The San Francisco call., 1899-01-25

and neck. Mcconnell, in an attempt TO
side-step a wicked right chop, slipped
and as he pulled himself together Neiil
caught him left-hand jolt on the chin
and a right handler under the ear
which sent Mcconnell to the floor.
He remained down nine seconds, and
Neill, who was watching the count,
pointed his finger at the referee, say
ing: why don't you call him out? He
is down more than ten seconds" In the
meantime Mcconnell regained his pins
and made a vicious lunge at Neill, who
ducked the blow, and Mcconnell again
fell on his knees He remained down
only few seconds, but the fight was
resumed when he again toed the scratch
and several hard blows were exchanged
at very short range.
Just before the gong sounded the men
to corners. Mcconnell caught Neill the
hardest smash that he administered
during the fight. 1t was right-hand
swing in the mouth, which caused Nell
to see stars.
The seventh round was tolerably ex-
citing. Neill was anxious to land
knockout blow and he flung rights and
lefts at his antagonist One of the
blows landed a bit low and Mcconnell
appealed to the referee. who said
Fight on
The fighters hammered away at close
range; 1t seemed as If a finishing touch
would momentarily result.
Neill's pace slowed perceptibly after
this round, but nevertheless Mcconnell
had wholesome respect for his op-
ponent's dukes" and fought at long
range. Time and again Nc tried to
land his right, but his judgment was
not good and the glove landed every
where except on the vulnerable spot.
In fact, Mcconnell depends altogether
on his right to win the long green. His
left is very poor.
Neill has two good hands, and he out
classed Mcconnell in straight hitting,
leading and footwork. Neither man
sustained any serious damage.
Jockey Maynard went down to de-
| feat in the fourth round of his contest
with Willie Cole, the ard-hitting youth
from the Manhattan Athletic Club. In
| the first round Cole took the aggressive
and sent several well-aimed leftS to
Maynard's face. Maynard retaliated
with a right counter on Coles jaw, and
there was a bit of clever sparring in the
center of the ring. The third and
| fourth rounds were lively affairs. In
the fourth Maynard rushed Cole. They
clinched and the jockey went to the
| floor and was counted out. II Cole
! landed a knockout punch on his oppo-
nent those occupying seats close to the
! ringside failed to notice 1t. At any rate
Maynard when he struck the inviting
canvas covered his face with both
hands and lay there in q contented
| fashion until his seconds dragged him
to his corner His eyes were closed and
to all appearances he was knocked out,
but when Spider Kelly showed vial
of strong ammonia under the nose OF
| the apparently unconscious youth he
kicked and fought like madman.
| 1t was handed around town before
| the fight by the wise ones that Cole was
o,-6 int n6 n
| "lay down" His subsequent actions
| certainly gave color to the rumor.
| The fifteen-round contest between
| Cocker" TWeedie and Charlie Tye was
really the event of the evening. 1t
| was certainly the fastest fifteen rounds
that the old clock in Woodwards Pa
| vilion ever licked Off
TWeedie, though a warm favorite in
the betting, far exceed expectations.
He proved himself to be one of the
cleverest' and fastest two-hand fighter
| that has performed in this city for a
| long time. He seemed to have count
| less hands all landing on Tye's body at
| the same time. The entire fifteen
rounds could be easily described by
saying that Tweedie punched the Oak
land man a thousand times and the
Oakland man came back for that many
more.
The Australian has a most peculiar
method of fighting, and during the hf-
teen rounds he introduced many inno-
vations into the game that turned the
spectators more topSyturvy than they
did Tye. His circus-like tactics were
both effective and amusing. The Oak
land man took TWeedie's double and
triple action punches on the body and
face from the moment the gong changed
in the first round until the welcome
slogan sounded to cease hostilities.
Tye's face looked as If some expert
enced butcher had been practicing on
1t with a new meat ak, so badly was he
punished. Tye fought his uphill bat
tie gamely. He was puzzled and ratified
more perhaps by the Australians pc
culiar antics than he was by the trip
hammer thumps that the Cocker kept
sending in on his face and body. The
men agreed to hit with one arm free.
which literally means keep punching
away until the referee separates you"
This agreement gave the Cocker I'm
limited scope to display his wonderful
dexterity with both hands and feet
In the first round Tye lashed out with
his left and caught Tweedie a hot
smash on the side of the face The
Cocker smiled, and as they were COM
ing out of a clinch Tweedie started his
both hands going like donkey engine.
landing right and left on Tye's jaw.
The Oakland man looked worried, but
he came back quickly with a left hook
on the Cookers head, which shook him
up. Tweedie smiled, and aoain started
his fists in motion. He simply smoth-
cred Tye with punches, and then
danced away with one of those "Oh.
guess I'm bad expressions in his eyes.
From the second to the tenth round
Tweedie kept pegging away at his op-
ponents ribs and head, but the Oak
land lad stood up well under the ter
| rible shower of blows. He contented
himself with lashing out with his right
once in a while in vain endeavor to
catch the Cocker on the point and end
the battle. Once in the fifth round Tye
got home solidly with his right and for
a moment it looked as If he had
chance to terminate the bout in his
favor.
Tweedie rallied quickly, however, and
went back again at his quarry with
more vim than before. He changed off
from Tyes body to the jaw with light
ming rapidity. A disconsolate glare
shone in Tye's eyes, but he came back
to the fray after each mixup as if he
| liked the game. He had a forlorn hope
in his trusty right and took some des-
perate chances to land it in a vital
spot, but every time he let it go the
| Cocker had his right glove nestled