The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
WOODS VICTOR
IN SIX ROUNDS
Reilly's Seconds Toss Up a
Sponge to Save Their Man
From Needless Punishment
BOTH BOXERS ARE FLOORED
Although One Sided the Bout
Proves One of the Most
Exciting Held in Oakland


middle weight, finished Tommy Reilly
in the sixth round last night at the
Sequoia Club, Oakland. While Tommy
was being counted out by George Har-
ding, the timekeeper, Reilly's seconds
threw up the sponge and Referee Ed
die Graney gave the fight to the dark
skinned pugilist.
At no time did Reilly have chance.
That he was not knocked out in the
second and again in the fifth round
was due to the timely sounding of the
bell. Despite the manifest superiority
of Woods, the pair put up five and
half rounds of as furious fighting as
any patron of the sport could hope to
witness in years. Woods did the trick
with his terrific stomach and body
smashes. They would have downed
better men than Reilly and the wonder
was how he lasted a second after tax
ing some of Woods punches.
Billy JOrdan's warning that bets
would be called off II there should be
any sign of fake" was unnecessary so
far as the result showed. The veteran
| announcer said there had been rurnors
about that the fight did not look right.
There was not anything left of the
gossip after the contest ended. Old
timers set the bout as a mark for swift
work. Tommy did not show up phys
ically as strong appearing as Woods
While the cOlOred man was in fine fet-
! tie, Reilly seemed a bit fat and his skin
did not have a healthy glow. The
white fighter was extremely nervous
from the first He forced the game
| from the start Of nearly every round
His opponent took things more cOolly
and waited for his chance to send in
those stomach jolts that finished Tom
my. Woods covered better and Reilly's
drives at the head were too often
smothered to be effective.
WOODS is KNOCKED DOWN.
Reilly opened up round one with live
! ly leading and a cheer from the short
enders went up when Woods went to
ceased its din. Then Reilly went to the
floor, but they were together in a few
seconds. driving their heavy rights and
lefts to head and body, hammering
without a seconds let up. One stiff
! left to the body sent Reilly to the
ropes. Up he came at the cOlored man
and foored Woods in a. mixup of
punching. Tommy was a bit tired
| when. the bell rang for corners.
Barely was the second round on be-
fore Woods sent Reilly to the ropes
with a stomach smash. They got to-
! gether and it was fast work. Near the
end of the round Woods put in his
right to the stomach and Reilly was
all but gone when the gong sounded.
/ ~,
opening of the third round. There was
hot exchange and Woods tried but
missed several stiff ones at Reilly's
head. In a rally Woods landed his left
on Reilly's stomach and the white man
| went down. A second time he was
joited to the floor, but was up again
in six seconds and fighting hard In
| the battling Reilly was damaged badly
and we=t to his corner tired.
| Woods fought Tommy into the Reilly
corner il the opening of the fourth
round, but Tommy got out and gave
the colored man a bunch Of stingers
| to the face that drew blood freely.
Billy sent Reilly to the floor with
I left to. the jaw and Tommy took nine
seconds. The white man was fioCred
again but pulled himself together and
| Woods was missing body punches at
the end of the round.
REILLY'S BLOWS LACK FORCE
The fifth round found Tommy fore
ing matters again, but the end was in
sight. as Woods put in a left to the
head that made Reilly reel, while an
other to the body put Tom to the mat
for eight seconds. Tommy went to the
floor again and it looked all off for
the white man, when he suddenly rallied
and gave Woods a stiff left swing that
caught the co,ored man on Vie head.
A second later, though, another stom-
ach punch sent Tommy down for nine
seconds. Woods waited and third one
all but settled it, the bell saving Tom.
Reilly was weak when the sixth and
last began. He tried to force matters.
but his blows lacked force. Woods
went in and floored the white man four
times. and uD went the sponge.
Spike Foley got the decision in four
rounds over Paul Crum. Jack Madden
was given the decision over Jack Duffy
/ in the second round, after the referee
/ raft,sed RI aIIOw DuffV'S claim of foul