The best fight of the card was the semi-final in which Harry Owens, featherweight champion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, won a decision from Joe Clara, the dusky contender from Manila, Owens was forced by the canny Clara to take the lead over the first five rounds, Clara relied on his counter punching ability, and often did clearly outbox the soldier But Owens kept after him and beat him to the punch most of the time, Both men were too clever as boxers to simply rush in and hit out blindly as was done in many of the other bouts. At the midway stage, Owens seemed to have suddenly decided to let Clara set the pace for awhile, Clara disliked the idea and the result was inaction for a brief period, Then as though answering the challenge, Clara moved in like a whirlwind to plant a series of punishing blows against the body and head of the soldier. But Owens could take it and weathered the storm to come back and make sure of the decision.
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