The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-24
Ten Rounds Of Very Heavy
Punching in WoodWard's
Pavilion.
Greggans' Protege Fought Game Battle,
but He Was Thoroughly Outgeneraled
by His Clever Opponent

The National Athletic Club had very
swell attendance at Woodward's Pavilion
last evening. The results of the enter
tainment were that George Green knock
ed out Frank Mcconnell in the tenth
round of a twenty-round contest; Fred
Maynard won a decision over kid Nc
Fadden in ten rounds and Lou Agnew,
who was to fight Dudley Evans ten
rounds, was ordered out of the ring before
the end of the first round.
Jimmy Murphy was selected as referee
of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS contest and
because he rendered a very just decision
the gods in the gallery, who always favor
a slogger when he is pitted against a
clever man, hooted him numerically. In
fact. McFadden ran from his corner and
smashed Murphy few times because of
his very poor judgment. The contest was
scored repeatedly on Macs nose and eyes,
while the leads of the red-headed fighter
invariably fell short. True, McFadden
was the aggressor, but aggressiveness
without something more substantial back
of 1t will not count under Queensberry
ruling.
McFadden had probably the lead in the
eighth and ninth rounds, but in all other
rounds, Maynard outpointed his opponent
five TO one
Then came the event of the evening.
1t was a few minutes past 10 O'Clock
when Mcconnell. trained to the hour, and
his seconds, Tim McGrath, Joe Reay and
Frank Schiller, entered the ring and Sc
lected the losers corner.
Green, looking better than on many
past occasions, soon followed with his
esquires, namely bob" Macarthur, Frank
Foster and Frank Purcell.
1t was noticed that he had his hands
bandaged, but Macarthur explained this
condition of affairs by stating that
Heorge's knuckles We're still rather sore
from the punching he gave Billy Smith
in New York The fighters weighed in
yesterday afternoon at 152 pounds
1t was noticed just as soon as Referee
Jack" Kitchen ordered the men to the
center of the ring purposely to have an
understanding concerning clnching
breaking away, infghting, ETC., that Nc
Council had two or three inches the bet
ter OF Green in height, but what George
lost in stature he made amends for in
good trunk, good limbs and neck.
Soon after the conference the master
OF ceremonies with fog-horn voice an
nounced that the contestants had agreed
TO hit in a clinch or in the breakaway
This news fell like a stroke of lightning
on the ears of McConnell's friends. as
with the short and powerful arm and
muscular. shoulders had a decided ad-
vantage in this game over his opponent
of the racehorse build.
1t was 1920 o'clock when the gong
on the perch struck one, and Frank and
George sprang from their respective
scratch. Nc was first to lead a left,
which landed very lightly on Green s
ribs. This was followed by a clinch and
respectable breakaway. Mac. then
swung his left for the jaw, but George
ducked and missed a right swing which
was intended to land on Macs pointed
chin.
Green fddled around his quarry, and
getting within range of Macs face he
planted good right on the neck. This
was followed by a clinch, and in the
effect under Georges left arm. Green
was trying many moves in the hope of
discovering any new blows which his
opponent may have had up his sleeve
The second round opened UP very nicely
but before its finish the pugilists were
smashing at each other in rather wild
fashion. 1t was about the middle of the
round when, after the men broke from a
clinch, Mcconnell smashed Green a hard
rlght on the nose. George looked dazed.
but grew suddenly wild and ferocious and
dashed at his opponent like a mailman
Exchanges of rapid blows followed, and
everybody expected to see quick knock
% out on either eI side. During hot rally
but when he regained his pins Green went
at him like fighting dog, and just as the
gong sounded he smashed Mcconnell a
hard uppercut, which skinned the re-
ceiver's nose, the blood flowing in a
stream.
1t was anybody's fight up to the eighth
round. when Green, by clever feinting
lowered McConnells guard and smashed
him hard right on the ear But Mac
came back quickly and hit Green sharp
rally, and both men came out of the
rnixup with honors even. Mcconnell, after
lodging around the ring a few seconds,
tried a Tracey rush and swung but the
blow skinned Green's jaw and Mac fell,
sprawling on the floor.
Green had the better of the ninth as he
had gagged his man and was doing good
execution at close range.
The tenth was the warmest and most
interesting of all. Green went in for
rapid fighting, and after two minutes of
heavy punching at close quarters Green
slipped and fell with Mcconnell on TOP.
Again they went at it like demons, and
Green forced Mcconnell back to the ropes
near the latter's corner
After landing wicked short arm right
IN Macs ribs George clinched with his left
arm around McConnell's neck. Frank,
for some reason, turned to the referee
with the intention of calling his atten-
ton to some supposed foul committed by
Green, George saw his opportunity and
yanked Macs head toward him with his
left glove, and quick as flash he
smashed him with his right on the chin.
Telling Mcconnell and winning the fight
by knockout.
Mcconnell was outgeneraled all through
the game. Green, by clever fiddling, had
Mac on his toes ali the time, and as a
consequence the protege of Alexander
Greggains fell short on many blows which
would have had telling effect had they
landed. McConnells arm work was good
but his foot work was miserable. He,
however, put up a gallant fight.