THE TOLEDO COMMERCIAL THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1897 MARTIN FLAHERTY vs DAL.HAWKINS

A SHORT FIGHT Hawkins Put Flaherty Out in a Rapid Manner

_ Carson, March 17. - The Flaherty- Hawkins fight, the first of the two min- or contests, was set for 3 o'clock, but it was 4 before the men entered the ring. At that time there was about

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1500 persons present. Both men were weighed in at 128 pounds. _ The fight was soon over. There was one exchange of blows, a clinch and a knockout. Flaherty going down as though he had been shot. It was all over in one minute and four seconds. The official timer gave the time as four seconds, but in his excitement he knocked off a minute. _ At the call of time Hawkins lost no time in going at his man. He swung his left hard on Flaherty's jaw, and the latter countered to the body. Then

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they clinched, hanging on to each oth- er for a few seconds. _ After the breakaway Hawkins land- ed a right swing on Flaherty's jaw, and followed the same in an instant, with a left swing on the same place. Flaherty fell over backwards, his head striking the floor with great force. He lay perfectly still, and was counted out. Then his seconds carried him from the ring.

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