The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-26
CREEDON STOPS MORRIS.
"CYCL oNKy' SAVED By THE REFEREE
IN THE SIXTH ROUND.

Australian Breaks Hla Loft Hand Mt an
Early Stage of = Fierce Encounter mt
tho Broadway A. C.-Martin and Car
roll Win Preliininnries-MoCo Speech.
In fierce battle while 1t lasted. Dan Creo-
don. the Australian middleweiRht. succeeded
| in putting an effective stop to Fred Morris.
the BLACK Cyclone" who recently returned
from England. In the sixth round at the Broad
way A. 9. last night. Morris was In serious dis
tress during the last three rounds. but gnmey
accepted all that his opponent could hand over
lie wasn't knocked out In the last round but
was 80 hopelessly beaten that the referee inter-
fered for the sake OF fair play. Creedon was
In trouble. too. at times. but his condition
helped him out. His left hand was injured at
an early PERIOD which was given as reason
why he did not do the trick In the third round
when he had Morris in Queer street. Tho
crowd amounted to about 5000 spectators and
they got good run for their money.
Two colorod heavyweights. Walter Johnson
Of Philadelphia and Denver Ed" Martin. put
up the preliminary. which was expected to go
twenty rounds johnson was suffering from
stage fright In the first two rounds. and show
ed tendency to stay in corners. Martin doing
all the leading. In the third and fourth Martin
had such an easy time that the crowd howled
Take EN- OIL" Johnson was a perfect punch
ing bag in the nth. but he wasn't a Qutter
Again In the sixth the Philadelphia took all
the punching. while in the seventh ha was
such an easy mark that the referee. John
White, got between the puglllsts and declared
Martin the winner.
A second bout. six rounds at catch weights.
was put on to satisfy the wishes OF the
crowd The principals were Percy MoIn-
| tyre. formerly OF the amateur ranks.
and Frank Carroll. colored. of Chicago.
Percy did a lot Of wild rushing and swing
| ing In tho first three rounds, but Carroll
who was clever avoided him neatly and landed
| enough let's to raise bump under the right
! eye. In the fourth and NTH Carroll had the
points. although Mcintyre worked hard and
fast The last round was about even. Carroll
got the verdict. Percy's friends hooting.
The betting on Crecdon and Morris was at
even money. although the majority of sports
| liked the Australians chances. Creedons
| seconds were Benny Murphy. Sam Fitzpatrick.
| Johnny German and Tom Ices Morris had
three handlers, Jack Dougherty, Charley
| Miner and his trainer Ed" Morris saying he
| didn't know his last name Kid Mccoy and
Jef Thorne were introduced with tho an
nouncement that they would fight at the
Broadway Club on Sept. 5. In response to
request for few remarks Mccoy said:
| II was knocked out In Chicago the other
night BY Mccormick through my own careless
ness. think I will meet Mccormick at the
| Lenox A. @. next month and we will then find
out whether 1t was lucky punch or not"
Tho California heavyweight. Joe Kennedy.
| was also introduced and was we'll received.
Before Morris and Creedon shook hands 100
| to 20 was offered on the latter with few
| takers
Morris started thu fight with rush. landing
q couple OF lefts In the wind. He followed with
another rush. driving Dan to tho ropes. Then
| ha An Nd ,,-tth
smash In the Jaw he forced the coored man to
n clinch. Creedon looked to be in excellent
| shape and showed that he had his generalshp
| with him. Morris received another Jolt on the
| vital spot moment before time was up and
| was unsteady in the legs.
Morris began rushing again In the second.
but Creedon met him with accuracy and force.
Morris got another shaking up before the bell.
Once more In the third Morris dashed at the
Australian with both hands flying like ham,
| mers. He reached the stomach with his left
and put a couple of rights to the neck. Then
Creedon mixed It. throwing In right and left
| swings. Morris was hoored twice, and got up
each time groggv. his face covered with white
| resin. Morris was also bleeding from the
mouth hut in spite Of Creedon's almost super
| human efforts. he fought back like demon,
| and stayed until the gong.
| Crecdon was exhausted from these efforts
| when he came out Tor tho fourth, while Morris
| toed the scratch In surprisingly good shape.
| They promptly got into miI-up. and both de-
| lvered staggering blows on the jaw. Croedon,
whose nose began to bleed now. was very slow
in his attack. Norris jabbing him in the face
and stomach at long range. Morris was better
| of when they sat down.
Credon began the flith with hard left handler
under the chin. Morris wabbled but came
back with vicious swings on the head. Cree
don was still slow. but whenever he landed a
punch II had all his weight behind 1t. with the
result that the Cyclone" was tired and on the
| run when time was up.
Morris rushed in the sixth and drove Creedon
to a corner with punches In the jaw. Creedon
rallied and literally punched his man into a
helpless state on the ropos. Morris was 40
weak that he could scarcely stand. but he
fought back. instlnctively. until he had Cree
don's face covered with blood. Cresdon finally
got the Cyclone" with his hands down in a
corner and rained punches on Norris's face
and neck until the latter fell over backward
from sheer exhaustion. The referee then do
cIded that Creedon was the winner The time
OF the round was two minutes and forty SEQ
onds.
1t WAS said after the hRht that Creedon broke
his left hand in the second round.