The San Francisco call., 1905-02-18
RIGHT TO JAW
DECIDES BOUT
Berger Fights Better Than
Ever Before, Displaying
Both Skill and Agility
CASEY PROVES A FROST
Former COalheaver Swings
Wildly and Shows He Is
Far From Being a Champ

u took Sam Berger a little more than
= minute and half to stow the much
touted Jim Casey away last night at
Woooward's Pavilion A snappy right
70 the jaw started the Irishman to the
land OF grogginess, a couple of lefts
helped the good work along and finally
stn right to the point sent Casey to
the carpet a beaten man.
Berger was a popular man when he
stepped out Of the ring. He had man
aged to redeem his lost laurels and the
showing he made impressed the spec
tators. Casey never had a chance and
landed only a few slight taps on the
former Olympian. The Irishman was
Wild, while Berger was cool and col
lected. fighting the best battle OF his
career while the affair lasted.
When the men stepped to the middle
of the ring Berger led with his left
and had little trouble in reaching the
coal heavens jaw. This was kept up
for half minute, with Casey making
an occasional wild rush and trying to
land swings that invariably missed
their mark by many feet.
Berger waded in and kept the good
work UP. Casey made one sudden rush
and managed to reach Berger's kid
neys with q right that resounded all
over the house. This seemed to en-
thuse the Irishman, for he again start
ed to be aggressive, while Berger
watched his every movement and was
ready for him.
CASEY RUSHES BERGER
Casey made a rush at Berger and as
they were about to close in on a clinch
the latter brought up a jolly right that
landed flush on the jaw of Casey. He
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seven seconds. When he arose he was
groggy and did not seem to know what
was doing. Berger was ready for him, I
dancing around and putting his left /
10 the head.
Casey was practically helpless and |
Berger followed him around the ring. |
When he saw his chance the former |
winged 20" boxer stepped into his an |
tagOnist and brought a stiff right over
on the jaw Casey went down and his /
head hit the mat with thud. He was 4
out for fair and il took his seconds sew
eral minutes TO restore him.
When Berger left the ring he was sa- /
luted with the cheers Of the multitude. /
He had managed TO bring victory home l
after several failures and was once
again an idol, for the time being at /
least The spectators were not i'm
dressed by the showing of Casey and
extended several hearty invitations to
TO the coal heap once again and try to /
forget that he was once prize fighter. /
Berger's blows were short and jolly, /
but the effect was there. He managed 1
10 keep cool and fought a scientific /
fight Casey had absolutely no class
and showed he has no license % figure |
in a prize ring. He aroused the suspi- |
cions Of the spectators before the bat
tie by announcing he was not in as
good form as he would like to be.
ATTENDANCE is ENORMOUS.
The fight drew a full house-one of |
the biggest. in fact, that was ever
packed into Woodwsrd's Pavilion. 1t |
was the main event of the San Fran |
cisco Clubs monthly show. Alex
Greggains as usual officiated as referee |
in all the contests.
The next bout Of Importance to the !
main event was the mill betweel- All /
Wing, the Celestial champ, and Billy /
Bannon. announced as the pride of the |
South Side. The little Chink showed /
he is a fighter by going after his man |
in the first round and flooring him five |
or six times. BannOn got 4. little bet |
ter as the fight progressed, but Wing |
was there all the time. leading with !
his left in true American form and |
bringing the right over when he had a
chance. He was unanimously declared /
the winner.
Leo March and Fred Lang, two un- /
couth and unschOoled heavies, fur
nished the comedy bout that might |
have been termed tragic for the
amount Of blood spilled. Lang was
declared the winner, because he knew
just wee bit more about the game
than March, who was absolutely igno-
rant Of ring tactics. March bled pro-
fusely, so badly in fact that both
he and his opponent and referee Greg
gains were red from gore from tip to
toe.
SULLIVAN is CLEVER.
Dick Sullivan, a clever welter, was
the surprise Of the night. He easily
Outfought the hard hitting Harry Riley
and showed he is a conner. George Ellis
received a hair line verdict over Charlie
Dunn. Denny O'COnnell finished Jim
Bradley in three rounds and Harry Nc
Cloud knocked out Joe O'Neill in half
a round.
Jimmy Britt was introduced and
made a speech TO the effect that he
is willing to fight when the proper time 1
arrives. MegaphOne Joe Copeland an
nounced the main event and also the
fact OF the benefit ball game TO be
rendered Umpire Jim Mcdonald on
WashiRgton's Birthday.