Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
BY Fuzzy Woodruff.


his stars-and he saw firma
- ment fun last night-that he was
not born six centuries ago. Had he
been in this world at that day and
time he would have been nursing a
broken neck IN a black box this morn
ing, and his friends would be max
ing remarks to the general effect that
he was looking natural
As it was, though. last night hap
pened to be Friday, the Thirteenth,
1918, instea Of Friday, the Thirteenth,
1913. and Mr.. Savage is able Today
to sit up and take nomishment after
his clash with Sailor White, OF New
York, at the Auditorium Armory,
which ended abruptly when both
scrappers fell from the ring, Savage
landing on his head and shoulders
with the titanic tar on top Of him.
The accident ended what promised
to be the best heavyweight fight ever
staged I'm Atlanta. Both White and
Savage appeared trained to the min
ute, and had just finished the FEELING
out process and gave every indica-
ton that the mixing would be fierce
and merry when the crash came.
White weighed IN at 20l, while
Savage was fourteen pounds lighter
but the speed az which the conqueror
Of Kubiak Travelled more than made
up for his lack in poundage.
ID 9TH men were extremely careful
| ID in the first round, each being par
/ ticularly leary In the clinches, evil
IDENTIFY preferring to find out each oth-
/ err at long range The Sailor showed
/ a bit more cleverness than he had
/ been given credit for, his lodging or
! Savage's lead and the use Of his left
| hand at a distance being decidedly
In the second round the men
warmed to their work, White forcing
| the flghting and Savage doing a
| Charley Mitchell skip around the rang
! in avoiding his PUSHES. Toward the
/ end Of the round the first serious blow
was struck II was terrihce stralght
right sent with perfect Judgment OF
| 5,stance TO the point Of the seaman's
| chin. ~.
the WALTON was hard enough to shake
the Ruperstructure Of the blggest
dreaduought in the navy. White
merely blinked, though, and kept com
ing - -.
| willing to rough II. There was an
exchange Of right and left ana then a
clinch against the ropes. Savage was
/ hacked against the hemp and White
vas leaning his entire weight on him
| while in this cHnCh the sailor shot
/ his right hand hard TO Savage's body
/ AS he did so the staples holding the
roDe most IN a neutral corner broke
! The ropes and 400 pounds Of strug-
CLING Drawn crashed to the floor four
White whose fall was broken by
| Savage, was up in an instant and
rushed back to the ring, taking his
corner. Savage lay on his pack
/ breathing heavily with eyes rolling.
! DR. Louis Rouglin, the club physi
clan went to work at once to revive
Ihim When Savage finally regained
consciousness he wanted TO go on with
the bout. DR. Rouglin, after an eX-
Iaulnation. declared that the muscles
Of the fighters neck had been badly
/ wrenChed. and II would be dangerous
| FOR the contest TO continue. He SO
! informed Referee Lou Castro and the
affair was called no contest.
/ THE first bouts made up for the
L unsatisfactory termination Of the
windup The first go brought togeth-
er Mike Saul and Terry Nelson, the
/ Chattanooga Greek. Il was SauIs
first appearance as boxer IN year
and his condition was palpably poor.
In the early rounds Nelson hit him
at win and seemed to have the bout
cinched in the fourth, Saul taking
mis- corner. all hut out.
! Mike came back with rush in the
NTH. though. and fairly smothered his
Hellenic opponent with rain of
blows to body and head. He was
tired again in the tenth round, but
by using good generalship lasted II
out withoutza great deal Of punish
meut and earned a draw
MAYER PRIZES won his acColade.
NJ but lost fight in his scheduled
Il 10-round go with Spider Britt These
! ancient bantam rivals went into the
/, ring with the determination to set
tie their grievances once and for all
Both were supremacy confident.
As result the fans saw the fastest
milling witnessed here in many
moon From the tap OF the gong they
4 went To it hammer and tougs, both
wide open. both looking for a knock
out.
In the first Prizes seemed destined
90 win. though Brirt fought back as
u herce'v as traa5 bob cat The
i spectators were on their feet yelling