[Cap]

Cuttings from The Los Angeles Herald, The Sacramento Daily Record-Union, and The San Francisco Call - March 1895....At Philadelphia Larry Frazier lost a decision to Philadelphia Jack O'Brien but won many new fans...Hazard's Pavilion in Los Angeles saw an out-of-shape John L Sullivan take a frightful beating from Oxnard's young bullock Sam McVea before the referee stopped the carnage in round five....Gus Ruhlin was likely behind on points when an ugly cut opened over Denver Ed Martin's left eye, blinding him and forcing referee John Eckhardt to award the fight to Ruhlin.....Abandoning his usual caution Jim Jeffries took the fight directly to his smaller foe and battered him from pillar to post coming within inches of knocking Tom Sharkey out in the ninth and tenth rounds....James Corbett and Jack Johnson put on a terrific display of scientific boxing much to the dismay of the uneducated mob who had paid to see gore....Referee Jack Welsh was asked about his decision and stated,"It was as pretty an exhibition of defensive boxing as I've ever had the pleasure to witness but neither man was able to hurt the other over the course of twelve rounds so I felt a draw was the fair call to make"....