Show rOGERS AND AN CAPONI fiGHT I. I REfEREE CALLS IT II A ORA DRAV W Wl l I om Painter was the refer referee e of or the Jack Tony Rogers Caponi bout at the last night and at atthe the end of ten rounds of fast milling he hethe allied 1 the go a a. draw The friends of Rogers Rogel's were vere delighted and evidenced their friends of t approval by loud applause The Caponi yelled Rotten rhe S unprejudiced members of the audience decided Painter aint r had made anither an an- ither ther mistake poni was ag easily easil the better of the Ule theat I Iwo wo mea at every eer stage of the te Aames game RogeRS s was as severely punished in practically ti a y every ery round and in the s second cond n-en n t to the floor for a count of six Caponi Capont landed a straight ht left to tom taw I I h i m was the TIO old story of of ofa a novice amp jame and willing matched a against an experienced ced ring general Rogers Deemed to realize from the opening of ot round that toot he was a beaten 11 but determined to put up a stub stub- jony orD battle and he did I Possibly it was wall his willingness to toome toome I ome on that to some somo extent influenced end Painters Painter's decision There is no l Il question ion but that Rogers fought his l oest- oest St lie He landed more blows than the thet Italian t lian but they the were not nearly neady as or s lean elean as those of the sunny Italy Itah t espite his knockdown in the second roup round Rogers raine aIDe up strong in ill the hi l' l land and landed three successive lefts tolie toie Italians Italian's Italian s 's face fale but butt th the blows ep d to lack steam Caponi did not notera e era eem to like it it though and after a a. of feinting landed on Rog Bog nose starting the blood in a tream IC success of his offensive offense e tactics l' l Ii e e. e th third rd encouraged Ro Rogers ers to try again Agam in the fourth but an upper upper- uti-to uti the jaw naw aw followed bv by straight ht e W to the face put him on n the he Ie ue ue- a as SS tho the Italian coolly followed himl i about the the- ring Toward the tho close cole If the round Rogers landed a left wing which rocked the Italian s 's bead f o. o it mo moment ent but hI he rallied quickly mil hd Wf we nicely placed ed blows to the thA lo- lo ca cal man mans man's s 's sore face caused Ro Rogers ers to haug hang on as the round closed From this on oi until toward the close of the eighth it was ws is all alf Caponi Then the Italian began to stall and the cheering for Rogers started up again The local bo boy heard the call of his friends friend and tried a 1 a right swing which Caponi easily blocked and whipped across a wick wicked cd left to the jaw a and d dRo Ro Rogers ers hung h on lie appeared to be in distress as the gong on sounded At the close of th the ei eighth Caponi stated to his seconds that he lic had hurt burt his right hand band earlier in the fi fight ht and could not use USA it Durin During the remainder remainder remain remainder remain remain- der of the fight it was evident thai that something was wron wrong but successful blocking and strai straight ht lefts effective tive enough nou h to give ive him the shade in inthe in inthe the tho ninth and aud n lin even oen break in iii in the tent tenth Ii All AU in all sU all it was wasa a rattling good rood bout from the standpoint There was no loafing and the fighting wa elt chan il throughout The preliminary between Joe Pearlon learlon of Garfield arfield and Peter Jensen u. u the Bit Bt thing Dane Daue of Denver Dener ws was booked t t to togo go six six rounds and lasted into the third when the Dane Dano sent a Tight right to the jaw jawand jawand jawand and took the count At the end of the second round complained com coin that he lie had broken his hand but hut Referee Hardy Downing refused to stop the fl fight ht Kangaroo A Allen Jen and aud Y Young Tommy Ryan Rvan were put on in t a barrel fight which served en to amuse the crowd for fifteen minutes Ryan was given gh-en the decision having knocked his opponent nent neut off his feet eighteen times while he hl went to the floor eleven eleen times Pete Alexander refereed this thi cont contest st st. |