Fast with both feet and hands. Jack
outfought Mike In all except the thira
and the seventh rounds. Both at
long range and In the Infighting the
middleweight found the welterweight
too much tor him. Even, when Brit
ton threw boxing to the winds and
stood toe to toe with O'Dowd and
swapped wallops. Jack seldorn came
out second best.
After being convincingly outpointed
In the first two rounds O'Dowd ral
lied In the third, and by fierce slug
ging managed to gain the round Brit
ton turned the tid In the fourth and
hcU tho lead till tre seventh, when
a belated rally by O'Dowd gvlned tho
round and gave hli supporters acme
encouragement.
Britton was only restlrj up, for he,
cam back with some whirlwind mill
ing In tha final frameand outboxed
and outxlucred tha middleweight.
Three time In th final round Britton
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(By Ed. Hughes, The Famous Sports
Cartoonist.)
Kid McCoy, wiope lack of pound
age was the only thing that barred
his way to the world's heavyweight
championship was one of the greatest
fighters the ring has ever known.
Weighing about 160 pounds the
Hoosier Kid, aided by nimble wits
and remarkable boxing skill faced the
greatest of his period and always ac
quitted himself creditably. ' His
"corkscrew punch" was a flattener
for whoever was unfortunate enough
to provide a mandible impact for it.
