Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-09-13

under the ropes the cheers were in
creased to shouts, shrill whistles and
the stamping of feet Both fighters
weighed about the same at the ring
side. The gong was sounded and
both fighters advanced toward each
other, mixed it little and each
tried to solve the others defense
The round ended with cheer upon
cheer for "Freck." Every round after
that they responded the same way
when Lydon went to his corner Har-
ris was completely outclassed Ly-
don solved his opponents defense
after the first round. "Freck" would
just stand little distance away and
hammer Harris right in the eye un-
.til the former wished to stop and
try some other method of knocking
out the fighter who claims to have
fought 76 battles and hasn't taken
the count yet. At the end OF the
fourth one Of Harris eyes was swol-
len up and Lydon's nose was bleed
ing.
In the next round the pride of To
nopah hit the swollen eye and cut
it open. Harris couldn't see out Of
that eye the rest of the fight. In
the sixth Harris was getting winded
and Lydon was hammering him at
his will He was trying for a knock
out but after a clinch Harris was a
little distance away from his oppon.
lent when he was seen 10 swing as
/ if to deliver an uppereut, but if
stead of that he fouled "Freck' ias
hard as he could in the groin. Ly.
don made fighting position but
suddenly doubled up and lay down
IN the ring Ii was some minutes
before Lydon was revived enough
to be helped down to the dressing
room. Harris didn't even go over tc
inquire how bad he had fouled him
Many fans went away with the i'm
preston that was the only way Har
ris could hold his record of never
having taken the count Jack Laml
gave the decision to Lydon. All wht
Witnessed the fight went away salts
fled that they received their money
worth.
Two rafting good preliminarie
were scheduled The first one wa
between Bobby Trudgeon and soldie
Dale of Denver. The result was
draw. Both boys fought their yer
best and did some clever fightinl
Bobby was substitute becaus
Bob Beko failed to show up, This
the second time he failed to appea
on account Of cold feet" as McCart
expressed It.
The next was to be a six roun
contest between wildcat" Altma
and AL Jellner, colored AL starte
out slowly and when wildcat" pol
ed him good hard one in the ia
!. AL woke up and started in slammin
to the right and left He had h
j opponent winded in the first ha
? of the first round but he too g
= winded. The next round was not
y ing much but a rough and tumb
Z match All would swing at Altma
2 and both would clinch and roll ov'
o the floor Thirty seconds before Il
r end of the second round AL fell
Il between the ropes and couldn't g
J. up. His seconds had to drag hi
u to his corner There were thr'
> fouls in this three round contes
a the first when wildcat" hit a slig
u blow below the belt. the second VIII,
ID AL tried to hit back while the It
e. cree was in between the two fighte
r. and the last when al was on t
as floor with Altman STOPPING over wi
" his arms around al and was usi
or his shoulder.
IL There was much disappointme
in this bout because they all thoug
N It would last longer, but since it "
the first time that AL has ever foug
es in the ring he did pretty well.