The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-23
RIVERS WALLOPS
BR0WNFOR
"Kayo," From Broadway, Goes to-
Sleep Under Punches Handed
by the Mexican. II
TAKES AN AWFUL BEATING
Gameness Marks Battle Put UJ9 81
by New Yorker, Who Pluckily @
Stood Punishment.

Los Angeles February 22.s-T1itt1ds
"Kayo" Brown flushed flat OH his hacte
with his eyes closed and his toea 5
turned to the Sky. A lily stuck In &
ture guaranteed to bring joy to tha 3
calloused heart OF Tucson uiider-
taker. sFs
Joe Rivers. california's best lighting
man, did for the New York light n
weight in the tenth round of the scheu -sA
uled twenty round contest in the Yer
non arena of tho Pacific A. c. BroWnG
was so clearly knocked out that Ref ~
cree Riton did not dignity the final
scene by the usual counting-oM syst
tenn
Early in the tenth Rivers cashed a. I
punch that he already had tried forss
and missed as many as ten or tweIvasl
times AS Brown was backing away z
from a clinoh Joe whipped over a right
punch like the strike of q rattleanake.
His glove settled under tho Broadways
boys chin and backwards hopped&
Brown, his heels flying high In the
air.
1t was a terrible blow. and would
have stopped a less durable man than
Brown. With his arms and legs trem-
bling under his weight "Kayo" pulled
himself to an all-fours position anu
waited while Riton counted off nineS
seconds. coming to his feet on "ten''st
with no more general idea OF his
somewhere between san Pedro and y
Harlem. r. Az
Again Rivers proved that he Isl not
the coolest man in the ring.
Eager to finish his victim, he rushed
in and pumnclled Brown with a fusiI =
ladc OF aimless blows. Another right
reached Brewn's jaw and again hog
tottered 80 MS knees. This time the&
beaten boy was so far gone that he&
did not take advantage of tho count.
hut staggered to a standing position,
helpless target for the excited Mex s.
| lean. 9SSs3
| a second time Rivers rushed nSwiltls
fashion. carrying Brown far across
| the ring to neutral corner Tile
right finally reached the battered
Brown chin, and :.Kayo'' went tt,,n-
bling to the canvas. Twice he took
the count in this corner.
Rivers Rights HiiuscIf.
And now Rivers rifyhtcd hinnscIr 3
| While the referee counted. Joe atepped
back and put tho rim of tho wrist OF
his right glove to his teeth pulling
the knuckle covering tight for a I'm
| the count of ten, Rivers feintetis him;
until his smcared Jaw stood out bare
| In the sunlight. Another swish of tho
bronzed arm, u thud. and the, Califor-
mans fist landed under tho ear, fnrid
Brown was lifted high off his feet.
| ~ eAtS itocr OH HIS DdCk within
out SO much as CULVER OF action re ~
| manning in his body. Titon stepped
/ over Tor another. count. but seeing Il u
I glance that Brown was "coId,,. he
/ merely waved toward Rivers lin irdi 81
cation that the l33-poundcr had failed
me only complaint we have to regis. &
Ter against the loser is that he does no
know when he has had enough Brow, Ms
| is the original Berkshire kid. Hn Was
whipped in tho third round but refuyetI
TO admit II. From this point untilfhas
tinal bell in the seventh,
In the eighth round Rivers gave
every evidence of boinS badly tired
brown. still as aggressive as though
| he had not taken an annoying puncfi;
outslugged the Mexican during tina
period, and the crowd of 10000 was iii 5
an uproar al the gong = as
Mexican Stating. ~
| From his corner Rivers slgnaied TO
the press row that he had been stalling.
and what followed in the tenth WOULD
seem TO Justify this claim, although
| there is no doubt that Joe was both
angry and worried at the way Brown
was hanging on to his job.
| throughout the contest Rivars had
been trying to swing his right to- the
jaw as Brown stepped out or in but
each time the blow had missed and thns
glove had landed harmlessiy around tho
back OF .'Kayos" head. The tenth
round though. was a true one. and there
was relief in Riyers's look as he saw
the New York tourist floundcring In The
rosin dust,
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