Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-03

| rushed together with not eAchdnSe
to the body at close quarters.
They came together with a bang at
the start of the seventh and fought like
tigers, Picato fighting furiously, yet
coolly, and landing effectively to Mem
sizes face and wind. Picato played sue
cessfully with left hooks to the jaw and
landed several of them. Memsic rushed
with terrific smash to the wind. They
rushed across the ring in clinch ana
pounded each other flercely to the body.
They fought into clinch at the start
of the eighth, and as soon as they broke
out Of 1t they went together again the
same way Memsic caught Ptcato a
hard left smash to the jaw, and mo-
ment later put his left to the face.
Picato got in a hard right uppercut as
they came to close quarters, and Mem
sic swung his right to the ribs. Picato
crossed his right hard to the jaw, and
! Memsic stuck his left to the face. They
met In the center of the ring and
| slugged each other hard to the face
with rights as they held on with. their
lefts.
Memsic whipped over a right and left
| to body as they met for the ninth
round but Picato rushed in and they
exchanged some terrific wallops at
close quarters. Memsic caught Picato
with hard right under the heart, and
as they came to a clinch he repeated.
| 11CdIO anu 0l6ilS1C swung Ills
! right to head. They exchanged rights
to the head as they broke out of a
clinch. Memsic swung hard to wind
and Picato uppercut with his right.
They met with rights and lefts to the
head and were clinched at the gong.
Picato started the tenth with left
hook to the jaw, and they clinched and
/ slugged to the head. Memsic rushed
Picato across the ring onto the ropes
and they clinched. Memsic swung a
| hard right to the wind and left to the
face as Picato hooked his left to the
! jaw. Both showed plainly that they
were tired and had slowed up materi-
ally Picato jabbed his left twice to
! the face and rushed with right TO the
back of the head. Picato crossed hard
with his right to the jaw.
Moss Whips Butler
The curtain-raiser was scheduled as
a four-round bout between Chester
Moss and Charlie Butler. The negro
started like winner and admins
tered severe punishment for about a
minute, but Moss gamely went after
him and before the round ended he
! had more than eVened the score. Moss
| increased his lead in the second round
! by going after the negro with a rush
/ and mauling him severely to the head
and wind. Butler found the pace too
hot and slowed down to defensive tao
tics in a hurry. Moss made his lead
very distinct in the third by keeping
up his aggressive and effective tao
| tics and administered great punishment
with right swings to the wind and ribs.
/ Moss had much the better of the final
round and won the decision without
any question. He hammered the negro
as severely in this round as in others.
Hoosier and Fusco Draw
! Hoosier Kid and Mike Fusco fur
nished the other four-round bout on
the card. The first round was featured
! by the lack of fighting, both boys
seeming to be impressed with the idea
| that they were giving an exhibition in
shadow boxing. The second round was
a bit livelier and Fusco showed enough
! aggressiveness and punching to give
more than evened up the score in the
third and did it by forcing the issue,
for the first time in the fight. The
| fourth round was about even up, al
though Hoosier Kid scored the only
knockdown Of the fight in this round,
Fusco finished strongly and evened up
the round and probably earned draw.
1t was tame scrap all the way.
Hugo outfights Turner
Young Turner, who had not lost any
of his local fights, and Johnny Hugo
| were CarQeQ Tor q SlH-fOund EFFORT as
third on the program, and lost no time
in getting into the ring after the Hoo
sier Kid-Fusco affair. They went at 1t
| furiously from the tap of the gong,
and before the round was half a min
ute old it began to appear like Tur-
ner had a fight on his hands. Hugo
| coolly covered when assaulted and then
unlimbered his left to the face and
right to head and body so monotonous-
ly regular that he had Turner bleeding
quickly, and at the gong Hugo had n
! big lead. Hugo increased his lead in
the second and almost won the fight
in this round He kept up steady fire
of lefts to the face and rights to head
and jaw that had Turner wobbly in
the last minute of the round. Turner
continued to bleed from the nose and
mouth.
The third round was a fierce affair.
both boys going at full speed and fight
ing furiously. Hugo kept up an effect
i've cover when necessary and when he
loosened up and led he usually landed
with left on nose and right to head
or jaw. 1t was Hugo's roun@ Hugo