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the face. Johnson then sent Ketchels head back with two straight lefts to the nose. Ketchel again tried to force Johnson to lead, to which the champion failed to respond, Ketchel showed unexpected cleverness at blocking the negros lead whenever Johnson chose to try it. Johnson flung his left twice to the face and the men spared at long range, John son working in left to the face. Neither man showed damage as the round ended Few leads marked the mound, Johnson having shade the better.
 ROUND 6-1Each missed left swing and then Ketchel landed a left to the body and followed with another to the jaw Johnson countered with left to the stomach. Johnson shot out his left, catching Ketchel with his hands as the latter brought up his guard and Ketchel was sent to the floor. He was up smiling, however, and Johnson gave him a warm recep- ton. He uppefcut with right to jaw and raked Ketchels face with a sue cession of lefts to jaw. Ketdhel con tinued to force the pace, but was met with two lefts on the noce that started bacGd flowing. Johnson had d good lead in the round and it looked as though he was holding back. In every clinch during the fifihting Ketchel was bent backward with the superior weight and strength of the negro.
 ROUND Johnson swpoped in win two lefts on the nose, Ketchel countering with a hard left hook to the body Johnson shot another straight left to nose and KetcneI missed terrific left swing for the jaw As they closed in, Johnson ,up- percut with right to the jaw and Ketchel used the negps shoulder as a mat with which to stop the flowing blood from his nostrils. At the close RAAAt~iF JOblioOji ldittACU DENEAdl I4tntS on the nose and face. Suddenly Ketchel swung his left with terrific force and it caught the champion sol idly on the jaw, raising big lump that was perceptiLle to the spectators It was by fai the cleanest and best blow of The fight and the immense crowd Iose to it's feet, yelling gleeful. ly.
 ROUND S-Johnsou's smile had vanished when he came up. He fm. mediately closed in landing twice with his left on the face The Fighters qoughed it, shoulder to shoulder and Ketchel worked in a hard right upper. cut to the jaw The referee separated the men, Johnson landing left and right on the face as they broke. Ketchel missed @ terrific right swing and almost went through the ropes from the force of his efforts. John. son forced his opponent back gradu ally and landed a left in the jaw. Ketchel again missed a hand right swing and again nearly went through the ropes from it's mis-direction. Ketchel ran to his corner smiling while the crowd cheered.
 ROUND 9-They closed in, each landing short arm rights on the face. Walsh was forced twice to break the men from clinchesg Johnson sent in a string of righs and lefts to the face, but Ketchel did not break ground. On the contrary he rushed in, hammering at the champions stomach, but his blows were smothered. Ketchel planted his left over the right and Jonson countered with short left % the jaw. Johnson again hooked his left to the jaw and clinch followed. Johnson broke 1t up with nasty straight left to the face and the round ended in favor of the champion.
 ROUND 10--After clInch, Johnson sent two light lefts to the stomach and quickly shifted to the jaw, where he connected twice and started Ketchel splitting blood. Johnson wrestIed Ketchel to the floor and then lifted him up and placed him in the center the ring. In a midring rally Johnson sent three straight lefts to Ketchel's mouth and nose, starting 41,a flne,d afroSh Iohneon aoa1n wrestled and Ketchel almost went off his balance. Johnson got Ketche' against the ropes and sent Jeff