Negro to Canvas in 9th Round at St. Louis St Louis, Dec. 7.
Burly, beer-di inking, cigar-smoking Tony Gale continued, his winning streak in his climb to the top in the heavyweight class by knocking out Otis Thomas, tough negro, in the ninth round of a planned twelve-round bout tonight.
"The swaggering Italian-American bar tender, nicknamed the "man who walks like a beer barrel, waded into his foe and shook him with continual body jolts and terrible right swings which wore down the negro from Chicago.
"Thomas put up a fairly good showing, but his foe's peculiar style and his bobbing and punching tactics puzzled him. He took some severe punishment from his stocky opponent, who has been named the leading heavyweight contender by the National Boxing Association, before taking the fatal count in the ninth round.
A thudding toft hook to the stomach took all the wind and fight
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