Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-24

Referee Charles Eyton called Heron
and Sullivan from their corners in the
main event at 1926 p. m. Behind
Hebron were Martin Leahy, Tom
Leahy Johnny Flynn and Bill Hayes.
Sullivan's seconds were Eddie Webster,
Jockey Mountain, Danny Webster and
Kid Solomon. They SPARED cautiously
in the first, Sullivan missing several
leads. Heron backed his man around
the ring and frankie covered up. Sui
liyan landed to the stomach, but was
wild and appeared dazed by Hefron's
class. Sullivan crossed hard with
right. Sullivan, as his confidence grew,
waded in, exchanging punches with
Martin. The round was rather slow.
Sullivan hammered Martin in a
clinch in the second and missed wild
right swing. Sullivan made Heron
blink with a hard right to jaw. They
fought close, both missing. Frank
scored with three straight punches to
the wind, and by his infghting had a
lead in this period.
Sullivan went after Martins wind
in the third. After Martin stung him
in the face Sullivan bored in and the
two snapped wallops, Sullivan taking
a big lead. Martin followed frankie,
shooting in rights to face. Sullivan was
evidently laying for a knockout wall
lop. Frank missed hard left swing
to the head at the bell
Fourth Is SuIIivan's
In the fourth Sullivan missed two
wild swings and they roughed it
around the ring, both scoring to the
body. Frank landed two stiff straight
lefts to the body, Martin sailed in and
peppered Sullivan's stomach. Frank
shot Martins head back with an up
percut, and in neutral corner show
cred him with body blows. Martin
brought blood from Sullivan's nose.
The latter rushed Martin to the ropes,
doing all the leading. 1t was the race
track boys round.
Martin worried Frank with upper
shoots in clinches in the fifth. Sulli-
van brought over a fierce right upper
cut to Martins jaw, staggering the
Goldfield boy.
Sullivan sailed in for a knockout
and at the ropes hammered Hefron in
the stomach. Hefron was groggy at
the bell and the men, in furious miXup,
had to be separated by Eyton.
Fierce Sixth Round
Sullivan advanced fresh in the sixth
and showered rights and lefts on Hef-
ron's body and head Hefron fought
back wildly, both taking hard beat
ing. Hefron bled from several fierce
straight lefts. He is wild and groggy
from Franks long wallops to the nose.
The men are fighting at a terrific pace
at the bell, with the advantage slight
ly in Sullivan's favor.
In the seventh Sullivan was anxious
for a knockout, measuring his man for
hard rights. Hefron stung Sullivan in
a clinch and the latter lost his head,
sailing in and taking a beating for his
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rights and lefts TO the point and had
all the best of this round, Sullivan be-
ing much more tired when he went to
his corner
Martin got in two stiff lefts to the
face i'll the eighth and chased Frank
around the ring. Hefron is fighting a
safe battle. Frank gets over hard
right to head. In clinch Martin shoots
over damaging short chops. Hefron
dropped Sullivan with hard right for
the count of nine, but Frank got up
and fought back viciously though Hef-
ron was hitting him at will at the
bell.
Hefron also had the eighth by big
margin.
In the ninth Sullivan almost went
to his knees following hard walloI
to the face. Hefron staggered his man
with repeated hard rights, bringing
blood from Franks mouth in streams
Hefron had Sullivan all but out at
the bell with well placed singing
crosses that hurt him badly,
Both exchanged hard wallops in the
last round but Sullivan was wild and
Hefron was the stronger. Sullivans
face was mass of blood from Hefrons
straight jabs. Both men were slug
ging fiercely at the bell, with the
round in Hefron's favor
DaIton's Brother Scores
Chester Moss and Mike Dalton,
brother of the Spaghetti kid, APP
peared for the first bout of the even
ing over the six-round distance. Dali
ton replaced Willie Kelley, who in
Jured hand on the last day of train
ing and was unable to appear.
The first two rounds were devoted
to wild attempts to land on the part
o. both lads. Nearly every crazy