The San Francisco call., 1909-07-18

thy the winner, though there were
some of the fans who thought a draw
would have been a popular verdict.
Mccarthy clearly bested his man in
the last half of the fight and in the
concluding round the bricktop scrapper
kept Riley busy using all his knowl-
edge to stall it out. From the clip he
was setting Mccarthy looked as il he
could. have finished the job in about
five more rounds.
In the first five rounds of the fight
Riley held his own and used his clev-
erness to advantage. His left was his
most useful member and he kept shoot
ing it into Macs face until the claret
streamed
The bricklayer switched his style of
milling in the sixth round He varied
his punches from the face to the body.
The cunfs to the midsection did not
seem to be relished by Riley. as he
went to his corner at the end of this
frame showing effects of body punish
ment .
From the sixth on Mccarthy took a
lead. He outboxed and outhit his oppo-
nent and was willing to mix 1t at all
times. There was not a round after
the sixth that he did not have a shade.
KELLEHER-OKEE DRAW
/ Terry Kelleher, Charley Cleaver's
protege, who has been doing some good
| fighting before the clubs of Oakland in
short .Iietapna 6cb+= ,,,s. N.
before an audience in 10 round draw
with Johnny OKeefe. After 10 rounds
OF lighting, intermingled with high and
lofty tumbling, backhand slapping and
burlesqueing, Referee Mitchell decided
that honors were even.
| AS far as class was concerned neither
of the men showed anything that would
cause the mildest fan to enthuse over.
Both of them are weIters, but they had
nothing that pointed to championship
class.
Kelleher is a lanky fellow. big
enough to be a heavy weight. but en-
tirely without any meat on his bones
His legs look like the pins of Bob
Fitzsimmons, but there is nothing else
in Kellehers makeup that resembles
the famous speckled beauty.
| O'Keefe tried hard, but he showed
the despised fault of lacking the heart
Any time Kelleher struck him a light
tap he was willing to dog it, and he
went on the defensive many a time
While Kelleher showed considerable
cleverness, he was devoid of a punch
However, he had it on O'Keefe in
chance. The decision was the only
one that could have been given.
RECEIPTS ARE SMALL
/ According to the figures of Promoter
Jim Coffroth, the fight drew the modest
sum of $2,272. The fighters received
half of this or s1,136. Frayne's share
totaled $6S1.60; while Corbett has but
$454.4o to face the world with his
bride. Coffroth pocketed s1,1ss and
made some money. as the expenses of
promoting the show We're not heavy.
bantam weight championship he can
i nave whtrl at the freak of the ring.
Percy Cove of Seattle. Cove is in town
looking for match. but none of them
seems to want any of his game. He is
apparently sincere in his statement
that he will fight for training ex-
penses. just to show the local fans what
he has at his command
Cove is tall enough to be a middle
weight, yet he can make 116 pounds
without difficulty. He made a good
campaign in the east, going eight
rounds to draw with Ad wolgast in
Wisconsin some months ago. Some
promoter might do well by signing up
Cove and AttelI. If it does nothing
more, it will give us a line on Cove,
anyhow, and this will help some.