Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-17
ZOE SE|CER DEFEATS
GAME KID SULLIVAN
Denver Scrapper Batters
Washington Boy, and Sec
onds Throw Up Sponge.

Seiger, the tough little scrapper from
Denver, more than made good last night
when he battered Kid Sullivan down in
ten rounds before the Eureka Athletic
Club at the Germania Maennerchor. While
the Kid was not put to sleep, he was
groggy and all in. His seconds threw the
sponge into the ring just as the bell
called the men to action for the eleventh
round.
Sullivan declared that his left arm,
which he injured recently in Boston,
was causing him more pain than the
punishment administered by his antag-
onist, but that seemed hardly possible
and should not take away any of the
glory of Segers victory. The Denver
tie was the aggressor from the tap of
the first bell. and there was not a round
that showed the Washngtonian very
much in the lead.
The ninth round was the fatal one for
Sullivan. Seiger hit the Kid often with
his left hand, jabbed him with the same
fist and then landed a hard right swing,
which sent the Kid to his knees in his
own corner. During the remainder Of
that session sullivan tried TO stall, but
Seiger battered him up. and the local ia
vorte wobbled to his corner a hope
leSSly beaten man.
In the following round, which proved
to be the last of the mill. which was
made Sullivan look like a merrygo
round, and the bell alone saved the Kid
from d clean knockout.
Both Boys Willing.
1t was fight every inch of the way,
and what the boys lacked in knowledge
of the art of boxing they made up with
a real desire to fight and pure grit. AS
fought according to the straight rules,
the boys seemed to be wrestling at times,
but both were busy all the while at in
fighting.
Neither fighter gave way an inch of
at the other. Blows failed to stop them
while boring in, and while he lasted
Sullivan put up a game battle. But Sci
ger was the stronger, tougher boy, with
a clever left hand, which never failed
to land on Sullivan's face. In the third
round Seiger drew blood. and from that
time on it was merely a question as to
how long the Kid could stand the gan.
Sullivan was first to climb through the
ropes and was we'll received. Seiger fol-
lowed minute later and the audience
eyed him. In Sullivan's corner were his
manager. Sammy Harris; the colored
boxer. Sam Harris, and Tommy Lowe.
Harry Hart, Billy Connolly and Lewis
Both men were cautious in the first
round. but both bored in with their chins
we'll protected Seiger. toward the latter
part of the session. displayed his best
blow-a hook with the left hand. The
round was even. In the second round
Seiger used his left a great deal, even
employing jabs to reach the Washing
tonian's face. But aside from tearing
little skin from the Kids forehead Seiger
did no harm. Things became a bit warm
q n third
in for a slamming battle. Seiger's right
eye was damaged, and Sullivan's nose
gave up the first blood of the mill.
Play for Stomach.
The fourth round, too, was about even.
with Seiger showing just shade the bet
ter. His left was working overtime all
the way, but Sullivan planted a few hard
ones to the jaw. which caused the Denver
lite to slow up a second. In the next
period the boys took turn at each
for all they had in stock and Referee
Fred Sweigert had the job of his life
lodging swings and separating the
fighters.
seiger got his first big lead in the sixth
round. Both men swung wildly, but
many of their blows landed on spots
which would have sent ordinary boys
into dreamland. The westerner got two
leftS to Sullivan's jaw, staggering the
Kid. But Sullivan came back strong in
the next session and broke even in a
round of smuggling, which gave the audi
ence pretty fight as has been seen
in Baltimore for many day.
The Kids squirt did not last, for in the
following round Se:ger staggered him with
blows to the face and jaw. Sullivan went
to his corner like drunken man. Then
came the ninth, which put the Kid out
of the running. Let's to the face sent
him to his knees, and he was very tired
when the bell sounded.
The tenth round was repetition of the
ninth, and i'm both instances the bell pre-
vented Sullivan from sinking to the floor
in a heap.