The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-17
Black Proves Master of Michigsnder. JOHNSON SHOWS MORE
 FORM THAN EXPECTED Winning Punch Comes at Extreme y Lucky Interval. Final Blow Comes at . Most Unex. Dected Interval and White Man Goes Down for tn. Count
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San Francisco. Cal. Oct. lS--Jack Johnson vlnuicated ms right 10 rns neayywelgnt titie today by knocK.ns out otanioy hstcnel m the tw eiI ,4 Iouhu. The end caine So suauva.y Ii.a, when helchei ro.iS uonlo Che noor aliu heferee Waasn counIeo nm out, the 2O.Vvv persohs crvwuIng the xArena We're apsoiu.eiy qul1t Ior u fu.i 1n.nu,e \ Even Johnson, wno ieaneu aeaiiasl tns ropes, haiI oaze0 by n.s own IalI a moiuent before, oto not seem 10 know how It nad happened.
 The ciiiiAaA the nght was crowded into tnIrtS -four seconus. At IaS pes Ih . nins or the last rounu there was A.l.is 10 Juusc 9I the pfoeeaanS rounus to pick tl.e winner. lne ancn .n Iiie cen ter ot tne ring ciIncneu and wreslIed To soAnsons s cvrn~r. the negro pfoaS away anu posing himself, dashed al Aetchei, wno sprang 10 sneet n.ln. hetcnei drove his r.snt at the piack 5 lowered head. Joansvn ouckeo and tne biow ianovd benIno ms ear. fte stulli- baeu, teii ana stretched on the noor, ianuing neayIiy.
 AetcneI DaShed toward the ropes, wtIn sinlIe silmnlering in his Dat- tered, bi0oo-s feaAeu lace. JonnsoAl rose siowiy, as Lnousn adzed AS ns sIfaignloncu to ms hsGSSs, nis eyes eJs- countereu helcnei, ana 1f,n tne rur5 or a W.ld pvasl, no ieapcu across ln< ten feet lnal sS pal tSu tiiciu. HIS rigti, nsl shot 10 the wniIv iiltn s Jaw. 1t.s IefI eiasned 10 tne sto.nacn and 'lnS rlgsil sw uns asain witn tne speed va lleAtnIns, ealSAAnS hStchsls iiSSau as he resicu pacA nom titv onsAausnt. heIcileI ufoppeu ln a heap, anu Soliii. soIl, unaDAe .o stvp h.s fusn, spfa"ASA across iiIs beaten fIVaIs icgs anu Ies' Lula isns sn ninl5elr. Tne uSsrV snI ang to his feet with q bound oul helcaei was out. once as the seconas weIe cvuntvu over niAia. he 1erDiy moseu ms arnis anu rviIeu hls heau. lie gave no other sl&h ol ufe anu nis svcvnus picAed niin up LroAp the nvvf Darely CONSCIOUS.
 yoansvu Was sun uasod- lie clunR to the lopes anu ivokSu al hsm m a Ds wtIuereu way. The crowd DrokS Into muruurings anu seealiea uliaDie 10 real 1ze that Gne nEnt was over.
 keIcnel won many IrlSnds by his showing today. From me tune ne en tered tns r.ng untn ne was caffied out, he was gaAiv to Lnc core. Ontweisned, over-reacneo ana In every way the physlcat lnlertor ot nAs EiSanItv oppo. neuI ne fought eoOt, weil-piaced. grlIly ngnL. n-s face was puikeu anu he was Diveoing at Ine nvse aiiu moutil before lnrse rvupas nad passs1, put he Kept yoIloNlnE Lne negro auout the ring unAAunIeu.
 8aeld Self Back.
 s .Lohuson apvSareu 10 holding him self pack aAi the Ilute. xnlee LIlilB only did ne iook as though ne wenl in to
 
 lanued csvan teIt nook on tile Jaw that broke the shln ana ra4sed a lump, once wnen sIsIAilar DOW caugnt nIilI from the other Sue, and the ihSC. une when the nSnt ended.
 Tnrouk nOut tIre fight Johnson s s.golden sIniie" nasned out at inlervais over heIcneIs snOuIuer m the mludie of theIr wrestling bouts Fms nap pened whenever plcked the snnaILes man or the ground anu set nm down In ntan na n.dY rem n | and apparently without enort.
 heIcHeI fought MarlIy from the start. He Kept at iOng range, avoiding many blows by clever ducKIng, put Jonnson 1aDbed his lett into the white man s face tune after tune. When they clinched the black mans head covered inches above ketchefs nair< ana il looked as though a stripping was wrestling with a man.
 Twice ketcnet was thrown to the floor by the rusn or Johnson's attack. Neither time did blow land, At other times, ketchei avoided the charges py skipping nimbiy to rlght or left or back or the negro. They spared for was little real nght.ng through the earlier rounds. For reasons known only to himself, Johnson preferred to keep away and when he felt the force or more than ever ready to go SLOW about his work. In his dressing room after the fight, Johnson sad.
 Jonason Frank.
 "1e is good puncner and 8 strong man. 1 must say that he has given me a sorer chin than l ever had be- tore," and he rubbed hN swollen jaws refiectiyely.
 He can take some heavy blows continued Johnson. "See here," and ht showed one of his gloves sodden witt Ketcheps blood. There were seyera cuts on the leather That's where upper-cut him in the mouth." sait Johnson.
 Ketchel said after he recovered that a chance blow had finished him. ''I an in better condition than Johnson now he said Look at him. he was daZed but for that one blow l would have
 The fight attracted the greatest crowd In years. Over 10000 people were ranged about the walls and over- flowed the seats.
 Flight By Rounds.
 Round l The men did not snake hands. Johnson lowered above his adversary by, several inches. The with a hard left to the stomach. Make Ketchel. Ketchel apparently was de: termined to make the black lead and sparred for almost half minute. the face twice with ightning-like ra- pidity. Ketchel forced the black against the ropes, but the latter wriggled away without receiving a blow. The bell rang with the men in the center of the ring. It was a tame round, both men fighting with extreme caution. Ketchell looked nervous throughout. while Johnson wore his chosen smile.
 Round 2. They ran to clineh and Referee Welch parted them. On the break, Johnson shot a straight left to the nose. and soon thereafter dupli- cated. Every clinch Ketchel was playing with his short arm blows for the stomach. In a clinch Ketchel up- percut hard to the Jaw with his left. This angered the champion, who rushed in. landing left and right on the body, and Ketehel dropped to the floor with considerable force. He was up quickly and rushed in. but had great difficulty in getting under John toyed with Ketchel until the bell end ed the round. Ketchers face showed grim determination as he took his corner.
 Round 3. They spared for full thirty seconds and then closed in, swinging right and left at close range; Ketehel landed on the body once with right. Ketchel drove his right high In the negro's breast and clinched, J hn- son uppercut Ketchel with his right. The referee then separated the bellig- eFents. They again rushed in close, Johnson putting in short rights and sr 6a 1t1 u,,