The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27

SAN FRANCISCO. May 2s.-It took
Georg. Green fifteen rounds 10 accomplish
the hardest task he Rad ever undertaken
fl his pugiiistic career when ne defeated
Charles McKeever. Of Philadelphia. to-
night But he. did H. and while the end
was somewhat sudden and the decision
not generally understood. owing 10 tie
confusion the result was satisfactory 10
the l. 80 spectators. The contest was not
able Anr the terrific pace set by 6reen-
He has always been known as rusnins
fighter, but his work in toaignts coatest
ecIinsed all former records in that regard
In fact, il was the pace that told on NC
keever almost as much as the terrible
punching he received about the body at
tire hands of Green
There were TO slow rounds. 40 sparrtns
for wind. but IL was fight all the tine'
except wHn Mckeever chung 10 his OPP
ponent ,akav being Knocked out. Green
did almost all the leading, LANDING -
peatedly IN every round on the wind with
LEFT swings and over the heart with right
drives.
In The second round Green put hard
right over MeKeever's left eye, opening a
big cash. from which the blood trickied
down the Phiiadeiphians face and chest
Mckeever waited for Green's leads all
through and countered on the head with
his right Green swung on Mckeevess
on his hack Mckeever solved the TICK
and retaliated hy throwing the Caiifor-
MAN, but Green brought him down in the
fall and they rolled completely over, sep
arating in the middle Of the ring twice
Green claimed foul on Mckeever's low
left swings for the body. and once caught
the Eastern mans hand between his legs
and held IT, calling the referees attention
20 the blow The referee. however. al
lowed the fight 10 go on without rendering
ruling on the blow.
In the eighth. ninth and tenth rounds
both men were tired, but Green Kept after
Mcksever never allowing him a mo-
ment's rest. and at the end of the twelfth
he had McKeever so weak from his body
blows that the latter resorted 10 clinching
and hanging on 70 Green TO avoid being
knocked out. He showed wonderful VI
tally, and came up after the minute
rest comparatively fresh. The men fought
So fast ard furIously In the fourteenth that
the end Of that round found them both
weak and at a standstiil. Green went aft
er his man at the beginning of the next
round and kept at 1t. swinging his left on
the body and punching with his right over
the heart until the Fastener was weak
and going when time was called.
Then came the final round. Mckeever
coming up weak while Green showed al
most as much WEAKNESS. A couple OF
swings from Green on the body. and Mo
keeYer went reeling TO the ropes. Green
followed up. swinging right and left on
head and putting In an occasional left
on the body. He got Mckeever in cor
ner and pounded him hard until the lat
ter cinch.d. When they broke away
Green stepped back into the center of
the ring. leaving McKeever leaning on
the ropes. with blood flowing from his
nose. Mckeeyer went down without any
further blows being struck. and the ref
cree announced Green the winner on ac-
count OF McKeever going down without
being struck He was not counted out
The pugilist- actor. Johns. known in the
sporting world as Billy Elmer. punched
the face of jim Ryan, of Buffalo. \. Y.
10 the satisfaction of the crowd but not
tn that of the referee Hiram Cook. who
made himself very unpopular by declaring
Ryan the winner. while Elmer had all the
better OF the contest.