The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-17
kETcHEL WAS GAME AND SHOW ED HIS METAL THROUGH
 OUT THE FIGHT.
Was Knocked Out in the Twelfth Round, After Having Floored the Negro Sew
 eral Times.

San Francisco, Calf, Oct 16.- Jack Johnson vindieated his right 10 the heavyweight title today by knock. ing out Stanley Ketchel in the twelfth round. The end came so suddenly that when ketchel rolled onto the floor and Referee Welsh counted him out, the 10000 persons crowdlng the arena were absolutely quiet for full minute.
 Even Johnson, who leaned against the ropes half dazed by his own fall a moment before, did not seem to know what had happened
 The climax of the fight was crowd ed into thirty four seconds. At the beginning of the last round there was little to judge from the preceding rounds to pick the winner. The men, in the center of the ring clinched and wrestled to Johnsons corner the ne- gIp broke away and poising him self, dashed at Ketchel, who sprang eo meet him.
 Ketchel drove his right at the blacks lowered head. Johnson ducled and the blow landed behind his ear He stumbled, fell and stretched out or the floor. landing heavily.
 Ketchel backed towards the ropes with smile glimmering in his batter ed, bleeding face. Johnson rose slowly, as though dazed. As he straiglltened to his knees, his eyes encountered Ketchels and with the fury of wild beast, he leaped across the ten feet that separated them. His right fist shot to the white mans jaw His left crashed to the stomach and the right swung again with the speed of lightning, catching Ketchels head as he reeled back from the on slaught.
 Ketche dropped in a heap and John son, unable to stop his rush, sprawled across his beaten rivals legs and fell full length himself
 The negro sprang to his feet with a bound. but Ketchel was out. Once as the seconds were counting over him, he feebly moved his arms and rohed his head. He gave no other signs of life and his seconds picked him up from the floor barely conscious.
 Johnson was still dazed He slung to the ropes and looked about him ir a bewildered way. The crowd broke into murmurings and seemed unable to realize that the fight was over.
 Kenchel won many friends by his showing today For the time he en- tered the ring until he was carried out, he was game to the core.
 Outweighed. over reached and in every way the physical inferior of his gigantic opponent, he fought cool well planned, gritty fight His face was puffed and he was bleeding at the rose before three rounds had passed but he kept following the negro about the ring undaunted
 Johnson appeared to be holding him. self back all the time. Three times only did it lock as though he went in to knock his man out, once when Ketchel landed a clean hook on the jaw that broke the skin and raised a lump; once when a similar blow caught him from the other side and the last time when the fight ended.
 Throughout the fight Johnson's golden smile flashed out at inter- vals over Keicheps shoulder in the midst of their wrestling bouts This happened whenever he picked the smaller man off the floor and set him down again Il another place He did it frequently and apparently without effolt
 Ketchel fought wasily from the start He kept at long range. avoid ing many blows iby clever ducking, but Johnson jabbed his left into the white mans fsce time after time.