The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-06

vantage and fought his man about
the ring. Dougherty put his right to
the body and in a hot exchange they
eVened matters up. Again they mixed
it and Cohen slipped to the floor. They
were going it fiercely at the end of
time.
Round Four.-They rushed to a
clinch. Cohen led for the head. but
was blocked prettily. They exchanged
blows and Cohen put in good right and
left for the body. In another exchange
Dougherty fought Cohen to the ropes
and ripped up his body. Pretty eX-
changes followed, Dan going to the face
and Ike to the body. This was a warm
round, Cohen missing several swings
for the jaw that would have told the
tale if landed. 1t was beginning to be
a contest of cleverness against strength
and aggressiveness.
Round Five.-Cohen came out with a
rush and put blows to the body and
face, While Dan went to the face with
a light right. Dan again went to the
face and planted several hard body
blows. He repeated the dose again to
the body, and sent his right to the jaw
This was Dougherty's round.
Round SiX-The men Immediately
went to clinch, and after the break
Cohen sent left to the body and right
to the face. In a rush Dan lands to
body and jaw and has his man guess
ing. Cohen is still aggressive and lands
right to jaw From this time to the
close of the bell it was a rush and a
clinch, with no advantage to either
man, except that Dougherty had a
shade tho best of the infighting. Both
were comparatively fresh and it look
ed like a long battle
Round Seven-Opened with pretty
sparring, leading and blocking. Dan
went to the ribs with his right and Co
hen to the jaw. Dan again roasted the
ribs and after an even exchange he
again felt the body of his opponent,
with left, a second later, to the jaw.
They were mixing it up lively at the
bell, with Dan having the best of the
argument
Round Eight-Two clinches in sue
cession without damage. Dan sent his
left to the jaw, and Cohen smashed
right to the body. Dan again sent his
right to the jaw, and in a fierce ex-
change ripped right and left to the
body and right to the jaw. He rush
ed his man to the ropes and tickled'
the body several times. Cohen seemed
unable to reach his man. Dougher-
tvs round.
Round Nine-Dougherty went for the
body with both hands, while Cohen
reached the face with a hard right.
Dan put two to the face and they eX-
changed blow for blow to the face
The same performance was repeated
twice, with Cohen showing the
stronger of the two though Dougher-
tvs great cleverness was proving an
enigma to him.
Round Ten-They clinched and a
moment later Dougherty sent left to
the jaw, right to the body and left
again to the face. In an exchange
Dan went to the face with right, while
Cohen found his ribs with a stiff right
Cohen was showing great cleverness
and stood the home man off well. In
rush Dan forced Cohen to the ropes
and refined in blows to the body. At
the close Cohen was hugging to avoid
punishment. The fight appeared to be
going Dougherty's way.
Round Overwhelmingly put left to
the face and Cohen ripped his right to
the body. They clinched and Cohen
put a hard right TO the face. A mo-
ment later Dougherty put right and
left to the face and body and Cohen
went down with a left to the jaw. He
took count of six andN after a wild
exchange went down again with a
right to the jaw. He took toll of
nine and staggered to his feet Dough-
efty was on MIN ike cat, ana after
two or three ineffective passes landed
A left, and the Cohen boy went to the
mat a third time. The bell saved him
from defeat. This was the beginning
of the end.
Round Twelve-Cohen came up
strong, apparently, and after receiv-
ing right to the body, poked Dough-
erty's head back with a hard right In
an exchange he held his own and APP
peared decidedly to the good Dan put
two lefts to the face and Cohen went
down for eight. He went down a Sec
ond time from a rap to the chin and
was on the floor at the bell. He was
fast going to the bad
Round Thirteen-Dougherty led, but
was cleverly blocked. Cohen put stiff
lefts to the head and body in success
sion, but slipped to the floor in an ex-
change. Dan helped him UP moment
later to put him down with straight
right to the face. Three times more
he went down from similar blows, the
last time barely being able to rise at
the count of ten, and Dougherty was
declared the winner.
The preliminary was furnished by
Kid Miller and Kid Thomas who went
four rather tame rounds, Thomas be-
ing awarded the bout because he had
done the most effective work.