The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-27
THE PROGRAMME A GOOD ONE.
PRELIMINARY BETWEEN JOLLY
AND JENKINS A CRACKERJACK.

MuIIiGam Was knocked Down in
First Half Minute of Fighting.
sent to Floor With Left Hook to
Jaw-GOt Up but Left Swing to
Ribs Put Him Out for Keeps-Shea-
han May Have n Chance to Meet
the Real Thing ShortIy-JoIIy and
Jenkins Made Draw of Four
Round Bout-Battle Royal Be-
tween Four Negroes a Corker.
With a left jab to the ribs in a
whirlwind rush Jack Sheahan put
Young Mulligan down and out in the
first round of what was to have been a
2O-round bout, held in Labor Hall last
night. The fight hadn't gone more
than a minute before the soldier was
'all in he didn't land on Jack more
than once or twice and then failed to
do any damage.
Sheahan rushed the game from the
start, sending lefts and rights to jaw
and wind and after half minutes
fighting sent Mulligan to the floor
with a left hook to the jaw The SOL
der came up all right before the count
expired on him, but he might as we'll
have gone out then and there for all
the good that it did him, in fact he
would have saved himself some pretty
severe punishment had he done so, for
no sooner was he on his feet than
Sheahan was at him again and made
no let up until Mulligan was out for
keeps.
Plenty of Bouts.
In spite of the fact that this, the
principal bout, was short the specta-
tors got their moneys worth for the
show which consisted. besides this
bout, of battle royal and a preimi-
nary between Young Jolly and Kid
jenkins, was quite one of the best that
has ever been given in Savannah.
There wasn't a slow minute to it, It
was started with commendable
promptness and the people got what
they were promised and a good deal
besides.
Fred Douglas managed the bout and
owen Zeigler was the referee. Doug
las is now of the opinion that it is
useless to try to find a man in Sa-
vannah to meet Sheahan, and so he
may arrange to import a chap that
will give the local boy enough work
to at least make it interesting. A
young pugilist who halls from Ala
bama made known his desire to meet
the winner of last nights bout, but
Douglas says it's a case of 'show me"
before ne gets the match. The Ala
banlian will have to show what he
can do in a try out before he will be
put on.
Last nights preliminary was alone
worth the price of admission. 1t was
certainly the best that has ever been
put on in Savannah. Both boys were
game, were equally matched and were
looking for. troubIe all of the four
rounds that the bout lasted. Jolly APP
parently had the best end in the mat
ter of weight. and he had shade bet
ter of the first two rounds, jenkins
being handicapped by wearing street
shoes, but in the third Jenkins shook
his shoes and from that time till the
gong ended the bout it was fight for
fair
No Lack of Punching.
Both boys are tWo-handed, and each
of them landed punches that would not
have discredited any bantams, profess
SIGNALS or otherwise. Jenkins in par
ticular has a straight punch that's a
corker and he used it most effectively.
while JULY was there with the goods"
first, last and all of the time. Men
who follow the game were so pleased
with the bout that they not only COM
phmented the boys on the showing
they made, but suggested to Douglas
that he put them on again for his bout
when he meets the Dangerous Dago."
Zegler's decision, calling the bout a
draw, gave general satisfaction.
The battle royal, too. was the best
that has been put on in some time.
The four negroes who were the con-
testants were husky and game, and
fought as though they liked the sport.
George Bailey, short, heavy and mus
cular; Big Foot Jake, who is clever
enough to be a professional; Brown
Riley, wiry, finely developed and game
beyond his size, and Snake, an elong
gated, small-headed man who merited
his sobriquet by his fondness for wrig
Cling through the ropes when the game
got too hot for him, were the men who
took part.
Introduced by ZeigIer.
They We're introduced by Zeigler as
-four opponents of the manly art" then
they shook hands. and went for each
other. Three of them were content to
make it rush, slap and bang affair,
but Big Foot Jake knew the game too
well for that; he picked out the spots
ne wanted to smash and then proceed
ed to do it in the most approved and
sclentlnc fashion. He made Riley his
especial mark, and some three times
Knocked him through the ropes.
Snake was the first to get enough
and get out: he didn't quit, he was
licked; then Riley was put out of bus
mess, and the scrap narrowed to Jake
and Bailey. Bailey was licked to
standstill in short order and as the
bout wasn't stopped and Bailey
couldn't keep the pace any longer
JAKE quit pounding and merely
slapped his opponents face with the
open glove
The house was a very good one and
large part of the spectators were
soldiers from Fort Screven, who had
come to town hoping to carry a victo-
rlous comrade back with them. They
were disappointed in this, but they
were nevertheless satisfied in the show
that they had witnessed.