Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-17

Ketchel backed toward the ropes
with a smile glimmering on his
battered and blood streaked face.
Johnson rose slowly as though he
was dazed. AS he Strengthened to
his knees his eyes encountered his
opponents. With the fury of a
wild beast he leaped across the ten
feet that separated them and shot
his right fist to the white mans
jaw, while his left crashed to the
stomach and the right swung again
with lightning speed, catching his
antagonists head as he reeled back
from the onslaught. Ketchel drop
ped heavily and Johnson, unable
to stop from his rush, sprawled
across his beaten rivals legs and
fell full length himself.
Ketchel won many friends by his
showing today. From the moment
he entered the ring until he was
carried out half unconscious, ne
was game to the core. He was out
weighed, over-matched and in every
way a physical inferior to his gigan-
tic opponent, but he fought a cool,
well planned, gritty fight.
Johnson during the greater part
of the contest kept away from the
white man, and when he felt Ketch-
els left hook he seemed more than
ready to go slow about the work.
A conservative estimate tonight
placed the house at $25, 900, and OF
this the fighters receive 60 per cent,
or about $4,000. OF this Johnsol
received so per cent, about $4,000,
and Ketchel 40 per cent about
$4,000.
The following bulletins of the
fight by rounds are furnished by
the Tonopah club, where they were
received yesterday afternoon during
the progress of the contest:
Round 1.-The men did not shake
hands. Johnson lowered above his
adversary by several inches. The
champion scored almost immediate
ly with a hard left hook to the
stomach. Make him lead!" yelled
the spectators to Ketchel. Ketchel
apparently was determined to make
the black lead, and spared for al
most half a minute. Johnson al
long range shot his left to the face
twice with lightning-like rapidity
Ketchel forced the black against the
ropes but the latter wriggled away
without receiving a blow. The bel
rang with the men in the center Of
the ring. 1t was an utterly tame
round, both men fighting with eX
treme caution.
Round 2-They ran to clinc'
and Referee Welch pried then
apart. On the break Johnson sho
straight left to the nose and sool
clinch Ketchel was playing Will
short-arm blows for the stomach
In a clinch Ketchel uppercut har'
to jaw with left and this angere'
the champion, who rushed in witt
left and right to body. Ketche
slipped to the floor with consider
able force. He was up quickly an
rushed in, but had great difficult
in getting under Johnson's lon
reach Johnson merely toyed wit
Ketchel until the bell ended tn
round
Round 3-They spared for full
80 seconds and then closed in, bot
swinging right and left at clos
range, Ketchel landing on the bod
once with right. Ketchel drove hi
right high on the negro's breas
and as Jney CllHcHeu JOHuSOH uppel
cut twice with his right. The re-
cree then separated the belligel
ants. They again rushed to clos
range, Johnson putting in sewers
short arm rights and lefts to tn
stomach The white man upercu
with left to the face as the me
broke from a clinch. Just befol
the round ended Johnson swung h
right on the jaw. Ketchel went
his corner dancing, however, an
looked fresh. Johnson kept up
running fire of talk with his se
onds during the minutes rest.
Round AFTER a sparring fes
Johnson rushed in, forcing his ma
to the ropes, and. placing his arm
around Ketchel fairly carried hi
to the center of the ring. NAL
him lead" was the repeated Il
junction from Willus Britt. Ketc
el missed terrific right swing 4
tended for the jaw. 1t was clio