The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17

played remarkably quick right with
which he crie. repeatedly. All this lime
f-8Dey was equally busy with his right.
which generally fell short. He followed
his man all over the ring. boring in so
close that GOff could not hit him efec-
-iVelv. his vicious blows usually landing
"a the back Of his neck and doing no
Both men got down 70 hard work at
the op-niI Q OF the second round. traney
was sIiH on the aggressive. He sent the
weight If his body with each blow. giving
Il added force and ducked Golf danger
uus right swings. At the end OF the
-oUud the men were exchanging lefts and
lights. IN king no pretense OF guarding.
Franer was still aggressive and strong.
catching Gon one right uppcIcut that
shook lin up. Con hit in the ensuing
tE-i~ 5UpotuieS being with the smaller
man throughout. me referee warned
". the face and then on the body, but
missed his mark many times. In the next
round II dad not seem possible the Hght
could last much longer. Franey just
missed q right and left swing. either Of
which would have put n stop TO proceed
'rgS 4 II had hit the mark. Con- was
..r swinging his right SO much at this
sage.
IN the fifth round the men stood up and
-.gEred one another. both taking severe
enlistment. The men slowed down a trilie
-a~ sixth r. una. although there was a
.lt.EHal exchange OF blows without
I-.h damage Franey was in trouble.
.t the bell saved him COTS lead be-
came more apparent in the eighth. Franey
having exhausted his strength. Instead
irving 70 gain a brief respite he still
r-ur rGSily at work.
Tra md came easily IN the ninth. Golf
.-.i FraUey with right on the Jaw.
h.ar knocked him down on his back He
was Hp again without taking the GUS
-.r-4-,- rest His defense was gone by
Tim. and Golf hit him at will. y
right ou the Jaw knocked him prone on
The floor writhing in pain. At the end Of
.-u seconds Golf picked his defeated an
t'Enul5. Hp and carried nm 20 his cor
.ar Roth victor and vanqUished were
.eeral they left the ring.
r tha National Club can give bouts like
This regularly the confidence OF the public
ir the me would soon be restored.
joe EaJE was awarded the decision over
Dummy Rowan. but it was not a pOpU-
Iar ono. That the former deserved il is
l-l9lbted. for he clearly outpointed his
rHparent bat the sweets Of victory were
Uttered by the boots and bowls of the
spectators. Who We're angry at Reay' 5
foul use Of ms elbow. II the judgment OF
nearly four-ffths OF the spectators had
been taken into consideration Referee
Murphy would have awarded the fight to
the deaf and dumb fighter in the eighth
round, as II was palpable that Reay was
ReEan may be afflicted with loss Of
speech but ne has magnificent
physique. Had ne possessed ability he
would have surely bested Reay, despite
tf'a latter's cleVerness. As it was he
iflFl nara 10 VIII tdI MS aWkWaTdneSS
and lack Of punching power handicapped
him.
During the bout Rowans aniiction was
source Of merriment to The assemblage.
Whenever the dumb fighter scored a
light lead the gallery would urge him on
18th shouts Of approval but unfortu-
-stclv Rowan could not hear and he went
- in the even tenor OF his way. landing
lcn he could. clirching and getting
vav from Reay's i0its. At the end OF
4ch round the referee would have to
.-hcv,' the deaf and dumb man to his
.rrer. or otherwise he might have been
The frst five rounds were filled with
.auid fighting. Reay's superior science
ave hin decided advantage over Row
3D. and lie landed at will timing his
0ws but they were not hard enough 10
-r-rt Dummy" Rowan was full of pluck
aI would undoubtedly have gone. the
NIT had. not Captain Gillin ordered the
\ ut stopped In the last round Reay. by
use Of his elbow. opened up cut over
aowan's eye which he had received in
raining. and in a minute both We're COW
cred with gore. The cries Of protest from
the crowd and the condition OF Rowan
bloody cOuntenance moved Captain Gillin
to stop the bout. AS Reay had lead up
70 that point he was awarded the decision.