The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-26
NELL WON FROM
TRACEY ON A FOUL
OTIS KNOCKED OUT JOHNSON IN
THE FIRST ROUND.
Martin Denny Proved to Be an Easy
Mark for Hard Hitting
Jimmie Lawlor.

Professor Walter Watson made a ten
strike last evening as judge of pugilistic
contests by awarding the fight between
al Neill and Tom Tracey to the former
on a foul
The pugilists fought twenty rounds, and
in the last round Tracey, having been
cautioned several times during the mill
not to hit in a clinch, after being ordered
to break, again transgressed the rule and
the referee quickly ordered the contest
ants to their respective corners and, plac-
ing his hand on Neill's shoulders, said,
you are the winner" The decision was
received by the gallery and pit with
rounds of cheers for Neill and Referee
Watson.
The contest was a good one. 1t pleased
all present excepting those who take no
interest in the game of fsticuffs unless
1t is composed of wild slogging, with faces
painted with gore. Neil proved that he
is most promising candidate for honors
against the best men who represent the
l4o-pound class of professional fighters.
Although in number of rounds Tracey
had the better of the contest on points, it
must be said that the battle was pretty
even up to the nineteenth round, al
though there were several hundred people
among the crowd who could see only one
man in the fight and his name was Neill.
Several times Tracey stopped Neill s
leads with his gloves, but the friends of
the local man thought that Neill landed
each time.
Tracey was in the pink of condition
ana those who witnessed the mill saw
him put up the best argument since his
arrival from Australia, but he could not
draw his opponent out, Notwithstanding
the many fancy maneuvers he executed
during the contest. Tracey tried every
trick he knew of to get Neill to lower his
guard and give him CTracey) an oppor-
tqnity to land the right on the jaw, but
NELL was cool and kept the vulnerable
point Well protected, excepting in one
or two hot rallies, when Tracey sent home
a right upper cut that dazed the receiver.
In the first round Tracey somewhat be-
| wildered Neill by his rapid movements
and beautiful side stepping. He planted
ms left glove on Neill's face several
second round Neil grew more confident
and was willing to take the love taps
in exchange for one or two right hand
smaShes at any part of Traceys body.
In nlix-up Neill landed left swing on
Tracey's neck and in breakaway he flung
the Australian down. In the third Neil
got home three stiff punches on Tracey's
smash on the nose. In breaking from a
tight clinch both fighters sprawled on the
floor
During the fourth round Tracey jumped
around Neill like a grasshopper, but was
stopped suddenly by stiff body blow,
which was followed by rapid exchanges
at close range, out of which Tracey came
a surprised man. as Neill sent him down
with a left-hander on the neck. The Aus
tralian was up quickly and smiled
! blandly.
In the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds
Tracey changed his style of fighting and
resorted to tactics of stabbing his oppo-
nent in the stomach at long range. BY
this method he expected that Neill would
lower his guard for the chin but the
game did not pan out as Tracey expected
Still, Tracey was rapidly scoring up
points.
In the eighth round the Australian
came very near bagging the home man.
After series of exchanges Neill made
a wicked left swing for Tracey's pointed
jaw, which the Australian ducked like a
| flash and then caught Neill a hard short
arm righthand punch on the jaw. which
caused NeillS knees to bend under him
Tracey shook Neil from a clinch and
tried hard to end the game, but failed in
the attempt Neil went to his corner
In the tenth Tracey was Kissed for hit
ting in the cinches.
The eleventh round was the most ex-
matters up and Neil happened to catch
Tracey a hard right swing on the ear
which staggered the Australian. Neill,
seeing his opportunity, went at Tracey
wildly, and the Australian, by remark
ably clever ducking and clinching, got
back his senses and caught Neill a fear
full smash on the jaw which sent Neill
staggering ana clinching. Tracey again
tried to finish Neill, and during the ex-
element the sports above and below
We're on n, their feet and ; shouting like mad
smash in the mouth as the gong sounded
for corners.
After this the fighters were pretty well
pumped, and the exchanges at close range
were not so numerous until the final
round, when Tracey again tried to land
his right and failing in the attempt. he
struck Nell in clinch and lost the fight.
Billy Otis knocked out Charley Johnson
in the first round. and Jimmy Lawlor got
decision from Joe Acton over the Aus
tralian, Martin Denny. who did not seem
to be trying to bag his man very hard,
although LaW'or fought we'll
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