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ID HEIGHTE LITTLE■\Veigrht and height 'lid tint lt;r sc rappel s. but of til - ccoie of fights ! much figure in Uie o'.d das. saj it took place onlv three tv ere forL1S60, cMfj't, of cour-e. in top notchi nrali lies for Me stakes Tn- ordinjur' or what we now term the t.hiid i or fourth rate lighters would nor 'dicker about a handicap. and neither did Hugh Keegan of X^w York when he agreed to fight John Hart-1 no. 1 of St Louis in a toom in the latter fit.'. This was one of those numerous offhand match*'* brought 'about bv an argument. Tiie nv=n , , w ere friends, still they fought lo do-, lt;idc which was the belter man. Kee- 1! gan stood * feet ?VZ inches in height p land weighed onlv 116 pounds, while ; Hartnett towered over him five inches !and outweighed him 41 pounds. The’. little tel low. however, proved the , [ better man and trimmed hi* taller 1 and heavier opponent in five rounds, ilasting twelve minutes. Roth took and received hard punishment, but; 'received nary a ceni. jj A fight similar to that, aiso an I offhand affair, took place at Savannah. G-a.. the principals being Mike Sullivan and Mike Donohue. The latter weighed 130 pounds to Sullivan's 150, but he made Sully” hol-jler enough” in twelve minutes, dur-jfng which they went through three j rounds. March was a busy month I for the second, third and no rate
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Elyria Reporter
Elyria, Ohio, US
Fri, Feb 22, 1907
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