The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-14
SCRAP AND DANCING
DREW LARGE CROWD TO BAR.
REEFS PAVILION, ISLE OF HOPE.
ANDY DALEY AND SHEEHAN
WENT A FOUR-ROUND EXHIBITION
FOR BENEFIT OF THE LADIES.

Nearly Half the Spectators Women,
and Their Interest Was Conferred
in the BOxers-BOys Made a Lively
Go of 1t with Plenty of Light
Punching, Lots of Fancy steps, and
an illustration of All the Ring
Tricks-Referee Was n Mark for
the Crowd and Had to Stand for n
Lot of GOOd-Natured Guying-C. l..
AS Made New Record for Them
selves at Expense of cambridge
Ball Players.
An entertainment varied enough to
suit all tastes was given by Mr. A M.
Barbee at Isle of Hope last night. 1t
consisted of a cakewalk, a four-round
sparring exhibition by Andy Daley
and Jack Sheehan, an illustration of
his training exercise, by Andy Daley,
and then general dancing which con-
tinued until 1 o'clock, when the last
car for the city left the island.
The cakewalk, in which three couples
of dusky opponents of Terpschore a
la rag time, took part, was very clever,
and the winning couple received some
applause. but it was clearly to be seen
that the drawing card of the pro-
gramme, at least for the female and
juvenile part of the spectators, was
what they longed yet almost feared
10 see-the fight.
Shechan's and Days Bout.
as Sheehan entered the ring. One
young lady timidly suggested to her
friends that they clap when Mr.. Da-
ley enters the ring" Some of them
did and Andy answered the salutation
with the same pleased sort of a smile
that he works in the ring when
stout opponent misses a blow that is
intended for his anatomy.
Mr.. Howard II. Cohen, the referee
and general master of ceremonies, and
who at different times was affection
ately dubbed by his friends George
Siler, Charlie White and other names
equally we'll known to patrons of the
roped arena, introduced the contest
ants, stated that Mr.. Daley had some
thing to say, and then bundled him
self, huge sweater and business like
air into a corner while Daley explain
but was to be a reproduction "of the
contest that took place before the Sa-
vannah Athletic Club a few days ago"
Then the referee got busy again, for
the third time led his baby from the
ring, helped chase the time-keeper's
dog out of the way of the scrappers,
declined two or three invitations to
make a speech, and, these prelimina-
ries being disposed of, ordered the gong
TO sound the beginning of the round.
Fun for the Girls.
The boxers lost no time in getting
out of their corners and to the center
of the ring. They danced and pranced
around each other in a way to give
the blues to half of the girls in the
crowd who thought they knew all
there is to be learned about the two
step, slapped each others faces, punch
ed to the wind, ducked, sde-stepped.
tented and blocked, and generally put
up fast and clever exhibition of box
ing as a parlor amusement-but it
wasn't scientific glove contest, least
wise not the kind that are pulled off
before the Savannah Athletic Club.
The girls thought it was the real
thing, though, and stared open eyed
some of them open-mouthed-at what
they thought was a real devilish pas
to their corners, gargled their threats,
We're rubbed down and in this part of
the programme gave a true exhibition
Of the real article with one exception:
Neither of the seconds filled his mouth
with water and spewed it over his
principals back a la Chinaman and
shirt.
Was Lively Affair.
Taking it all in all, however, it was
very pretty exhibition. The referee,
at the close, announced that he would
give Mr.. Daley" a better deal than
he had got from the Savannah Ath-
Ietic Club and called the bout a draw
After the bout started the referees
chief occupation was trying to keep
himself from between the specta tors
and the boxers, a commendable effort
IN which he did not succeed very we'll
because he spurned as beneath the
dignity of his Office the very sensible
suggestion that he sit down.
The boxers were most tracable and
broke when ordered, but Mr.. Cohen
felt called on once in awhile to
break" the men himself, and in doing
SO once got Daley's right for a rib
roaster." The crowd thought it funny
and howled with delight
mat Mr.. Barbee's entertainment was
success is shown by the fact that it
was attended by about 700 people. The
greater part of these went out on the
cars leaving the city a. s o'clock and
al $50, but not few came later, even
the 10 o'clock car being pretty we'll
nlled. Daley will leave for Boston
Monday Sheehan, as has been an
hounced before, will accompany him,
having decided to adopt the ring as