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and Lewis raps his right on the kid
neys and sends it back to the head.
They both miss with their lefts to the
face. Housh puts his left to the ribs.
Lewis puts his right to the head and
Housh with a right to the face. They
spar. Lewis misses a hard left swing
to the face and the bell finds them
sparring, ending a tame round.
Round 3--Lewis lands his right on
the face and misses a left to the head.
Puts his right to the face. They mix.
Lewis puts his right and left to the
head. Housh puts hard left to the
jaw and they clinch. In the break
Lewis puts left corkscrew to the
face and puts right jolt on the head.
Housh misses left to the stomach
and Lewis puts his right and left on
the head Lewis lands a right to the
ribs and misses a left to the solar
picks. Lewis seems to be hunting for
a knockout and puts a left corkscrew
on the nose. Housh puts a left to the
chin, and Lewis puts terrific right
and left to the chin and swings left
to the nose, starting the blood flow
ing. Lewis puts his left to the jaw
and a right to the face. This was
Lewis's round.
Round 4-Housh misses left swing
to the face. Lewis lands left on the
jaw and a right on the head. They
both miss left on the face. Lewis
puts a left on the face and misses a
right to the head. Housh misses
left on the body and Lewis gets in an
uppercut on the jaw and left and
right to the body. Housh connects
lightly with a right and left to the
ribs. The Texas man puts another
uppercut to the chin. Housh misses
two strong ones for the body and an
other right to the stomach. Lewis
misses swing to the head. Housh
puts his right on the ribs and Lewis
connects a right to the same place.
Housh brings in a hard left to the
jaw and a right to the chest Lewis
misses left to the face as the bell
rings. The referee gives the Texas
man the decision.
RootLeWis.
Round THE crowd cheers Root as
he enters the ring. They shake hands
and Lewis puts a left to the sailors
stomach. Root ducked a right and
puts his left to the head. Lewis
missed a right swing to the head and
puts right to the face and misses a
left to the jaw. Root puts his left
lightly to the jaw and Lewis connects
with his left on the face. Root brings
in a terrific left on the kidneys, and
Lewis places left on the sailors
body. Lewis misses a right swing to
the face and the sailor puts hard left
and right to the Texas fighters jaw.
Lewis puts his left on the head and
Root misses two hard ones for the
face. Lewis puts two light ones on
the face and misses a swing to the
body. Lewis lands a right lightly to
the head and Root puts one to Lewis's
kidneys. Lewis puts left to the body
as the bell ends the round. This was
Roots round.
Round 2-Lewis is up quickly and
misses a left to the body. He tries
another one for the same place but
the sailor boy is gone. Lewis con-
meets for the face, pushing Root
against the rope. They mix it and
both get in some hard lefts and rights
for the face and body. Root misses a
hard left for the stomach. Lewis
tries one for the jaw and misses.
Root misses another for the stomach
and lands right on the ribs. Lewis
misses hard left and they mix it,
Lewis putting hard left to the body
and missing one of the same kind for
the jaw. Root succeeds in landing
bad jolt on the head. Lewis puts a
They both land rights and lefts to the
head. Lewis puts a right to the ribs.
Root lands a right to the stomach a
little too low and is called down by
the referee. The crowd was cheering
wildly and seemed to believe that Root
had the best of the round.
Round 3-Lewis plants left to the
face and misses a right jab to the
stomach. He misses left to the face
and plants two light ones on the face.
They both miss swings and both land
right and left to the face. Lewis puts
a right and left to the ribs and left
to the face. Root hooks his right to
the head and puts his right to the jaw.
Both connect with the right. Lewis
puts right and left to the face and
misses a terrific blow to the body.
Lewis tries one for the nose and lands. |
He hooks left and right to the head
and misses bad swing on the jaw, |
the bell finding them in clinch.
Round 4-Last round-Lewis puts a
light one on the face and comes back |
with right on the jaw. Root plants
a heavy left on the jaw and misses
another one for the same place. Lewis !
lands on the nose and misses a right |
for the chin. Root sends in left on |
the face and Lewis forces Root with |
torrent of rights and lefts over the |
head into the ropes. They mix it and |
Root, covering up, puts terrific right
to the Texas fighters stomach. Lewis |