Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03

swings. Thomas scores with left to
jaw. Both land hard lefts in clinch.
Ketchell puts light left to body.
Ketchell puts hard left to solar plexus
in clinch. Thomas lands two light
lefts in succession. Ketchell does the
same. Ketchell lands clean left to
cheek.
ROUND 6.-Ketchell hands Thomas a
hard swing on jaw. Thomas jabs to
face with left. Ketchell agains slugs
Thomas with light straight left, and
follows it with right to body. Thomas
scores with right in clinch Ketchell
jolts Joe's head with left but Thomas
evens matters in kind.
ROUND 7.-Thomas started round
with hard left, swinging himself out
of position, and was lucky to avoid
a return. Thomas misses two vicious
swings His head is sent back by left.
Ketchell swings wildly. Thomas landed
hard left to Ketchell's black eye.
Ketchell lands right swing on back OF
Thomas head. Thomas round
ROUND S.-Ketchell tapped Thomas
on ribs with right. Thomas opened
Ketchell's sore lip with left. Ketchell
cleverly ducked stiff right coming out
of clinch. Ketchell' lands straight left
on Thomas bleeding nose KetcheH
stung Thomas and Joe retaliated.
Joe lands three straight lefts in sue
cession and Ketchell goes to corner
groggy
ROUND 9.-They come to clinch in
center of ring, both land lefts. Thomas
catches Ketchell off balance with light
left hook Ketchell plants hard left
hook on Thomas jaw. knocking him
to ropes. They are both cautious, but
roughing it in the clinches. Thomas
lands right cross. Ketchell puts hard
left to body and follows with left hook
to head. Joe clouts him hard left
hook Ketchell's round.
ROUND 1O.-Ketchell comes out OF
corner, lands stiff left swing to Thorn
as Jaw, putting Joe to ropes. mo-
ment later he connects with same
punch Thomas came back with light
left, and again hooked Ketchell with
left to Jaw In clinch, Ketchell up
percuts with right. In rapid exchange
Ketchell landed hard with left, forcing
Thomas to ropes. Again he swings
wicked left on Thomas jaw. Just as
gong sounded Thomas planted three
hard lefts to jaw. This was fastest
round of fight, with honors even.
ROUND 11.-Both tap each other
with lefts Thomas slams stiff left on
mouth and repeats second later.
Thomas plants hard right square on
Ketchell's jaw, which rocks the Mon
tanan Thomas lays KetchelPs left eye
OPEN Thomas puts left to body.
Ketchell gets left in mouth. Thomas
round easily.
ROUND 12.-Ketchell's left eye is
closed Thomas opens cash over
Ketchell's eye again. and Ketcheil
comes back like a tiger and misses
series of hard lefts and rights and ap-
pears a bit tired. Ketchell lands on
Thomas in clinch Ketchelrs lip is
again bleeding. Ketchell plants left
to stomach in clinch Ketchell lands
left to face and left to body. Thomas
scores heavily with left jab. Thomas
staggers Ketchell with hard right
Again Thomas round.
ROUND 13-Ketchell puts light left
to nose. Thomas comes back with
light left hook. They clinch and both
land straight lefts to face. Thomas
has again opened cash over Ketchells
eve. KetchelI puts left to body and
Joe partly falls through ropes. They
clinch in mid-ring. Ketchell plants
straight left on Thomas jaw. Thomas
went to corner with mouth bleeding.
Ketchell's glove has been found to be
ripped and between rounds new
glove was adjusted.
ROUND 14.-Fifteen seconds wasted
in putting on new glove. Ketchell
lands two light lefts to body. Thomas
misses right cross. Thomas plants stiff
left on nose. Ketchell staggers with
right swing. Thomas steadies him
self and comes back with two lefts
to face. Thomas jabbed Ketchell's
head in clinch. Ketchell lands straight
left on Thomas jaw as gong sounded.
Ketchells round.
ROUND 15.-Ketchell lands series OF
uppercuts on the clinch. He jars Joe
with left to head and plants hard left
to body and head Thomas seems
tired and weak He uses the ropes for
support. Ketchell plants terrific left
on Thomas face. Thomas bounces off
ropes and gets Ketchell with hard
right. Ketchell tries with left but
misses Ketchell misses vicious right
and left swings. Thomas is bleeding
hard and getting weaker. Ketchell's
round.
ROUND 16.-Thomas gets up wear
lily and they fall into cIinch. Ketch-
ell lands left to head and body. Ketch-
ell is planting innumerable lefts to
body during last four rounds. Ketchell
lands solid left to stomach, repeating
It. Joe is bleeding freely from nose
and mouth. Thomas lands light left
on face, Eetchen very strong, land