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Id The 5th

Gives Young Blades Terrific
Mauing for -Four Rounds
Rhode Islander Practi-
cally Out On His Feet In
Fourth Fitzgerald Stops
Bout.
New Haven, Nov. 2o-Chic Brown,
New Ravens popular little fighting
machine scored a. technical knockout
over Young Blades of Woonsocket.
champion. in the fifth round of
scheduled 15-round battle at the
Arena last night Referee Dave Fitz-
gerald stopped the bout after one
minute and 25 seconds had elapsed
In the fatal round to save the cham
pton from further humiliation and
punishment It was Browns flKft
from the start. Blades was knocked
down twice in the second session and
once in each of the ensuing rounds
for total of five.
The result of the battle was a pleas
ant surprise to local fans Blades
by virtue Of his excellent perform
ances in Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island rings, was expected to give
Brown the battle Of his life, but the
rallacy of the belief showed itself
shortly after the boxers had discard
ed their bath robes prepared for .ac-
ton. Brown got away to his usual
good start and set such a fast pace
that Blades couldn't do any better
tnan play second fiddle until taps
| sounded.
Blades. in spite Of his decisive de.
feat, proved to be one Of the toughest
boys that has stepped into q local
ring since Bunny Ford.s time. To
stand up against the punishment that
Brown administered last night was
indeed some accomplishment. Brown
used his left hand with great power
and accuracy and also pushed over
right hand >buows from time to time
that caused Blades no end OF worry.
Blades convinced the ringsiders that
he was one of the best receivers In
the business. He simply refused to
/ let anything get by. His receiving
/ average was 1000.
Blades kept his head well forward.
always within reach of the Blown
battery. Chic's aim was perfect and
both gloves always were striking
some part of the exposed face, law
or body. Brown gave one of the best
hitting exhibitions for clean, hard
hitting. he had Iris Speaker and TT
Cobb calling for assistance.
The fans had their best opportunity
/ to look over Blades in the first
round. This was the only round in
which he failed to fall the victim OF
a knockdown. Instead of making the
best of opportunities, the champion
| featured by his failure to break
through Browns supposedly easy
| defence. He made no attempt to
jab but had one method of attack
| the swing and smiss. OF course he
landed several hard punches but
| missed many more.
Blades had strength but he was like
an army without airplanes or in the
| words of the military, helpless with
out eyes He just threw his punches
at. random, though they were direct
| ed at Chic. This random became
| quite popular before the round end
| ed. Later in the bout, however,
Blades showed an inclination to
swap with Chic but this method of
attack was throwing off every punch
1 with a smile. Blades weakened UNI
der the strain and had to resort to
| clinching tactics. Blades was as
| completely -outclassed and was as
helpless as the Rumanian army be-
fore the attack of a German ma
chine. He had the gameness, how
ever. and for this he is entitled to
much respect.
Brown delivered straight rights,
some that were not straight, left
crossed. All hit the mark-Yo Dung
Blades. He took 'em all but smiled
| through his blood-stained face. Every
! time that he seemed on the point of
taking the final count and Brown
| drew into close range to cross the de-
Gliding punch as is the custom, Blades
also did some crossing" by swinging
his way out Of the trap. One left
lunge after another always sent Chic
out Of danger and it remained there
j until the Blades offensive ceased
The second round marked the be-
ginning of the end for Blades. In
this round he took occasion to swap
| punches with Chic but got the worst
| of. the exchange. Following a brief
slugfest, Chic shot a. left to the jaw
that sent Blades reeling to the floor.
| Blades rested on one knee and took
a nfne-second count. AS he arose he
| fell into a clinch. Brown managed
| to get one arm free and socked
i Blades a ,half-dozen times without a
| return. Brown then got ssset'' and
| landed a terrific blow to the jaw and
Blades reeled over again for another
count. He came back strong, how
ever. and the opinion was then pre-
valent that the bout might possibly
go the limit. In the third, fourth
and fifth rounds, Brown continued a
steady attack until Referee Fitzgar-
aid waived Blades to his corner ana
proclaimed Brown the victor. At
the close Of the fourth round Blades
appeared "out," standing up and went
to the wrong corner. He had to be
| led from the ring to his dressing room
after the bout. Blades was done,
while Brown appeared fresh as a
daisy. It was a great victory for the
/ local favorite.
It was officially announced from the
ring that Benny Leonard. lightweight
champion, has been matched to box