The San Francisco call., 1905-02-01


champion of the world. gave away four
pounds in weight to- Dick Hyland last
night and in fifteen rounds knocked
out the young boxer who was making
his debut as a professional There was
no disgrace in the defeat for Hylano'
as he put up a game. battle, hghtng
with all the GOODNESS Of veteran OF
the ring and never losing his head IN
the hottest parts of the engagement
For a number Of rounds Hyland
seemed 10 be wearing down his clever
opponent, and for time ii appeared
that he would surely be returned a WIN
ner. When the fight had gone half the
distance the spectators settled back as
If thinking 1t would go the limit of
twenty rounds. There was reason for
their thinking so, as each boxer had
landed some hard blows which seemed
10 have no effect on his opponent. 1t
was hardly possible to count the num-
Der Of times Neil sent Hyland's head
back with stiff left jabs. On the other
hand, Hyland landed some rights to
Neirs head and body.
The end came suddenly and unex-
apectedly in the fifteenth round. Neil
had been using his left almost exclu-
sively throughout the fight, and the
end Of the purse seemed no different
than hundreds which had landed be-
fore This time, however, the blow
landed on the point of the chin and
Hyland fell over backward in a help
less manner. His head struck the edge
Of the ring with a resounding crash,
thus adding TO the damage inflicted by
the blow Of the glove. Hyland was
down about five seconds. and when he
staggered TO his feet Nell was after
him like a tiger. He half pushed, half
knocked Hyland down again. Hyland
again struggled to hts feet. Neil kept
shooting in terrible leftso to the head,
and Hyland had nearly sense enough
left TO cover up without being able
TO block the blows. He was driven on
to the ropes in his own corner and his
seconds drenched him with water, in
sthe hope Of reviving him. He chung
on the repes in a helpless manner for
a while and was again sent TO the
floor The spectators were urging
referee Greggains to stop il when Hy-
land was again sent to the mat. He
rolled over on his back and was counted
out. He was carried to his corner and
was quickly revived by his seconds.
He was terribly cut about the face and
Neil also bore the marks Of battle.
HYLAND POPULAR.
From the start the sympathies of
the spectators were with Hyland.
There was nothing OF the SNOWY box
er about him. nor Of the ideal ath-
lete. AS he has round shoulders he
is far from being a prize beauty. He
proved a veritable fighting machine
from the start, wading in and taking
all manner Of blows just for a chance
TO land one himself.
He was fashionably late in entering
the ring, keeping both his opponent
and the spectators waiting for ten
minutes. He was seconded by Jack
Mccormack. Dave Sullivan and Billy
Mcdonald. In Neirs corner were his
trainer. Frank Mcdonald; Spider Kel-
~ and Tim McQrath. Some one. not
knowing the superstitions of fighters,
had beautiful floral piece made with
the word Success" worked out in
Aamjng red. When the messenger
bearing it was seen by Neil's handlers
they ordered him away from their
corner and then he took it over to
Hyland. for whom IL was intended.
He was nearly assaulted over there
and finally retired without having de-
uvered the emblem. There was the
usual procession Of boxers in the ring
before the fight started, including
Marvin Hart, Jack Johnson, Young
Corbett, All Wing, the Chinese cham
usual, seemed a great favorite with
the spectators, the dapper feather
weight being greeted with three
cheers. Hyland's aggressive style of
fighting quickly won him the sympa-
thy and applause of the spectators,
while they took offense at the clever
ness displayed by Neil Neil fought in
the style of the invincible Tommy
Ryan, jabbing with his left then
dancing quickly out OF the reach of
the wild swings directed at him by
Hyland. Hyland seemed slow to start,
being unable to get set TO hit effectu-
ally. as his balance was being contin-
ually upset by Neil.
COOL UNDER FIRE.
Hyland's cooiness under fire was a
surprise to the spectators, who ex-
pected the ex-amateur to go to pieces
IN the exciting periods Of the fight.
He never showed the slightest stage
fright, and seemed TO know what was
required of him at all times. 1t was
the opinion Of old-time followers of the
ring that IL Neil had q right hand in