The Washington times., 1922-07-09
WILD SWING
WON BATTLE
FOR BRENNAN
Bill Tells How He Knocked
Out cowIer After He Had
Been Blinded.
BY BILL BRENNAN,

BY BILL BRENNAN,
Leading Heavyweight Contender.
T F Tom Cowler only had known
all there was to be known in
- our battle in Buffalo. some
years ago. he probably could have
Knocked me out. But he didn't
and I knocked him out.
In the second round of that tus-
sic one Of Toms glove laces
scraped over an eyeball, binding
me. In the next round my other
eye went wrong. and when that
session of fighting was over l
could see nothing except ter
rible blurr.
told Leo Flynn, my manager.
about my plight when got back to
my corner. He said nothing then.
but let me go out for the fourth. I
could see Cowler only as a black
mass moving around in front Of me,
but kept swinging wild punches at
that mass often enough to scare off
Cowler from any concentrated at.
tack.
Back In my corner Leo was IN
favor Of tossing the towel into the
ring. He felt that sooner or later
Tom would find out my condition,
tear in and murder me. For when
Tom was in a winning mood he WAS
q punching fool. .
Defies His Manager.
But I told Leo II he ever tossed
towel in for me I'd toss him into
the Atlantic ocean the minute I
caught up with him.
Through the next five rounds Of
that fight / guess I swung more
wild punches than any man ever
swung in fifteen minutes. Some
times I'd land a blow, but most Of
the time I'd miss by a foot. simply
because was shooting at a shadow.
Now. you'd naturally think that IL
fellow was swinging wild he wasn't
| at all dangerous. And you'd prob
ably wade in and punch his heal off.
But Cowler, who had heard ! was,a
good marksman, thought all that
missing was just trick stuff on nv
part. He had it all doped out that
was swinging wildly only for the
get a good crack at his chin.
So he kept out Of range as much
as possible. choosing long distance
fighting. And all the while was
swinging lefts and rights which
weren't going anywhere In particu-
lar.
A few times Cowler did get In and
try me out on left jabs. He had no
trouble landing, because, being un-
able to see the punches coming. !,
Of course, couldn't do any blocking
or ducking And that made Cowler
oil the more suspicious because, in
our other fight I had brushed aside
about 80 per cent Of his leads and
beaten him to most Of the punches.
That he was hitting then made him
think I was permitting II for pur-
pose.
Like al Windmill.
In the tenth Twas a regular wind
mill. Both arms swung in all direc-
tions every minute until the round
ended. I figured Cowler might try
rally, then I wanted to scare him
off and save mvself from getting
bumped on the chin. Fa
With only thirty seconds remain.
ing in that tenth and final round,
one of those lawmakers Of mine,
which wasn't going anywhere In par
ticular, and which might Just as
we'll have hit Cowler's knee, or tho
referees nose, happened to land flush.
on Cowler's chin. He went down
and was counted out.
For thres months after that f'ght
was so blind In hoth eyes I had 70
he led around. For another two
months my sight was 30 hal I
couldn't see to read. All Of which
proves that blind man. ~ hos
lucky. can win fight on a knock.
out " he keeps swinstn4 his arms
ard happens 10 be fighting n man