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iTHURSTONWONFROMWILLIE IN THE FIFTH ROUND»»» » XXftl € “I lost b|r HJJ can ‘ s-* ness. I bad him ’ I it out and I wanted to give t crowd their * money worth* 1 i fight him ** again any time, and put up $500 side b t. * “(A HI-JOB WILLIE.” *j With a hard right and left upper j cut to tj** wind, a at Iff left on the jaw, and finally a stiff right hook to the heart that did not travel more than six inches, and which could be heard beyond the ring side, “Fighting IHiteh Thurston of Han Francisco, a.! Charlif Willie of Chicago, downto defear l-ist night at Scribner’s Opera House in one of the fastest and prettiest fistic battles that has everi * n witnessed at the weight in thiscit or any other.i Kim ti e first clap of the gong it a a a I: fight, and when in the third and four;h. w ith a whirlwind of body blow- Willie sent the Dutchman down n p a'ediy and seemed to have him a : but out, a crowd of 40u men stood up and cheered for every blow landed;; in when Thurston sprang fresh fromhis corner in the fifth, and after a minute and a half of fierce infighting had bis man so groggy that it is seconds threw the sponge into the r ; and stopped the fight, the crowdwlt; nt wild. Whether that round was asuperb piece of generalship or an evidence of splendid staying powers will probably never he known, but atall events the Dutchman was rightthere with the punch for every second of the time and won by clean, aggressive fighting.THE FIGHT BY ROUNDSRound 1— The bell brought both men to tin* center of the ring. Both were sparring for an opening. Willie landed light left on jaw and they clinched. Thurston put light left to thlt;* face, and Willie came back with a left to the mouth and right to the wind that did no damage. Thurston blocked a left to the jaw and swur^g his right to the kidneys. They exchanged lefi and right and Thurston put a ligLt left to the face. Willie put right to nose and blocked right liook to the wind. Thurston landed a left on the ribs as the bell rang.Hound 2 Willie put light to the jaw and they cl inched. ThurstonMocked hard right to tin* body and put his left to the face. Thurston put two lefts to the face and they clinched Willie Swung hard right to thekidneys and they clinched. Thurston put hard left to kidneys and Willie laughed. He swung right to the faceand they clinched. Thurston blocked right to body. They mixed. Willie put hard right, left and right to the body and right to face. He was forcing the fighting and had Dutch to the ropes when the bell rang.Hound 3 — I lot h sprang from their corners at the bell. Willie put right to body without damage. They mixed and came to clinch. Willie forcedthe fighting and in a mix up landed right left and right to body, and Dutch went down for six counts. Willie was right afiet him again with right to jaw and right and left to wind. Willie landed stiff left on windand Thurston went down again for seven counts. Willie landed ruht to face. Thurston rallied and left to fac e and two rights to the body. me blows lacked steam and did no damage Willie forced the fighting and sent Thurston down again with right I left and right to wind. Thurston seemed all hut out and the bell saved him.Hound 4—-Thurston put light left to w, and Willie swung hard right to ear. Thurston put. two light lefts to face and then Willie forced the fighting again. He played for the body landing right and left at will. Dutch went down for five counts before a whirl wind of body blows They elinched Willie sent right to face and hard tight to wind Thurston went down for eight counts. Willie played!J«^ x “I said I would beat him in9 five rounds and I did. He neverP had me going, and I was letting him fight hiraseit out. ‘C HARLES T H U K ST OX* ** X*»*tor a knock out but couldn t land the punch. He sent hard left to the wind and a hard right to body that sent Thurston over the ropes. Either he was stalling or the bell saved him.Hound 5 -There was more than the minut. interval while the ropes were repaired and Thurstoji came up fresher than Willie. He started after his man and after less than a minute Willie went down with a left to the jawarid a hard right to the wind that, oti d be heard outside the ropes. When ho got up he was groggy and could not cover. Thurston put ward left to the wind, and a vicious right hook to the heart. Willie staggered and was nil but out. His seconds threw* the sponge into the ring. Referee Burge stopped the fight.The Preliminaries.The preliminaries were betweenYoung Sharkey of Bakersfield and Young Peter Jackson of Kern, and between Bright Eyes of Bakersfield and Hamilton of Madera. Both went for six rounds and were declared draws. Hamilton had the best of it in the second preliminary, but the fight was declared a draw because he refused to weigh in. Billy Burge was referee.
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The Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, Feb 23, 1905
Page 6
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