The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-02
WHY FELTz LOST DECISION.
The story of the Fight as Seen by
st. Louis Critics.

One of the possible reasons for the
decision of the Feltz-Forbes bout
which took place in ST. Louis Thurs
day night may be found in the fol-
lowing story of the bout as printed in
one of the local papers:
Harry Forbes got the decision over
Tommy Feltz at the West End Club
tonight after Is rounds of hard and
persistent fighting by both men. No
such aggressive battle has been wit
messed at the club this season, and
throughout the entire battle there was
not an idle moment by either fighter.
"Feltz put up a splendid battle, and
his stubborn boring in throughout the
bout, coupled with his disregard of
Forbes savage hooks and the pun
ishment he received, won him the
sympathies of large portion OF the
crowd. While doing much of the lead
ing. however, most of Feltz's work
was done after Referee Sheridan had
ordered the men to break, and after
Forbes had dropped his hands in
compliance with the order.
Under the rules of the contest which
provided that the men were to break
when ordered, Forbes had the best of
the bout. He did the cleanest and the
most effective work, sending his right
and left hooks and jaos to FELIX'S face
again and again as the latter pushed
in at him, while his occasional swings
and hard jabs punished the Savannah
boxer severely.
"Feltz was not to be denied, however,
but at many stages of the game he did
work that would probably have result
ed in his disqualification had his blows
affected Forbes. Disregarding the
referees orders to break, he would
work his right and left on Forbes ribs
and stomach, bringing both hands up
to Forbes head and jaw and sending
in some hard blows.
FORBES hung on himself toward the
close, and throughout the bout both
men showed readiness to clinch. For
clean and hard blows, however, Forbes
had the best of the bout in spite of
the good showing put up by Feltz.
Forbes was entitled to the decision.
"At two stages of the bout Feltz
seemed to have the best chance to win.
In the sixth he pushed savagely in
at Forbes, rushing him harder than at
anyvother stage of the fight, and draw
ing blood from the champions nose,
pushed him to the ropes and sent blow
after blow to his face and head. In
the eleventh, after Forbes had sent in
a blow to the jaw, which seemed to
stagger Feltz, the latter recovered and
went at Harry hard and fast. Paying
no attention to hard left and right
hook, which Forbes landed on his
mouth as he came in, Feltz rushed
Forbes around the ring, sending in
blow after blow on Harry's face and
landing a terrific punch on the jaw,
which sent Harry to the floor for the
count. He arose strong at the count
of nine and ended the round with
smuggling match.
Malachi Doyle, local prize fight pro-
moter of prominence. is one of a num-
Der of experts on the boxing game who
were much displeased with to-night's
decision. Doyle says Feltz won his
battle cleverly. and that the decision
was case of failure on the part of
the referee to see the points of the
game. He points out that Feltz scored
all his points by fighting in the
clinches.
Il" 'Feltz's friends carried him about
the ring after the fight said Doyle,
and they were bitterly disappointed
by the decision"