The San Francisco call., 1909-05-26

on his way TO ring victory.
The nineteenth was another good
rouna for whitney. and Sullivan had
10 use all his stalling tactics 10 set
nv But these rusheS came too tate 10
bring home the victory TO the Iocat
shine Had he adopted lnat SORT On
tactics in the eleventh or tWellln nc
would have won 10 a certainty. ouill-
vans punches did not harm MN IN
the least. ,s.
OF the once great WeIter ~eisnt- ~
could not go the route. and ms FORMER
unerring left had not the sting IL once
possessed. He was slow on ms tee.,
and his movements were those OF eii
old man last night. 1t Is fortunate
Tor him that Whitney did not come
strong in the earlier periods
LANDS OFTEN IN THE LAST
when the bell souaded the opening
OF the final round Whitney rusheg Out
He fought in eId8e and landed many a
Darby TO the stomach sullivan
WINGED and Whitney kept on. while the
crowd yelled itself hOarse- Coming
out of a clinch, Whitney swung his
right to the head and Mike sank TO
his knees. nearly all gone.
He climbed UP in Two seconds and
his volley of rights and lefts and most
Of them landed on the Twins jaw.
hard right hook 10 the head all put
flattened the Boston man. lie was Tor
the way the black man laced them into
the head and body.
For the hrst twelve rounds il was
scream. The going was slow and te-
dious and the gallery gods Missed their
dfsapproVal. The black man would not
take a chance so Sullivan was forced
10 do whatever little fighting that was
done lie used his left TO good advan-
age and was winning from here 10
Chicago and back again.
SLOW As a MULE
Whitney showed his first flash Of
speed in the fourteenth. when he
Waded in and with few body rips
and an occasional slam TO the jaw ne
made Michael look sick. 1t appeared
Al though the tide OF victory was about
TO switch in his favor. but he damned
81 up by his own slovenly actions IN
the next round, slowing up like an
Whitney did little better in the
sixteenth seventeenth and eighteenth
and had the Twin worried He could
have scored the knockout had he taken
the necessary chance. but the heart
was not there. so the bloomer was
tossed. Even the frantic yells OF his
manager. Dick Dawson. and his sec
onds failed TO awaken the hghtlng
spark in the black mans breast.
The fights drew out a big crowd,
which was very well handled by Man
ager sid Hester Of the Mission club.
Though Hanlon's decision may be criti-
cised by many, the close students OF
the game viii uphold it as the only
logical one. cute Eddie refereed a
good fight throughout, and is deserY-
ing Of another chance at the big game.
He more than made good
REAGAN GETS DECISION
After 10 rounds of lighting Referee
Hanlon awarded the decision to Jimmy
Reagan over Jockey Bennett; Inc
verdict was a close one. but Reagan
had the shade as he did the forcing
and finished the stronger The night
was not IN to expectations. but the
last four rounds were good, as Reagan
warmed up TO his work.
In the first half of the fight Bennett
showed I'D cleverly and he had lead
in two or three of the early rounds,
but after half of the distance had been
travelled he seemed TO tire. In the
fourth and fifth spells the jockey
fought well. sending several well aimed
right crosses and uppercuts TO his op-
pOnents Jaw. but this seemed TO stir
Reagan to action and he an~eared TO
fight faster after being struck.
In the sixth round Reagan began
forcing matters and he kept after his
man throughout, but could not put
in his usual aggressive style of tear
ing away and trusting 10 luck TO hit
his man on the vital point Benefits
ring experience stood him in good
stead as he managed to wriggle out
OF several close spells.
Reagan had a good lead in the sew
enth. eighth and ninth rounds, but IN
the tenth il was even. Bennett started
off well and after fighting the first
half Of the round like a winner he
curied up somewhat and Reagan con-
tinued his aggressiveness. There were
some misses. but II a decision were to
be given it belonged to Reagan.
Dick Hart fought Charles Ansler the
full six rounds. Referee Roster gave
Hart the palm. Hart showed the
cleverness. but Ansler was willing.
Hart had the shade at the end.