The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-18
FELTz ON A FOUL
,-oX THE DECISION IN HIS FIGHT
WITH KID BEEBEE.
EBEE's WORK WAS RANK.
,.orGHT WELL AND THEN BEGAN
EOULING REPEATEDLY.

.Cus "a nOcl&Out for Beebee If He
.ouIdn't Foul Feltz-He Saw This
r,rarIy Enough. SO He Began Play
.. for n FOuI-JenIxins Cautioned
Aim, but He Kept Up His Game.
FINALLY. in the Twelfth Round,
Jenkins Very Properly Gave the
t,irht to FeItz-ROth Men Pretty
suecimens, of the bantam Glass
and Their Work, for a Time, Was
,s pretty as One Wanted to See.
F.Itz and Daley JaIy IS.
Kid Beebees work in the ring at the
savannah Athletic Club last night was
about the rankest ever seen in glove
contest in this city. Seeing that he was
whipped, and that it was but matter
of round or two before he would be
knocked out, he persistently and re-
neatedly sought to foul Feltz. He
SAW that the Jig was up, so he preferred
10 put his opponent out by fouling him
n being knocked out himself.
II was in the twelfth round that
Beebee's work showed SO coarse that
shorty Jenkins, who was refereeing the
bout stepped between the men, raised
his hand and announced that he would
award the fight to Feltz. Although
have warned him. said Jenkins,
"Beebee has eatedly fouled Feltz. 1
give Feltz the decision because of Bee
bee fouling him."
Beebee deliberately perpetrated foul
after foul. striking below the belt.
None of his fouls seemed to have eff
feet, but they We're so palpable to the
referee and to those sitting near the
ring and so clearly intentional that few
would not admit the justice of Jenkins
decision.
1t was pretty bout for a time. The
little fellows were both in the, pink of
condition.. Both are almost perfect in
build and we'll muscled, FELIX'S muscles
being of the long type and Beebee's be-
ing knotted and more apparent to the
eye. Feltz had a few pounds the adj
vantage in weight, though both were
well within the bantam limit. Feltz
was the stronger, TOO, as was shown in
the clinchcs. His blows too, were heav-
ier and more effective. Beebee was
clever, especially in mitigating, and
landed often, but he did not get in a
blow that seemed to feaze Tommy.
The first round was the prettiest of
all. The little fellows both showed
science, and their work was clever
enough. Beebee showed quickness on
his feet, and his duckng and side
stepping We're as good as the sports
wanted to see. He was to the bad in
or Oofh of nd "a
was all there was against him.
Honors in the first round were even,
but then Beebee's stock began to fall.
He developed an ability to Withstand
punishment that was astonishing. AL
though, in round after round, Feltz
sent blow after blow to the head and
-Beebee, was "a bit groggy, he stood up
under 1t all.
About the ninth round, seeing that
he had no chance, Beebee began. his
fouling The watchful jenkins saw it
and cautioned his man. Beebee ig
nored the caution. He kept playing
for foul, round after round, until
jenkins gave Feltz the fight
1t was only his ability to stand up
under the rain of straight punches to
the head that Feltz was bestowing
upon him that saved Beebee from a
knockout, but this fact would not
have stood him in stead much longer,
for Feltz gave him not a seconds rest,
but VAS always after him.
Beebee had Dougherty, Sheehan and
Mamie in his corner, but Feltz was
content with AL McMurray to look af-
ter him. While his opponent was hav-
ing the combined energies of all three
oil his seconds devoted to sponging and
cooling him between rounds, Feltz, as
Is mis- way, was sitting in his corner
with McMurray only bestowing little
attention upon linn. The club had a
number of electric fans going, which
made the hall comfortable for the
spectators and a little less hot for the
lighters than it would have been with
out them.
Andy Daley appeared in the ring be-
lore the fight, when the announcement
was made that he would meet the
winner of the contest on July IS. An
ether fight between Daley and Feltz
Will draw a good house.