Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-31
CHARLIE HOLMAN WINS
BOUT IN FIFTH ROUND
Local Boy Shows Superior
Speed Against Young
Terry Brooks.
LEONARD DEFEATS rAYLoR
Quit in second Round-Lnwrcncc
and nrmpsc! Have Drnw-othcr

/ D"uts Fast.
/ Charlie Holman, great Richmond
| bantamweiGht boxer. added another
( victory 10 his string last night at
/ tn" outdoor program or the Church
/ hin Athletic Association when he
Knocked out Terry Brooks, OF Balti-
more In the NTH round OF a
scheduled eight round bout.
! The other feature bout. that be-
/ tween Lew Dempsey, OK Baltimore.
and speedy Lawrence. OF Fortress
+ Monroe. resulted in draw. Both
/ boys did some fast milling, but
neither showed Il decided advantage.
| There were apparently as many
/ Dempsey as there were Lawrence de-
voices. Dempsey. 4 clean-cut college
chap. made "A splendid impression. He
had hard hitting right. and his de-
;cnS" was clever. The moro On
! porienccd Lawrence proved tho he,-
tor jahbcr. These lightweights nut
ny a good battle. Each weighed i3S
pounds.
The nrst bout. between Red Leon
ard and Red TAYLOR lightweights
was awarded To Leonard when Tay-
lor quit in the second round. He dill
not appear to he in hest shape.
Leonard led from the tap OF the
I
in the first round. Taylor taking the
count of i've an his righ, knee. lie
lasted tho round. but decided TO call
Il day in the second round
Marin Registers Knockout.
Rocky Marin. local wcltcrwcicht
won a Knockout in the second round
over Young Norlandcr. OF Denmark
/ Marin Stang his opponent in the frs,
round. and in turn received few
/ taps After some rapid fire punches.
| Marin landed three kidney punches in
succession. and Norlander faded
away like the well-known rose.
For the first two rounds Lawrence
was more aggressive and had the
better Of Dempsey. who didn't cover
up we'll. But tho Baltimore lad got
busy and gave Speedy n battle from
then until the end. Both BOYS were
go clever that although several hard
Bows We're delivered TO body and
face. neither really hurt the other.
y draw did justice TO them. Law.
renee appeared 10 he greatly i'm.
proved boxer.
Every round Of the five rounds that
Holman and Brooks fought was fun
of action. Charles superior speed
and annoying jabs To the nose wor-
ricd Brooks for two rounds In the
third round Holman pounded the Bal
/ ;imorc boy with hard blows to tho
! head and body. In the fourth round
/ Brooks landed the only blow tina; hurt
the Richmond fash an uppercut.
Hrooks Hits Air.
iuddicd against the ropes and tax
/ ing bad beating, Brooks came up
. from the floor with a right-hand
swing labeled 'haymaker" but IL
clcavcd spac" alone. Holman was
three feet away. Tho fifth round
found holman rushing from his cor
ner determined to land a sleep pro
ducor Tho little fellows EXCHANGED
punches and mixed IL furiously The
end came suddenly. While close to-
Gcthcr Holman shot blow to the
Jaw that dropped Brooks TO the can
Nass. IL struggled eamely and got
- his feet after taking "A count OF
ninc. Three more punches. and
Brooks wen, down again. Brooks
second tossed towel in the ring and
tn" boxing was over. OF course,
Charlie got An ovation.
There We're more than twelve hun
G:cd men aud women present.