The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-10
SULLIVAN WON FROM
FEl7z IN HARD BOUT,
Brooklyn Tommy Given the Yer
dict Over Savannah Man at
West End Club.
DECISION WAS WELL RECEIVED.
Sullivan Popular With Crowd and
Verdict Was Applauded-
Kelley Victor in the
semiwindup.

Tommy Sullivan Of Brooklyn was ytv,u
the decision over Totamy Feltz Of savan-
I nah at the West End Club last evening.
Referee Sharpe deciding that the Eastern
man was entitled 70 The verdict. The result
seemed thoroughly satisfactory to the spec
| tators.
| In the early periods Of the fight, for
| few rounds. toward the middle OF III. con-
test. and for the last round. Sullivan had
/ n wide lead. Instead Of trying to spar with
F., Feltz. as many believed he would do. hs
went IN to cut out the pace from the out
/ set
! Though fighting man whose mixing was
! his strongest point. Sullivan went in again
7 and again to swap blows with the South
| srner While fighting at long range. the
! bout afforded some pretty examples Of box
! irz. While fighting at short range, both
/ man offended by their rough work.
! II the fifth round. Sullivan, who had cue
| out the wori: to tl,at period. stepped in on
! Feitz and commenced to rain uppercuts to
! the Savar~ah mans face and body. Find
! Ing that Feltz was protecting his head with
! his forearm. Sullivan directed his blows at
| Tommys stomach, sending uppercut after
uppercut into Feltz's middle.
Owing to the Savannah mans habit of
Jumping up as each blow came in and to
his peculiar method OF bending far over IN
clirch. many OF these blows seemed to
land dangerously nsar the foul line, and
some seemed clearly low.
Referee Sharpe cautioned Sullivan. how
ever, and let the bout go on. Feltz was the
offender In the seventh round While Sui
Ivan was stepping back from a clinch,
F'eitz landed a terrific blow on Sullivan's
groin that was clearly low, the blow caus-
ing Sullivan to bend over In apparent pain
for a few seconds. Feltz was cautioned by
the referee.
STARTED DOUBLE PUNCH
In the nineteenth Sullivan had started q
double punch at Feltz. but inadvertently
landed one blow as Feltz went to the floor
from the effects Of the opening punch.
: The story OF the fight by rounds was
mucn ne same, save that the margin of
advantage was in sullivan's favor in the
advantage was in Sullivan's favor in the first
eight rounds. tne TIDE then turning toward
the fifteenth rounds. Sullivan met his at
tacks with clever blocking, however. and
had a distinct lead in the closing rounds.
10th men rDushed IL in the clinches.
Wrestling was frequent, and IL was thought
Sullivan would be at a disadvantage at this
kind of work. Feltz found him a tough GUS
tendency to break cleanly at the end
F'eitz went to tie floor several times. half
from slipping in evadinC Sullivan's PUSHES
and half from the effects OF Sullivan's
blows. Each man held at intervals. and.
finding that his opponent was addicted to
the same habit, kept up the holding at short
range
Tie men showed each other as they brooks
and considerable feeling seemed to exist be-
tween them. Partisanship ran high among
the spectators, who cheered for their re-
spective men. That Sullivan was the ia
vorite was clearly proven when Sharpe
held up his hand, when the club was filed
with applause from the spectators.
MCCOY BESTS PAGE
In the opening event, Young Kid Mccoy.
disposed of Kid Page in the fourth round
\ right uppercut to Pages jaw ended the
affair.
In the senfwindup. Cooney Kelley won
from Nick Santora. The latter tried to CUT
out fast pace from the start and tired
himself at the first Kelley fought a we'll
Judged battle, cutting out his work neatly
and solved Santora's rlshes with great ac-
cuTacy. The bout was one of the best pre-
liminaries seen at the club the last SIX
months.
Kelley's work was a great Improvement
over his former showing. and he had San
tora Keeling and all but out IN the last
round. Referee Nal Doyle very properly
vas helpless, and gave the decision to KEEL
ley.
one OF the best crowds at any recent light
was present. The winner Of the main event
Tommy Sullivan. will meet Young Corbett
Mt the club July go