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Show JOHNSON PUIS sin n Swede Scores K. 0. in the Third; Brugger-Wise Bout Is Hurricane. Sk! johnnn, purulni iho policy of "watchful Mut." UliucltfO nut EU Shr-pard In the third round of their chtdoM ilx-round bout latt night. Johimon. by ualnc .x,d Judfmtnt. played with Bhepard until ha had him eihaualed and then he got In hin deadly work. Shepurda main atyla a wild, opan rui-h. throwing hlm.elf Into a clinch, nore JohiiKon almaya did the inott damage dam-age to tha wind. Juhn.on worked on the wind during the flrt two ruunda. count- C occasionally on the Jaw. The third round found Shepard iiwlng-Ing iiwlng-Ing wildly and conilderahlv flowed down. n hl wild runi. tjheiutrd t.Kjk an awful pnnlKhnieiit when Johnaon foorad with I'lU to the wind and hard rlghtb to the face.- Johnaon put a fw- at Iff rlghta to the wind and Hhepard went down for the count of eight, gittlng up only to be met with u hard right to the- wind, which put Run down for kcepa. A Regular Battle. The real headllner of the avenlng wa tha six-round ro between Willi Wlae and Art Brugger, the latter substituting rpf o,mg BoX These 1os w-r In action ac-tion th full distance. pcgKlng away ut each other. First one would have a abide and then the other. Brugger. ai I usual, depended entirely upon his heav . right and lea alugglnga, while Willi fought one r.f tha claH-lest toute the to-j to-j cals fan have yet wltnaaaed. It ton ! all tho skill Wlae had to maneuver awa I from Brugger's heavy rights and lefts W ae made all the leads, stepping In wltli a straight left to th face and uauall . getting out again before Brugger could come back. Brugger forced clinches and always counted whan coming out. During Dur-ing the third round Brugger's stock dmpped notably, as WtM had him etag-, etag-, gerlng at the close of thfa round. Brug gar's big round wan the fourth, when ne evened up all that Wise had gained Both boys -swung and scored enough tc put any ordinary man out. but still they went at each other full force, Brugger heavy swings being evened up by the clever Wise Stepping in and out before Brugger came back. The bout was much appreciated by the fans, who applauded both fighters when the draw decision was given. The next bout which took the fans by storm was the "added attraction" between be-tween Bud Howard and Bill Bitten. These two flyweights went two one-minute one-minute rounds, which were full of skill. Howard was the more shifty and had a straight left which worried Bill considerably, consid-erably, while Bill's mainstay was a right uppercut and a left swing. Both boys wasted rro action or extra punches. A draw decision was given, while the fans showed their appreciation with a silver ahower. Found-round Encounters. Eddie Donaway and Jlmmle Hobba OAs nad the show with a four-round bout. It w-ns a slow fight, with Hobba on the waiting list and not moving an inch until Eddie slapped In a hard left to the fare. Eddie used only his left, but still gained the decision. Blondie Walker lasted only half a round with A 1 Raleigh. Several hard rights and lefts did the work. Mack Dalton and Jack O'Brien stepped In for a four-round affair. Dalton sent in a right punch to Jack's wind and a heavy left to the face, and the latter went down. Tie got up only to he. met with a battery of rights and lefts, and once more O'Brien hit the canvas. He was out and didn't know it. The referee ref-eree gave Dalton the decision In tho first round. Wall is Hazelton and Laurence Griffiths Grif-fiths fought a four-round bout, with Griffiths coming out the better boy. He continually forced the fight and carried a handy l-ft to the wind and a counter right to the face which had Hazelton's number for the full four rounds. Griffith's Grif-fith's ability always to be on the Job and his clean-cut blows won him an easy decision. |