The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-30
ANDY DALEY QUIT
AFTER THE SIXTH ROUND OF THE
BOUT WITH TOMMY FELTZ.
pURANE WITH BROKEN RIB.
VET MANAGED TO KNOCK OUT
lack sHEAHAN TWO ROUNDS
LATER.

DaIey Explained From Ring Side
That He Had Taken Flesh on So
Fast to Make Required Weight He
Had Weakened Himself FeItz
Faster and CIeverer Than in Any
ROut in Savannah in MOnths-The
preliminary Between Sheahan and
Durane Quite as Interesting as
Main Afair-BOth Men Put Up Bout
That Was AnybOdy's Until the
Knockout.
Despite a broken rib, received in the
third round of the fight, and a left
hand that had been put out of busl-
ness with a broken bone, yet Jack Du-
rane. bantem champion of the navy,
knocked out Jack Sheahan of Savan-
nah in the fifth round of quite the hot
test preliminary that has ever been
mt on at a local fistic bout.
In the main bout, between Tommy
Feltz and Andy Daley of Boston,
Daley quit after the sixth round, ex-
nlainfng from the ringside that he had
taken off flesh so rapidly in order to
make the required weight, 119 pounds,
that he had left himself weak and was
unable to continue the bout. The
game was, of course, given to Feltz.
Feltz was in the pink of condition
and fought faster and cleverer than
he has fought before in six months,
and quite as fast as he has ever
fought in this city. He was not only
fast with the gloves, but clever and
shifty on his feet.
DaIey's Show Up.
Daley showed up pretty well in the
first round, and got the better of a
lively mix-up, the first of any impor-
lance, but after that it was tall .FeltZ,
for Tommy had the best of the ma
ioritv of the mixes and landed some
pretty stiff swings as well, chiefly to
the stomach and ribs. Daley stuck it
ont. but it was easily to be seen that
something was wrong with him, for
he had practically cut out foot work,
one of his strong points, and in addi-
ton was wild in his swings.
Tommy made the pace a pretty hot
one after the first round, and Andy
sensibly concluded there was no use
to take a beating for nothing, and so
gave up the game. With Daleysin good
condition, the match should have been
one of the best put on in months, for
Andy, when in condition, is both fast
and clever, as we'll as cool, and can
either set or follow a pace that will
interest the best of them.
MISUNDERSTANDING six Rounds
Probably more interest centered in
the preliminary than in the main show,
for on former occasion Durane bested
Sheahan in just six rounds of what
tn haN a X-rO
and Sheahan was confident that, given
another opportunity, he could knock
out his former victor. He has great
many friends, who took the same view
of the case, and they were instrumental
in having the second bout arranged,
and turned out in force to see it.
The boys are so nearly matched and
both fought so hard and effectively
that really until the knockout came It
was anybodys fight. This, in spite of
the fact that both men were really AL
in" after the fourth round. Not that
there was any quitting this time, for
each fought desperately, but each was
so exhausted by the exertion and the
many stiff punches delivered and re-
ceived that there was little steam be-
hind the blows.
Sheahan fought as cleverly as he
fought in any of the former
bouts, all of which, with the
exception of the former one with Du-
rane, he won. But Durane took his
medicine and kept right in the game,
though pretty badly used up, and real
ly carried off the honors of the meet,
for he drew first blood in the first
round, knocked Sheahan down in the
fourth round and finally landed the
knockout. as
Sheahnn's Game.
Sheahan played principally for the
stomach and landed some clever and
hard punches there as Well as to ribs
and face, but in return was pretty bad
ly punished with a straight left jah
that Durane used most effectively time
and time again. 1t missed it's mark
often, but when it did land it always
gave Sheahan'S head pretty bad jolt
In the fourth, when both men had
begun to show plainly the hot pace
they had been travelling, Durane rushed
Sheahan to the ropes, and after sew
eral punches to head and face, landed
a right to the jaw that sent Sheahau
down for six seconds. Jack was still
full of fight when he came up, though
and made it pretty lively for the sailor
Looked Like Sheahan.
Still it looked like Sheahan's game in
the fifth, for Durane was so much tc
the bad that he avoided both swing and
4iiA@A' anu even WITH TeluC-
lance. The spectators noticing this
cheered Sheahan to go in. He did, but
IN a few seconds hunted turned hunter
and as Sheahan stepped back to avoid
Jab, the sailor stepped forward, ac-
Gdently put his foot on Sheahans toes
and at the same time let fly a right
and a left that landed on the jaw. al
the same time, and Sheahan went back
with thud and was counted out. Ir
MS weakened condition the bump witt
which his head came in contact with
the floor, probably had as much to dc
with the knockout as had the blows