The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-04
FASTEST GO SEEN IN SAVANNAH IN
A LONG WHILE is PROMISED.
BOTH BOYS HAVE PUT ON
FINAL TOUCHES FOR BATTLE.
NO REASON WHY THE CONTEST
SHOULD NOT BE INTERESTING.

Both Dempsey and Cuban Joe Have
Worked Hard for the Go and
Promise to Make "a Lively Bout as
There Is Much mt Stake-Dempsey
Now Claims the Championship OF
the south and stands Ready TO
Defend Ii Against All Corners.
Battle Royal Between Five Husky
Negroes VIII De Preliminary
Event.
Lovers of the fistic art in Savannah
have had cause in the last months OF
the existence of the Savannah Athletic
Club to criticise the character of con-
tests that have been pulled off, but it
is promised that to-night's card will
furnish no cause for complaint Some
of the hardest fighting ever presented
in a local ring is promised when
Young Dempsey. perhaps better known
here as Young Jellie, will meet Cuban
Joe at 10 pounds straight Marquis
of Queensbury rules.
The last several fights pulled off
in the local arena were characteristic
cally slow, with the exception of that
whirlwind battle, which only lasted
two minutes. in which Bobby Thomp-
son gave Herman Miller some of the
toughest treatment the latter gentle
man had ever received in the squared
circle
The contest tonight between Young
Dempsey and Cuban Joe will at least
be hard fought The keenest rivalry
exists between the two boys, and they
have been trying TO have a meeting
for several months. Dempsey went
to New Orleans to meet a couple of
bantams there and succeeded in put
ting both of them to the canvas be-
fore the final round, and in these bat
ties, and others that he has fought, he
claims the championship of the South
for bantams.
Cuban Joe disputes this title as ne
too, has never suffered defeat. The
last meeting he had with Dempsey
was six round affair in which a
draw was declared, and those who
saw it commented on it at the time
as one of the fastest bouts ever pull
ed off here. Both boys went to work
at the sound of the gong, and during
the first three rounds neither gave
way. 1t was give and take every mo-
ment of the time, and the crowd went
wild.
Both boys were badly bunged up at
the nnish, but were game to the end.
In point of punishment Joe got the
worst of the so, but he never faltered.
He was always ready and before the
end came he had his antagonist in
some distress. All who saw the go,
which was about a year ago, predicted
that both boys would make their mark
in the squared circle, and they have
so far.
The first event on the programme
tonight, battle royal between five
husky negroes, viii commence prompt-
~ at 9.15 O'Clock, and to those who
have never seen one of these laughable
contests ii alone is worth the price of
admission. Blood, the famous local
welter weight, will be one of the con-
testants. In the hast of these battles
Blood defeated the. other four confess
tants combined. All knew of his pow
erful punches and they combined
against him. He disposed of each one
as he came to him, and put up one of
the hardest fights possible where real
science is lacking
In addition to the main bout. a go
between two local light weights viii
be put on, and there will be plenty TO
Keep the interest up until the bantams
get ready for fight.