Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-30
STORM FAILED TO CHECK
RING BATTLE IN OPEN AIR.
Rain and Hailstoncs Fell in Torrents,
but Joe Chip and Knockout
Brennan Fought On.
FINALLY PARTED BY FoRCR
When Fighters Failed to Cease
Mauling Each Other in Face OF
Elements Referee Used Stranglc
Hold to Separate Them.
ny JAMES ). COKnIsTr.

l, the Hsnaalo: \. =. REPRESENTA-!
some years ago Joe Chip and
Knockout Brennan were matched Ia
mEht ten rounds in open air in Buffalo
Tor the battle. \ rather szcablc crowc
gathered despite the threaten of rain
In the hope of getting the fight finished
before the probable downpour, / dis.
penSed with as many. of the prcnmi-
,h details as possible and started
thc nShtcrs to work.
iut the round hadn't gone a fun
minute before there came "A cloudburst
IL seemed as If some ono was huttcr.
ing Just above the ring and pouring
no"n water in buckets full With
the irst dcluse the tnekcepers. the
seconds. the newspaper men and every
ono else around the ring ducked under
s ssT f,ands Ana he he crowd began
10 inc covered stands
yelled TO the lighters TO ceas.
o.. operations. but they Wouldn't do Il
a nose n9Es nd srudse against each
rain or no rain. And there they stood.
s a1s TO 'os Gao Singing and banging
came down in cvcr-incrcasinr vnlun,c
iiniistone> Size of Marbles
dov, minute I'M ors later haiIstones came
they landed on my head thought IL
MAS bursting shrapnel. And again
several times, ran between thcm and
Tied 70 push them over the ropes
but they wouldn't go
quit when the bell rings
storm as he hooked one TO Brcnnan't
head We came here to nght-and
taxing Few 8 ans At CHIPS BODY.
Inose boys Tough, for exactly eight
minutes. slashsne and slipping around
on the rain soaked canvass. mndins
not the pclt OF the hailstorm or the
neavE rain And all the while tried
the t r rg an 10 eo s,9P FINALLY nndsy 10 END
/ lca.eu over at Chip. grabbed him
a arc, ne neck with a strange hold
MIN half way through, said;
threatened to Use Force.
,hro Nov y9S &c, on, OF here or I'll
And then. turning to Brennan. who
was right on my heels. | ordered
~ ,ho gu Es,' TOO: or III throw, you out
Brennan, as he saw Chip climbing out
of the ring, did likewise.
,lve had lots OF trouble in my day
down TO business, but that was the
only time IN my career when | had TO
t pate 10 get two men 10 stop punch
How Willard WINS Trickrd
con nhe o, ,he stories that Jimmy John
Lewis likes TO spring has Jess Willard
as its victim.
,. Il picked up George cBoer Rodel
darndest to make iighter out or
him" declares Johnson. II nursed hin,
along carefully and finally secured a
hhEht FOR him with Jess Willard in
Milwaukee. II was to be no decisinn
a a. ten rounds. and figured that
IL Rodel only could go the route. no
mi. nov badly beaten Mp ne was AZ
prestige TO enable me to land a few
more matches for him. which would
mean money for both OF us
But one look at Willard and an
other at !todel convinced me that Rodei
wouldn't have much OF a chance unless
/ could nut something over on Jess
Wanted Him TO Go Easy
so waited until that moment when
.he hshters were nearly ready for tho
bell. anu then hustled over TO Villa rj's
corner and said 10 Jess:
Go easy with him, Jess; go easy.
Hes weak here-and / placed my
hand against my heart
Willard said nothing. but I knew
h" was doing lot Of thinking. That
was in Move 1913. and only the
August before Bull Young had come
10 his death after a night with viii
lard. The Coroncrs jury had eXoncr-
atcd Willard from any blame in
founS's death. yet Willard, ever :,
tender hearted fellow. was pretty well
broken up BY Young's tragic end
And this Rodcl hsht was the first
since then.
loss started OFF easily against
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