Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-31

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. The receipts of the fight were Z
+ not made public by the promo I
+ ters. Experts, however, esti- :
s mated the proceeds at something &
about $50, 900, and declared that :
4 the profits would exceed those of +
6 any fight held since the Jeffries- Z
K Johnson battle at Reno. \
willing to lake a chance of Brown
connecting hard with his left and
bringing home the glory. Hundreds
from Newark and the Oranges piled
into the garden early and were pulling
for Brown to win.
Wells First In Ring.
y Wells was first to climb through the
ropes, and he was followed by a big
crowd CT handlers and friends He had
about FIVE minutes to wait for the APP
pearance of Brown, whose coming was
heralded by continual cheering and the
ringing of COW bells. Brown walked
over and shook hands with Wells. and
the two principals had a short talk il
THE entire Of the twenty-four foot ring.
There was a long wrangle over the
bandages. n both had to adjust them
again before Charley White sent them
on their way.
The Fight.
Brown landed the first blow. He ran
towards Wells after they had come
to the centre n dug his left into the
stomach. The wallop did not disturb
Wells any, and when the two clinched
he began uppercutting with right and
left. Wells started to use his left and
shook Brown Up some when he repeat
ed twice. Knockout came in with a
left uppercut, and they had a number
of clinches. Wells kept jabbing Brown,
but the latter coolly pushed his hair
aside and studied how to get In a left
swing. He tore after the Englishman.
and the crowd Kissed when the latter
seemed to heel. Wells missed a left
swing, but while moving slapped Brown
with his left.
A little roughing in clinches featured
the opening of the second round, with
both boys offenders. Wells was fight
ing in such a manner as to prevent
Brown from getting his left into range,
and the latter looked to his corner for
some advice. When Wells began box
ing Brown tried to stop him by jump
Back came Wells u,ith go -, -.
on Knoclsout,s chin proun $50 80
right for a change h,,t Ua,,s a,so,tna
low and the bIow MN nissad pnom,n
was irving hard IN send IN hodv bio,,s
but Wells was clever and wbon Enool
out backed awav from a clinoh he
shook him with n stra jeht loft 70 +ha
cbin "o
A left swing nv Brown was n,;ssad
early in the third when Wells nulled
his stomach In. and fast infehting re-
suited. Brown was doing the most
leading, and for the first time In the
fight was getting the lead. Wells
chopped Brown on the chin. and the
New York boy began a rushing attack
that gave him a chance to poke Wells
in the stomach with the full force of
his left, and before Wells could dance
away Brown repeated. Both were
nghtlng viciously at short quarters,
ana Wells chopped Brown on the chin
pu' ala notsdisturb him any.
AGAIN IN the fourth Brown was show
ins better out all he seemed able to
uepehd upon to make a showing was
ms ielt hand. He had 1t drawn back
Always ready for a wallop. Three
lines ne met the Englishman with
snort ieit hooks, and when they stood
close together he punished the cham
plon with left uppercuts that possessed
steam. Welis turned to short swings
also and, dancing about, pecked at
bfown, toward the end of the round
Brown seemed Unable to find Wells,
ana ne fenced most of the leads of the
American.
After they had exchanged a number
of times in the fifth Brown charged in,
head, down. His move was gagged by
Wells and his two rapid lefts nearly
sent Brown off his balance. For the
first time the kidney blow came in
evidence with Brown delivering il, but
not enough times to make the English
chap feel sick. Wells held for a short
space, but engaged in a rally that
showed his Furnishing power.
He paid considerable attention to
Browns stomach early in the sixth,
Brown landed his left, but Wells was