Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-19
KETCHEL EASILY
DEFEATS M'GANN
CHAMPION PUTS DOWN HIS 0P-
P0NENT SIX TIMES
MlDDLEWEIGHT COMPLETELY
oUTcLAssEs HIS MAN
Twice Hugh Is Knocked Through the
Ropes by Terrific Punching of
Title Holder Who Appar-
emily Toys with Him
tBy Associated Press.l


PITTsBURG, May 1s.-six times to-
night Hugh McGann was down for
count of nine seconds in his six-round
bout with Stanley Ketchel, champion
middleweight of the world. Five times
in the sixth round he was saved from
a knockout by a second. Twice he was
knocked through the ropes. once clear
across the press table into the seats
of the spectators.
Ketchel apparently toyed with his
opponent and probably could have
knocked him out had he tried hard.
For the first three rounds Mccain
fought hard and landed several times
on the champion, but he apparently
exhausted himself early and could not
face the powerful blows of his antago-
mist after the first half of the bout.
No decision was permissible under
the laws.
The fight by rounds
Round 1-McGann landed a light to
the face and clinched Ketchel led left
to head and Mccain came back with
left and right to body. Ketchel swung
a hard left and missed. McGann landed
a light left to face. Ketchel landed
left to face and stomach. Ketchel
landed a left to body. Mccain landed
left to face. Ketchel landed two hard
lefts and they clinched.
Round 2-McGann led a left and
missed, then clinched. Ketchel landed
a hard right to jaw and followed with
left to the same spot Ketchel jolted
MeGann's jaw with another right and
left. He landed heavy left to body and
showered rights and lefts to McGann's
jaw.
Round 3--McGann landed on Ketch-
els neck and clinched. Ketchel landed
right to the body and jaw. Mccain
landed two rights and two lefts to the
Jaw. Ketchel swung a left to McGann's
face and missed a left to the body. He
landed a right and left to the body
and missed left swing to the face.
Round 4-McGann used oxygen be-
tween rounds. Mccain put left to
body. Ketchel missed left. He then
landed hard left to the jaw and a left
to the body and hard right to the
body. Mccain landed left to head
Ketchel pounded McGann's kidneys
McGann landed hard left to Ketchers
head and backed him up with another.
Ketchel put in hard right body blow
McGann went down two seconds when
gong rang.
Round 5-Ketchel rained blows on
McGann, who apparently was help
less. Ketchel put his right to the
head, following with a left to the jaw
and left to the body, then swung left
to the jaw Mccain took the count OF
nine. Mccain fought back and struck
Ketchel several times on the head
Ketchel dropped his man with a hard
right to the jaw. Ketchel then knock
ed him through the ropes.
Round 6-Ketchel landed left and
right to body and left to the jaw and
dropped Mccain for a count of nine.
Ketchel rained blows on the jaw and
body and soon McGann was down for
nine seconds again. Ketchel landed
a left and right to the head and
knocked Mccain over the press table.
Mccain made a desperate rally, but
fell from a left to the jaw. He took
the count of nine for the third time,
Ketchel landed a hard left to the jaw
and right to the body. Mccain went
down from right to the jaw for the
count of nine once more. Mccain
again went down from a left to the
jaw and took the count of nine for a
fifth time. Mccain landed two lefts
to the jaw. Ketchel had much the
better of the bout, but no decision
could be given under the law.