The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-31
IN A SINGLE ROUND
KID ALLEN OF NEW YORK KNOCK
ED OUT KID ST. CLAIR.
RIGHT HANDLER TO JAW.
DID THE BUSINESS AFTER 2 MIN
UTEs AND 81 SECONDS OF BOXING.

st. Clair Thinks 1t Was n Chance
Blow and Has Arranged for An
other Bout Friday-St. CIair's Ex-
ceIIent FOOtwOrk the CIeVerest
Part of the ShOS-Kerns Knocked
Flanagan Out Also in One Round
and Also With a Right Handler to
the entertainment Looked the
Winner but Hurried Matters Too
Much.
A right swing on the jaw put Kid
st. Clair of Louisville down and out
in the first round of what was to have
been a twenty-five-round bout between
him and Kid Allen last night. 1t was
simply lucky blow that he walked
into, St. Clair said, after the fight, but
the fact remains that it was good
enough to do the business, for st. Clair
not only took the count, but stayed
where he lay until carried to his cor
ner.
Before the blow that ended the bout
there was scarcely a blow passed that
amounted to anything; a punch or two
to the face and chest, but none of
them landing with enough steam even
to cause a bruise. In fact, both men
showed up very clever, indeed the foot
work of st. Clair being particularly
noticeable. st. Clair was especially fast
with his hands also. Allen appeared to
be not quite as fast as his opponent,
but has the hitting power, and wasn't
afraid to hunt for openings and gener-
ally to give his opponent excellent ex-
cuses for bringing into play his clever
foot-work.
Took Nearly Three Minutes.
The bout lasted but two minutes and
fifty-seven seconds. Allen was on the
east side of the ring just before that
time was up. apparently on the de.
fensive, his left guard extended and
right arm we'll back. st. Clair led for
the face, and as he did So, Aliens right
shot out and caught him on the jaw,
and st. Clair went his full length.
ST. Clair has little doubt that he
can reverse the result of last nights
bout if he has another chance, and
so a second match has been arranged
between the men to take place Fri
day night, when, ST. Clair announced,
he will either box for the whole of the
receipts or put up a purse on the side.
Allen is perfectly willing to play the
game over again. Several days ago
he expressed confidence in his ability
to win and so was not surprised by the
result of the bout
Flanagan and Kerns.
The preliminary which was between
Steve Flanagan and Jack Kerns was
an exceedingly lively affair also and
this, by a peculiar coincidence, also.
lasted less than a round and was won
by exactly the same kind of blow, a
right-hander on the jaw. Kerns was
the victor and won out in just two and
a half minutes, but not before he was
given the worse punishment that he has
received since he entered the ring.
At one time it seemed all Flanna-
gan's way. In fact had Flanagan
been in less of hurry to put his man
out he certainly would have come near
er to doing it. But he was for rush
ing matters and, in a mix-up Kerns
put his right on the proper place to
turn the trick, and his man stretched
his full length on the floor and took
no further interest in matters until
ice, and smelling salts brought him
back to a consciousness of things mum
dane.
Flanagan Mixed 1t Up.
In former matches between these
men Kerns has been in the habit of
cutting out the pace to suit himself
and thus securing such advantage as
might result from these tactics; but
last night Flanagan, knowing that
Kerns was in the better condition to
stand long drawn out bout, determin-
ed to mix it up from the beginning
and did so to the discontinue of Kerns
for the latter because of the superior
hight, weight and reach of his oppo-
rent was kept on the defensive all the
time
The battle had lasted not more than
minute when Flanagan put a hard
right swing on Kerns jaw and that
nan went down and came very nearly
staying there. He struggled UP lust
in time to save count out on him
but was so groggy that he was hardly
able to defend himself much less as
sumo the aggressive.
He was game, though, and though
Flanagan went for him hammer and
tongs and landed blow after blow to
the head and face. he fought back with
such strength as he had and landed
number of times on his adversary's
wind. Three times Flanagan rushed
him. Once both men fell and nearly
went through the ropes, and at the
other times only the ropes supported
them, but, finally, after Kerns had
been pushed into his corner, he man
aged to put the necessary amount of
steam to punch to the jaw and Elan