The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-20
BREWER AND LANG
BOUT ENDS DRAW
Tame Fighting in Most of
the Rounds-Finish is
Fast and Interesting.

Winnipeg. July 20.-Hilliard Lang
of Toronto, welter-weight champion
Of Canada. and Harry Brewer. of
Kansas City, aspirant for the worlds
championship title. fought twelve
rounds TO a draw at the Auditorium
rink. before a good sized crowd. The
bout for the most part was a tame
affair. although both men showed
cleverness and gave a good display in
the boxing line. Neither of the men
showed n great traces of the mill
ing at the conclusion of the twelve
rounds. Lang was bleeding from an
Did sore neal his right eye and Brew
er's optic was d%iscolored and oozing
blood at the finish.
Brewer had the advantage in reach
but in the early rounds was content
to use only easy jabs with an occa-
sional try with a hay-making swing
that rarely. came within reaching dis
lance of the Canuck. Lang forced the
fighting for the greater portion of the
time. but rarely connected with blows
that counted. Toward the end Brew
err came to life and showed some trac-
es of footwork which was entirely
lacking from his work at the start. In
the final rounds he was after aLng
and had a shade of the exchanges.
which evened up for the points lost
earlier in the bout.
Battling Nelson announced that
Lang weighed LA pounds and Brewer
LAG. The bout was at catch weights.
1t was also announced that the next
bout of the National Sporting club
would be on or about August 5 with
Grover Hayes and Freddie Welsh as
the principals. Mickey Mcintyre chal-
lenged the winner of the battle be-
tween Brewer and Lang.
Early Fighting Tame.
Brewer had Lang bleeding from the
eye in the first round, but honors were
even. The Kansas City boy had a
shade in the next. while the third and
fourth were even. In the third Brew
er wrestled Lang to the ropes but
no damage was done. Lang got away
~cleverly from both swings. In the
fourth both men We're fighting fast.
but were wild. Both missed swings
as the round ended.
In the fifth Lang got in two nice
blows to the Jaw and body and Brewer
came back with a like performance.
Lang landed on Brewers jaws with
right and left. 1t was Lang's round.
The sixth was even, Lang stagger-
ing Brewer with d swing to the jaw.
They EXCHANGED swings with honors
even. BreWer got TO Lang S stomach.
Brewer covered up in the seventh
and eighth rounds but Lang scored
what points We're going in both peri
DDS. Lang got to the kidneys twice
in the ninth while Brewer landed
twice to Lang's stomach. The men
mixed up in great style bat were wild
and there was little to choose on the
exchanges. Brewer had a shade on
the round.
Brewer Brightcns Up.
Brewer jumped to the center at the
gong in the tenth and was on Lang,
but the latter soon covered up. The
American had the better of the early
exchanges getting to tn ebody three
times without any serious return.
They both stood off and slugged. en-
changing blow for blow and Lang got
the round by a shade. The eleventh
was tame and there was nothing to
choose between the men.
Brewer a out to win in the
twelfth and had the better of the mill
ing. He got in Two blows to one by
Lang and his attempts to the body had
plenty of steam behind them. Lang
scored twice effectively but on the
whole it was Brewers round.
There was quick action in the pre-
liminaries. Minard Burt besting
Frank Bryar in a round, while the
Lockfort Kid gave Billy Neland all he
wanted in " periods. Young Attell
had the better of Young Ketchell in
four rounds.