The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-11
WENT DOWN AND OUT
AMY LANDED A
WE ,,r SWING ON DOUGLASS JAW
.IvrH ROUND WAS FATAL.
potGLAss OF BROOKLYN
fRn ,r CONFIDENCE AND FIGHT

,,oore Did Not show Up and
pam ss Went on in His Place.
a,ed confident of Winning Out
rommy's Improvement in the
Rowing Caused the Brook
W ,n ia Lose His Laurels.
Lea Landed severe Upper
:, Rapid succession and Had
,ronc,-Terrffir Jabs on the
c,,e DOUGLASS No Trouble
no went Down Under a Par
,i,uIarIS Hard One
r.orn a right swing on the jaw Fred
-,oIsss OF New York went down and
DV'e 80 Tommy Corcoran of Savan-
J., the ninth round last night.
pl' '.,.r man had much the advantage
~ Douglass went to the mat and was
ntod ont by Referee Shorty Jen-
II WAS clean Knockout and
..ro,, had left the ring before Doug
lass recovered.
r,o bout was scheduled to take place
"a, Danny Moore and Corcoran,
-, Moore did not arrive and Douglass
,ut in as a substitute. The pat
Of the Savannah Athletic Club
IA moi suffer by the change and those
t, witnessed the exhibition got their
news worth and were pleased. The
arb+iro was fast and furious through
,. and the purse belonged to either
..or until Douglass went down under
,bo vicious blow. of the Savannah
,oyor The crowd cheered, Corcoran
,ros lifted from the ring by his sec
ssand Douglass lay motionless on the
maj for a full minute. When he re-
roined consciousness he scrambled to
bs feet aud to his dismay found that
ro-corau had retired to his dressing
roon, Douglass had been confident of
victory, and he was Panied at the re-
suit
ond did the cleverest work of his pu-
glistir life. He displayed adroitness
tbrouchout the mill and his foot work
was excellent. The Savannah lad APP
peared to have grown wise to the fact
fiat wild swings and bull dog tenacity
would count for but little before a
man who knows the game, and he was
more careful than in the past. He did
not leave himself open to attack often,
and before the bout ended caused the
smile 10 leave the face of the lad from
New York Different from in the past,
even when groGgy and distressed ne
did not go at il wild and trust to a
chance blow to put his opponent to
sleep. During his rest from work in
the ring Corcoran learned many points
of the game, and to his marked inn
prWement can be attributed his victory
over the man who defeated Danny
Moore whom the Savannah man was
matched to fight at las pounds.
In the first round Douglass stepped
to the center of the ring with an ap-
parent wise smile. and he was backed
as the winner. The fighting during
the round was fast and furious, and
before it had ended there were many
who were sorry that they had given
odds on Douglass, not that he did not
Show W i'm splendid form. but that
C0rcoran had improved so much. Dur
ing the early part of the round Corco-
ran slipped and went down. In get
ting up Douglass made a vicious right
swing that would have undoubtedly
put the Savannah out had it landed.
'orcolau DrettilY ducked the blow and
forced the lighting during the round.
Most of his blows landed on Douglass
Jaw, which appeared to me made of
ron Colcoran played on the jaw
T'ratedly during the following round,
SEEMINGLY without affect, and that the
Knockout should have been the result
a punch on that spot was rather
surprising Douglass seemed to de-
EOl on his upper cuts which he
snaed almost at will, and but for
tommy ability to stand punishment,
would have gone out early in the
game.
Inc second round Tommy was ag-
s'eSSlVe and administered some stiff
Ia% ana punches. Douglass did not
appear at all worried and got in his
MtF cuts at every opportunity. A
queh Jab on the ear in one of the
lunches brought the blood from Tom
aA ana the blow worried him through
UN the mill. In the third round Tom
~! was groggy and appeared dis
a'SSed lie came up, however, grin
mus and began his rushes. 1t looked
r DVusldSS was playing a waiting
same and he was careful to guard
asdlnst a chance blow. He appeared
alda OF Toms vicious swings and
.gs ana watched an opportunity for
TAlockout but in vain. In the fourth
5 ,u. suffered from several upper cuts
NJ. skipped about the ring playing
N, Nlhd tactic altogether new to
", gay d'lnah man. AS the gong sound
M M gave Douglass a terrific punch
n. .ie wind, which would have put
yIsIdss out had it been administered
mo ,ngI IN the round. The Brooklyn
g ran suffered from this punch until the
N|WT,,Hout was given.
,bo wen zen Douglass stepped forward for
rso.l nith round his smile had disap-
M a't "a and he seemed distressed from
vsy olo" on the wind. Corcoran too.
bara ufed and while the fighting was
AZ w. "el'ner man had the advantage
rS, ,ug sound Of the gong. In the sixth
may may douglass landed an upper-c,It
a6t b me Jaw that hurt Tommy. and
arb,o,nl ms mead back. The BROOKLYN
Tom soI IN several hard blows and
was worried when the gong
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