San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-05
PANCHO FIGHTS
BROWN BETTER;
DESERVES DRAW
Takes Fight to Adversary
and Is on Lookout for
That Left.
M'KNIGHT FOULS BURNS
Fans Think 1t Intentional;
Brannon Knocks Out
Sharkey. |
M'KNIGHT FOULS BURNS

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ed a lesson from Newsboy Brown the
Iowa hyweight champion, two weeks
ago. Tuesday night he profited by
those earlier mistakes and, carrying
the fight to his antagonist frequently
instead of letting Brown do all the
leading, be earned a fair draw with
the Iowan in l. rounds on Jack Shell
toms Market Hall fight card. The
boys fought their return bout before
a well-packed house.
Both battlers worked hard and
both had their moments of superiori-
~. IL narrowed down, in the final
checkup, however. to a question OF the
more telling blows. That point gave
Pancho a draw; it even gave him a
slight edge but not enough for de
cision. Hairline verCicts are unfair
TO both men and the only decision in
a very close fight is a draw. When
there is doubt, as there most certainly
was TuesdSy night, as to which lad
had won, splitting the honors is the
only just solution.
After the Tuesday fight, the ardent
Brown fans shouted: law, they'll
give it to Pancho" and the Pancho
faction shouted: 'Aw, they'll give it
to Brown" That expression of doubt
from even the most enthusiastic sup
porters of the fighters tells the
story. 1t was good even scrap.
Not So Accurate With Left
Browns left hook, that battered
Pancho out of a decision the week
before, was not the accurate wallop
it had been in the previous bout. Pan
cho was on the lookout for it. Brown
landed it hard and often but many,
many times it echoed on arms OF
shoulders or back. Pancho, on the
other hand, while he found Brown as
tough and as ferocious and as willing
as ever, discovered that by moving
around more he could get in his jolt
ing right with effect-and he did
Brown took a lot of smashing blows
to the body without apparent effect
and, though little weary from his
efforts, was still going strong, per
fectly content to give and take, at
the finish.
The only plain work on either man
was q welt under Browns left eye,
raised in the tenth round when Pan
cho, whirling to escape q furry of
lefts, left go a right hook with all
the weight of his body behind it. The
blow shook Brown and gave him a
"shiner" but he come back with hard
left and was in the thick of the fray
at the bell.
Pancho took the fight to his oppon-
ent in the first round and had a mar
gin on stiff pokes to the body.
His Defense Better.
Pancho showed a skillful defense in
the second round. in which Brown
took the lead at the start and Pancho
finished the job in the last couple Of
minutes. An ev.n round. The third
was also fairly even, Brown absorb
ing right hooks and, stronger, rush
ing Pancho TO the ropes on two occa-
sions in which his favorite left hand
played the leading part.
Browns left gave him the edge in
the fourth, although Pancho was by
no means idle. In the fifth, Brown
also had an edge, largely on aggres-
siveness. Pancho saw gloves coming
in from every direction but a few
found a vital spot.
Brown missed with his left several
times early in the sixth and was re-
paid with rights for the errors but
just before the bell two hard-swung
southpaw hooks staggered Pancho, one
almost setting him down. Brown set
the pace in the seventh with his fierce
elose-range tactics and took that
round. The eighth was a little closer
but much the same.
Brown led off in the ninth but
Pancho connected with three rights TO
the chin and took the lead. He never
found Brown set just right for a hay
maker however. They mixed fast at
the bell. Pancho's round.
Raises Hickey" Under Eye.
In the tenth, both missed some
free swings. Pancho took n furry of
more or less harmless left and rights.
Getting away. he connected with a
rig. jolt that raised a bump under
Browns eye. The sturdy Iowan was
not shaken, apparently and, though
he lost some of his ferocity, he was
still swinging when the nell rang.
Pancho's round by a big margin.
Pancho also took the eleventh easily.
He landed a right, took a left and
then jolted Brown as he came in with
another right, following this by rush
ing Brown across the ring.
Pancho's right to the body gave
him the edge in the last session.
The entertainment never Jagged and
the fans yelled steadily for the full
AZ minutes duration of the affair.
Ray Mcknight with the poison
punch ran into somebody who could
take his best and give him better il
his semi-windup appearance witt
Chuck BURNS. He rushed Burns AROUND
and failed with right merrily for two
rounds; then, in the third, Burns, get
ting inside the wild swings, got Ra!
where he wanted him with some well
placed wallops, mostly 10 the body.
developed into mean fight for a min
ute or two. Mcknight blcd profusel.
aud lost his eagerneSs and his punch.
Fans HOOt Mcknight.
IN the fourth, after hitting Burn
law several times early, Mcknish
fouled him aud Referee Gotten award
cd Burns the fight. The fans ha
their own ideas about whether tn
foul blow was Intentional or not an
roundIy hDoted Mcknight.
Young Jack Sharkey proved tong
and Bert Brannon needed four round
to finish him. Brannon injured
knuckle knocking the soldier out. Shan