The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-22
HARD FIGHTING
At TATTERSALL'S
MckeeVer and Burns in
a Rafting Go.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-About 1000 men,
two women and Hadi Aladi, the "Sul-
tan's Lion" saw thirty-one rounds of
exceptionally good fighting at latter
sails tonight, including one clean
knockout. Three Eastern scrappers-
Patsy Haley of Buffalo and Joe Butler
and Charlie McKeever of Philadelphia
were among the contestants, but did
not land the long end of the purse, Ha-
ley and McKeever getting draws, while
Butler lost on palpable foul.
The best fight of the evening was
that between Charlie Mckeever and
Charlie Burns of Chicago The men
fought fiercely every minute and Nc
Keever had the better of the going, but
Burns was SO aggressive at the finish
that Referee Malachi Hogan declared it
a draw. They fought at catchweights
and apparently scaled close to $50
pounds. They came together like rams
a the call Of time and hot mixups fol-
lowed in quick succession, with neither
man damaged much.
The same was true of the second
round. McKeever, in one rally, tripped
and went head over heels off the stage
among the spectators. He climbed
under the ropes and resumed. but a
second later went over from a right
on the jaw. He evened things with a
hard right swing on Burns chin.
Mckeever went to his knees twice in
the third. Both men were rather wild.
In the fourth McKeever took a long
lead. He cut Burns left eye with 1abs
and nearly fioored him twice with
right swings on the jaw. He main
tanned his lead in the fifth In the
sixth McKeever landed flush right in
the pit of the stomach. Burns went
down and writhed in agony, claiming
foul. 1t was not allowed, and with
his face drawn with pain he got up
and fought like demon to the end of
the round. 1t was declared a draw
Haley of Buffalo and Richie of Chi
caGo, at catch weights, fought six
rounds to a draw.
Frank BARLEY of Binghamton, N.
Y, and Homer Selby of Indianapolis,
a brother of Kid Mccoy, met at 140
pounds. BARLEY punished his man
badly in the third and fourth rounds
with left swings on the mouth and in
the fifth and sixth had away the bet
ter of the milling, BARLEY was given
the decision.
Two local men-Pete Powers and
Jack Moffatt-met at catchweights.
Moffatt scored a knock-down in the
first and fourth, finally putting his
man out in the fifth with a right on
the chin.
John Root, of Chicago. and Harry
Peppers, the colored California middle
middle-weight fought six rounds at 156
pounds. In the second round Peppers
floored Root with a right on the jaw.
The latter got up from the floor groggy.
Peppers was unable to land the finish
ing blow, and Root recovering rapidly,
in turn put the colored man down with
a right swing. Peppers was knocked
down four times in the third and
fourth and three times in the fifth
round, the gong saving him in the lat
ter round. He managed, though
very groggy, to stick the last round
out Root was given the decision.
Joe Butler of Philadelphia and Frank
Childs of Chicago, colored heavy
weights, went on for the windup. In
the second round after several hot eX-
changes, Butler lost his head and hit
repeatedly in a clinch. Childs was
promptly awarded the fight.