Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-14
By Fuzzy Woodruff.

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his stars-and he saw a frma-
y 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 10 the general effect that
he was looking natural
As IL was though last night hap
pened 10 be Friday, the Thirteenth,
1918, instead Of Friday the Thirteenth,
1913, and Mr.. Savage IS able to-day
10 sit up and take punishment after
his clash with Sailor White. Of New
York. NJ 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 IN Atlanta Both White and
Savage appeared trained to the min
ute. and had just finished the feeling
ont process and gave every indica-
ton that the mixing would be fierce
and merry when the crash came.
White weighed in at POI, while
| Savage was fourteen pounds lighter
| but the speed al which the conqueror
of Kubiak Travelled more than made
up for his lack in poundage.
10Th men were extremely careful
ID I'm the first round, each being par
ticularly leary I'm the clinChes. evil
IDENTIFY preferring 20 find out each 9TH
er at long range. The Sailor showed
a bit more Cievcrness than he had
been given credit for, his lodging OF
Savage's lead and the use OF his left
hand al a distance being decidedly
neat
In the second round the men
warmed 20 their work White forcing
the fightiug and Savage doing a
! Charley Mitchell skip around the ring
I'm avoiding his rushes. Toward the
end of the round the first serious blow
was struck. Il was a terr1hce straight
right. sent with perfect Judgment OF
distance TO the point Of the seaman's
| chin.
To the spectators 81 appeared that
the WALTON was hard enough TO shake
| the suucrstruCture Of the biggest
dreadnought IN the navy. White
merely hlinked, though, and kept COM
ing
| willing TO rough II. Thare was an
lcxchangc Of right and left and then a
clinch against the ropes. Savage was
hacked against the hemp and White
/ was leaning his entire weight on him.
While I'm this ClinCh the sailor shot
/ his right hand hard 20 Sayage's body
AS ne did so the staples holding the
| rome most I'm a neutral corner broke
/ The ropes and 400 pounds OF strug-
Cling Drawn crashed 60 the tioor four
| feet below.
White. whose fan was broken by
! Savage. was up IN an instant and
rushed back 10 the ring, taking his
/ corner Savage lay on his back,
breathing heavily with eyes rolling
/ Dr Louis Rouglin, the club uhyst-
clan. went To- work al once To revive
Ihsm. When Savage finally regaincd
/ consciousness ne wanted 10 so on with
I the bout. DR. Ruuglin. after an eN-
Iamluatiou. declared that the muscles
OF tho lighters neck had been badly
/ vrouched. and 20 would be dangerous
/ for the contest 20 continue. He so
! informed Referee Lou Castro, and the
IaFair was called no contest.
THE first bouts made up for the
/ unsatisfactory termination Of the
wiuduu Tile first SO brought togcth-
or Mike saul and Terry Nelson, the
! Chattanooga Greek. II was Saul S
I first appearance as "a boxer I'm "a year
land his condition was U8lp8hly poor
I'm the early rounds Nelson hit him
] az will and seemed 20 have the bout
l cinghed In the fourth, Saul taking
| his corner. an but ont.
Mike came back with q rush IN the
/ nth. though. and fairly smothered hiS
/ Hellenic opponent with a rain Of
! blows 90 body and head. He was
I tired again IN the tenth round. hut
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