The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
Honors Easy at the End
of the Sixth
Round.
Lively Fighting From the Call
OF "Tine" to the Closing
Gong.
Referees Decision Gives Satisfaction
to the Sports Who Wit
messed the Mill.
Special Dispatch to The Call

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Joe Walcott and
Tom Tracey met tonight for six
rounds in the Winter Circus building
at Harmon Court and Wabash ave-
nue.. The decision of the referee was
a draw, it being accepted as eminently
q fair one by the crowd. Before the
fight it was announced that If Walcott
won the fight he was open to fight for
the middle-weight championship of
the world. And" said Sol Van
Praag. who made the announcement,
''he has posted $1,000 with Louis House
man of Chicago as forfeit, and he pre-
fers Kid Mccoy"
This was greeted with jeers by the
crowd and loud cries of ''Lavigne
Lavigne" ORourke then authorized
the announcement that walcott was
matched to fight Kid Lavigne at 1877
pounds, the fight to come off on Feb
ruary % in San Francisco.
Walcott was the first in the ring and
was followed quickly by Tracey. In
the latter's corner were Billy O'Con-
nell, Joe Choynski and Billy Stiff.
Behind Walcott were Bob Armstrong,
Billy White and Tom O'Rourke.
George Siler acted as referee. Walcott
weighed very close to 100. Tracey be-
tween 143 and AS.
Round 1-Waleott led with left, follow
ed it up and caught Tracey with his left
on face and then left on body and the
men clinched both hitting hard with the
free arm. WalcOtt landed on the kid
neys with his right. Tracey got two
Round 2-Walcott landed right on the
face and a left on the body. Walcott
men fighting hard with the free arm.
Tracey landed a hard left in the face,
sending Walcotts head back. Tracey
landed left on the breast. then led with
his right. Walcott ducked and landed
both hands on the body as the gong
sounded.
Round .$-Tracey landed 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 Walcott
put his left on the face. Tracey rushed
and the men clinehed, Walcott getting
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 lghtng hard with the free arm
when the gong sounded and neither
would let go, Referee SIler having hard
time to part them.
the body and then put his right on the
jaw. Tracey then sent his right to the
body and got a left on the jaw, Walcott
countering very neatly. Tracey sent his
right TO the body again and put his left
hard on the face and a clinch followed,
both men punching viciously with the
body and the men clinched Tracey get
ting a left to the face in the breakaway.
Round Tracey landed a 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 q few seconds,
before the referee had any time to count
Walcott landed a right on the body. fol-
followed. Tracey sent his right hard to
the body, and second later repeated the
q9sS n Vigorous Re LETT fas9 n6 Wac9t
body, and both men slugged in lively
FASHION, Tracey putting in right and
colt landed his right on the body as the
gong sounded. at the close of this round
Tracey was bleeding slightly on the left
cheek.
Round s-The men went right at it
as the gong sounded and both landed
light rights on the body and clinch fol-
lowed Tracey put his left on the face.
Both led for the, body with the left.
Both were blocked and cIinch followed.
Tracey, who was somewhat inclined to
keep away In this round, got his right to
left to the breast, rushing Tracey to the
ropes. Walcott then landed a right on
face, and then sent his right hard on
the body. Waloott then put his left on
the mouth, and Tracey got right hook
on the jaw, neither doing much damage.
The men fought hard throughout
and the number Of blows landed was
about even. Tracey reached Walcott
nearly every time he went for him and
was the more clever In keeping out of
the way, but Waleott landed heavily
when he had Tracey where he could
get at him.
The preliminary bout was between
Harry Harris and David Rauch OF
Chicago, the former at 1001s pounds
and the latter at 106. 1t was for six
rounds and was declared a draw. jos
Sturch of Chicago and Steve Flanagan
of Philadelphia met at 107 pounds
Malachi Hogan of Chicago acting ms
referee. The referee declared the bout
a draw, although the majority thought
Flanagan should have the decision, he
having landed five blows to one by
Sturch. Henry Lyons and Eddi,
Sanley, both of Chicago, fought a sig
round draw, both men fighting hard
throughout.