The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-09
CONDEMN THE BOUT.
Spectators Think COrcoran and
Burke should Have Been stopped.

Spectators Think Corcoran and
Burke should Have Been stopped.
Talk of the Corcoran-B Burke bout at
the theater Monday night, was very
general on the streets yesterday, and
the general opinion was that it had
been badly managed, and that those in
charge should have stopped it after
Burke had so clearly demonstrated his
superiority over Corcoran, and thus
have prevented the latter from receiv-
! ing the amount of punishment that he
stood before he was finally knocked
out.
The popular verdict may be summed
up In the statement made by one of
the spectators that the affair, after the
first round. was simply brutal. Nobody
who saw the bout condemned the ex-
hibition more than did those interested
in the Savannah Athletic Club. The
manager of the club stated yesterday
that in no event would the bout have
been continued beyond the first round
had II been under the auspices of his
club. He further regretted the affair be-
cause he fears that persons who do not
patronize the game may confound this
kind of bout with those that have re-
management of the Savannah Athletic
Club and might, therefore, condemn
boxing generally.
Mr.. c. b. Westcott, who, as was
stated in the Morning News yesterday,
tried to have the "go" stopped when he
saw that the principals were not box
ing but simply pounding each other,
stated yesterday that he has no obJec-
ton to make against a boxing match,
- Al. l.
siders to have been anything but a
boxing match Furthermore he says
that far from letting drop the matter
of the policies resentment of his order
to stop the mill he intends to take up
the matter to-day with higher authori-
ties than himself and expects to pre-
sent the names of the policemen con-
cerned to the grand jury for indict-
ment.
1t is not likely that another boxing
bout will be pulled off at the Theater;
at least not for some time. The Sa
vannah Athletic Club has Sc
cured quarters on the second floor of
the building at the southwest corner Of
Bay and Lincoln streets and will begin
to-day the work of putting it in shape
for it's needs.
The hall will have a seating capacity
of 1,400. The ring will be made on a
stage feet 4 inches high, and around
this stage will be arranged boxes, then
reserved seats, and, still further to
the rear and sides, bleachers. The
work will be completed in ample time
for the next event of the clubs, which
which be a match between Tony Mo
ran of New York, who has boxed q
number of times in Savannah, and
Tommy Feltz. who so far has carried
off all the honors in the contests here
in which he has taken part. The bout
will take place Oct. 20.
Other attractions that the club Of
fers are a match between Tim Gala
han and Eddie Lenny. to take place
Nov z; a bout between Feltz and Joe
Hurst, to follow four days later; and
a match on Nov. 16 between Owen
Zeigler and a man yet to be selected,
maybe Matty Matthews, Tom Couhig,
or Ed Kennedy.
Friday night Feltz and Pete Mamie
will have six-round bout at the Roy
al Music Hall Mamie and Kid Davis
have already been matched for a pre-
liminary to the Feltz- Moran bout.