The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-24
BLOOD A WINNER
IN FIVE ROUNDS
BLOW ON POINT OF CHIN
PUT HOMER BROWN. THE FIGHTING
BARBER, OUT.

Man of the Poetic Name Was Fast
and Clever with the Mitts. but
Didn't Know when and How to
Use His Feet-Took an Enormous
Amount of Punishment and Was
Sent to the Mat Twice Before
Knock Out-BIOod Matched to
Fight Kid Ferguson of Thomas
Vile NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Be-
tween Two other Dusky Boxers
Opened show.
After a boxing bout last night that
was the fastest and cleverest that has
been seen in Savannah in a year,
Blood" the dusky champion of Sa-
vannah. put Homer Brown. The Fight
ing Barber, out i'm the fifth round of
what was to have been twenty-round
contest
Brown had only himself to blame for
the fact for he refused, either through
bravado or ignorance, 10 make use of
the opportunity that hight, reach
and speed gave him. He demonstrate
ed his ability to take terrific amount
of punishment and, in fact, showed
such excellent qualities in all depart
ments of the game that, in the opinion
of the spectators, with a little coach
ing, and less foolhardiness, he should
easily be able TO put to sleep" all
local aspirants to the championship of
Savannah.
The men were in marked contrast,
for Blood is short and stocky. while
Brown is built like the ideal race horse,
long, lean and lanI1y, but we'll mus
cled, with a hight and reach that
if used to advantage would easily
enable him to get over and around
the guard of an opponent. Blood has
the punch, however. and uses d suff1-
cient diversity of style to keep his OPP
ponent guessing, tactics that combined
with his ability to keep everlastingly
at 1t, won the fight for him.
Blood got busy in the very first round
and, as if to show that he didn't in
tend to be bothered by the hight of
his opponent, landed a hot left to the
jaw in the first collision. When they
came together again Brown decided
TO show that he could duck, and he
did duck cleverly, only Blood hadn-t
meant to hit him on the jaw-and din't,
but swung a stiff left to the ribs
Blood followed his advantage with an
other hot right on the jaw and this
time The Terrible Barber went to the
mat for four counts. The round was
Blood's
In the second round, Homer got busy
and for the first minute put it all over
Blood, who was actually ratified by
the rain of punches that landed all
over him, one stiff one on the mouth
bringing the blood, but he pulled him
self together and before the round
was over put a stiff right on the point
| Of the jaw that sent Brown to the
| floor, this time for nine seconds Both
men were bleeding from cut mouths
at the close of the round.
Blood made the better showing in
| the third round for he began to land
hard on the other mans stomach,
| blows that were pretty low, though
they didn't worry The Barber who
| seemed to have an India rubber dia-
| phram with the sort Of backing to it
| that is usually placed behind a steel
| Plate for big gun test. Brown hand
| ed in few hot ones, too, enough of
them to take some of the ginger out
| or his opponent and cause him to
grow leary of too close quarters.
In the fourth round there was
more hard fighting and plenty of it
| and Blood had the best of the game.
/
wind and stomach were showing their
| effects and the BARRIERS chief concern
| seemed to be to avoid more af them,
| though in this he was only partly
| successful. 1t was apparent from the
ringside that he was "all in and a
| question only of when the finishing
punch would be landed. The gong
saved the victim to-be for the time
being, but only for the length of the
intermission, for in the fifth round
Blood began to slash them in with
both hands and finally landed a right
swing on the jaw. Brown went to the
floor and was counted out
Before the bout began Mr.. Bert
Crowherst, of Philadelphia, one of
the best known men in sporting life
announced from the ring that a chal-
lenge to the winner had been received
from Cape Town Joe, who is in ST
Augustine, and one from Kid Ferguson,
of Thomasville. 1t has been decided
to give Ferguson the first go and he
Will face Blood in the ring Wednesday
night
AS a preliminary to the main bout
preliminary was put on for rounds
between Young Peter Jackson and
Yamacraw Jim. Jackson had weight,
experience and everything else on his
side and knocked the other chap out
in the fourth round.