The San Francisco call., 1909-01-30
By William J. Siaffery


feather weight championship did not
stop the onward rushes of Fighting
Johnny Reagan at Dreamland last
night, and after u rounds of lively,
though far from classy, milling. Referee
Eddie Smith pointed to the local boy
as the winner. The decision was just
enough, for, If there must have been
a verdict rendered. Reagan was en-
titled to the credit Of victory, though
many thought d draw would have done
no harm.
Walsh was experimentation of
the real ring diSappoinIlDents of the
present season. He appeared to be
fighting under wraps all the time and
never showed the crowd any of that
slam bang stuff which he is supposed
TO possess in large chunks. He was
waiting for an opening but he waited
TOO long and, during the waiting sreal
Reagan was wise enough to do the real
~9rk which won hin the fight.
REAGAN PUZZLES HIM
Walsh did the cleaner punching, but
not enough of it to prove to anybody
that he ever figured as champion
Reagan's peculiar style puzzled the
Bostonian beyond the question of a
doubt. The local lad has a sort of
half crouch position, and when man
comes at him he bends over still
more. He is continually whirling his
hands around and, occasionally, his
blows land home. though he is far from
being an accurate puncher. However,
he shot in enough of them last night
TO bring home the victory.
The first few rounds of the fight were
tame enough, both men stalling around
and apparently kept busy sizing each
other up. Walsh did most of the ef-
fective punching and copped Reagan
many hard one as the local boy came
in. Reagan seemed to thrive on these
and, as the fight progressed, he showed
and incidentally come back and fight
all the stronger.
STRONGER THAN BOSToNIAN
From the fourth round on, Reagan
cut loose much stronger than his oppo-
nent from Boston and by dint of hard
from him and at the same time do
lot of good for himself with his pecu-
liar short jabs and jolts. Walsh waited
and waited and occasionally shot in
right and left to the jaw and the
body, but these were not frequent
enough TO do any damage.
The eighth, ninth and tenth were fast
rounds and We're clearly in favor Of
Reagan. It was then that Walsh woke
up 10 the fact that he would have to
wade IN and work bit in order to have
lookin at the finish. But the awak-
ening came too late and every time he
tried TO mix the milling with the home
boy he got the worst of it. He did put
over couple which rocked Reagan
came right back.
Both of them made a hurricane fin
ish OF II in the twelfth and last round
They started to mix when the bell
sounded and then kept right at the
hammer and tongs game till the bout
was over. Neither did any great dam
age, both staying IN close and doing.
the best they could with both hands to
the stomach When referee Eddie Smith
pointed to Reagan as the winner a
mighty cheer went up from the house.
POWELL BESTS HARRISON
Lew Powell had an easy evening of
IL outpointing Kid Harrison in the
windup Of the show The red headed
lightweight assumed the lead In fba
frst round and never lost it. Harrison.
while his strength lasted, made many
wild swing with his vicious right, but
Powell was clever enough to duck ali
of these, and outside of an Injured eve
Which he received in the tenth round
he finished without a scratch. while
Harrison was badly beaten up.
Harrison was so weak at the finish
hat he could hardly stand. He was
game and took an awful beating
throughout both around the face and
IN the BODY. Had Powell been pos
sessed of anything that bore close
resemblance to a knockout wallops he
would surely have fattened Harrison
three or. four rounds before the finish.
his jabs. but fought a nice defensive
fight.
good sized crowd was there to see
the fun, but the fights were a great
very fact that not single knockdown
enliYened the evenings entertainment
was enough to convince all those pres
ent that they did not receive sufficient
action.
MUSTAIN BEATS CORNETT
Ollie Cornett, beefy, heavy weight.
took a drubbing at the hands of Terry
Mustaiu, third rate heavy. in the
first event of the evening. The best
quality that Cornett displayed was
any part OF the go, and he was on
his feet at the end of the tenth round
when Referee Sehuler awarded the de-
cision to Mustain.
Mustain was fat and habby and he
appeared to be in no shape. For the
first few rounds it looked as If Cornett
might come through with hay maker
and bring the battle to an early finish
In the second round Cornett toppled
his opponent over with a well placed
righthook to the jaw and for moment
II looked as II Steve Douglass protege
was going to score by a knockout
Mustain sat on his launches for a
moment, but he regained his feet and
played cautious until the gong sounded.
In the succeeding rounds Mustain
used his cleverness to advantage and
peppered Cornetts face with straight
lefts until he looked like well painted
Indian
succeeding rounds and he would have
undoubtedly scored by a knockout had
he been in shape.
AN OFFER FOR JEFF
BAKERSFIELD, Jan 29.-Bakers-
field businessmen today offered James
]. Jeffries a purse Of $4,000 to fight
Jack Johnson here fourth OF July next.
They have posted $4,000 to show their
good faith. The plan is cooperative
one, the different businessmen agree
ing to assist in making UP the deficit
should the fight lose money, and shar-
ing in the profits If it is a success.