The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-16
Go the Full Route,
Twenty Rounds.
REILLY DEFEATS PETE MCGEE
MAYNARD AND McFADDEN BOX
THEIR FIFTH NO CONTEST.
Western Club Opens the Winter Sea-
son of Sport With an Average
Lot of Bouts in
the Ring.

Spider Kelly and Fred Muller went the
! full route, twenty rounds in their boxing
! bout at Woodwards Garden last night.
At the conclusion Referee Phil Wand de-
cided it draw, much to the displeasure
of the followers of Kelly. Kelly scored
many more points than his adversary,
but Muller was always on the aggressive.
When they stood off and boxed Kelly
always showed to best advantage. His
| long reach kept Muller where he could
do no damage His favorite blow was a
peculiar back hand cross or chop which
he invariably followed with a right on
the body. This took much of the speed
out of Muller, who was not over strong
when he entered the ring, owing to the
difficulty he encountered making the re-
qured weight.
Several times during the bout each man
had his opponent in difficulty, and the
end seemed imminent when the tired box
er would recover and hold his own until
the bell gave him a much needed respite.
Muller was invariably on the aggressive,
but the majority of his well-meant blows
were stopped by the clever Spider" be-
fore they had worked any harm. Kelly
did not seem at ease until the ninth
round, when he commenced to jab Muller
and play for his heart This had the
desired effect as it stopped his gallop in
a marked degree for time.
In the eleventh both men fought them
round Kelly had Muller dazed. catching
him twice with right crosses. Muller
stood the severest punishment and was
saved by the bell. Both men tried for a
knockout blow in the nineteenth round,
and the partisans of each man had many
opportunities 10 ye 10t {ner IF t the rin
and gave blow for blow, paying but little
heed to their guard.
The twentieth round was a hurricane,
each man in turn seeming on the verge
of going out. Kelly clinched repeatedly
to avoid punishment. Muller tried again
and again to land his right, but the agile
Kelly seemed never to be at the place
where the blow directed. When the
gong sounded the end of the round and
of the fight both were hammering away
in workmanlke manner and paid no heed
to the signal. The referee and the sec
9nds had. had finally ally, to separate them and
Referee Wand held up both hands to
signify a draw. The adherents of Kelly
seemed in the majority, as their hisseS
those who thought the decision a just
one The Kelly men claimed that on
tally of clean blows landed their repre-
sentative won easily. On the other hand
the Muller men held that he did all the
then showed to good advantage.
Kelly was splendidly handled by Young !
Mitchell, Tim McGrath and Frank Nc
Council. Muller was looked after by Nc |
Dewitt, Hines and Gus Muller Muller
seemed too finely drawn, while the
There was a great deal of sameness |
about the rounds, each man having his |
favorite blows and using them through
out There was plenty of action, but not |
much damage done. Kelly wore Muller |
down with his punches over the heart |
and which Muller seemed unable to get |
away from, especially when they followed |
the 'chop" blow.
Kid Maynard and Kid McFadden fought
times, Maynard getting the decision on
one occasion. They went at it hammer |
and tongs last night and neither could
obtain decisive lead. Maynard. who is |
a hard hitter, had the best of it up to the |
ninth round. McFadden then shook his |
old gold locks of hair and by his agrees
game bantam opponent. Maynard land
ed the most clean blows, but could not /
stop his sturdy opponent. The lads are
gladiators in miniature and their bout
pleased the spectators. Each apparently |
thought he had earned the decision. but |
the announcement of a draw by Referee
Wand was loudly applauded.
The opening bout of uNe evening proved |
an appetizer for the hard fighting that
followed Jimmy REILLY of local fame and
Pete MCGEE an unknown quantity, were
pitted against each other for ten rounds.
REILLY was possessed of more science
than his opponent, but what MCGEE lack
ed in that direction he made up in grit,
n long reach and strength In the first
four rounds REILLY had MCGEE ,profusely
did not mind it in the least. He met
Rielly's vicious attacks with straight
leftS and hard rights until the toe or bat
tie turned in his favor. Despite the en-
given MCGEE by a clamorous
gallery and a bowling pit, REILLY kept his
man busy ducking hooks and jabs. In
ducking MCGEE proved himself clever and
saved himself much punishment. In the
eighth and ninth rounds the gore that
flowed from McGee's proboscis covered
both men, maxim" them take on sorry
appearance REILLY started to end hos
tilftfes in the ninth. but was met with a
determined resistance. During the last
minute of the round he landed a heavy
right on the jaw and quickly followed It
up with additional blows, making MCGEE
grogey, In the cheering that ensued dur
ing the rally neither the referee, seconds
nor fighters heard the mournful clang of
the gong and the men fought on.
MCGEE was knocked down at this juno
ture and Captain Gillen seeing his CORY
appearance stopped hostilities. Referee