Arizona republican., 1911-08-31
A BIC CROWD SAW FIGHT
First Contest to Be Held Under New Law Drew Enormous Throng to His toric Garden at Madison Square.

New York, Aug. 3O.-Matt Wells, the English lightweight champion. tonight added to his fistic laurels by out fight ing Knockout Brown, the New York lightweight, in ten round bout before one of the largest crowds ever as sembled to witness a pugilstic event in New York City. A crowd o' four teen thausand saw the contest at Ma dison Square Garden the place being crowded to suffocation. Wells never was in danger at any time He left the ring unmarked, while Brown was bleeding profusely from cuts on the mouth and eye. Brown could not solve the Englishman's left jab which kept playing to the face with lightning like rapidity and kept the American from doing any damage in close work. The battle gave Browns championship as pirations a severe setback. The popu- lar opinion gave the battle to Wells, though the law allows no decisions The gate receipts totaled s30,0oO. of which Brown received 331a per cent, Wells 22l& per cent gross
 Round l. They came to a clinch. both held several seconds Wells landed a stiff right to the jaw. and blocked a return. Wells forced the fighting. jabbing Brown with the left. Both were wild, few clean blows. Brown missed a left hook but a mo- ment later caught Wells with a terrif- fic left to the wind. Wells round.
 Round 9 Both roughed it to a clinch. Brown hooked hard right to the jaw. which wobbled the English man Wells walloped Brown on the ear. then on the jaw, sending the American to the ropes He followed with two lefts to the face. Brown put a light left tO the wind and Wells countered on the nose. Wells round.
 Round Q Brown bored in and roughed it to the center of the ring. Both missed wild swings. Wells put two lefts to the stomach. Brown right to the nose Wells ducked into hard left. Brown following with hard right to the wind. At the tap Of the bell Brown took a hard right in the ribs Brown was bleeding at the nose. Round even.
 Round 4 Wells held in clinch, broke and put a hard right to Brown's mouth, bringing the blood in a stream. Wells came back with another hard right to the jaw Brown backed away. Wells put a hard left to the shoulder, Brown a right hook to the wind. then spared. Brown swung left to wind, and Wells planted his right to the jaw. causing Brown to reel Clearly Wells round.
 Round 3. Both got in right upper cuts to the jaw. Wells. far superior as a boxer, jabbed Brown repeatedly in the face Brown kept trying to put in a knockout punch but Wells kept out of danger. Brown put a stiff right and left to Wells face and got in re- turn a hard right to the wind. Wells round.
 Round 6. Wells got right to the | jaw and sidestepped a return. Brown put a right to the chin and Wells slip ped to the floor in sidestepping. Brown put in two hard rights. but Wells more than evened up with two terrific swings to the jaw. Brown then put a left swing to t..e ear and staggered Wells. Browns round.
 Round '. Brown got in two stiff ones to the head. but the Englishman again started the blood from Browns mouth by left hook. Wells put in several straight jabs without return Wells got in a heavy right hook to the
 jaw and took a right in the wind in
 return. Wells round.
 l hal nd in 1 left in the wind and right in the face Brown bored in. trying to land knock out. They repeatedly clinched. Brown hooked a right to the jaw, driving Wells head back and took a right ir the wind in return. Browns round. Il Round Q. Brown rushed again. There were rapid exchanges. Brown putting q
 hard left to the wind, Wells put right II to the eye Wells opened out Browns mouth accidentally with his elbow
 Brown went at Wells like a tiger. put
 ting hard right to wind. It was Wells
 round.
 Round 10. They shook hands. Browr
 rushed. trying to get a knockout bu
 Wells kept inside the blows. BrowI
 then staggered Wells with fard lef
 to the wind Wells got in several har'
 left jabs to the face, Brown bleeding
 profusely. Wells slipped to the foo
 in exchange. Brown tried a right hool
 to the jaw but Wells drove him off b!
 straight jabs Near the end of tn
 round Wells put a hard left to tn
 head. driving Brown back Wells
 round.
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