Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-30
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS
Sullivan wins an Unexpected
 Victory From Mcclellan.

The Knockout Blow Came in the Twen-
 tieth Roundup to That Round Nc
 Clelland Had a Shade the Best of
 It-Matty Matthews Gets the Decis-
 ion Over Tom Couhig-Harry Cor
 bett Will Referee the McGoyern and
 Gardner Battle.
 Louisville, April 30.-Dayid Sullivan scored a knockout last night in his fight. with Jack McClelland of Pitts burg. The fight took place before the Southern Athletic club at the Audi torium. Sullivan won in the twentieth round at a time when McClelland looked the victor. The men weighed in at 126 pounds at 3 o'clock. Tim Hurst was referee. The men began lighting at 9:45. They spared cautiously for two minutes, and then Sullivan landed three times on the head. McClelland took the aggressive in the second, ana started the blood from Sulliyan's nose. McClelland landed right and left on Sullivan, and the crowd hissed Hurst when he stood between them atia criti- cal point. McClelland opened the third with strong left to the jaw. Sulll- van landed two stiff lefts on the chin. He fought back hard and made up some ground. They went an even clip in the fourth. McClelland had the best of the fifth, but Sullivan cut loose in the infighting, and getting McClel- land to the ropes, landed both hands on the wind effectively. It was an even thing in the sixth. McClelland rushed Sullivan to the ropes as the seventh opened, but Sullivan came back strong on the infghting and caught AIcClelland on the wind and jaw with hooks and punches that wor- ried him. The eighth was all McClel- lands. He rushed at Sullivan, stag gering him with a straight left on the jaw. Sullivan fought hard, but Me Clelland was all over him. The ninth was McClelland's. He dropped Sulli- van in a mix-up, and Sullivan took nine seconds to arise. He came back game, but the gong was welcome. Sul- livan made up some ground in the eleventh. He liked infighting, while McClelland laid back, waiting for punches. Both went to the floor in a mixup. Sullivan had the better of the twelfth, but McClelland made up on the thirteenth. The fourteenth, fif- even. McClelland smashed rights and lefts to the jaw and stomach In the eighteenth. The end came in the twen- tieth, when, to the surprise of all. Sul- livan scored a knockout. They were coming out of a clinch when Dave swung around and landed sQuarely on the point of the jaw. McClelland dropped. When he arose Sullivan rushed, but McClelland stood him off and was gaining strength. Sullivan, not to be outdone, went after his man, swinging rights and lefts. He again got the right to the jaw and McClel- land went down and out. Up to the finishing blows McClelland had a shade the better of it and looked a winner.
 Louisville. April 30.-Matty Mat thews of New York is still the welter- weight champion. He got the decision over Tom Couhig of Dunkirk in stub- bornly contested bout of twenty rounds. Couhig is very strong and a hard hitter, and for few rounds he kept the champion busy. Matthew's cleyerness, however, prevailed, and he easily outpointed the challenger for the. title. It was 10:30 when Matthews and Couhig entered the ring Ed Leonard, Kid Hubert and Sam Me Mackin were In Couhig's corner. Jim my Calvin, Seymore Sutherland, Will lie Fitzgerald and Patsy Hogan were in Matthews's corner. Isaac English of Cincinnati, who was agreed upon as referee, announced that straight Marquis of Queensberry rules would govern fCouhig landed several lefts to the jaw in the first round Matthews seemed to make no attempt to put in one, and was evidently feeling his mhn. Matthews planted a vicious right to the nose in the second. The fighting then became furious, Couhig landing oftener and finally sent Matthews over the ropes. The third was Couhig's round, Matthews falling tw1se. Cou- hig chased Matthews to the ropes twice in the fourth, and it was clear the Brooklyn boy was confronted by a hard proposition. The fifth was opened by Matthews putting hard one to the face. Couhig responded with vicious right to the jaw. The Dunkirk boy then beat tattoo on Matthews's kidneys in two clinches. Couhig had the better of the sixth. Matthews put a hard right on Coli- hig's jaw in the seventh and the Dun kirk boy responded with a hard left on his adversary. Matthews was wor- ried. The eighth round was Couhig's. Tn the ninth Matthews brought n stream of blood from Couhig's nose WlTn VICIOUS trlSnl. r COuHlS peat Matthews on the face with right and left. It was Couhig's round. Neither had an advantage in the tenth and eleventh rounds. Matthews put an other right to Couhig's nose in the twelfth, and the blood again flowed in q stream. Matthews cut Couhig's eye with his left. 1t was the champions round. The New Yorker started the fourteenth with a left on Couhig's sore nose. The latter landed two good lefts on the jaw, and the fighting was fast and furious. with honors about even. Neither did much in the if teenth. Both fought cautiously the sixteenth and seventeenth. They mixed it up in the eighteenth, neither scoring an advantage. The cut over Couhig's eye bled profusely in the nineteenth, but did not interfere with his fighting. Matthews landed several good rights on the face, but Couhig stuck gamely to him and in the clinch- es beat the Brooklyn boy severely. It was anybody's fight yet. Couhig beat Matthews to the ropes in the twenti- eth. Matthews got in several good ones to the nose and neck Referee English held up Matthewss hand, giv- ing him the decision.