The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-05
TOM CORCORAN WON
,.xoCKED OUT DICK KANE IN THE
ELEVENTH ROUND.
KANE A GOOD SPLINTER.
~ r CoRCORAN WAS THE AGGREss-
OR AND DID ALL THE WORK.


lane Went to His Knees often 10
avoid Punishment-Once He Was
uushed Through the Ropes ana
be Spectators Greeted COrcOran
with Hisses-Owen ZeiGler of Phil
,deIphfa Has Been Matched TO
right CorcOran-Tommy Hogan and
RiIIv whistler Also to Have n
Bout.
tommy Corcoran of Savannah knocked
.,, Dick Kane of Chicago last night in
che eleventh round. The blow that did
f. was a right handler on the jaw, deliv-
...d after several hard upper cuts had
Len given in a clinch. Kane was count
al out by Referee Jenkins, then taken to
his chair and sponged off. Within a few
eeoords ne was able to go to his room.
Corcoran showed no bad effects from the
contest whatever. .
The bout can not be called a brilliant
rre by any means. Corcoran did clever,
hard and effective work. and punched his
man often and hard, but Kane was
clever only in blocking blows and in his
leg work. At no time did he take the
offensive though he can hit hard as was
proved by the few punches that he did
I,uA.
In the first round Corcoran started in
with the old tactics that have won for
him all of his fights. With head drawn
between his shoulders and presenting only
his left shoulder I'd his man, he at once
assumed the aggressive and kept it up
through the game, though he was much
more cautious than in his fight with
Burke.
In this round Corcoran landed several
Isht head blows, but none that caused his
man any trouble. Kane was strictly on
the defensive. In the second round Kane's
sminting ability was seen at its best. BY
the clever use of his legs he got away
from some vicious swings but in between
times Corcoran managed to land two good
1ight-handers on his left ear.
In the third Corcoran rushed Kane,
who skipped lightly back, but paused too
soon, as Corcoran landed a hard right to
his ribs and another to the head. Later
blood from Kane's nose. Kanes foot
work again saved him from punishment.
Kanes blows, when they landed at all,
were quite light. The fourth round was
n repetition of the others in all essential
points, Corcoran doing the major portion
of the work. He landed a hard right and
n left to- the head in a break and later
put another highlander to the nose,
which started the claret afresh.
Q~1I1 H.
the usual rush and got in some light
blows, but got in return soaker on the
right eye from Kane's left. At the close
Of this round Kane's left cheek was very
much swollen and red spots began'to show
up prominently on his shoulders and chest
where the skin had been carried away
Again in the following round Corcoran
rushed his man, got in several stiff
punches on the face, and a good one on
the head. skane. -also. got ia some EatuEn
blows, but undouDtediy got the WORST Of
the exchange and again went to his knees
The seventh round was marked by prob
ebly the best work of the bout. Corco-
ran gave Kane hard right swing on the
shoulder that could be heard all over the
house, and they mixed it up for awhile
AT the break Kane gave Corcoran a rat
ting good uppercut. Shortly after Kane
sgain went 20 his knees to avoid punish
nsnt but he was still game, and after
being rushed to the ropes he recovered
himself and gave Corcoran a couple of
good stiff ones that rather redeemed his
credit with the spectators.
Again in the following round a rush by
C0rcoran was stopped by Kane with a
hight 10 the stomach and a left to the
ear In return COrcoran landed right
swing on the collar bone and carried
eli 10,
Aghtng, in which each got in good
pnches, but before the gong sounded
Kane was on his knees.
la the ninth round Corcoran in a rush
mrew Kane out of the ropes, an act that
Mas greeted with prolonged Kisses He
loHoWed his man around the ring after
~ got up, and gave him couple of hard
night handlers in the neck, and another
on the ribs He made also two vicious
hsht swings, which Kane was clever
enough to get out of reach Of
Corcoran rushed his man again in the
eulh round and hit him hard and often,
teulhS some blows in return, but none
'naI amounted to anything. When Kane
went to his corner. it was seen that he
could not last much longer, and that his
only nope lay in a chance blow. The and
INhe sooner than was expected. however,
io the men had hardly begun to fight
oeiore Corcoran put his man out. Kane
tucked and caught Corcoran around the
ups put got two or three upper cuts for
MS trouble, then as he raised up he was
'aught on the jaw by a right-hand swing
mat put him out of business.
Norcoran had as seconds Tom Beaton,
y, ., Nave and ]. II. Dyer, while in
name corner were A. Davis, S. Mellow
an and Billy Veronee. For the first time
IN many fights Corcoran lost his favorite
'prner az the southwest part of the ring.
| SHORTY jenkins was the referee but his
700 was good deal Of a sinecure, as
netnef OF the contestants displayed any
| part. ''
peiore the fight began it was announc-
'hat there would be a match in about
,V wo weeks between Tommy Hogan, an
nsAsh hshter, who is now in the city
WIN Kane, and Billy Whistler. Whistler
las Iought here before and is a favorite
'ne sporting public Hogan while he
a. never boxed here is a lively-lookine
30 IMP VINO Is sure to give good account