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WALCOTT BHATS JACKSON.Tounds the Cnlirornian from the Start, butIfc flo'ds Up Well.(f?v Associated Pros;*.)BAl/Tl'MOHE, JID., Nov. 2S.—“Joe”Walcott got the decision over Young Peter iJackson t- .ore the Eureka Athletic Clubhere to-night, after twenty rounds of | perhaps tho fiercest fighting ever seen in this, city, most of which was done by Walcott. Jackson being on the defensive from start to finish.IWhen the men stripped and entered the ring. after three rattling preliminaries, Jackson stood fully three inchcs above Walcott, but lacked the sturdy build of the Boston colored man.Walcott sailed in from the vcrv first%with the evident intention of finishing l»i~ man as .soon as possible, and between laughs nil jokes with the spectators at the ringside, simply rained blow after blow upon the Californian. One round was merely a repetition of tho other, until the sixth. Walcott, doing all the leading and Jackson defending himself as well as he could. In this round Walcott sent i three hard j‘:ilis to the wind and got a ; stiff one on ihc mouth in return.In the eighth. . Jackson managed) to get in a good jab* on the fact, but Walcott pounded him so hard over theTTeart and kidneys that he soon had him groggy. The gong saved Jackson, who came up a little bit stronger in tho next round, but with his right eve completely closed and the blood flowing in streams from his left car.From this time on to the finish It was simply a question of whether Walcott could hit his man often enough and hard enough to put him out. The Californian, however, took his gruelling with remarkable fortitude, until the fifteenth round, when Joe sailed in, and after punching him all over the ring, unintentionally tripped him so that Peter landed on his ! back near the ropes. The chief of police j tUT-n interfered and ordered thn tight j stopped, to which decision Peter protested so vigorously that the chief relented and permitted' the pounding to continue. Five more rounds of the same kind of work ensued. Walcott doing all ihe leading and hitting, while Jackson, with thlt;* exception of a few feeble returns. did nothing but defend himself j and try to keep on his feet.---a--
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Richmond Times
Richmond, Virginia, US
Fri, Nov 29, 1901
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