The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-17

The real time of the fight was crowd
ed into thirty-fCur seconds. At the
beginning of the last round there was
little to judge from in preceding rounds
TO pick the winner. The men met in the
center of the ring, clinched and wrestled
20 Johnson's corner. The negro broke
away and. posing himself, dashed at
Ketchel, who sprang to meet him.
Ketchel drove his right at the black s
lowered head. Johnson ducked and the
blow landed behind his ear. He Stun
bled, fell and stretched out in the tioor
landing heavily.
KeteheI Smiles Too Soon.
KetcheI backed toward the ropes with
a smile glimmering on his battered,
bloCd-streaked face. Johnson rose
slowly, as though dazed. AS he
Strengthened to his knees his eyes en-
countered KetchePs. and with the fury
of a wild beast he leaped across the ten
feet that separated them. His right
fist shot to the white mans jaw. The
left crashed to the stomach and the
right swung again with the speed of
lightning, catching Ketchers head as
he reeied back from the onslaught.
ketchel dropped in d heap, and john
son, unable to stop his rush. spraUle1
across his beaten rivals legs and fell
full length himself.
The negro sprang to his feet with
bound, but Ketchel was out. Once, as
the seconds We're counted over him, he
feebly moved his arms and rolled his
head. He gave not another sign of life
and his seconds picked him from the
floor, barely conscious.
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to the ropes and looked about him in a
bewildered way. The crowd broke into
murmurings and seemed unable to real
lie that the fight was over.
KetcheI's Good Showing.
Ketchel won many friends by his
showing today. From the time he en-
tered the ring until he was carried
out he was game to the core. Out
weighed, over-reached and in every
way the physical inferior of his gi-
gantic opponent, he fought a cool, we'll
planned, gritty fight. His face was
pulled and ne was bleeding at nose and
mouth before three rounds had passed.
but he kept following the negro about
the ring. Undated.
Johnson appeared to be holding back
all the time Three times only did it
look as though he went in to knock his
man Oulf once WItn heICuel lduQeu 4
clean left hook on the jaw that broke
the skin and raised a lump: once when
similar blow caught him from the
other side. and the last time when he
ended the fight.
Throughout the fight Johnson's
golden smile" flashed out at intervals !
over Ketcheps shoulder in the midst of
their wrestling bouts. This happened
whenever he picked the smaller man
off the ground and set him down again
in another place. He did it frequently
and apparently without effort.
ketcheI Fought Warily.
Ketchel fought warily from the start |
He kept at long range, avoiding many /
blows by clever ducking, but Johnson /
Jabped his left into the white mans 4
face time after time. When they
clinched the blacks head lowered |
inches above KetchePs hair, and it 4
looked as though a STRIPPING We're /
wrestling with man.
Twice Ketchel was thrown to the floor /
by the rush OF JOhnsOns attacks. Neither /
time dld a blow land. AT other times |
Ketchel avoided the charges by skipping
nimDly 10 right or LETT or backing swiftly |
away Ihey spared for openings for
long periods and there was little fight
ing through the earlier rounds For rea-
sons known only TO himself, johnson pre-
ferred TO Keep away, and when he had
felt the force or k1tchels wicked left hook
ne seemed more than ever ready 10 90 |
slow about his work.
In his dressing room after the fight /
Johnson said: He is a good puncher
and a strong man. / must say thar |
he has given me a sOrer chin than /
ever had before" and he rubbed his swol- |
len jaws reflectiVely while he talked "He !
Fan take some heavy blows" continued
the champion. See there" and he showed |
one of his gloves, sOdden with Ketchel's
blood. There were several cuts on the /
leather. That's where l uppercut him |
in the mouth said Johnson.
Ketchel said after he recovered that
4 chance blow had finished him. Il am
In better condition than Johnson now" /
he said. Look at MIN. He is dazed. But 1
for that one blow, L would have beaten
him.
The fight attracted the greatest crowd
IN years. over 1000 persons were ranked
around the walls and overfiowed the seats
Fully 5000 were turned away. Promoter
Coffroth stated after the fight that SiO,-
40 had been taken in.
Round One.
The men did not shake hands. Johnson
lowered above his adversary by several
inches. The champion scored almost inn
with q hard left hook 10 the
stomach. Make him lead!' yelled the
spectators TO Ketchel Ketchel apparent
Y was determined TO make the black lead
and spared for almost half a minute.
Johnson, at long range, shot his left to
he face twice with hghtning-like rapid
ty. Ketchel forced the black against the
'Opes but the latter wriggled away with
Iut receiving blow. The bell rang with
he men in the center of the ring. AZ
vas an utterly tame round, both men
lighting with extreme caution. Ketchel
Ooked nervous throughout while John
iOn wore his golden smile
Round Two.
They ran to clinch and Referee WEIGH
,ried them apart. On the break John
on shot a straight left to the nose and
Don thereafter duplicated it. At every !
linch Ketchel was playing with short ,
lrm blows for the stomach. In a elinch
<etchel uppercut hard to jaw with left ,
This angered the champion, who rushed
n, landing left and right on the body,
md Ketchel slipped to the floor with I
considerable force. He was up quickly I