Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-06
K. 0. BROWN AND
PROVENCHER IN
Even SUGGEST

Action and more action, approach
ing at times assault with intent to
kill, was the dish handed to his
patrons by Harry Sears, the local
fight promoter, at the boxing match
held Friday evening at City hall.
Harry, obliged at the last moment to
make substitutions in every bout, put
on four good mills just the same. and
two of the contests were actually
better than they would have been if
carried out as billed
In the main bout Young Brown of
Biddeford, a protege of Toni Travers,
and Frankie Provencher of Rumford,
drafted into the bout at the last
moment, went to it for six whirlwind
rounds in which the air was filled
with flying leather, a lot of which hit
as scheduled.
The fast semi final, between Young
Drew of Biddeford and Barney Grant
of Lewiston, was the cream of the
evenings entertainment. Drew should
get credit for shading Grant but he
worked for his victory, as Grant is
older and more experienced in the
squared circle.
The battle between TeXaco Pete of
Waterville and Bud Walker of VIM
throp failed to materialize as Walk
er did not show up, although Pete
was ready and rarin' to go. Pete got
into the ring and issued a challenge
TO any heavy within the sound of his
voice or any other part of New Eng
land and especially named Oily Burt
Tenney with whom he staged a tor
rid draw last season. Burt who was
in the hall. stepped into the ring and
accepted the challenge, fors Harry'S
next show, but as he was not in the
pink of condition he did not feel that
he should go in until then.
In place of this match, Harry pre-
scented Billy and Bud Fisher of this
city, naming them as near relatives.
If they We're, they forgot it when
they went into the ring and the fans
got their moneys worth right there.
Fancy footwork and plenty of hard
nit singing featured the match.
In the curtain raiser. Jack Demp-
sey of Randolph stayed until the
middle of the sixth round with Paddy
Murphy of Gardiner, but then MUIR
ply slipped one over to the button
and while the brides were singing
Harry counted Dempsey out-in, fact
he could have counted him out sew
eral times more.
In the main bout Young Brown
took the first round by a wide mar
gin, hitting Provencher with both
hands and from every angle. Brown
started them from half way across
the ring and played for the back of
the neck, and the body, shifting
around in a marvellous manner. Pro-
vencher, however, was just feeling
the youngster out as he began to step
in in the second round and work close
and low. Provencher led to Brown at
this stage of the battle and got in
some good ones before the bell. The
third was even with both boys alb
sorbing plenty but in the fourth Pro-
vencher took a big margin, his
youthful opponent showing that the
pace was telling on him: Although
tired in the last two rounds Brown
used his head to advantage and his
mitts whenever he thought a hand
full of leather would be of value and
they went to draw, the final tally
being about even for the match.
Drew, willing to mix all the time,
and up against an old campaigner,
went like tornado throughout the
semi final and took the first two
rounds by a shade. Grant playing
as safe as possible considering the
proposition he was facing, held him
to even rounds for the next three
frames and in the last round with
plenty of milling the Lewiston bat
tier had a margin, although not quite
enough to give him draw. A re-
matching of these two boys would
prove very acceptable to the fans.