Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-13
JOHNSON WINS
IN TWO ROUNDS
GIVES VAN D0OZER FEARFUL
LACING
RUSSIAN CONTINUES TO SHOW
IMPROVEMENT
Cameron Defeats Holbrook In Fourth
Robinson Makes Young Fitzgerald
Cult and Leave the Ring
After One Session

Brain got decidedly the worst OF 1t
In the contest last night with Drawn,
In which Arthur Van Doozer argued
for the supremacy of gray matter and
Battling Johnson took the Drawn SIDE
of the question. Johnson gave Van
Doozer an unmercifui beating for a
round and half and Van concluded
that he has been fully convinced or the
error of his ways and instructed his
seconds to toss the towel into the ring
in Acknowledgement of defeat
After the fight Van said that he nao
had all he wanted of the fight game
and promised that In future he would
stick to his boxing business. He SAID
that those who wanted the honors tna1
go with ring engagements could get a
Quitclaim deed from him.
Van started out in a manner that
gave his admirers hope for about forty
seconds, but johnson showed such
speed and aggressiveness that van
was unable to speed away from him
or to avoid the bombardment OF fists
that was sent his way. Johnson
knocked him down clearly three times
in the opening round and cut long
cash over his right eye. In the sec
ond round Johnson did not give van
q chance to draw a breath before Pill
ing on top of him, and he slugged Van
so fiercely that in less than one minute
of the round Van was bleeding from
the nose and mouth and had sustained
an ugly cut over the left eye, which
bled profusely. After trying ineffect-
ualiy to cover up and avoid punish
ment Van clinched, and when he broke
away he instructed his seconds to toss
the towel In the ring.
1t cannot be denied that Van had his
speed and cleverness with him, ana
he showed punch that would have
been effective against most any other
fighter b he never was fast enough
to keep , 1t of the way. and his wal
lops did ot even tantalize johnson.
The big Russian was surprise even
to his strongest supporters. He showed
speed that never had been credited TO
him and his improvement In what
some day will be termed cleverness
was so marked that before the first
round was fairly started the friends OF
Van Doozer lost all hope. johnson is
q marvelously improved fighter and
II he remains under the instruction OF
Van Court for while longer he Will
be regarded as a serious contender for
the heavyweight championship. In
aggressiver ess, speed and hitting ne
already classes with the best and out
classes the average fighter
Bubbles Robinson also proved to be
q much improved fighter and he gave
young fllZStTdiu SuCit q tciiitiS cSos
ing In the first round that Fitz re-
fuses to go on for the second round,
lee ying the ring and going out of the
pavilion without dressing, while the
fans hooted him until he disappeared
outside. Bubbles surprised everybody
by his desire to slug, his strong point
IN the past having been his cleverness,
speed and ability to take punishment.
He sailed into Fitz from the tap of
the gong. outboxed and outfought him
and would have scored knockout had
Fitz stood up and fought or had the
round been few seconds longer.
Jim Cameron did what Van Doozer
could not do-whipped man bigger
and a harder hitter that himself. Frank
Holbrook the black village blacksmith
of Arcadia, who has heard the call of
the championship bee for a long time,
VS. the victim. Cameron whipped
Holbrook with left 1ab to the face,
which always kept Holbrook kicking
to stay on his feet. At the end of the
first round. Holbrook must have re-
allied he had no chance, but he stuck
awhile longer, until Referee Walsh de-
cided that he had been sufficiently
punished for a man who had no chance
to win. This occurred in the fourth
round.
There was good crowd in atten-
dance and the preliminaries were much
applauded. especially the heavyweight
affair Friends of Van Doozer were
out in force and cheered for their
champion every time he landed blow,
but unfortunately for him he was not
in receipt of many rounds of applause