The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-09


condition. Hankerson though not as
we'll versed in the art of the arena
seemed much heavier and had some
the best of the reach but he
was not in as good trim and
showed a little fairness. The first
two rounds of their bout were
good ones and in the first it looked a
little like Henderson but Kearns
brought his knowledge of the game
into play and had the bout his own
way when the gong sounded on the
finish of the second round. Henderson
was up and at it on the sound of the
next gong but Kearns was too much
for him and out he went before the
round ended.
At $40 o'clock Miller entered the ring
and took a seat in the southeast COR
ner. With Miller were Pat Ready and
Jim Tobin, his seconds. He was dress
ed in black trunks supported by a
lavender belt and wore a large Turk
ish towel around his shoulders. He
sat and waited quietly for seven MIN
utes for Ryan's appearance. At 9.47
O'Clock Ryan entered the ring and took
his place in the northwest corner. With
him were Pete Mamie and Young
Jollie." He wore a red turtle-neck
sweater from under the bottom of
which his white trunks showed. They
fitted we'll up on his waist. Both men
were perfectly at ease and looked
striking fit.
A few minutes later AL McMurray,
the manager of the club entered the
ring and announced on behalf of the
club that the entire control of the hall
had been turned over to the Fraternal
Order of Eagles to be used for the bene-
fit on the 22nd of the month. He an
nounced that Feltz and Devine had
been secured for a 20-round bout at
the benefit but in the event of hitch,
the winner of the bout to follow his
remarks would be matched with Brod-
erck or with Joe Barrett, who is do
ing much talking" Referee James
Jenkins then announced the main bout
and the rules to govern the match.
and introduced both men to the au-
dience.
The Bout by Rounds.
The work in the first four rounds were
a little slow. Miller had suffered some
from his backing through the ropes to
the floor, and Contented himself with
protecting himself, staying off at long
range. Many good blows were land
ed, however, and Ryan had a slight
shade the best of the meeting up to
that time.
About the fifth round Miller began
to warm, and aside from protecting
himself began his long range steady
leading. Here the friendly work be-
tween the men in their slips and low
blows began to show, and the game be-
gan to wax warm enough for anybody.
The sixth, seventh and eighth were of
the same order, Miller following strict
ly his style of fighting and Ryan get
ting busy in the close work. Both, now
and then, would change and swap tao
tics, practically, for a few exchanges,
but they were soon back to their own
styles and working to the limit Both
men showed up well in blocking along
there, and both would shoot a grin of
good humor over the shoulder of the
other as they blocked a sox-dologer
and broke up other pretty work.
In the ninth they went together with
swift exchanges and both broke smil-
ing. Miller shot the left hand to face,
and they got in a close exchange, where
Ryan got busy. Miller worked his stiff
left repeatedly to Ryan's face and
bothered him no little with the taunt-
ing jabs. Ryan backs off and then
shot his right hard for stomach and
Miller went after him hard.
Ryan backed quickly from his rush
and Miller landed as they went. Ryan
tripped just before he reached the
ropes and went down with Miller on
top of him. Miller was up in an in
slant and pulled Ryan up. Both en-
joyed the fall and their good nature
was unrvffied. When they got to theii
| feet no time was lost and Miller was
after Ryan again. Miller landed
| quickly after the rise and landed again
Immediately after a clinch. Ryan
slightly forgot that those tactics were
within the rules and hesitated. Miller
was quick to see the advantage and
was in again. Ryan was tired and
they were clinching as the gong
sounded. For the benefit Of the audi
ence the referee announced that Mil
ler's work was strictly within the
rules and Ryan took note of the fact
Ryan was pretty much tired when he
got to his corner.
After Ten Rounds.
In the TENTH Ryan was up and went
in as though nothing had happened
but he was not any too fast and did
not rally completely until the next
round. From the beginning of the
eleventh to the finish he was as alive
as in the beginning, and the blows
and exchanges of both men were prac-
tically as in the rounds preceding the
ninth. When the fifteenth round had
been passed it was seen that both
would go to the limit unless a soaking
unexpected one struck the right place
Each of them took turns in the many
ways known to the good one of the
game to put in that unexpected one, but
there was no chance for it to land
right, for each man was too wide
awake At the beginning of the TWEEN
tieth round, as at the end, both men
shook hands. Both received an ova-
ton for their clever work as they re-
tired from the ring.
There was much discussion after the
bout among the Eagles about securing
another match between the men for
the Eagle benefit in substitution of