Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29

Jack Sieberg was the first of the big
fellows to enter the ring. He was
backed by Billy Hart, frankie Harris
of Philadelphia and Aldo the Turk.
Jack Burns climbed through the ropes
two minutes afterward, with his cor
ner men, Doc Gene Jeffrey, Tom Jones
and Roy Page. After a challenge from
Jim Flynn to the winner with $500
side bet, the men went together.
Sieberg walked in and stung Burns
with two hard rights and lefts to the
body. He landed a hard right to the
ear, and Burns retaliated with a stiff
repeater to the jaw, which Jared Sic
berg. Burns landed with a right to the
stomach and countered with a left to
the right eye nearly closing that mem-
Der. Just before the bell Sieberg drop
ped Burns with a stiff uppercut to the
chin, holding him up, and Burns went
to his corner groggy. 1t was furi-
Gus round.
Burns displayed much greater speed
in the second. They exchanged a SER
les of hard jolts to the body. Sieberg S
right eye began to close rapidly. ham
pering his measuring of punches. He
caught Burns with a terrific lunge to
the stomach at the bell. 1t was an
even round. The men possess fearful
punches and it looked at this point as
IL LIl6 man wiz ldilQtu lilt lUNhJ NeAl-
lop would win. In the third Burns
caught Sieberg lunging in with a short
right that fioored Sieberg down, and he
was down a moment later from an
other terrific short chop, staying on
the canvas for the full count.
Poor Decision to Rogers
Roy Rogers won a slugging, awk-
ward battle from Harold Orwig in the
opening four-round bout after batting
Harold about the ring and knocking
him down three times in the second,
third and fourth. Neither boy eXhib~
tied any cleverness, and the fight was
confined to a series of wild. lunges.
Several times Rogers connected with
hard wallops and had the blood COM
ing from Orwig's mouth at the finish
The last round was tame affair, with
about six blows landed one of them
dropping his opponent
Dougherty Gets Decision
Hobo Dougherty and Kid Rees. the
latter a newsboy fighter, appeared for
the second preliminary, scheduled to
go six rounds. The first round was a
whirlwind affair. Both men landed
with terrific steam. In the middle or
the round Rees caught Hobo in neu-
trail corner and hammered him into a
dazed condition with pile-dr1ving
rights and lefts to the face and body.
Rees displayed a short, vicious wallop
that made Dougherty vince every time
1t landed. He carried the fight to his
opponent all through the second
round After slowing up they finished
the fourth with a furious rally, fight
ing themselves out, both being groggy
at the bell. Rees took a terrible beat
ing and Hobo had the better Of the
exchanges. Hobo kept up the lead in
the fifth and was getting stronger
every minute. He iabbed Rees out of
his lead and crossed him in exchanges,
making the blood come from the nose
and mouth Hobo had the better OF
the last round and knocked Rees down
Just as the bell sounded, earning a
clear decision.
cappelIe- C IeveIand Draw
Billy Cappelle of San Pedro met Kid
Cleveland, the dusky boxer in the
third opener, rated at six rounds. AL
though outweighing Cleveland, Billy
was fighting a speedy and scientific
lad. and his aggressive work in the
Arst two periods brought rounds Of
impartial cheers. Billy did the leading
throughout nearly every one of the
six rounds, but Cleveland outfought
him In the clinches. The dusky boys
reach counted in his favor, but Billy
brought the only blood Of the fight
crom Cleveland's. lips in the early