The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17

Even until the middle of the third round it seemed to be going Gandy's way, when Perrin seemed to become rejuvenated and inaugurated rushing tactics. With one big swing he caught Candy on the jaw, slamming him to the mat
 After Candy had been assisted to Nhis corner the jud %5 called ~for the fourth round to reach decisiofT Candy said he couldn't fight any more and the decision went to Perrin by defaulS. Local fans protested bitterly the de cision, declaring that Perrin had twice been thrown to the sawdust and fourth round was unn ecessary After Monday nights furious slug ging match, the arena at the Birmng ham Athletic Club last night was packed with fans. They were not dis appointed.
 Norman (Sailor) Harrington, Bir mnghafn, scored the first real knock out of the Southern Amateur Athletic Union boxing tournament here when r. he put Red Johnson to the mat for the count in the first round for the welter weight title. Of course. under the $. A. A. U. rules there is no count. but Harrington put his opponent to sleep
 and the referee might have counted 15o and kept on counting . From the beginning of the first Found Johnson was battling under fur ious punishment. Harrington sailed into him, whirlwind fashion, deliver ing one heavy blow after another, fi-
 nally crowding his opponent to the ropes and with one long swing, catch ing him on the jaw, slammed the Cres- Gent City fighter under the ropes Tohnson fell heavily and lay inert He Finally responded to restoratives and had to be carried to his dressing room It was one of the cleanest knockout blows witnessed at a local ringside. The surprise of the night was the plucky battle put up by Frank Ches- tain, local boy in a four-round bout svith Ashton Donza, international anna 1eur featherweight champion. ' In the first round Donza had his op- Ponent going, Chestain's long swings Railing to find a landing place and he
 smashed time after time only to fan The air His agile oppopentr tucked
 blow after blow, then punishing Ches-
 tain with short, vicious jabs. It was easily Donzas round.
 Chestain went into the second round
 with more generalship. He learned
 more of Donza's tactics Napd managed
 to land several fairly good blows on
 the New Orleans lad. But it was
 Donzas round.
 Chestain won the plaudits of the
 ringside, however, in the third He
 smashed into Donza and hit him at will pounding him all over the ring Local fandom howled Justify under the
 belief that Chestain had his opponent sroggy. Douza stood the hammering until the bell sounded
 The bout appeared in doubt and the judges called for the fourth round
 It was then the New Orleans scrap- 1 per showed his powers of endurance. He ducked blows and rushed his op- 1 ponent, finally knocking Chestain to l the mat in his corner. The decision. Of | course, was Donzas. But it was a | snappy fight and Chestain got the hand for hts pluckness
 The finals were opened with a 15S | pound <>preliminary between Henry l krauss Camp Taylor, and Wallace | Harris, Birmingham. Harris was floored In both the first and second | rounds and Krauss won an easy vic 1 tory with the decision in the third sailor Harrington won the decision | over Landrieu. New Orleans. in a pre- | liminary bout of the 15s-pound class. The 1 rounds, two of which the local boy l took, and one which was even.
 Although the New Orleans fighter drew first blood in the second round l Earrington easily outpointed him. Bar ! rnnston connected with Landrieu's chin l twice. each blow telling.
 Fighting grew aggressive in the final l session, Burlington landed at Will on [ Landrieu, on the jaw and body. The New Orleans fighter was groggy at the ! end of the fight. The decision was | awarded to Harrington.
 A. Guillot New Orleans. downed the game little B. A. c. fighter, Howard | Smiles, winning the decision after three | rounds of slugging toe to toe. that kept the crowd on it's feet in a continual up- roar
 In the first round Guillot outpointed Smiles, hitting the latter at will, af- though with little telling effect. Smiles 1 ccuntered each time with heavy rights and lefts. but although he kept the New Orleans fighter off, he landed few effec- tive blows.
 It was in the second round that the heaviest hitting was done. Both Smiles and Guillot were trying for knock out, each slugging right and left. Gull rnERr HlAlln