The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-07

although he seemed already to have
selected a soft spot on which to allow
himself to be counted out, he sank
down twice, when the opportunity pre-
sented itself After the last exhibition
of the Delsarte graceful drop he got
up only to receive a left to the jaw
and a right to the stomach, when he
sank quietly down, opened his eyes to
see that the referee was keeping tab
on the business, Strengthened out both
legs and waited to be counted out.
Zelgler, when the man first lay down,
began to count the limit, but seeing
the all-too-plain evidences of the
fake" that the PROSTATE one was do
ing, did not count the limit. gave
the decision to FeltZ, and promptly
notified the managers of the club that
he considered Hurst's performance a
plain case of lay down." a decision
in which he was upheld by practically
the entire crowd that saw the bout
Afterward, when the question of set
Element was under consideration he
repeated his remarks to Hurst's face
when they drew from that man only
a feeble denial to the effect that Zeig-
ler's decision was only for the benefit
of the club. This remark Zeigler easily
and calmly refuted by showing that
he had no interest in the club what
Their question of whether or not the
club would gain by the decision the
management promptly announced it's
decision of giving Hurst his expense
money and turning the remainder over
to charity.
The club was, by the outcome of the
bout placed in a position that, though
embarrassing, was due to no short
coming on its part. Hurst has met
Ea1tz M an oh
made most creditable showing. In
fact every man that has seen him III
the ring before last night readily adj
mitted that he is one of the cleverest
bantams in the business and capable
of making it exceedingly interesting
for the best of the other men in his
class.
This but makes his exhibition last
night the more puZzling. The Savau
nah Athletic Club brought him to Sa-
vannah in good faith and with every
reason to think that he would make the
effort of his life, considering the fact
that not only was the bantam weight
championship of the world at stake and
the prestige that such an honor would
give to a man in the business. but that
in addition the unusually good attend
ance guaranteed very fat purse to
the winner of the mill
Feltz admits that he gave the man
some pretty severe punishment, and
says that the last two blows, delivered
Just before the lay-down. were stiff.
but Hurst's actions after he left the
ring denied the assumption that he had
received any punishment of moment,
for not only was he able to leave the
ring without any material assistance,
but he needed no work on him in the
dressing room; nonchalently removed
without assistance, the wrapping from
his hands, dressed himself, and in no
way, with the exception of few
bruises on. the shoulders and face, none
of any moment, showed any bad effects
from the bout
He was asked by a representative Of
the Morning News why he had failed
to keep in the game longer a question
to which he did not answer. though one
of his friends said that he had not had
a match in six months, and conse-
quently had done little work in that
time.
The bout was preceded by a prelim-
mary between Jack Sheehan and Joe
Waters, two local amateurs, that was
to have gone six rounds, but which was
declared off at the end of the fourth
round as Sheehan had clearly demon
strated his superior cleverness over his
opponent, WHO iENCANNN
punishment to make him willing to
concede the bout without any desire
for more Of IT,
This was succeeded by what proved
the most enjoyable. If not the most in
teresting performance OF the night: a
wrestling bout, or rather exhibition of
wrestling between Prof Emil Beck and
one of his little pupils, Joe Thompson,
who though he is not more than ten
lessons, proved himself exceedingly
clever. and was most adroit in securing
half nelson's and other professiona!
holds on his larger adversary.