Show f JEFF HANDS OUT OUTA OUTI I I A TICKLISH DISH Los Angeles Fans See Kell Kelland Kelly j and in Furious I Struggle le MANY LIKE HUGO BEST Thunderbolt Takes Punishment But Fights b Gamely to the End I IllY BY llY W W. Wr W. r N. Vernon Arena Lo Lop Lol Angeles n Dec 15 15 Billy Belly and Hugo Kelly put up n a fierce battle of ot 23 5 rounds and at tho the finish fig Big nl Jim Jeffries called It a n. draw In Itt dividing th the laurels Jeffries no doubt doub was as Influenced b by tho the fact tact that Paplo was tho the as In e cr every roun round am and tho ho further fact that tho the only clean cleat knock down scored during tho the bout was In favor of This happened In the tho fifth round and ami It H certain certainly was tho the ono one round In which 1 had bad a n decided advantage nd In every other respect tho the contest appeared to tho the writer to be bo In favor of or Kelly True he ire went on the defensive In man many of ot the tho rounds round but In the main bo ho stood and flu slugged when bard hard pressed and ho bo landed two punishing blows to toe e er every r one scored b by Tune The b best t truth of ot this was the tho condition of or tho thomen's thomen's mens men's faces at the tho en end of or tho the conflict countenance for tor tho matter maUer was us In a a. highly damo damaged ed state etalo be before before bo- bo fore half a 0 dozen rounds had been boen fought Tn In the tho end his two oc eyes were closed his nose was wan bleeding and his lips puffed pureed When fou fought ht Ketchel In to San Francisco a a. suspicion was aroused that t tho Illinois bo boy In is not a game amo fighter This I Idea CA was dissipated tonight for fought fou ht an uphill battle JIo Ito felt lie was making his last lost stand as a middleweight mid champion candidate and ho te l battled desperately It liero ll here rc Kelly Shone Mione Where hele Kelly laid over that that is If is 30 so far tar as ItS a administering punishment was teas concerned was concerned wal was in timing tinting his smashes an and judging distance He pulled his head away sy from Cram swings and uppercuts and ho carne came back backwith backwith backwith with and Jolts that crashed Into poor face and disfigured I it decidedly Kelly took u IL lead In the tho opening round carrying to tho the ropes and ramming In tierce fierce blows on the Illinois mans man's ribs In the tho third round Kelly had the better of the exchanges True bo he clinched a n great gnat d deal l but between clinches he ho tilted the Illinois man again and Rg again ln with rasping uppercuts There were blank looks look In corner COlner corner cor cor- ner at the end of or that round In tho the yer very next round gave O a flash of ot the fighting qualities that gained for tor him the namo name of ot the Illinois Thunderbolt t. t Ho Ito avoided clinching and he be worked ed both fists rapidly all his punches being of f the tho uppercut brand Tho The pace and the hammering told on Kelly and his guard guald became poor Then suddenly a aright aright arl rl right ht and a u left lel cracked ed against Hugos Hugo's chin and be lie fell feU to his hla haunches ht He was up In ht good time but he was badly stung hung He wrapped kin hlo forearms across his bis face tace and backed backed awn away Ic lq pt right on top tOil of ot him lashing out with with both n hl hands bunds 18 an and despite the tho of or his defense Kelly saved himself and toward the end of the round cund h he straightened himself for tor a amash mach mash That he reached was aB shown b by s blood face tace J |