The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-28
MORAN THE WINNER
KNOCKED SHORTY JENKINS OUT IN
THE EIGHTEENTH ROUND.
BOTH MEN WERE VERY GAME.
AND THE FIGHT ONE OF THE BEST
EVER SEEN IN SAVANNAH.

Right Hand Swing on the Jaw.
/ Was Given Only After jenkins Had
Been Severely Punished.
Tony Moran. a lightweight Of New
York, knocked out Shorty Jenkins of Sa-
vannah, in the eighteenth round last
| night, after one of the hardest fought
contests that has been recently seen in
| Savannah.
The bout had been arranged for twen-
| ty-fve rounds, but the men made the
pace so hot from the very beginning that
it was soon apparent to the spectators
that it could not be kept up, and that it
was only a question of which of the men
could stand up the longest under the ter
rible that they were giving each other.
The Theater was very we'll filed, and
no one of them that went for hot fight
ing and plenty of it went away dissatis-
fed; they got their moneys worth, and
| knew it.
The early part of the bout was all in
favor 'of Jenkins, who looked to be in
| excellent condition, was cool, confident,
and fought with his old time vim and
skill. His opponent did not show up par
ticuIar we'll from a spectators stand
point. though it readily could be seen that
| he. too, was in splendid condition. Also
he was rather cautious about leading, al
lowing Jenkins TO do most of the work,
and satisfying himself in countering
where possible, and getting in punches
in the clinches.
The first round was not particularly in
| teresting, except as developing the style
| of the mems tactics. 1t was clearly Jen-
| kins' round, however, and he not only
got in several blows. but was very ag
! gressive, though he failed to land both
a vicious swing for the head, and another
! for the ribs. In the second round they
! began to mix it up" and then was seen
for the first time one of the favorite tao
| tics of Moran. Shortys favorite lead was
a right-hander for the head; this Moran
would duck, and getting his head under
Jenkins left arm, with his free right
arm would begin hammer-like blows over
the kidneys. This game he repeated at
| every opportunity, though his blows, APP
| parently, did not effect jenkins.
! In this round Jenkins landed a good
| upper cut, got in two blows to the ribs
and exchanged head blows, though none
| Of them did any damage.
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| clinch so much as before. Moran landed
a. blow on the stomach, and another on
| the head, and jenkins, too, got in some
| good ones, but no damage was done. and
| both men were smiling good-naturedly at
| each other when the gong sounded. In
the fifth round Moran landed a blow on
Jenkins right cheek that took the skin
off, and after mixing 1t in close in-fight-
ing. they broke away and gave each
| other taDS on the head.
Morans leg work in getting away from
Jenkins had been one of the features of
| the earlier rounds, but after the fifth,
| there was very little skipping about by
| either man, except in the back-steps to
| avoid stomach punches. In the sixth
round jenkins, in one of the mixes, got
in some very telling rib punches, each
delivered with a grunt, and also punched
| Morans head.
| Moran, who at first was cautious to
draw out his opponent, now became more
| aggressive and in the seventh round the
| fighting was pretty even In this round,
in a clinch, Moran, by twist, got to one
side of jenkins and, though still Crap
ping landed several hard jolts on the
face, especially the nose and mouth. He
had slightly the better of this round.
| When the gong announced the beginning
of the ninth, however. they went together
| | Se' bulls each ian~ing and receiving hard
| puches on the ribs and face. 1t was
| blow for blow until in one of the break
| away Moran was thrown. He was gu ok
| " up and they went at it again hot and
| heavy until Moran again was thrown in
the break and was down when the gong
| rang for the end of the round. This was
the hottest roud of the fight, for though
in some of the latter rounds as many
blows were passed as were delivered at
this time, they lacked effectiveness, as
| both men were firing.
The next round also was hot one, both
men giving and taking head blows, and
| getting punches in the ribs, but the ef-
forts of the previous round were begin
ming to tell and the blows lacked effec-
| tiveuess. Jenkins cheek, which had been
cut in the fifth round, was badly bruised
again by a left-hand punch and began
| bleed freely.
The tenth round was undoubtedly Mo-
rams, and for the first time during the
| bout, were heard the calls of his friends
| cheering him He got in some very
| stiff punches on jenkins face and started
the claret from the nose and mouth. He
| did not keep the advantage, however, for
the fighting in the next round was pretty
| even, neither man getting the better of
| the round. Many Bows were landed but
| they lacked force, as the terrific pace that
had been kept up so long was fast tell
ing on the men, particularly ON jenkins,
who in addition to being tired, was both
! cred by his nose and cheek.
The same sort of fighting, with the
same results, occurred during the thir-
teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth rounds
jenkins continued TO land ineffective Is
while Moran kept up his leads for the
| face smashing the sore nose time and
! time again. Jenkins was beginning to
| show weakness, and the savage rushes OF
the next round left him so weak that only
the gong saved him from d knockout
| then.
After this round jenkins friends became
| convinced that he could not win and that
it was only a question of a very few min
utes before he would be put out OF the
same. He lasted the next round, how
ever, and was a game then as he had
been through the entire contest, but the
! end of the round left him even weaker
| than before, and when he came up for
! the eighteenth time the lighting lasted
/ only a few seconds before Moran got I'm
the right-hand swing on the jaw that laid
| him out on the floor.
Moran, with The exception OF a swollen
/ nose and bruised cheek. showed but lit
/ tie bad effects from the fight He will
/ remain in Savannah for several days be-
fore returning TO New York. The mana
! ger Of the Austral Athletic Club said last
night that It IS possible that jenkins
might want to arrange another contest
with Moran.
| The main bout was preceded by a six