Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-10-22

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center Of the ring. Both men have
been extremely cautious. Ketchel
looked nervous and johnson wore
the golden smile.
Round 2They ran to clinch; !;
Referee Welsh pried them apart.
On the break Johnson shot straght
left to nose and soon repeated it..
AT every clinch Ketchel was play
ing with short arm blows for the
stomach. In clinch Ketchel upper
cut to jaw with left. This anger
ed the champion, who rushed in
landing left and right on body and
Ketchel slipped to floor with con-.
siderable force. He was. up quick
" and rushed in but had great
difficulty in getting in under john
sons long reach. johnson merely
toyed with him until the round
ended. Ketchell,s face showed
grim determination.
Round 8 They spared perfume
torily thirty seconds, then closed
in, swinging right and left at close
range, Ketchel landing on the
body once with right. Ketchel
drove right high on the negro's
breast. AS they clinched johnson
uppercut twice with right. Ref.
cree separated belligerants. They.
again rushed in close, johnson
putting in short rights and lefts
to stomach. White man uppercut
with left to face as they broke
from clinch. Just before round
ended johnson swung right to jaw.
Ketche1 went to his corner, dane
ing, however, looking fresh. john
son kept up a running conversa-
tion with his seconds during the
respite. .l55 E.
Round After sparring John
son rushed in, forcing the man to
1.-THE ropes. Placing his arms
| laro ound Ketchel he fairly carried
him to the center of the right.
MAKE him lead e came the re-
rom, AZ Ills
Britt Ketchel missed by barely
an inch with a terrific right swing
intended for the negro's jaw.
Ketchel constantly kept teasing the
black in an effort to make him
Head.
Round 5-Ketchel opened with a
lleft to body. The champion re-
piled by two weak lefts to face.
johnson sent KetchePs head back
with two straight lefts to nose.
Ketchel again essayed to force
johnson to lead, but the champion
failed to respond. Ketchel showed
ycleverness in blocking the negro's
leads, whenever johnson chose to
4 lead. johnson swung twice to
face; men spared at long range,
johnson working in left to face.
Neither showed damage.
Round each missed a left
swing then Ketchel landed left to
body and followed with another to
jaw. johnson countered with left
Ito stomach. Jchnson shot out
.|left, catching Ketchell on both
hands as the latter threw up his
Iguard, and Ketchel was sent to the
floor. He got up smiling, how-
ever, and got a warm receipt.
johnson upper cut with right to
law and raked Ketchel,s face with
succession Of lefts to jaw. Ketch-
ell continued to force the pace but
met with two lefts on nose that
started the blood.
! johnson had good lead to
round. II looked as tho he was
holding back. In every cIinch
4 during the fight Ketchel was sent
backward by the negro s superior
weight and strength.
IS Round I'll ohnson swooped in
with two lefts on nose, Ketchel
8Icountering with hard hook to
4 body j Johnson shot another straight
4 to left nose Ketchel missed a
terrific left swing for jaw. As
athey closed in johnson uppercut
! with right to jaw. Ketchel used
Inegro's s shoulder as q mat to STOP
flowing blood from his nose. AT
iIclose quarters johnson landed
times on nose and face.
4 Suddenly Ketchel swung left with
4 terrific force. It caught champion
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