Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
and Chauncey Graves made their ar

as with superstition selected the
southeast corner, which he occupied
on all his previous fights. The master
of ceremonies then took pleasure" in
introducing Brewer and zimmerman.
Instructions were given the fighters
by the referee and at 1920 the big
mill was started.
The first round was not fifteen sec
onds old before zimmerman with a
terrific rush had Brewer on his knees
in his corner. On recovering, the To-
cal fighter was sore and avenged him
self by placing some telling punches
on Ammerman's face and wind. The
second was opened by fierce punch
to the jaw by Brewer, which was fol
lowed by an uppercut to the wind.
Clinching played zimmerman some
good, and in the latter half of the
round. the clever Davenport fighter,
rushed the fight and with repeated
blows to Brewers face and jaw, he
sent the local boxer to the floor.
The second was easily Ammerman's
round, for he not only outpointed his
opponent. but he sent home some
blows that told The third was round
of soldering. The Kid would not rush
the fight and when Brewer would hur-
ry things Ammerman's ability to avoid
punishment. detracted from the hit
and miss game. There was only one
exchange of blows in this round. The
fourth round brought some misses"
from the crowd At the beginning
Kid sent right to Brewers wind, but
received a vicious blow on the left
side the face. Clever ducking was
the Kids forte and saved him much
punishment. Ammermans anxiety to
draw Brewer on, by staying in his
corner resulted in but few blows
struck. but plenty of Kisses from the
crowd. The round ended with the
Kid landing on Brewers ribs twice.
The Last Half.
The fifth round opened with heavy
exchange of face blows in the Kids
corner. zimmerman sent right upper
cut to Brewers wind, but the local
boxer retaliated with stiff punch on
the Kids nose for first blood. BY
terrific burst Of speed, Brewer landed
upper cuts, right swings and wind
punches, furnishing the Kid unmerciful-
ly. This round was easily Brewers. In
the sixth round Brewer had much the
better of the argument in the first half,
but as the round became older. Am
braced and landed pretty
uppercut. Ammerman's face was
found repeatedly in this round. The
Kid opened the seventh round with a
fierce punch to Brewers face. This
did not materially bother the local
boxer, who returned with a right
swing to the face, followed by telling
wind punches. Brewer was the ag-
gressor In this round throughout and
but for Ammerman's clever ducking,
the fight would have been finished.
zimmerman Knocked Out.
In the eighth zimmerman showed
renewed form by starting the fight
with two fierce blows to Brewers face.
Brewers right found a resting place
in the Kids face and they both mixed
to avoid punishment. In this round,
Brewer was seen to hit repeatedly in
the clinches, which action was foul.
The referee, however, failed miserably
in watching this and the fight pro-
ceeded. After the Ed landed once on
Brewers wind, he was pushed to the
floor by a fierce right to the jaw and
a small sized wrestling match After
recovering, zimmerman rushed the
fight and at the bell Brewer showed
signs of fatigue. In the ninth, the
best fighting of the bout was seen .
Brewer opened it with right to the
wind. A clinch followed. Brewer
again mixed it and landed some tell.
ing blows on Ammerman's face and
wind. After a right to the face,
Brewer sent an uppercut to the jaw
and zimmerman went to the floor The
bell saved zimmerman. When the bell
rang for the final round to commence,
zimmerman left his chair in a dazed
condition. Brewer landed a face
punch and the Kid clinched to keep
from going down, A repetition of the
blow to paw, dealt by Brewer in the
ninth finished zimmerman.