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Chicago Boxer Lasts Less Than Two founds with Sullivan. ■— V : -Washington Boy Scored Easy Victory -with Punches to the Stomach—In-s^ tercity Bouts in Two Weeks..* cSp«cla.V to The Wanhinglon Post.Baltimore, Feb. 2—“Kid'* Sullivan, of Washington, hooked the “can’? to Kid Pfirkei*, of Chicago, to-night, in less than two rounds* Coming out Qf the West with the reputation of having- met some of Uio gpqd ^4^^ of. the “wild and Wooiy, Parser ran up aroinsf 'tho ironli-v 0at boy of Washington, and went to the floor in four and a half minutes, gasping: for aome. of the zero air that Was circulating around German Maennercthor Hall.Parker wah clever la the first round, both in science and footwork. He srtung; StiUiva'n ou the jaw several times with his right, hut the Washington boy apparently did not mind that- Ho was content to let the Chicagoan go a® far as he liked, While Sullivaai felt his way. It Jbok only the. one round to . size up Parker.Shortly after the second started, Sullivan handed Parker a stinger on the jaw with his right, and followed it with a vicious left in the spot where Parker lives. Parker grew, pale in an instant, which foretold his ultimate defeat. • Par- , ker faintly tried for a right swing, but. Sullivan hit. him again In the bread basket, and t^e champion, went to the floor. After the count Parker was carried to his * corner and was revived in a minute.Sullivan’s infighting was great. He could beat any one of his weight in the country, provided the contestants were reauirod to protect themselves In the breaks, and this is where Parker got his.In the semJ-wind-up, Kid Egan, of Washington, lost to Kid- 'Putts, of Philadelphia, in five rounds, Tutts was fully twelve pounds heavier than the Capital City boy; also he had the height and reach to spore, so there was small chan.ce for Egan to get^ihe best of it, although he -fras going some toward the end.Manager Herford announced that on •Friday night, February Iff, he would have intercity matches, Baltimore and Wash-ington boys being the contestants. Tommy Lowe and Harry Scroggs will meet In teii rounds, and Ianny Lewis, the Georgetown boy, is carded to go the same num-j ber of rounds with Joe -Tlpman, of Baltimore.
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Washington Post
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sat, Feb 03, 1906
Page 19
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