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IN CONTENDING FOR MIDDLE-*WEIGHT TITLE HE OUTPOINTS | “KNOCKOUT” BROWN.[By International News Service.]Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 3.—Jimmy ,Clabby of Hammond, contender for. the middleweight title, climbed a step j higher in the ladder to the championship by outpointing “Knockout’' Brown of Chicago in ten rounds here j tonight.Ability to measure distance and land accurately won the popular decision for the Hammond boxer. Although some of his punches had little effect upon the Greek demon they counted materially in the final reckoning. With nothir.g but a knockout to give him the verdict, Brown entered the final round with that object in view. He peppered Clabby’g kidneys, put in three or four effective blows to the face and won the last session by a fair margin. Outside of this exhibition, Brown was a weakling. He missed time and again for the elusive Clabby usually was about three feet away from most of the swings.As far as rounds go Brown won only two rounds, the second by a small margin and the final, which proved to be his best effort. Two other rounds were even, these bfcpg the fifth and sixth. All the others went to Clabby by margins of various degrees.In the preliminaries Matty McCtie of Racine, won from Freddie Andrews of Milwaukee, Referee Daugherty stopping the bout after Andrews had taken a nine count.Dauber Yeager of Fond Du Lac had an easy time winning over Eddie Clabby, a brother of Jimmy's.* Richard Mitchell and Young Krause went six rounds and Mitchell won the popular decision.
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Joplin Morning Tribune
Joplin, Missouri, US
Tue, Feb 04, 1913
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