The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-01
Brooklyn Boxer Awarded Verdict
at the Close Of Twenty
Rounds Fighting.
NEAT WORK BY SULLIVAN.
Solved Toys Jabs and Held His
Man Safe Almost Throughout
i,un !est-COdv Won the
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| twenty c1s,.i~ a. .S-r tangled r.. s,!~.
| While Toy Wa. i. lang ~ u i 'oes'
out at any stage. he :; - ein.-riy .tz-iasi as
a boxer, and persisted IL: T,.s:.i=c into
clinches and wrestling throughout the bout.
! With the exception of one or two stages.
| when Toy drew up by series of quick
! jabs to the face. Sullivan held n margin
over the San Francisco man and retained
| his lead to the end. Sullivan put up one
| of the most careful fights he has yet dis
! played in the local ring. and seemed salts
fled to outpoint his man and to put in his
! best exertions at body work. Only in the
last round or two did Tommy try for a
knockout. and then he made but one or two
attempts.
Next to the constant clinching. brought
about by Toys tactics, the feature of the
go was an episode in the seventh round
AT that period, having discovered that his
left jab told but little upon Sullivan. Toy
clinches. jamming his forearm across Tom,
mys throat and bending Sullivan's head
back over the ropes. holding him with one
hand and hitting him with the other and
perpetrating several other infractions of the
rules
SULLIVAN GETS MAD.
Sullivan lost his temper in the seventh
round at this constant interference 9y 10y
near the ropes, he threw all MS weight
on Eddie swung him off his balance and
threw him to the floor @ e., hitting him a tre'
The blow brought the blood from Eddie's
eye and clearly surprised him.
He fought without fouling for several
Again in the eleventh round Toy kept
hanging on in spite of the referees oraeIs
for a time by suddenly rising from a stoop-
ing position he had assumed IN the cincn'
, raising Eddie off the floor and then violent
ly shaking him from his shoulder. The sur
prised look on Toys face as he landed on
the ring floor with thump caused a burst
of laughter to run through the crowd ABOUT
On acccunt of Sullivan's careful boxing
the contest was somewhat slow at stages
although the exhibition ,bs was al all
stages. and was very careful to protect
himseif from Toys left jabs. He solved the
was only at close work and in c!inches that
Toy would manage to whip UP MS right
and land on Sullivan.
tween two-handed boxer and n one-aand-
ed man: that is. while Sullivan boxed neat,
ly, landing with either hand. Toy seemed
to have only a left jab to depend upon. the
right he sent OYER at intervals was of no
value and did not disturb Sullivan par,
ticle. while the latter invariably retaliated
with his own right.
TOY BADLY PUNISHED.
Toy was badly punished. so far as ap-
pearances went, in the course of the bout.
His eye vas cut y nose ects Sea ~ irsniY ana
blows. In the closing Pounds Toy received
blow which cut his eye near the eco corner ,,,r
Of the nose the blood sprea,ding gr over nns MS
His condition did not seem to be much. at
fected. however. although he was tired at
the end.
He would fiddle and feint for a moment.
slip Eddies left jab and would then go In
with right and left. Toy blocked beautiful
ly at stages of the bout and seemed to have
Sullivan's system solved. Then he would
have reverse and Tommy would land at
Toy got to him with a left jab that jolted
Tommy's head. but the latter was never
even shaken by. the exchange.
In the preliminary Tom Cody was given
the decision over Joe Sherlock. who was
substituted for Young Scotty on the latter's
to axass1 ahe snan m
main event a,- the club last October and
na won from him ,n on on,v f2a In the aa,s SECOND
hoped to win from Sullivan. and this
was exemplified in the opening event.
SHERLOCK LANDS OFTEN.
Sherlock proved that about all he pos
eessed was a rather slow left and right OF
a clumsy order, which he landed on Cody
frequently.
He had the latter's eye cut in the early
rounds, and this seemed to waken Cody up.
as he bored in persi.tently and commenced
reaching Sherlock with swings.
This turned the battle his way at once.
and he received the decision from Referee
Sharpe at the close of the tenth round.
Cody will be put on later at the club, as
a result of his victory.
Jack Curley of the Chicago Inter-Ocean
brought Cody down and seconded HE man.
He believes he has a conner in Cody. and
thinks that as soon as the latter acquires
more speed he will be a dangerous PROPOSE
tion in his claf-9