The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-23
.O'KEEFE'S VERDICT
IN FIFTEEN ROUNDS
Chicaco Man Won From His OPP
ponent at West End Club Aft
er Hard Battle.
CONTEST FIERCE THROUGHOUT
Green Showed Gameness Under
Punishment and Came Back
Strongly at Close. Easily
Lasting the Limit.
CONTEST FIERCE THROUGHOUT

II aS hard fight Is he has ever Passed
through IN a championship bout Jack
O'keete OF Chicago won from Dick Green
OF the same city in their ffceen-round
bout ~ the West End Club last evening
Not only did the battle go the limit, but
at two or three stages It seemed a. IL
Green might possibly be returned the v.c-
tor Fighting strong battle throughout.
coming back ganely under terrific punish
Tnent. i was only IN the last two rounds
that o keefs managed 20 get him s-agzer-
Ing. and TO show that he was Clearly The
superior.
A The bout started IL seemed that
before him. He jabbed Green again AMI
again landed on his opponents face at
pleasure. and aiternared these blows with
oeSas,ona, vicious swipes TO the stomach.
Green made Ineffective attempts TO land
n the early stages but was fairly wab-
bling at times under the force OF o. Keefe's
s blows JACK sen, ever punch in with ne.
had HI. man IN troubis az two or thru
stages
pounding he was absorbing. Green con-
Henced to draw up His counters conn.,
rienced 10 take effect as oKeefe's punches
lost their force. and the crowd arose and
cheered as the fighters gradually worked
themselves onto an even footing. Green
seeming TO SET stronger. while o'keefe
setting.
o'Keefe hardly seemed in the e.s. Of
trim and was over weight when he ea-
tered the ring. By the end OF the eighth
round ne was perspir.7G freely and q
Few minutes later his mouth vas bleed
ing and swollen from the blows Green had
eleventh round was under way. hono.s
seemed even. so far as the probable out
come was concerned. although o'Keeee
mad an immense margin OF points TO his
credit. scored IN the early rounds
IN GREENS FAVOR
The tenth round was decidedly n favor
OF Green. and the eleventh vas IN favor
OF OKeefe. although It did not seem as II
Jack was hurting Green with his blows
Then the tide slowly turned in favor OF
OKeefe.
The twelfth round passed with each man
bathing c:spsra,eiy. but With the edge
loose with savage blows sent in with rtsbs
and letc as fast as be could deliver them.
Su, f rYM unGer S the strain as oK s
and stomach.
round o'Keete was knocking him about
the ring at the time. and Dick seemed
da1ed and unable 10 respond. In the
f 100 ,ss Green w s g the oeE twe:
blows. and once went down for an instant
as the result or savage lab IN the mouth
IN the nrtsenth- u was al Okeefe- Ih9
Chicago man followed up his advantage
and though clearly tired himself. had his
man wabbiirg again at the end Green
fought back gamely and desperately.
however. but the verdict very properly
went TO O'Keefe-
Throughout the early stages OF the fight
the men exchanged renarkA Green fire.
auently asking OKeefe whether he was
A. easy as the latter had thought when
the match was made Referee sharpe I'm
ally ordered Green to keep his mouth shut
while fighting.
The veteran John L Sullivan made q
pecch IN the ring and received a wild
burst q applause. He referred to his COM
ing benefit. and the crowd cheered TO the
echo. John mistook the point at which
10 leave the ring and nearly had a serious
tumble through stepping DOWN a. one side
OF the night OF steps which leads from the
ring to the ground
In the preliminary Fred Cole of Indian .
apolis won from frankie Howe IN the sec-<
oad round OF their bort. Howe being dis
qualified for his persistence n hitting in
clfrcheS when warned not to do So hv
Referee Sharpe- In the ser1iw,nd-up. Nick
santors punched Dummy Scherck for
four rounds. and the latter gave up the
fight while Wing on the floor Of the ring
Benny YarRer and Kid Abel VIII 20 on
FOR fifteen rounds at the entertainment OF
he club next Thursday evening