The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-01
JUST FIVE ROUNDS
TAKEN RY CoRCoRAN TO Put
DOUGLAS OUT OF BUSINESS.
SECONDS THREW UP SPONGE.
an S,xTH INNING TO SAVE THEIR.
MAN FROM A KNOCKOUT.

"a. WINS the Favorite and
e,o,xcd Up Well in First Two
puuds-Rest of Bout Was CorcO-
ans Corcoran Went to His
x,ees Once in First Round But
rvened Up by Sending Douglas
Drn Twice in Fifth-COrcoran
rsed Run-Away Tactics Now
u,,ts to Meet ZeigIer-TOmmy
r.Itz Wants to Meet Eithsr Cor
ooran or Douglas in Clean
Break Bout.
mummy Corcoran of Savannah got
+ho decision over Fred Douglas of
brooklyn last night in five rounds of
,,hat WAS to have been a 20-round
hout Douglas was unable to come to
time after the fifth and his seconds
threw up the sponge. The result of
the mill was a decided surprise to most
Of the spectators, who seemed to think
Douglas sure winner, especially after
the showing that he had made in his
former bout with Corcoran which went
nine rounds, even when Douglas was
confessedly out of shape.
MIR was the result of the bout the
only surprise Tommy had another in
store for his friends in a set of new
ring tactics that he brought into play
for the first time. 1t wasn't the old
rpshing Corcoran, last night, but the
cautious Corcoran. Instead of going
for his man as he use to do he let
the other man come for him and led
him dance all over the ring, duck
ing swings and coming to an exchange
of blows only when it suited him to.
Douglas was at him all the time,
however, and in each of the mix-upS
that marked the first rounds he got
in his share of blows, pretty effective
ones they seemed to be, too, for in the
very first round one of them sent to
the ribs brought Tommy to his knees.
He was quickly up, however, and APP
parently none the worse for the fall or
tbe blow, resumed his runaway tao
tics.
Douglas long suite was in playing
for the body, ribs, chest and stomach,
and on these parts of his opponents
anatomy he landed some hard blows,
especially with the left, and. whenever
the opportunity offered, with quick
up jab with his right. Corcoran played
chiefly for the head. In the first
round he landed one on the nose that
brought the claret. and in each sue
ceeding round punched that member
to the manifest annoyance of his an
tagonist.
Honors were pretty nearly even in
the first, while for the greater part OF
the second Douglas appeared to be do
ing the more effective work, though
Corcoran landed q hard punch to the
ribs and a swing to the head just as
he 0Onp andad tha sro11Od
The third round started out pretty
even: Douglas landed lefts to the ribs
and a particularly hard left swing 10
1.-The ear but sCorcoran came back with
right and left to the head and. in a
rush. hard left to the chest. 1t was
in the fourth round that Corcoran be-
gan to show up at his best. Douglas
had him cornered and waded in but
got a right and left to the head in
exchange for light up cut on the ribs
with his right, and a punch to the ribs
with the other mitt. Tommy then
edged out of the corner and, crab-like
slid around the ropes. Douglas fol-
lowed and made vicious swing for
his head which Corcoran ducked, then
in a mix-up, put in some more hard
punches to the head.
Near the close of this round both
men appeared to be very tired, Doug
las in particular, who prolonged the
clnches apparently to gain time. Had
the round continued a minute longer
ne would have been knocked out. The
minutes rest freshened him up a Bit
though, and at the beginning of the
fifth he showed up all right, and went
for his man, but Corcoran knew that
he had matters we'll in hand, and after
running around a bit, ducking and
lodging, he landed a right to the jaw
mat sent Douglas to his knees for the
limit.
He got up quickly and landed Cor
coran one in the face and a miX-up
followed. but the blow that sent Doug
las to his knees had taken the ginger
out of him. and in a few seconds Cor
coran landed another right and left to
the same place and Douglas went down
and to all intents was out, for though
the gong ended the round before he
could have been counted out, he was
TOO far gone to have continued the
game.
Dazed, he struggled to his feet and
staggered over to the ropes, reaching
mere after the gong had struck, but
the sound of the bell was lost in the
uproar of calls and cries that arose
lrom the house, and Corcoran not hear
ing it, followed fast after Douglas and
landed once, lightly, before he was
caught by some of the seconds and
lold that the round was ended.
Both men went to their corners, but
When the sixth round was announced
douglas seconds threw up the sponge.
After he had recovered somewhat
douglas remarked to his friends that
tne man who took Corcoran for a
VinCh was a - fool
Corcoran, as he previously an
hounced, will challenge Zeigler for a
9oat but he is likely to be accommo-
uated, that is If he wants to be, with
bout in quite another quarter. Tom
my Feltz, who witnessed the ''mill''
snlnks that with clean breaks, he can
pest either Corcoran or Douglas, and,
uespite the disparity of weight and
9l1e' wants a chance to try It. Judge
IEsddc Nathans, a great admirer of
elzs, thinks as his man does and
mas expressed his intention, IL the bout
sIod De arranged, of backing Feltz with
me main event was preceded with
preliminary between Jack Sheehan
eii eilu Jake Hurt. 1t was to have gone
Ti@ rounds. but Sheehan got in a solar
Nus IN the first round and Hurt went