The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

"dibeu lOi tie plOlOSIdple iidSu,
while the veteran smiled. Such Is
experience. AS Britton put out his
hand, Dave blocked, probably figur-
Ing the fight was to start.
The fight by rounds:
ROUND Shade led with a left
to the jaw, driving the champion to
the ropes. They engaged in a slight
encounter at close quarters. Both
were wild. They exchanged short
rights to the jaw.
ROUND 2-Britton shook Shade
with right hook to the jaw. Shade
sent straight left to Britton's nose.
Britton sharply uppercut Shade with
a right. Shade missed frequently.
ROUND 3-Shade sent a light left
to the nose, followed with a right
hook to the jaw. They had a light
exchange in a clinch. Britton sent q
left hook to the jaw.
ROUND 4-Shade started a bat
terry attack which Britton halted
with left hooks to the jaw. Britton
caught Shade on the chin with
straight left. The challenger re-
turned rights to the jaw.
ROUND 5-Britton smothered an
other attack with well-placed right
and left hooks to the head. He stag
gered the challenger with a right
hook to the jaw. He followed this
blow with a series of straight lefts to
the chin.
ROUND 6-Britton hooked 4
right to the stomach. Shade sent
two hard lefts to the champions
jaw. Shade staggered the cham
pion with a right to the jaw. Brit
ton came back, showering Shade
with hard left and right hooks to
the jaw. He swung q hard right
to Shades body.
ROUND THE champion sent a
left to the Jaw and took three hard
lefts to the body in return. Britton
sent a short left to the jaw.
ROUND S-Britton sent rights and
tefts to the stomach. Shade landed
several light blows on the champions
head. They exchanged lefts to the
head. Shade sent hard left to Brit
toms jaw.
ROUND s-Britton sent right
hook to the jaw and followed it with
straight right to the chin. They
exchanged lefts to the head. Shade
! caught the champions jaw three
times with straight lefts. These were
the best blows landed by Shade so
far.
ROUND 1o-shade sent hard lefts
20 the body, following with right to
the head. They exchanged hard
rights and lefts to the head. Shade
caught Britton's jaw with a hard
right. The champion sent him
away with a hard left hook to the
chin.
ROUND 11-Shade kept the cham
pion going away following an effec-
tive assault to the body. Britton
appeared tired. In an attempt to
knock each other out they missed
many punches, both swinging wildly.
ROUND 12-Shade landed hard
left on the champions jaw. Brit
ton sent two rights to the Jaw in
return. Britton hooked the chal-
lenger with a sharp left to the
jaw. Shade continued to be the
aggressor, but BrittOn's blows in
defense were more effective than
those he received.
ROUND 13-Shade started chas-
ing Britton around the ring and as
the champion backed away he sent
hard rights and lefts to Shade s
head and body. Britton staggered
Shade with right hooks on the jaw.
Britton sent two staggering rights
to the jaw at the bell
ROUND IA - Britton clipped
Shades jaw with a right hook.
Shade swung wildly in an effort to
land an effective blow. Britton
swung lefts and rights to the head.
ROUND l5-They exchanged lefts
TO the nose. Britton sent a right to
the head. They exchanged lefts to
the jaw. Britton sent a right to the
Jaw. Shade clipped the champion on
the Jaw with a right. Britton sent a
right to the Jaw at the bell.