The San Francisco call., 1896-10-07
But the Baltimore Feather.
Weight Clearly Fought
to Draw.
SURPRISE AND MUCH DISGUST.
After the Preliminary Bouts the Men
Fought Viciously, but the Cali.
fornian Was Favored.

NEW YORK, N. Y. Oct. 6.-Dal Haw-
kins OF California was given the decision
over Joe Ganz, the colored feather-weight
OF Baltimore, in their ffteen-round battle
at the Bohemian Sporting Club tonight.
Hawkins supporters were about as much
surprised at Referee Kelly's decision as
CAM hackers were disgusted. The con-
test was clearly draw. Hawkins. who is
protege of Jim Corbett. had the advan-
tage of height and reach over the colored
lad.
After the preliminary bouts were de-
cided the main contest was put on al 1880
o'clock. Hawkins was looked after by
Jim McVey, Corbett's sparring partner,
and Corbett himself sat within coaching
distance of the Cali.ornian's crowd. GAM
was taken care of by Al Hofferd of Balti-
more and Charley White. Hawkins
showed up we'll. and before the first round
was over it looked any odds on him. He
assumed the aggressive at once and fairly
smothered Ganz with heavy left swings
on the face and body. Ganz only landed
twice in the round.
The first part of the second was repe-
tition, and GAM was winded and nervous,
but recovered somewhat before the bell
rang
The Baltimorean had bit the best OF
the third. He found guard for Haw-
klns' swinging left and stopped some vi
cious attempts. Joe put in some good
body blows, and both were firing from the
fast pace. In the next GAM had his mans
measure. and keeping well away from
swings he forced the lighting and jabbed
bis man hard on the jaw with his left.
There was some very fast fighting in the
fifth, both exchanging hard body blows.
A hard swing on the jaw made Hawkins
rather dazed as the bell rang.
Hawkins opened the sixth round with a
hard left on the ribs, but GAM retaliated
sion with lefts in the face. Hawkins left
ear was bleeding and he clinched hard.
The Californian swung wildly and GAM
punched him hard. The Californian
steadied himself in the seventh and the
exchanges were even. Both fought very
fast at the start of the eighth. GAM
drove his mans head back with left on
the chin aad Hawkins came back with a
vicious swing that staggered the colorec
man.
Hawkins neck was very raw and red
and his left eye was swollen. In the ninth
and tenth rounds the fighting was even,
both countering with lefts. Neither used
the right with any effect.
GAM started in as il to finish his man
in the eleventh, but Hawkins came back
we'll. Hawkins was wild and the colored
lad let three or four openings pass by
badly. Hawkins got in some stinging
body blows in the twelfth, but Ganz evened
up matters with left iabs on the face.
Hawkins came up for the thirteenth
swinging his left in all directions, but
GAM avoided him neatly and jabbed him
hard on the body and jaw. 1t was Ganz'
round.
There was a lot OF vicious mitigating in
the fourteenth, of which Ganz had the
best. Hawkins swung swift left that
found an opening on the jaw. Ganz re-
turned with a corking left on the jaw that
sent Hawkins staggering across the ring,
but the Baltimore boy was fresh.
The last round was fast one. Dal
dashed George to the ropes and sent in
left on the face but the latter came back
smiling and jabbed his man several times.
They were fighting when the bell rang.
Most of the spectators had moved
toward the doors. thinking there would
be only one decision, and the astonish-
ment was universal when the referees
fat was announced. Many of the spec
tators thought that GAM should have
been given the decision, but the bout was
clearly and Enthusiastically draw.