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Show iilUlFfUHN IN' TCI "TENTH SAN - FB ANCISCO, . Nov. Al .Kaufman pare 6am Berber an . awful beating lAJt night, and when Berger waa practically Cut his seconds threw up the sponge in thA tenth round. Only one did tferger seem to hava a chance. Tls was in the third round. At the taenia? of the round he dropped Kaufman Kauf-man with a right to the. jaw. Kaufman Kauf-man stayed down nine seconds. . Berger floored him ugain th a left to the same place. - Again Kaufman took the count for tilc seconds and then got op Again. In a clinch Berger threw him to the floor again but Kaufman came up strono- and fought back hard. In the second round Kaufman landed with his right on Berger 's jaw and floored bim Eerger stayed down nine seconds and came up groggy, but managed man-aged to last through- the round. ' After the third round Kaufman fought in clof e and 4itd damaging work witn right and left uppercnta that Ber-gr Ber-gr apparently could not avoid. In the last few roaid he grew steadily, weaker. weak-er. His leas wobbled and his blow; lacked stca-n. Occasionally he would stand no and erring, but he seldom landed. land-ed. All tUo. time Kaufman was boring in and nppeicutting in the clinches. In the ninth imti" Berger went down for the eount with a right to the jaw. Be got up ai.u Kaufman slugged him all through the iet of the round. When the tenth round opened Kaufman went at his mar hnd vorv soon beat him into a state of uelple&sness. Berger could not bold up lis hands or head end was from the tim about to fall to the floor, whin his 4?, one's threw up the sponge. Tn the enrlv part of the fight Berger showed sifnu of cleverness, but he lacked steam. Kaufman, on the contrary, con-trary, was slower but strong, and kept aftfr his mm all through the fight. Judging from last night's exhibition, neither man is a serious candidate for championship honors. . - For a heavyweight fight it was a very fast contera Both men weighed io yesterday afternoon after-noon and Berger tipped the beam at about 190 pounds. Kaufman weighed about five pounds less. Tonight the bettino- varied from odds of 10 to 8 to I 10 tw 7, with Berger the favorite, i Burger hsd for seconds Jimmv Britt, Jack Gleason. Martin Murphv and Louts Belleatro. Kaufman was looked aftor by Billy Dr-'aney, his manager and traiuer; Jor Thomas, Harry Foley and Jack (Twin) Sullivsn. |