The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-05

men did lot of clinching the crowd
calling for them to break away. White
sent left hook to stomach. Round was
even.
Round Two.
Welsh led with left to head and
White blocked and they ran into
long clinch. Welsh kept pounding
White on the kidneys in the clinches.
White sent two rights and lefts to
head and body. Welsh held on. The
men were in a clinch most of the
work.
Round Three.
They ran into a clinch and wrestled
about the ring. White sent right and
left hooks to body and repeated as
Welsh missed left to head. Few clean
busy prying the men apart. Round
even.
Fourth Round.
Again the men ran right into a.
ciinch. White missed left hook to
head. White sent right and left hooks
to body and had Welsh against the
ropes. Welsh missed left to head.
White countered with right to Welsh's
ear. All the fighting has been in
Whites corner. Whites round.
Fifth Round.
They fiddled for an opening and
clinched. White blocked several
short-arm blows to body. Welsh keeps
pounding the kidneys in the clinches
and Whites back is all red as re-
suit. The champion is keeping close
to the rope with his back &c the sun.
White landed left to body. Even
round.
| Round Six.
Roche tried to keep the men from
continual clinching. White rushed
Welsh to ropes and landed right and
| left to body. White sent left hook to
| ear. Welsh blocked straight left to
head. They were in a clinch at the
! bell Whites round.
| Round Seven.
White drove left hook to stomach.
| White sent right to jaw and they
clinched. Welsh sent left to chin.
White sent right to chin and then to
body. Shade for White.
Round Eight
They continued their clinching
Welsh landed lightly to nose and
clinched. Welsh tapped to nose light
ly again. White sent several upper
cuts to jaw as gong rang. Even
round.
Round Nine.
They alternated between sparring
| for opening and running into clinches
/ Welsh blocked several blows as he
| left to neck. White landed left to
head. Whites round.
Round Ten.
Welsh drove left to jaw White
sent right to head: Whites upper
cut was followed by left hook to ear.
| Whites round.
Round Eleven
] White sent left to head and Welsh
drove right to nose, rushing White
back. The fighting had been prac-
tically even this far. what lead White
had being only a shade White
roughed Welsh to head and body and
the champion clinched. Whites
Round Twelve.
White sent right and left uppereut
to body in the ciinch. White rocked
| Welsh with stiff uppercut to chin.
Welsh has been missing and RUNNING
into clinch. White rocked Welsh
with right and left jabs to head, but
the champion covered cleverly.
Whites round.
Round Thirteen.
Both men worked hard for an
opening White sent hard right to
Jaw. Welsh's few blows seemed tic
lack steam. They were in the usual
olinch when the round ended Whites
round.
Round Fourteen.
White assumed the aggressive and
landed right and left to body and head
and Welsh saved himself by clinch.
ing. A right to jaw forced Welsh te
!, the corner. White drove left twice tC
stomach. White landed right or
cheek. Whites round.
Round Fifteen.
| White landed two rights to BODY
and left to jaw and Welsh saved him.
self by clinching. Both men were
wrestling around the ring, Welsh beina
the greater offender. Even rourd
Round Sixteen.
, Welsh landed twice to nose with
straight lefts. and repeated to head
Welsh sent three left hooks to mouth
: in quick succession. 1t was Welsh
first round of the fight
Round Seventeen.
Neither man has hurt the other ane
neither shows any marks of the con.
test. Welsh landed left to the law
White drove left and right to BODY
: but Welsh blocked as he backed away
: Even round
/ Round Eighteen.
The crowd called to the men to figh,
instead of clinching all the time, neifh.
er man getting in telling blow
White slammed right and left hooks t.
ears. And again Welsh held to save
himself. Whites round. s7e
l Round Nineteen.
$ White drove left hook to- body
s White played a tattoo on WeIsh's fact
? with short right jabs. The GROVE
! roared its encouragement to White
E White drove right and left to bod,