The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-04-24
FREDERICKS
A GAME ONE
Fights Draw. but DeCouroey Would
Have "6one' In Another Round

Kid Fredcricks. OF Seattle, and
Billy DeCourscy. fought a go-round
draw last night at the Seattle
thcater. The general impression was
that Frcderlcks should have been de-
clared the winner. lie would UNI
douhtedly have won had he forced tho
fighting little earlier In the game.
hut his great caution and evident
desire to avoid punishment led him
into the mistake OF allowing the san
Francisco man to do nearly all tho
leading up 60 about the itth round.
Then the Kid saw that he had his
man firing fast. and assuming tho
aggressive had naCourcsy almost out
several times near the end OF the
fight About one more round and the
KID would undoubtedly have put De
courcvy TO sleep. neCourcsy real
iEcd what Kind OF a game he was up
against and for the last two or three
rounds Rugged FrcderickH continual
~ 20 avoid the knockout This Was
particularly true In the last round
when he chung 90 him In spite 81
Frederick attempts 60 break loose
and beat him down. Referee Crane
tried With indifferent success TN this
round 20 keep the men apart.
objected to the wsnsn
A fairly good crowd attended the
fight IL would have been larger
had not people been a little suspl-
cious since the recent fiasoo At Ger.
mania hall. About a score OF women
occupied boxes al tho fisht and their
presence Vas made the subject %
much unravorahlc comment.
The men entered the ring at 10
o'clock. Risky Barnett acted as an.
nouuCer, A. W, Crane ~ referee. aud
Sam Rub~nstsin as timekeepsr.
Perry Queenan appeared as ons 81
peCources seconds. The fight was
under Marquis OF Quesuabury ruleu.
the principals agreeing 10 break
clean and not hit IN ths cilnches. The
weight Of the men was given as un-
der i11 pounds FrcdrFickH was tire
taller. but his opponent was % much
stockler build. giving him the sp-
pearance OF a much heavier man.
In the first round both men
spared cautiously. peCourccy try
Ing for an opening and the Kid dan
cling all over the ring 10 avoid e.
Several tirnes the San Francisco man
had Fredertcks close To tho ropes
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foot work saved him. The hggrvs-
zive work began from the second
round. Increasing 90 tho end. Fred
crick- showed marked Improvement
In form since his last appearance be-
fore a Seattle audiences. lie showed
the effects % good training in re-
markabiy good blocking and duck
ing. but was weak in leading He
showed himself 20 be able TO stand
considerable punishment and IN the
mix -upa which occurred frequently
during the fisht. he took good care
~ himself and came back At De.
Courcey IN good shape IN fac, IN
rrozt Of the mix-ups after the sixth
round ne forced the California man
10 ciinch.
Firs, Bleed fer p.ceuresy
ueCourcey drew the first blood in
the eighth. when n fierce right swing
landed on FredertekH' face. cutting
his iip. Frcdsricks was on the ropes
several times during the fight. but
always came 10 the scratch tn tip
top condition. ON the other hand
DsCourcsy vas evidently grogEy on
several occasions and was glad TO
obtain the one minute respite be-
tween rounds After the 18th round
the fight was all Fredericton. lie fol-
lowed his man around the ring
anxious to mix things up and al.
though at times DeCourcey rushed
him. he vas always ready for II and
escaped uniniured. In the 18TH round
a body blow delivered ln a mix-up
sent DeCourcey 10 the floor. but he
recovered In n moment usCourcsy
was very tired and plainly showed
his Inability 10 stand much more
fight. while the KID seemed 10 grow
fre@her the longer the fight lasted
The 10th round ended with Freder-
ticks landing right and left swings on
the San Francisco mans face and
Jaw. the latter not being able 10 de-
fend himself except BY elinching and
huEging.
The main so was preceded by
rather embarrassing four round pre-
iimlnRry between r. Iaampman and
Larry Gleason. Before the fight
Ftskey Barnett announced that bal
Hawkins and Perry Qucenan had
been matched 20 fight again for
81 600 side IN the near future. The
announcement aroused no enthu-
Hiasrn.