Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-11

Jack OyeIlorf met his w ateIloo
last night when Jack Reilly of Saf
Francisco put him out by succession
Of blows on the wind II. the eight
round Of the twenty round sparrina
contest scheduled at the opera house
The Lewiston opera house was
packed with probably one Of the largest
audiences ever assembled IN this city
10 witness an event OF rhis kind At
the rlngside many local sports W"'@
congregated where they could best vie"
the fighters.
There was about fifteen pounds DIFF
ference between the two men in weight
and Overdorf had the advantage in
height and reach, but there is no get
ting around the fact that Reilly has
been in the hands of "a good trainer.
While he showed a weakness in land
ing on Overdorfs head he was very
cautious In his work and only forced
the fighting at Opportune times. Over
dorf clearly had the crowd with him
and during the first few rounds appar-
entity had the best of ii and 1t must
be said that he is an artist in protect
ing his face. Reilly's repeated on
slaughts In that direction failed to have
any effect and taking instructions from
his brother Tom, who was just outside
the ropes grinding his teeth, he began
fighting low and wherever he could
land on Overdorfs wind did so. Reilly
was good at blocking the terrible left
swings put out by Overdorf and II IS
fortunate for him that he was able to
do so otherwise the final result might
have been different.
Round one--Reilly led off the fight
with a right punch on Overdorfs neck
and in turn received one under the arm
from a left. Both men mixed up freely
hitting hard. Overdorf followed after
Reilly and caught him terrible upper
shove on his jaw with his right Shout
der
Round two.--This round was over
from the start Overdorf takes a right
swing at Reilly's heart spot which is
cleverly parted. Overdorf lands his
right several times on Reilly's face
and saves himself with a duck. from a
right swing from Reilly. Both mix up
fast when time is called.
Round three-In this round both men
spared for time and wind and made
many clinches which We're parted with
out any serious counterplays. Overdorf
lands his left on Rellys back. Reilly
gets an open chance and lands hard
one on Overdorf's face. Overdorf puts
swift right over Rellly's eye and
brings out heavy knot. Reilly's nose
begins 10 bleed
Round four.--The round was devoid
of any serious results. No effective
blows We're landed by either man and
Reilly began to fight low. Overdorf
forced the issue and pushed Reilly to
the ropes. Reilly came back to the
center and cleverly ducked left and
right swing from 0verdorf landing a
couple OF hard ones on Overdorfs body
Round hve.--Overdorf leads off with
swift blow on the back of RenlSs
neck that dazed him. Overdorf 1uched
on right lunge from Reilly VINO forced
Overdorf to the ropes landing some ter
rible heavy blows on the face and body.
Round six,---overdorf still had his
head and successfully blocked the re-
peated onslaught of Reilly who now
began to force the fight. Overdorf was
showed to the rope and sat down claim
Ing foul. Not being recognized he
came up fast and began to rain blows
on Reilly with no apparent effect.
Round seven.--Overdorf forced the
fighting but Reilly found him and be-
gan to land on Overdorf's stomach
with right and left. Oserdorf made sew
eral attempts to land on Reilly but was
sick and began TO weaken Overdorf
revived little and began to land some
hard ones on Reilly's face and neck
but Reilly found his wind again with
short arm jab from his right which
put OVerdorf on the floor. Oyerdorf
got up at nine counts and began to rush
Reilly around the ring when time was
called.
Round eight Reilly came up fresh
and Overdorf groggy. both mixed for
a second after which Reilly began TO
force the fighting Overdorf kept try
lag TO get away making a few inefrec-