, 1924-01-24
Brown Awarded Fight
When Foul Is Called

Refore an audience of more than
500 shouting men Wilbur Brown,
1at on his back and writhing in
main as a result of The blow below
the belt which { felled him, was
awarded the decision by Referee
emmett WEIGH last Monday night.
This decision on the part of Mr..
WEIGH drew forth the expected howl
of %slanderous remarks, charging
graft, put up job and the like. but
the referte, a fighter of considerable
proves himself, stood his ground
as long as anyone cared to question
him. Both fighters were rushed to
their dressing rooms, n the ring,
which had become a seething mob
on the instant, was slowly cleared.
A doctor was called in to verify the
decision by physical examination
and upon his added testimony the
purse was split with Brown coming
out on the long end.
A wire received by the Ralwips
Band, Friday, challenged the winner
to fight Young Fontana, the Chey-
enne scrapper who has hung up a
reputation of not letting his adver-
saries last more than n OF two
rounds, when a X. o. winds up the
battle. If arrangements go through
in accordance with this letter Brown
will have the honor of entering the
ring with this formidable chap from
the Capitol City. Things may not
go SO well for him then, as it was
seen hat in Monday nights bout
Ayala took the aggressive from the
second gong until the middle of the
third round, when the foul occurred.
np tho Gya n-n1i, -, ', ri ~, oil
fought by local men and therefore
drawing forth much personal intefS
est and comment, that between La
Tertiary proved most satisfactory to
the bl~ood-thirsty and hat between
Kid Snyder and Kid Lewis, both
colored, most satisfactory to those
who delight in a fast snappy bout
with a tinge Of humor in it. La
quardo %out-boxed his opponent
from every angle, but Martini drew
much priase for his plucky grit in
keeping the good work going. Both
sre quite heavy. Laquardo dis
played exceptional science and
judgment. and many felt disappoint-
cd that he had not been matched
with material which would draw out
his reserve to a greater extent. Kid
Snyder, outweighed by his opponent
considerably, sprung into the ring
in a snappy way which got him a
round of applause. He snorted and
pranced-and incidentally showed
that he was a scrapper of no mean
merit. But everything went wrong
when he walked into a soft brown
glove which had behind it about one
and one-half hundred weight Of
Kid Lewis. Snyder dropped to his
knees and slid his face along a yard
or carpet, got up slowly and wove
around in the general direction Of
Lewis, whose hand was being raised
by Referee Fleischli. This fight
lasted but two whole rounds.
Lawrence Brown, bother of the
winner of the main event, was OBJ
viously too much for his opponent,
Green, and punched him severely
before the bout ended. Lawrence
ia displaying beautiful science and
many are watching his development
Kansas City failed to show, forfeit
Wayne Orr and Raymond Veach,
youngsters both, fought to a draw
In a storm of applause.
The successful size OF the house
demonstrated the wisdom of not
staging fights too often, and was a
credit to the Rawlins Band. Virtually
eevry seat in the entire house was
sold. Marshall Hillenb-and hung up
high honors in ticket selling, with
so sales to his credit. Musical Sc
iections given by the band showed.
also. that this popular organization
has done lately than promote