The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-16
OUT IN FIFTH ROUND
uORAN KNOCKS OFT PoRETTo
WHEN THE LATTER WASN'T
LOOKING
PORETT0 CLAIMS r
FOUL
PoRETTO CLEARLY oUTcLAssED
AND NEVER ONCE ~ THE GAME

Porretto the F1EitIve-Horzn
Knocked His Adversary Down
Twice in Fourth Round ane
would Have scored Knockout
Then Bet for the Gong-Porerto
and His seconds Kicked Against
Decision Giving Bout to Moran
Mi-celIaneoas Programme Amused
crowd Before B0ut Was Begun.
Tony Moran q NeE. YORK knocked
out Peter Por-etto q Louisville il the
afth round q uhat was 70 have been
q zs-rourt bout before the Savannah
Athletic Club last night. ~ the gong
sounded for the beginning of th@ round
Moran rushed 70 PorTstto's corner and
landed first { Ietr 20 the 5av, then 3
-.gat 70 t1e stomach. and Porr@tto
vent down Ike 2 .og and lsy uncgrl-
5-iozs for nearly Z minute
When the 5.ows Eere struck Po-r=tto
rad 10. I=ft ms corner. n fact vas
o1 guard. taking % his seconds. who
themselves rad not got from The ring
BsczCss q this many OF the spects-
-o-s - weL IS PorT=ttOo's seconds,
called ths oloT q foul one. and some
4 r-=1 srfII showed disposition 20
zr.u-o.s a. t1e decision giving the bout
70 Moran. even after Referee Owen
Zz.g-s-. from the ring. had announced
that The rules % the game made i
obi gztory On each contestant 70 guard
himself after the gong had struck. and
that Z Pozretro vas instrenriye, o. his
ssco11s 6iIztOry IN getting out Of the
wsy. TIE fault lay With them and not
Firh Moran. who was clearly within
ais rights when h attacked his man.
TIE bout wss very one-sided one
fro-1 tae beginning Moran was dectd-
e1ly aggressive. as ne was all through
ne bout. while Por=tIo appeared 10 be
decidedly nervous II not actually
afraid. AMI hEdler-l1ke- scurried around
the ring. with Moran in hot pursuit,
and making vain efforts 70 get him 10
-z1d and take his medicine
Tony punched his man in the body
tWo OF three times. putting him
through the ropes. and though POrretto
-snded every once IN awhile. when cor
--ere1- his blows lacked force and did
his opponent 10 damage whatever. The
only work that PorrettO did at any
time that might have entitled him 10
the respect Of the crowd was 10 land
three or four blows 70 the head in the
third round. but these. far from bother
ing Moran only served 10 warm him up
TOR in the following round he went for
his man vicsOusly and, after rushing
MIN around with punches In the stOm-
scl- landed a right on the jaw that
sent POFTetto down for six seconds. AL
most as soon as POrrstto was on his
T feet again Moran landed a left 10 the
( Jaw that again sent his adversary down
I for the same length Of time Moran
/ was still Furnishing POrrettO when the
gong sounded Had this round lasted
Z but q few minutes longer PoFrette
would have been put out then
Both POrretto. after he had been re-
/ vivsd from the knockout, and his sec
Z Onds. kicked vigorously against the act
Z Of Aforaus. which they claimed con-
I stituted a foul. They had the SYM
I PATTY Of some Of the crowd. who took
I the same view Of the matter. but the
Z better tnfOE med part Of the house, while
7 they were willing 70 admit that II had
/ been q useless act On the part Of No
Z ran, who could have taken his time and
[ put Porretto out without raising such
a hubbub. were yet quite satisfied that
I 10 was Porretto's business TO look out
Z for himself after the round had beer
7 started, and that under the circum'
Z stances the decision was not only a
I just one, out the only one
I Afterwsrd Owen Zeigler told some Of
/ the crowd that he himself had once
| been knocked out by the same trick
/ and had afterward employed il tC
( knock out two other men. who were
/ not wary enough TO guard against 1t
To amuse the crowd before the bout
| was begun Master Sam Edwards sang
several selections so acceptable to the
{ spectators that they chucked him
! good many coins. though not nearly SC
/ many as they did at the Callahan Len
I ny bout Tuesday, when he receives
/ from these voluntary contributions Slz
The youngster was followed in tbs
/ ring by Harry Bedford Of Philadelphia
otherwise known as Mac, the Won
der" He claims some mysterious pow
er that makes it impossible for any
one TO lift him spuarely from the fiool
| IL he wills otherwise. He invited many
| people to make the attempt and sew
| eral Of them accepted the invitation
! among them Owen Zeigler, Prof. Chi
| Lucas, the wrestler, and Patrolmal
William Hicks. Hicks was the onl,
| man that could bulge the Wonder.
| Later Bedford told Hicks that il VA
the first time that a man had lifte'
| him against his will in six months
| Harry j. Walker gave a clever per
! Torrance of trick riding on q bicycle
and unicycle.
The next entertainment that will b.
given under the auspices of the Sa
| vannah Athletic Club. will be tn
wrestling match between Emil Beck
the instructor OF Zeigler's gymnasium
and chic Lucas This will take plac
on Nov. p.
An athletic club has been organized
in Jacksonville on lines similar to thos
OF the Savannah Club, and II is prob
oble that the management of the loca
club will arrange the bouts that vii
be pulled off In the Florida city. TIL
first of these, between boxers yet Z
be selected. will take place Thanks
giving night.
A match between Ed Lenney. VIII
| expects TO make Savannah his home
and either Joe Fairburn Of Philadel
phia. or Billy Gardner. will be framet
up. Il is expected. within a few days.