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the latter's corner, but inflicted no
damage. Johnson had tie better of q
tame round. Johnson smiled and
cracked jokes at the spectators.
Round Three
They rushed in close, johnson driv-
ing a wicked left to the jaw, which he
followed with hard clout to the stom-
ach. Johnson then uppercut twice with
his right to the jaw and mouth, and
the blood spouted from kaufmanns
mouth. johnson planted an awful
right wallop on AIS bleding face and
forced the blacksmith to stall. john
son taunted Kaufman good-naturedly
and varied this with two fearful 1olts
TO the jaw. The bell rang and Al tum-
'bled into his chair with blood flowing
in a. stream from his mouth and nose.
1t was apparent that Johnson was
Kaufmann master and could finish
him at such time as he was ready TO
cut loose.
Round Four
Kaufman after some sparring drove
a hard right to the stomach. This an
gered the champion and he quickly beat
the Californian against the ropes,
planting right and left to the jaw. Al
ter some clinching Kaufman drove his
right to the stomach and johnson
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Both men eased up, Kaufman seldom
leading The round ended tamely, and
it looked as though Johnson deliber-
ately slowed up. Up to this stage, kauf-
mann had done no leading, and had
landed but two punches-both to the
stomach.
Round Five
"Keep quiet over there" yelled
Johnson at one of the newspaper pho
tographers. The men fought to close
quarters and Johnson uppercut twice
with his right, lifting Kaufmann's head
a foot in the air. Johnson was quick
ness and nimbleness personitied. The
champion drove right and left to the
stomach and had Kaufman constant
ly on the defensive. Kaufman made
two lamentably weak efforts to land
and the fighters battled around the
ring without any serious damage be-
ing inflicted.
Round Six
Kaufman was short with left lead
and the men clinched. johnson sud
denly broke loose and sent the Cali
fornian almost into the press stand
with a left hook to the body and
right-cross to the jaw. mix 1t, al"
the crowd yelled and Al did so. But
he found johnson waiting for him, and
the latter showed that he was master
of the situation at any style of fighting
Kaufman could bring to him. The
round closed with Intellectual exchanges
and johnson having everything his own
way.
Round Seven
Kaufman tried with left fof the jaw,
but 1t was so easily blocked that the
crowd was forced to yell derisively.
Kaufman fought in close but not a
blow landed, the black man smothering
every attempt like a skilled mechanic.
Kaufman started the crowd into a
real cheer by planting right and left to-
the stomach. A long clinch followed
during which Johnson held back and
cut loose alternately. The gong ended
a featureless session. 1t was apparent
to all that johnson was holding him
self in reserve and only opened up
when the fancy took him.
Round Eight
johnson opened up the round with a
straight left to the jaw and as the men
closed in the big black swung right and
left with considerable force to the Jaw
and mouth. Kaufman backed away,
seido never leading, despite instruc-
tions to do so from his advisers. john
son again started the blood from Kauf-
mann's mouth with a hard right and
left arm swing. AS Kaufman closed in
Johnson uppercut twice to the jaw with
his left, for which he was rebuked by
a hard right hook to the stomach
about the best blow Kaufman had
landed. Johnson kept up an incessant
exchange of badinage with the crowd
during the minutes respite.
Round Nine
Kaufman forced the smile from
Johnson's face by clouting him in the
stomach with a plle-driving right. For
a fleeting moment the black fell back
a bit wildly. He quickly regained his
composure, however, and sent right
and left with great force to the jaw.
With the return of Johnson's smile he
drove Kaufman against the ropes and
landed twice with long lefts. The
round ended with the crowd jeering
Johnson and some of the spectators
started to leave the arena.
Round Ten
Final: After considerable sparring
Johnson hooked his right on the jaw.
Kaufman came back and landed right
and left to the face as they mixed in
the center of the ring. After Johnson,
goaded on by these punches, had shot
a stiff left to the face. Kaufman land
ed twice on the body with left mo-
ment later he sent hard right to the
stomach, and the men mixed It without
damage. The crowd jeered. The
round and fight ended with both men
slugging ineffectiYely at each other