The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-28
SIX ROUNDS OF SLUGGING.
WALCOTT-TR ACEY FIGHT CALLED
DRAW.

Roth Fight Hard Throughout the
Will ana the Number OF Blows
Landed About Even Tracey
Reaches WnIcOtt Nearly Every
Time and Proves More Clever in
Keeping Out of the Way-WRIcOtt's
Blows Fun of Force When Planted.
Chicago, Dec. 27.-Joe Walcott and Tom
Tracey met here Tonight for six rounds.
The. referees decision of a draw was ac-
cepted as eminently fair by the crowd.
Before the fight il was announced that if
Walcott won the fight he was open TO
fight for the middleweight championship
OF the world, and said Sol Van Praag,
who made the announcement. ''he has
posted $1,000 with Louis Houseman of Chi
cago as a forfeit. and he prefers Kid Nc
Coy"
This was greeted with jeers by the crowd
and loud cries of 'Lavigne, Lavingne."
O'Rourke then announced the fact that
Walcott wat matched to fight Lavigne at
137 pounds Feb % in San Francisco.
Walcott was the first in the ring and
was followed quickly by Tracey. In the
latters corner were Billy OConnell, Joe
Choynski and Billy Stiff Behind walcott
was Bob Armstrong. Billy White and Tom
O'Rourke. George Siler acted as referee.
Walcott weighed very close to $50; Tracey
between 143 and las. The story by rounds
follows:
Round 1.-Walcott led with his left, fol-
lowed it up and caught Tracey with his
left lightly on the body. Tracey landed
left on the face and then landed on the
body, then the men clinched both hitting
hard with the free arm. Walcott landed
on the kidneys with his right Tracey got
two rights to the breast as the gong
sounded.
Round 2.-Walcott landed right on the
face and left on the body. Walcott then
rushed and a clinch followed, both men
fighting hard with the free arm. Tracey
landed a hard left in the face, sending
Walcott's head back with a straight left.
Tracey landed a left on the breast and
landed with his right Walcott ducked
and landed both hands on the body as the
gong sounded.
Round 3-Tracey landed a right on the
body, and Walcott came back at him with
another of the same sort. Tracey then sent
his right to the body and Wacott put his
left on the face. Tracey rushed and the
men clinched. Walcott getting a hard right
to the body as Tracey closed in on him.
Tracey sent a hard left to the jaw and
the men clinched. Both were fighting
hard with the free arm when the gong
sounded, and neither would let go. Referee
Siler had hard time TO part them.
Round 4-Tracey landed his right on the
body and then put his right on the jaw.
Tracey then sent his right to the body and
and got a left on the jaw, Walcott coun-
tering very neatly. Tracey then sent his
right to the body again and put his left
hand in the face, and a clinch followed
and both men punched very freely with
the free arm. Walcott put his right on
the body and the men clinched Tracey
getting a left to the face in the break
away.
Round 5-Tracey landed hard left on
the jaw as the men met in the center of
the ring. He then rushed, swinging at
Walcott with the left He slipped and,
went to the floor, Walcott catching him
with a left hook on the head as he went
down. Tracey was up in a few seconds
before the referee had any time to count.
Walcott landed a right on the body, fol-
lowing it up with the left and clinch fol-
lowed. Tracey sent his right to the body,
and a second later repeated the dose in a
vigorous fashion. Walcott rushed in, get
ting in a left and right on the body. Both
men slugged in a lively fashion, Tracey
putting in right and left on the body in
the mix-up. Walcott landed his right hard
on the body as the gong sounded At the
close of this round Tracey was bleeding
slightly on the left cheek.
Round 6-The men went right at it as the
gong sounded, and both men landed light
rights on the body and a clinch followed.
Tracey put his left on the face. Both led
for the body with the left Both were
blocked and a clnch followed. Tracey,
who was somewhat inclined to keep away
in this round, got his right to the body
and Walcott got in a stiff left In the breast,
rushing Tracey to the ropes. Walcott
then landed right on the body. Tracey
got a right and left to the face and then
sent his right hard on the body. Walcott
then put his left on the mouth and Tracey
got a right hook on the jaw, neither do
ing much damage. The men were SPAR
ring in the center of the ring when the
gong sounded
Both fought hard throughout, and the
number of blows landed was about even
Tracey reached Wolcott nearly every time
he went for him, and was the more clever
in keeping out of the way, but Walcott
landed heavily when he had Tracey where
ne could get at him.