The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
Powell's Right
Stops Frayne
In the Eighth
Defeated Boxer Performs Pecu-
liar Stunts on Floor and
Crowd Gets Suspicious
By WILLIAM l. sLATTERY

Coming out of a -clinch in the eighth
round of the fight at the Coliseum last
night Lew Powell caught Johnny
Frayne peculiar right rip on the point
Of the jaw. Frayne dropped to the floor,
/ where he lay for nine seconds. He came
up again. and went to the mat from the
! force of another right to the head
| Twice more he rose and fell. and finally
Lieutenant of Police Dinan ordered the
| fight stopped. Referee Eddie Smith
awarded the decision to Powell, who is
credited with knockout.
| To the majority of the spectators it
appeared as though Frayne was going
through series Of very peculiar antics
while he lay on the floor OF the padded
ring. For a man as near out as Johnny
appeared to be he retained wonderful
| lifted them over his head, wheeled
around on them and when time keeper
George Harting would arrive at eight
| in his count Frayne would use his legs
to even better advantage and finally
stand up on them.
The blow might have been terrific
one. but it certainly did not seem to
carry force enough with 1T TO make any
nghter take the count. as Frayne did,
there was an understanding between
| the men. but the betting certainly
looked bad. Within five days it dropped
from even money to 10 to 4 at the ring
side with practically no Frayne takers
save the so called suckers.
Many of the boys who are supposed
to have an insight on events of the sort
poured their money in on Powell to win
| by a knockout. This he did, and the
members of the gang all cashed. AS II
the fight had been rehearsed before
! II lrNH -1- lad fiar~r rcptf
| very .deftly, with the exception of one
detail-the wonderful movements of
Frayne while he lay on his back.
Up to the time of the knockout the
fight was very even. with shade in
PowelIs favor He was the aggressor
and his blows were the cleaner. Both
Tightly, neither hitting hard enough to
knock even a hair out of its accustomed
place. Frayne showed tendency to
hold on at times, but this was the only
rough work visible to the naked eye.
The finish came so fast that only a
/ few of the fans in favored seats saw it.
neatly as usual, when Frayne landed a
good left to the body. Powell followed
with a right to the same spot and they
went into clinch. They were just
breaking and Eddie Smith was partly
between them when Powell cut loose
with his right.
The blow was a sort of half chop and
| half rip and IL seemed to land on the
point of Frayne's jaw Johnny struck
the floor just as though lhe had come in
contact with battering ram. He lay
still at first andE grabbed his, stomach,
but just a the count of nine he got up
| on his feet and began to reel all around
the ring.
Powell waited his chance and caught
Frayne on the jaw with a light right.
Johnny hit the mat again and began to
go through a series of very peculiar
stunts. He lifted his feet up in the air
just like a boxer doing gymnasium
exercise. Then he settled back again
and waited for the count. He was up at
nine, reeling around the ring like lie
reeled the first time.
Powell was after his man again, and
this time Frayne tried to hold on. APP
parently he was weak. and he took his
third flop as the result of a shove. Once
again Frayne entertained the crowd
with few more leg motions and rolled
around bit more. He had his ear out
for the count, however. and nine found
him the job, evidently determined
in his every move.
This was Frayne's last stand. He
rushed at Powell in a dazed sort of way
and the red haired lad began to rough
it. He landed a very light right to the
head, but it was enough to send Frayne
TO the floor Lieutenant Dinan figured
that the mill had gone about far enough
and he. stepped into the. ring, just as
FrayneS seconds tossed in the sponge.
Sized up from the standpoint of an
expert or near expert, the finishing
punch was a peculiar one and the finish
ieself leaves doubt in the minds. of
many who firmly believed that the fight
was strictly on it's merits. Frayne did
not appear to be as badly injured as his
actions would lead one to believe. He
also received the long end of the purse,
which is a consolation