New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
'Britton Wins
FromO'Dowd
In Fast Bout
Big Crowd Watches Eight.
Round Battle in Ar.
mory Ring at Newark

Jack Britton, welterweigh. cb.u;
of the world, outpointed Nike O,Do,.s
middleweight champion. in fast s,sh.
round bout at the Newark spor.sr-,.
Club last night. II was Britton,s 81.
all the way with the possible errr-.>s"
OF the thihrd round. whore the r,;SIN e"
weight made rush a. Britto, srs
swept him 70 the roNes sbouos--1
rights and lefts TO has head ing
O'Dowd made the mistake Of .--..-
TO box with britton, who Is one of -
cleverest boxers at any weigh. n.
ton boxed rings around the heav,a- 80
slower man, keeping his eft cons..-.5.
IN O'Dowd's face and crossing now
then with the right Briftor blo.Sss
many punches that might iave -
dangerous by the simple sypeaie,. ~
raising his left shoulder and ie.firg ~.
punches roll of '"s
In the second round Bri4,or s.s-..s
to taunt O'Dowd on his sfnrr,.l,'.ss'N
lie grinned at him and ne bed rbe--
ever ODowd missed ha pfth no,t..
Gus swing. Then BrItt1n won'a ,i,-.
the left into o'Dowd's $ red and arr.
countenance. dancing away lanehlrs
Once in that second round p~l.+o- -.
right 10 the Jaw that rocked -.
middl eweight. and for second y.
looked as though he were abou, :,
crumple, but O'Dowd weafheres .bs
storm -"'
o'Dowd weighed in al iss Mound.
and britton a. l46. The bout da no.
begin until l0:30 Trouble v.tb .Sa
Iights IN the armorv caused tho eei.,
brltton's chance of wirnir. tso MIA
die~eleht title rested in his abr..c T.,
knock out O'Dowd in the eIs., r.ars'
While The weltorweirh. f.4 f.o ~.,'.
age, the ring gencfalshlp ana The ,,-
nlng he lacked the purch Eo gave
O Opowd all that he had bu. the ,.7~.l
middleweight was never ever close ta
be ing knocked out
IL was fast fight. and pleased -.
multitude. The sympathy natufai, WAS
WIN the smaller man. ard they were
calling constantly for Br't-oa 20 knock
him out The welterwei.f. tried br,
the steam was not there
In the last round Britton threw can
ton to the winds and stool In The MA.
Ole of the ring TO slug with the middle
weight IN the hope Of landing tho ex.ra
title by beating O'Dowd down. O'Dowd
was lashing out furiousiy but ciuwsil,
while Brifton blocked Of Tie blows
with his shoulder and sent some sting.
ing rights TO the head
As matter of fact. the rnfid 'owciyhs
dld not seem to pack anything much
OF a wallop either for hc .ardrd a.,
Brltton, but the punches did rot sen,
to carry much sting. Br,tton could
have blocked and harrassed him FOR
the entire evening without any danger
OF being mussed up. Always ODowd
found that left in his face. binding
him. and when he tried 10 brush It
aside he ran into a stiff right. Ba.
until britton develops punch his
chances of wrestling the middieweirht
title from O'Dowd viii be sim.
The crowd filtered slowly into the
big armory. Just as the first pre-
liminary between Young Angelo and
Victor Richie. Of New York. was an
nounced the lights went on. After
considerable tinkering to restore the
Julce the multitude started 70 get I'M
patient and the preiim nary BOYS
started boxing in the dark.
They went at 1t slashng. while
crowd close TO the ringside lit matches.
After they had gone three rounds the
lights suddenly flared UP again The
finish was fast. 1t was good draw.
While the place was in darkness the
ilght-fngered gentry on The other side
of the Hudson collected numerous
watches and wallets.
The fight in the dark was reminis-
cent of the ketchell- Thomas bou in
San Francisco. where the TWO middle
weights battled for twenty rounds IN
a storm by the light of one ncaudes-
cent lamp that threatened 10 liieke-
out at any moment. The managers of
O'Dowd and Brit or expressed some
worry over the eccentrcities Of the
lights. 1t was recalled that Freddie
Welsh was losing championship once
upon a time, when he was suddenly
saved by the lights going out They
went out because an admrer Of
Welsh's with great presence of mind
cut the wires
In the second preliminary Joe Bur-
goyne, of Newark, had shade over
Kid Potty, of Perth Amooy Potty
was puttied hard with lefts and rights.
but was fighting back hard at the
finish.