The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-06
DAILY WON ON A FOUL
GIVEN DECISION OVER BENNETT IN
LESS THAN THREE ROUNDS.
FOULS MADE FROM START.
AND KEPT UP, THOUGH sPECTA-
TORS KISSED BOTH MEN.

DAILY the First to FouI-Bennett the
Better Man, and the Favorite of
the CrOwd-Claims the Decision
Unfair and Wants to Bet n Thou
sand He Can Lick Daily To-day.
Kid Davis in the Preliminary Laid
Down to FeItz After One Minute of
BOxing-COrcOran Wants to Take
a Match on-The Next Event to BE
Between Rice and FeItz.
The bout between Jack DAILY of Will
mington, Del, and Jack Bennett of
McKeesport, Pa, which took place at
the theater last night, was awarded
to Daily in the third round on foul.
The decision was not a popular one,
as DAILY had started the rough-and-
tumble business, and the crowd Thought
that If fouls were to count at all, each
man should have had an equal show
in the decisions.
Zeigler, the referee, had an awkward
job on his hands. anyway the matter
be considered, for, as he explained to
the spectators at the beginning of
the third round, both men had done
wrong, wrestling and fouling, and as
he felt sure that every man in the
house wanted the bout to be continued,
he would let all offenses of this sort
pass, after warning the men against
them in the further rounds.
It was only a minute and half az
ter this explanation had been made
that the incident on which the foul
was awarded, occurred. Bennett and
Day were clinched and wrestling, end
Bennett threw Daily, the force of his
effort turning his own body half
around. He recovered himself like a
cat and started for DAILY just as he
was getting up; he caught him
sCaker with the left in the right eye
and it was all off with Daily, who dou-
bled up on the floor, grovelled around
for may be half a minute without be-
ing able to rise.
II was claimed by DAILY and mis- sec
onds, and by some of the spectators
that Bennett struck him with his knee,
and 1t was also reported that lie had
been badly kicked by Bennett. Both
these charges not only Bennett, but
his seconds, and a greater part of the
SPECTATORS, deny.
There is little doubt that had the
have easily been the victor unless put
out by a chance blow. In both the
rounds that preceded the one in which
the foul occurred, he was as 1.-THE and
active as cat and as strong as a bull.
He fought for low down the body, by
preference, and almost every time he
and DAILY came together he sent his
terrible left in for solid jolt. In the
clinches, too, with his right he kept up
a tattoo on his opponents ribs, appar-
emily being satisfied to take in ex-
| change the heavy blows upon the kid
| neys that Days superior hight enabled
him to inflict.
DAILY was game and strong, and smil-
| ingly took what was coming to him,
but, he couldn't have stood for long
| the pace that Bennett set.
The large majority of a very fair
house was with Bennett too, mainly
through Days first exhibition of
| rough house" He had gone to the
| floor in clinch and tussle near Ben
nett's corner and as he rose he caught
Bennett by the legs and butted him In
| the stomach, in turn sending him over.
After this there were fouls on both
sides which, each in turn, the specta-
| tors Kissed though this sign of disap-
proval did not prevent their recurrence.
After Bennett rose from the third of
| these throws he was bleeding from
cut under the left eye. but the cut was
| slight and gave him no trouble. In an
| other one, however, he got a bump that
bothered him for a few seconds.
The men in the corners were AL Nc
| Murray, Tommy Feltz and Charles
Jowett for DAILY, and Frank Hart,
Tommy Corcoran, and Tom Rafferty,
for Bennett. Zeigler was referee, and
| Earnest Massart, time-keeper.
| The main affair of the evening was
| to be preceded by a six-round bout be-
| tween Tommy Feltz and Kid Davis.
This preliminary lasted just one min
ute, when Davis, though he had made
a most promising start. decided that
he had all that he wanted. and so lay
down until he was counted out.
Corcoran has announced to the man
| ager of the Savannah Athletic Club
| that he is willing, in fact, anxious, to
| meet either of the contestants of last
night, and only stipulates that the bout
shall be for purse. Tom says that
he is willing to face either of the men
on three weeks notice.
1t was announced before the bout
| that articles had been signed between
| Tommy Feltz and Austin Rice for
| bout, to take place under the auspices
of the Savannah Athletic Club Friday
week. In the preliminary negotiations
| Rice expressed a willingness to meet
Felix at lis pounds, but when the ar
| ticles were sent him he insisted on 120,
| which was conceded by FeltZ in order
| to secure the match.
| 1t is not possible that Bennett and
Daily will meet again soon, though Ben
nett stated last night that so certain
| was ne that he could beat DAILY in any
style of fighting that he would be will
ing to fight him this morning and bet
a thousand dollars of his own that he
ant fnfn n anti t1ci ac
tic admirer of Benefits also expressed
willingness to put up a like sum on
the outcome of such a match could it
be arranged.