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Show GANS-WALCOTT FI6DTT0 DRAW Decision Was Not Liked by Spectators. Crowd of Opinion That Gans Should Have Been Favored. Contest Throughout Was Purious; Walcott Broke His Arm in I Fourth Round. ! WOODWARD'S PAVILION. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 30. Joe GanB and Joe Wnlcott, holders, respectively, of tho Ughtwelsht and welter-weight championships, champion-ships, fought twenty rounds to a draw at Woodward's pavilion tonight The decision de-cision was not well received by many of the spectators, who seemed of tho opinion that Gans should liavo been favored. Was Furious Fight, Tho fight throughout was furious. Gans started off llko a winner, enjoying a decided de-cided advantago ln the opening two roundB. After tho second round, however, when toward the middle of tho contest, Walcott, employing his right almost exclusively ex-clusively to GajiB'c body and kidneys, gained a decided lead. Walcott put tremendous tre-mendous power behind his blows, and several sev-eral times greatly weakened Gans, who was unable to stop the terrific onslaught Walcott Changes Tactics. After tho tenth round GanB succeeded in evading most of Walcolt'a vicious swings and forced Wnlcott to change his tactics. Ho met Walcott's leads with Hlraight, clean rights and lefts to tho face, and several times had Walcott dazed. The latter twico experienced difficulty In locating lo-cating his corner. From the eleventh to tho sixteenth roiuids It v.'a3 nip and tuck, first one and then tho other taking tho leud, u-i dufl Tide Turns to Gans. The tide turned In Gans's favor ln tho seventeenth round. In this round Gans met all Walcott's rushes with straight rights from tho shoulder and forced Walcott Wal-cott to light back wildly. Tho nineteenth round nearly saw Walcott's finish. GanB started the round with a tremendous right amash to Walcott's Jaw and soon had Walcott In apparont distress. Ho outfought out-fought his opponent, who failed to land a blow ln thlH round. Several times Gans sent his right and left to tho faco with terrillc force. Gans cleverly blocking any attempts to counter. Decision Not Well Received. Tho twentieth and last round was a repetition of the preceding round. Gann employed his right and left principally on the face, and Walcott laced out his right and left but failed to find a resting place-on place-on his shifty opponent. In the Infighting Gans was clearly Walcott's master. Tho decision of Cho rcferco was greoled with tremendous hooting and hissing and cries of "Gans!" "Gans!" Walcott's Arm Broken. After the fight It developed that Walcott had broken his right arm. An examination examina-tion made of the Injured member ; disclosed that tho arm was broken at the elbow, tho accident occurring in tho fourth round. A doctor ln altendanco vorlficd tho statement state-ment as to his Injury. Has No Criticism. Gans said: "I think It was a bad do-clsion. do-clsion. hut do not caro to offer any criticism." criti-cism." Then, to show that no lll-fcollng existed, he walked across tho ring and Bhook hands with Walcott. Walcott's manager staled his wllHmr-n wllHmr-n ss to give Gans a return match for $1000. tho same weights to govern, namoly, 141 pounds at the ringside. |