Show ROOT ROO GETS VERDICT VERDICT OVER GEORGE GARDNER SAN FRANCISCO Feb I. I In I.-In In the seventh round of f what was to have been beena a twenty round encounter between G George Geqrge Gardner Cardner of Lowell Mass and Jack Root of Chicago the latter was v a awarded a d decision here tonight upon the claim of ot foul In a hurricane fight that developed Gar Gardner ner as the aggressor but Root a ad the superior boxer the Lowell man was beaten and finally forfeited the light upon a blow conceded by a majority of the of-the the spectators spectators tors to have been a straight foul Gardner found In Root no such easy opponent as aa Kid Cater had been nor did Root fi find d in Gardner so easily a man man as was Byers when hen the thet t two vo met here Garrier however r fought rought on the outside in a wild and uncertain style while Root fought on the inside det determinedly and well i Gardner suffered the disadvantage of having his left eye ere practically closed I by a right hand punch in the second round and he was never himself after atter that In the fourth round however he ic missed his only opportunity during the battle battie The Lowell man delivered a vigorous right hand punch that caught Root apparently behind the Carand ear Car ar and the Chicago man went down Root took the count to four seconds then held In a clever clinch saving himself for lor nearly half a minute until his head lead was clear In the sixth round Gardner wa was fighting low and the claim of foul was wras made upon two occasions but I Ig Ig- Ig g noted by Referee Phil Wand Vand When the he round closed Gardner was plainly In n distress and stood small chance of winning In Tn the seventh round after one minute and six forty seconds of deserate desperate desperate des- des erate work Gardner started a left rip for the stomach and caught taught Root Root squarely in the groin The Chicago man ian sank to the floor with a groan and m J Gardner was dragged to his corner cornor by ay his trainer Alec Greggains Referee Wand Vand at once awarded the decision to Root and Gardner approaching him prote protested ted that the blow was purely ac ac- ac- ac 1 The people gathered In Inthe I. I the Mechanics l pavilion hissed Gardner as he left eft for his and applauded Root with vigor when he had sufficiently recovered to leave the ring |