Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-07

to the jaw and they went into another
clinch. Webster swung right and lett
to head and then began pounding Hef-
ron about the body in a clinch. Hefron
stopped a hard right swing with his
jaw and a moment later Webster re-
peated, staggering Heron. Webster
swung his right to the jaw five sue
cessive times and failed to stagger
Hefron.
Fusco and Rees Draw
The preliminary card started off
with a four-round session between
Mike Fusco and Kid Rees, a pair of
new ones, both newsboys of Los An
geles. They wasted no time in getting
into action and slugged throughout
the three minutes of the first round
Rees had a clear lead at the end on
clean and effective punches. Fusco
showed a lot of Improvement in the
second round and evened up the score
by his aggressive tactics. The third
round was very even, each alternat-
ing in the momentary leads with hon
ors even at the gong. Rees started the
fourth round like a winner, but Fusco
rallied and finished stronger, evening
up the round. The honors were even
at the gong and a draw decision fits the
case nicely.
O'ConneIl Stops Winter
The second four-round session was
between Dick Winter and Curley
O'Connell. O'Connell gave Winter an
awful humping in the first round and
put him down for nine with hook to
the Jaw in a furious miXup. Winter
arose and O'Connell went after him.
They slugged wildly for few seconds
and O'Connell went to his knees from
the effect of a wild swing to the jaw,
but got up and gave Winter severe
beating in the remaining seconds. VIM
ter's face was bleeding from the pound
ings he took. O'Connell knocked Win
ter out in the last minute of the sec
ond round-that is, he put Winter
down twice with right swings to the
Jaw and the coon quit by staying on
the floor until after he was counted
out and then got up and tried to BLUM
about going ahead. O'Connell gave
him severe beating all the way.
Nelson Whips Stone
The third bout on the card was
scheduled as a siX-round bout between
Norman Stone and Frank Nelson. This
was Stones first appearance in local
ring in many months, having been
barred by McCarey because of heart
trouble He passed several physical
examinations successfully since and
fought several bouts to make good
and McCarey gave him another trial
stone showed improved cleverness
and generalship in the first round, but
Nelson fought his usual careful battle
and had big lead at the gong. lie put
Stone down with a right hook to the
law and then gave Stone a fearful
humping in the remaining moments or
the round.
stone used his left to good effect in
the second and fought to even honors
zlt LOT of c h.
ing in the third and Nelson almost in
varably caught him coming in with
right hook to the jaw The third went
to the credit of Nelson. Nelson almost
stopped Stone in the fourth, but the
gong came to the rescue after both had
stumbled to the floor in an embrace
Nelson caught Stone repeatedly with
right hooks and uppercuts and had
Stone Wobbly in the last half minute
of the round.
Stone kept up his tactics of rushing
in the fifth and Nelson invariably met
him with a right hook. The round
went to the credit of Nelson. Stone
put up a fair sort of finish, but kept
on running into right crosses and had
the worst of the round. Nelson was
entitled to the decision.
Solomon Defeats Bell
Kid Solomon and Kid Bell were next
on the program, being scheduled for
a six-round argument. The first round
was an enthuser of the kind the fans
like. After Bell had walloped him Sc
verely for two minutes and had split
the skin about his left eye, Solomon
began to roughhouse it with the coon
and easily evened up the round by
landing effective swings to head. jaw
and body. Bell had much the better
of the milling in the second, cleVerly
boxing and sidestepping Solomon's
rushes.
After taking another beating for two
minutes in the third, Solomon rushed
Bell and planted several rights and
lefts to the jaw. staggering him and
having him so wobbly that when the