The evening world., 1912-10-29

"DDIE O'KEEFE has revived the
r. supposedly defunct art of foulins.
Last night Edward pulled or
more different styles of foul fighting
than Leach Cross in his most careless
moments ever dreamed Of. II Leachie
had done In the ring at the Garden last
night what O'Kecfe did thereof. OF, II
scares me to think OF II. At the least
Leaohle would have been hanged. drawn
and quartered.
OF course Leach has to be careful, now
thai everybody's eye Is on him. but
that's no reason why other boxers
should be % careless. II furnishes no
abb Tor a referee who allows another
boxer to do as he pleases.
o'keefe was matched against Eddie
Morgan. a little Englishman who claims
the English bantamweight champion
chip! Morgan 10 a nice looking little
toy-looks as II he'd Just escaped from
boarding school. No one would sue-
rect him OF carrying such q thing a. q
wsliop concealed about his person. He's
10 sort and gentle in appearance, with
such delicate. white. refined saein and
tich a look OF blushing modesty when
he pulls on his sweater and stands up
there clad only In fighting trunks and
ahoes.
Although Morgan 10 supposed TO be a
oantamweight and O'keefe q feather,
the announced weights were: Morgan,
I@: O'keefe, 10. stripped. O'Keefe
looked much larger. He was taller.
longer Of reach. more muscular and he
looked like . fellow who has done some
M Inn di
okeefe. One sising him up on first
appearance might rather take him to
be . graduate OF a horse breaking acad-
envy. He looks as n he had taken q
few bumps.
wv HEN the first round started
w Okeefe shaped up with = conn.,
dent smile. He reached out and
tapped Morgan on the nose. and Nor
Gan tapped back. Nothing vitality start
ling In that first round. Both looked
fast and clever. o'Keefe. with his easy,
soft action ana his long reach looked a
likely winner.
In the second round, however, Morgan
hooked a right to O'Keefe's chin that
slammed him back to the ropes. Then
Morgan plunged In and Fought like q
little tiger. O'keefe broke away for a
second and. although groggy. fought
back gamely. Forced TO the ropes. he
doubled over and wrapped his gloves
about his head. standing there and
weathering the storm until the bell
rang. He laid a xiE-xaygy trail to his
corner and sat down.
That O'keefe had some gameness de-
veloped In the next round. for he came
dashing out and landed the first punch
about fifth OF a second after the bell.
Morgan fought back and made him
clinch. And from that time on O'Keefe
fouled. His favorite trick was to catch
Morgans right under his left arm. grip
II there. and whale away with his right
At either head or body. He used a few
kidney punches and a few rounds later
he began dropping his head In where II
would do the most good.
~ EFEREE JOH warned OKeefe.
X Hs shouted Don't you hold
and hit. O'Keefe-you're hold.
ing and hittlng!" And O'Keefe. az
IL to show how much he though OF
jobs authority. let go. spit on his
hsnds. grabbed fresh hold and
s~atted Mr.. Morgan again with the
Tree hand. Just exactly As he had swat.
ted him with the free hand q second
or two before. job didn't toss him GU,
OF the ring. Some OF the spectators
didn't understand why he didn't, and
they Kissed whenever O'Kee!e held anc
hit. II was truly remarkable exhtbi.
ton of fouling that he gave. Wei
worth the price OF admission.
Toward the end OF the ten round,
OKeefe boxed better. hitting less fire.
guently while holding with the othe,
hand. Both boys were mussed up 4
little. although not so badly but tina
both came out clean and fresh at tn,
beginning OF each round. Morgan wor
with plenty to spare.
Morgan took the fouling without
complaint, and was absolutely fair a
all times himself. It's a curious thin
that In two international contests las
night the foreign boxers were notabl.
fair. while the Americans were incline,
10 forget the rules
TN the bout between Young Shugru,
and do Ponthieu. the French light
. weight champion. Shugrue olinche,
often and held and wrestled while d.
Pcnth.eu In every olinch hea his arm
free. out at an angle from his body
In the middle of the bout Shugrue sud
denly slipped and came down heavil
on one knee. With q purely instlnctiv
movement the French boy leaped FOR
ward and held out his hand to he'll
Shugrue to his feet again. Shugrue
whose experiences have made him sus
picious. declined the aid and got ur
but held out his hand TO the French
mons then and touched gloves In
friendly way.
ASIDE from Shugfue's clinching thi
was a beautiful bout. very fast an
cilver. Both boys were good boxers