Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-18
RUSSELL OUTPO|NTS HAMMERING HOWE

Teddy Russell, fighting every inch of of the way. outfought and outpointed Hammering Howie of Woonsocket in their twelve round bout atop the Majestic Roof on Tuesday evening. Russell, real izng he was up against a tough propo- sition, started in to wear down his op- ponent and keeping steadily after him took eight rounds of the fight, while three were even and Howie had one round to his credit In sthe ninth round Russell had Howie groggy but was un- able to land on him for knockout.
 The semi-final proved a tlivver as Mickey Travers of New Haven and Kid kaplin of Meriden positively refused to mix it, although warned several times that they must fight. At the end of the fourth round of wrestling and love tap ping, Referee Glennin told both men that they had one more chance. In the middle of the fifth the referee tapped Kaplin and Travers on the shoulder and told them their services were not needed longer.
 In the preliminary bout Young Jenkins of Meriden and Willie Brown of New Haven slugged each other for six rounds and finally left the ring with the honors even.
 The weatherman was favorable and although the weather was threatening during the evening the rain did not start until the tenth round of the main bout and for three rounds Russell and Howie battled in a drizzling rain, with the lightning adding an artistic touch to the scene.
 The Main Bout.
 When the bell sounded for the first round Russell and Howie met in the cen ter of the ring and shook hands. Then Russell let loose with d left and contln- ued leading for a minute and ten seconds until his glove ripped. The bout was stopped until new set of gloves had been secured and then the boys went at it again. Russell doing all the leading, taking the round by slight margin. The second round was one of action, with Russell assuming the lead Howie with his rushing tactics ran into three l straight lefts which although hard did not apparently bother him to any great extent Later in the round Russell land | ed with both right and left to the jaw 1 This was Russells round Russell opened the third round with a l left to Howie's head and Howie coun- 1 tered with a right to Russells jaw. This i was the first clean blow that HoWie had landed during the three rounds, Russell's
 
 | defensive. Russell landed two more 1 blows which landed cleanIy. RusselIs round.
 ! Coming from his corner all set for a l body blow. Howie ran into Russelrs left and slowed down. Howie then feinted and crossed his right. catching Russell a slancing blow on the jaw, and little | later caught him again. Russell in this round landed twice in succession to | Howie's head and three times to the l body. Russell took this round by a | slight margin.
 The sixth round was slow. both boys | beginning to feel the pace, and the round | ended evenly
 Russell opened the seventh with a Of glittering gold teeth. Howie swung wildly for Russelrs head but connected only with the atmosphere. Again Russell | crossed right and left with telling ef- | feet. Russell took this round with a good margin.
 Howie started to take the lead in the | opening Of the eighth and got in several i telling blows to RusselTs stomach and ] head. Howie showed the most in this round that he did in any of the. other l rounds and the honors were in his fa- vor
 The ninth was the feature round of the ! bout for action. Both boys started tc mix it at the tap of the bell. Russell l swung right and left to Howie's heat and after a second or two of this work | had Howie in a dazed condition Rus | sell kept after him while the crowd yell | ed for knockout. Howie came to eartf before Russell could find an opening tc put over haymaker and clung on unti l the bell. This was Russell's round by 2 very large margin.
 The tenth round went to Russell by 2 i slight margin when he tried to dupli cate his performance in the ninth bu l Howie kept away and played safe The 11th and 12th rounds were even
 This bout far exceeded the expectation. 1 of the fans and proved even a better ex 1 hibtion than the RusseIl-Ferguson bout For excitement it was unsurpassed, { cheering throng calling for Russell 10 de liver the K. o. and both boys in the ring striving to wrest the honors from the l other.
 The Phoney Bout. This bout was one of the worst 1iyers