Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-19

The fifth clearly indicated that the
bout would not go to the limit sched-
uled Webster rushed OConnell to the
ropes frequently with rights to the
head and body, and in the final seconds
of the round he cornered O'Connell and
put him down with a stiff right to the
stomach The bell sounded while
O'Connell was taking the count, but
he was up quickly when the round
ended.
Before the sixth round was half a
minute. cid Webster rushed O'Connell
Ia-ttlie ropes and put him down with g.
left to the wind. O'Connell stayed down
for the count of eight and arose on the
defensive. Danny staggered him with
a right swing to the jaw. and followed
with a right hook to the same place,
sending O'Connell down the second
time for nine. Immediately after
O'Cornell arose Webster again knocked
him down with another right to the
jaw and a left to the wind, O'Connell
taking the count of nine again. Danny
became anxious to end the bout and
wrestled OConneu to the mat. As
O'Connell got up Danny again knocked
him down with a left to the wind, and
the fight would have ended right there
had not the bell sounded when Referee
Eyton reached the count Of five O'Con-
nell was unable to rise and had TO be
assisted to his corner.
Clean Knockout Scored
Danny started whirlwind effort at
the beginning of the seventh, stagger-
ing O'Connell with two quick rights to
jaw and wind. He swung his left to
the stomach and O'Connell went to the
mat for nine. When he arose Webster
rushed him and knocked him through
the ropes with a stiff left to the wind.
At this juncture Referee Eyton stopped
the fight and O'Connel's seconds began
to work over him. After two or three
minutes he was able to be assisted to
his chair. and in a short time he re
vived sufficiently to leave the ring.
Webster fought fast and heady
battle. and again demonstrated that he
is of championship caliber by his classy
fight all the way. He kept O'Connell
smothcred with rights and lefts, play
ing to the head and wind almost ex-
clusiVely, and never was hurt during
the seven rounds of fighting. His
blocking and speed were of an i'm
proved order and all his blows carried
considerable steam.
Russell Wins Opener
The curtain raiser was a lively six
round bout between Eddie Russell and
Jack Boyd. Russell easily outpointed
Rovd because of the latter's inexperi-
eltte anu SIlOultl llctNC Nbil LlAN Ile7Llh ~
the knockout route in the fourth round.
In this session he had Boyd down for
the count of seven, and when he arose
he could not defend himself, but Rus
sell could not finish him. In the sixth
Boyd staggered Russell with a right
hook to the jaw, but Russell was quick
To recover and easily ended the round
in his favor. Russell did some dirty
work in the final round, hitting Boyd
so low that the crowd at the ringside
hfssed and hooted him, but the foul
was unintentional and did not affect
the result.
Livermore Wins Again
The second preliminary was sched-
uled as a ten-round bout between Joe
Livermore and frankie Harris, who
fought at the previous show at Maud
Junction. Their previous battle was at
six rounds and was so unsatisfactory
to both that they agreed upon a ten
round journey to prove their claims as
to individual supremacy.
The first round went to the credit Of
ItYermore by narrow margin, both
bovs showing some speed and clever
ness and fighting a good battle. In
the last minute of the round LiVermore
butted Harris and knocked him to the
mat but Harris was up Immediately,
Ifyermore became aggressive in the
second and rushed Harris to the ropes
two or three times in the early stages,
landing effective body blows with oc-
casional hooks to the head. They
fought rather evenly in the latter part
of the round until Harris swung wild,
when Livermore rushed him around
the ring and planted his right to body
and head.
The third round was featureless
beyond the fact that both boys were
going at good pace with Livermore
still on the aggressive and rushing
Harris. 1t was even uD at the gong.
I.fvernore started the fourth round