The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-31

Jim Savage rocked Jim Donovan to
sleep after two minutes of fighting in
the first round of their scheduled ten
round bout in Browns Gymnasium,
New York, last night. Twice the Or
ange boxer sent Donovan to the floor
for h count of nine before getting
over the slee~p-producer.
1t was a right to the jaw that
brought new fame to Savage. The
husky Canuck, who told the Orange
boy he was going to knock his bloom
ing head off" fell fiat on his face when
the last wallop was sent over and lay
motionless with his hands limp at his
side. Referee Billy Brown saw 1t would
be useless to count the fatal ten Sec
onds and picked up the unconscious
form of Donovan and carried him to
his corner. A liberal application of Ice
water brought him round a short time
later. Donovan did not get a chance
to show his speed once.
There was a big crow at the club
from this vicinity to see if Savage still
retained his old form or had improved
since his retirement, and seemed
pleased with the appearance of the Or
angelic. Savage was in the pink of
condition and stripped at 1877 pounds.
Donovan also was in fine shape and
weighed about 166. There was small
betting on the fight, but a few from
Orange succeeded in getting change
down when the pair shook hands.
Savage was first in the ring and was
attended by Danny Savage, his brother,
and Chris Freeman, his trainer. Dono-
van came In a few minutes later and
was looked after by several rubbers.
They agreed to break clean.
Donovan vas greeted as champ"
and advised by several of the fans in
the gallery not to forget the wallop.
His fve-round fight with Sailor Burke
ave him great confidence.
They spared off at first until Savage
drove Donovan into a neutral corner
and got in an uppercut. In a clinch
Donovan hit Savage ON the nose and
then prepared to display his boxing
ability. Before he could set, however,
the Orangeite brought over a right
swing that staggered the New Yorker.
Savage let ny an uppercut that would
have ended tho fight then if 1t landed,
but Donovan ducked cleverly. Savage
then hit Donovan three times straight,
and the CanuclS dropped like a log.
He rested still the count of min and
attempted to get In a jab. He only hit
Savage what appeared to be a light tap
and the Orangeite sent over several
right and left swings. Donovan reeled
against the ropes and fell to the can
vass, again taking the count of. nine.
When he arose Savage went at him
and sent in singing right and left
wallops that dropped Donovan for
keeps. Donovan fell like d log and
Referee Brown had to carry him to his
corner. Savage showed he had I'M
proved fast, and has a good right and
left. After the bout Donovan asked
Brown to match him again with Saw
age for another ten-round fight, but
Brown told Donovan that he was not in
the Orangeite's class and had better
forget it.. Donovan's excuse was that
Savageewas too heavy for him.
BOSTON. March s1.-pave Deshler, Of
Cambridge, fVllght Packev Mcfarland, of
Chicago. twelve rounds 20 a draw last
night at the Armory Athletic Associates,
and on. announcement of the decision Me-
Farland assaulted Referee Jack Sheehan
and knocked him down. A mix-up followed,
in which the seconds and rubbers of both
fighters exchanged blows. Several out
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striking the referee: but declared he
thought the decision unfair.
The bout was wen throughout. Deshier
had the first advantage. Then Mcfarland
put in some stiff right swings to the head
aud hard body punches and had the best of
the second, third, fourth and fifth. Near
the end of the sixth Deshler staggered the
Chicago lad with a hard left to the Haw. but
came back with severe body
punishment for DeshIer In the. seventh.
the close Mcfarland began to
cling close for in-flghfing, and was stalling
in the eleventh. Deshler finished strong.