. They
spared here, Memsic stinging Frank S
nose. This was a slow round, neither
doing much damage, though Memsic
by light blows had slightly the bitter
of it.
The men INDUCED in a wrestling
match in the fourth, and Memsic drove
Picato to the ropes, both LANDING to
the wind. Frank caught Memsic going
away with a hard left, and George
rushed back.
They exchanged long range swings,
and then swinging in close slugged
away stiffiy, with Picato doing the
cleaner landing. Frank failed to use
his right effectively, and Memsic was
hitting the harder.
Frank started in to fight in the sixth
round, and Memsic met him half way.
George brought blood from Picato's
nose and chopped and swung with eff
feet Coming in Frank took a hard
right on the wind. They tussled in
midring George brought cheers by
slipping a hard one to Franks stom-
ach, and had the round
The seventh found Frank pounding
Memsic's kidneys, and Memsic swung
hard to Franks wind. They both
missed hard straight rights Frank
pounded the lar and George uppercut
him fiercely in breaking away. They
started considerable enthusiasm by
IOu5ilinS IL ana 1lCdtO sent over q
hard one with Memsic between the
ropes but Memsic gave him a. re-
peater to the bread center It was Mem
sizes round by shade. He is landing
harder and more effecti ely.
Eighth to Bohemian
Memsic landed three hard right
smashes to Franks head in the eighth
and staggered Picato with a terrific
smash to the ear. He followed him
about the ring and shot over two moro
having Frank groggy. Both wrestled
and Memsic scored one over the heart
as Frank came in. Despite the pun.
ishment he received, Frank was strona
at the close. 1t was Memsic's by a
wide margin.
Frank came back fighting strong ir
the ninth, but failed to score damaging
punches George was fighting coolly
and carefully. Frank started cam.