The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-05
FIGHT WON BY FELTZ
GIVEN DECISION OVER DALEY AFT
Err TWENTY FIERCE ROUNDS.
DALEY PROTESTED FROM RING
CLAIMED HE KNOCKED FELTZ
DOWN THREE TIMES AND DE-
SERVED BOUT.

Wanted People to Get Fun for
With CrOwd-Jack Sheehan Bested
Two Men in Three Rounds.
Tommy Feltz was given the decision
over Andy Daley last night after
twenty of the fiercest and cleverest
rounds ever fought in Savannah. The
decision did not exactly meet the APP
prevail of the crowd, the majority of
which thought it should have been a
| draw, though also there were not
wanting enthusiastic admirers of each
man, the one lot thoroughly satisfied
with the result, and the other quite
as fixed in the opposite view.
The decision, as Referee jenkins aft
erward stated, was based on Daley's
tactics, which consisted of the rough
and-tumble order. Several times he
threw Feitz by this means. Daley also
is charged by the referee with using his
shoulder, and with butting in the
ciinches. Any one of these things,
| to disqualify Daley, but knowing that
wagers were up on the fight, and feel
| ing, also, that the crowd, after its
| long wait, ought to have as much of
| the show as possible, he would not
stop the bout as long as the fouling
did not become too pronounced.
Daley FavOrite.
On the whole, though, the crowd
| seemed to be in favor of Daley even
from the first round and their precon-
ceived views and expressed favoritism
may have colored their views of the
decision. Daley, however, thinks him
self very badly treated. After the deci-
sion was announced he protested to the
referee, and then addressed the crowd
| from the ring asking the people if they
had heard the decision, and that after
he had knocked Feltz down three
times.
The fight, which lasted just an hour
and a half, was not begun until IL
O'Clock because Daley chose not to
come to the hall until it suited his con-
venience. To urgent messages asking
that he come and telling him that the
crowd was waiting he replied by tell
ing the management of the club to "let
the crowd wait" Later, when he did
| come to the club and was urged to en-
ter the ring at once, he made his pre-
vious message even a little stronger.
Wanted to Know the Receipts.
| The fact of the matter is Daley was
| determined to know the amount taken
in at the door before he entered the
ring. He insisted on this so strenu-
ously that even before he DOTTED his
street clothes the tickets had to be
taken to private room and counted
| Nothing other than an actual count
in his presence would satisfy him, even
though the treasurer of the club, in
order to hurry up the fight, offered to
turn over the financial end of matters
to any man that Daley cared to name.
Those of the crowd who learned why
the delay was caused, were pretty
thoroughly disguised. To say the
management of the club was disgust
ed is expressing their feeling entirely
TOO mildly. Its safe proposition ia
gamble on that Daley takes no part
III any future contests under the aus
pieces of the Savannah Athletic Club.
The Fight IA Corker.
The fight itself, though was a
corker. There wasn't a slow round
in it. Daley was in quite as good
form as when he won from Feltz some
weeks ago, while Tommy's condition
was very much better. Daleys foot
work was quite as good as any ever
| seen in Savannah, and his ducking also
was exceptionally clever. He was ex-
ceedlngly fast with his hands, too both
or which he used with equal facility
ana force, but he did not force the
bout as Feltz did, and again he marred
several rounds by wrestling.
1t was in these wrestling clinches
mixed up with pretty savage infightine
that Feltz went down the three times
ina 1mat Daley claimed knock downs.
| mere was so much of this hangine
on In which Daley was the chief Of
| fender, that the referee had to aban-
| oon the call to break which is USUALLY
sufnc1ent, and actually go between the
| men to force them apart In one ~
these clinches that followed a rush nv
Daley, both he and Feltz went
through the ropes, and into one of
the boxes whence they were boosted
back into the ring by the spectators
VINO had caught them in their tumble.
FeItz Meant Business
All through the fight Feltz went al
his man in a business-like way. while
| Daley seemed to think the affair as
much of a joke as anything else He
danced around the ring, made grim
aces at Tommy when the latter made
swing or punch that failed to land
| winked at his friends near the ring and
generally did not seemed to be very
| much troubled as to the outcome OF
the bout. He could be terribly vicious
! when he wanted to. though, and more
| than once changed his lope into a. rush
to close quarters where he landed
| quick and hard and then either clinch-
| ed to avoid returns or again did a "hot
foot" out of Tommy's reach.
Feltz fought as hard and consistent
ly as he always does. He smiled
cheerfully when he landed a good
one" and grinned again no less good
naturally when his opponent came
back, but all the time he meant bust
| ness.
Sheehan Too Much for Waters.
The main affair was preceded bv
what was to have been a six-round
preliminary between Jack Sheehan and
Kid Waters. Waters proved himself
clever but Sheehan was too much for
him and put him out with a right and
left to the jaw after the first round
had gone a minute and twenty sec
onds.
Then Sheehan went up against an
other local man, who fought under the
name of Kid Buster. He stayed with
Jack not quite two rounds when he,
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