The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01


NELLY SCORED CLEANLY
Ip 10 the fatal moment 1T was
hells nght as far as cleanly scored
points inquired. From the outset he
proved what has admirers claimed for
nina classy boxer. hard pRncher
ena q ring general who IS capable Of
taxing care. OF himself in the tight
When the bell called the lighters to
the scratch in the third Ketchel landed
straight left TO Kelly's jaw. and the
thlcagO boy was right back with one
mat seemed TO carry more sting with
T. ketchel drew back and Kelly made
q hiun as II TO lead. This was the. last
thing he did
Like a hash OF lightning the left of
the champion shot out 1t landed hush
On the Jaw Of Kelly and he went to the
mat in a twinkling. So hard was he
hit that hiS head rebonnded twice be-
Tore he took the count The Chicago
man made a valiant effOrt:to rise agaiilt
nut lee was not there. The force or
that nnsshing blow had taken all the
nRllt out Of him and he could not have
risen for a million dollars. ~.
SPOILED 4. GREAT BATTLE ..:.
r. The spectacular >. knockout surely
! robbed the fans OF a:chance to witness
one or the gTandest ring battles seen
ia this city for many moon. From
the moment the bell sounded the open
ing Of the third round till Kelly sank,
p defea ted boxer. each man tore at the
other and fought till the crowd was be-
side itself with frenzied giee.
ln the Gi-st two rounds Kelly seemed
TO be ala the class and far 10 the 5000
In boxing, ring generalship, blocking 2
and footwork. He was also punching
hard and his Efforts immediately caused
ms stock 10 rise, with the gallery IN
particular. 1t looked as though Kelly
would fight the champion 10 a stand
stiH I'm long. grueling battle
ketclEel opened Up the fight by tear
ing across the ring, whistllng softly to
himself. After he shook Kelly's hand
he made mad lunge for the jaw with
his right Tire blow was wild and
Kelly quickly closed in and put a nice
left and right. To the face. After gong
into q half clinch ketchel started after
Kelly again and slipped down. Ihe
crowd thought it was d. knOckdown and
cheered wildly.
HANDY WITH HIS LEFT
As soon as he got up Kelly met his
man with a couple of more lefts and
neatly blocked two swings. Kelly then
GET TO the body With e right and
hetchel swung stlH right 70 the Jaw
Tass did not stop Kelly. who came on
with two more lefts*tO the face that
sent Ketchel back and caused the snort
enders TO howl.
After Kelly stuck another left to The
saw there was an exchange and z mix
Up in which each man landed. his snare
% shortarm ones. But Kelly took the
lead when thew ca me out. Of the: clinCh.
He went after Kerchels body. with poth
hands and siGRsIepped several rushes-
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face and right TO Inc Dougf 24l q
moment before the gong sounded heIX
shot a great right. O* eT- 10 1ne. JAZZ,
dazing ketchel"
the second. He started after Kelly with
his right again and the latter halL SIDE
stepped il and the blow went Wl[de At1s
brought about a clinchs but as soon as
thew broke KeH% shot a. vicious left TO
s4he point and again they hooked up.
After scoring with his left again hel-
1r once more evaded one OF .ketchels
r-llshes and missed a great right upper
cut that might have done lot OF good
had Il landed. This gave ketchel an
opening and ne quickly Wadeo- IN Win
rfght and left. putting one to the body
and the other TO the jaw and causing
Kelly to seek shelter
KELLY SHOWS CEEVERNEsS
They roughed ii around the ring. a
bit Kelly showing q lot OF Class with
his pretty blocks and sIdesteps ana neat
leads Both were bleeding a bit from
the mouth, but hetchel appeared 10.
have been the more severely punished.
although he did noteven breathe heaVliy
and was apparently endeaNorlng 70
make ii as rough q night as he could
Ketchel admitted after the night .that
re. wanted TO win as quickly as posslr
bic and was playing for. NulneraDle
spot en- his opponent neao on poag
with either hand He Kept swinging
an the time and, though most OF MS
blows went wild, a few Of tfen LANDED,
ana every time one did get through it.
shook up Kelly badly 80: :.
Runs INTO WALBOP ~. -.
From the standpoint Of the spectators
j was 2 pity that Kelly could not haye5
got away from that fatal. WaltoI~ lie
apparently ran right into it.. The blow
had all the earmarks OF a lucky ptnchi
though no one should try to take away
any OF the glory from the champion, Tor
ne. was lying for Just sucR an opening
from the moment he entered the ring.
kefchel is apparently bigger and
stronger and possessed OF a harder Wal
-1op than ever. He fought his usual hur-
rIcaue battle end was always willing
70 take a couple OF punches for the
privilege Of landing one. lie figured
Strongest IN the wrestling matches,
showing Kelly all over the-ring and ap-
out OF his man in this way
Kelly is one Of the fastest and clever
est big men we have seen here since the
days Of Bob Eitzsimmons and the other
old masters with the mitts. With all
his ether ring accomplishments lie ap-
peared 10 be a game fellow, but he
never had a chance 10 display this quail
tty No man has such a chance when
ketchel puts over the kind he has in
From the standpoint of tie swelter-.
ing. anxious fan. the fght was very
poorly handled affair ana ketchels vic
tory was anything but popular one.
Though the preliminary was over. by
O'Clock. the stars did not climb
through the ropes till 19:Zo- In the
meantime the gallery yelled Itself
hosrse and the box seat occupants
Grabbed hard as they had a. perfect
right 10.
ketchel did not enter the pavilion till
10 o'clock In the meantime, there
were vague rumors that the fight had
been called OF on account of the slim
crowd present. The hooting and jeer-
ing continued till ketchel finally
climbed through the ropes Then he
was roirsadfv hooted for his pains. The
crowd wos with Kelly throughout
ketchel explained the delay by say.
ing that Kelly pinched him TO the last
ditch in the matter Of weight and after
Jumping on the scales at o'clock, he
wanted plenty Of time ip which 10 come
around Strong. he claimed that the
articles called for his entering the ring
Al TO o'clock and did not see anything
wrong ia stretching il ia minutes.
HALF SIZED. CROWD
The crowd was a great disappoint-
ment. Instead OF drawing out some
thing like a s12 600 or $4,000 house,
81 pulled something in the neighbor
hood of $4,000. The big bleachers were
not well filled. while the downstairs
portion Of the pavilion was not sparse
fv. .occgpted. KetcheI will receive about
So 600 for winning and Kelly a little.
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