Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-27
KETCHFL WINS
FURIOUS FIGHT
KNOCKS OUT JACK 0'BRlEN IN
LAST ROUND
PHllADELPHlAN PITS UP FAST
AND HARD CONTEST
In Final Act Stanley Floors Quaker
City Lad Three Times,
Finally for the
Count
fHy Associated Press.1

NEW YORK, March 26.-Not since
the repeal of the Horton law, which
stopped the big fistic bouts in this city,
has such fast and furious contest
been seen here in the squared ring as
that tonight In which Stanley ketchei,
the middleweight champion, defeated
Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia at the
National Athletic club.
Many thought O'Brien would do some
stalling in this fight, but 1t was a hot
bout from start to finish.
In the final round O'Brien was
knocked down three times, ana the last
time 1t was virtually q clean knockout,
for the timely clang of the gong found
the Philadelphia man IN & hopeless
err part of the contest, and O'Brien has
no excuse to make over the outcome.
O'Brien was firsts to enter the ring.
He wore bandages on both hands. one
of his prominent handlers was Anthony
Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia. Kid NC
Coy was one OF the towel holders:
Round both men stripped evidently
in the best of condition. O'Brien wore
green trunks and Ketchel wore long
red trunks. Ketchel landed a low left
hook but O'Brien's objections were not
considered by the referee. They
clinched. Ketchel forced O'Brien around
the ring. A left hook raised a lump
over Ketchers eye. O'Brien sent in a
hard right under the heart and left
hook to the jaw, which stopped Ketche!.
O'Brien, with right to the face, sent
Ketchel back a bit, but the Philadel-
phia man was blowing after the windup.
Round 2-O'Brlen forced the milling,
but Ketchei blocked cleverly. Then
Ketchel started to force the fighting,
lx,,k ehr .t nv, rfo and left swings
O'Brien sent left and right hooks to the
jaw and was faster in hand and foot
work, but in the middle of the round he
began to hold. Ketchel landed an aw-
full swing on the eye and O'Brien
Rugged for safety and was groggy at
the bell Ketchels round.
Round 3-Ketchel rushed and forced
O'Brien to the ropes. The Philadelphia
man was holding. O'Brien uppercut
with right and left to face, but there
was no force behind the blows. O'Brien
missed left and right for the head, and
then Rugged his opponent.
Round 4--Ketchel rushed O'Brien to
the. ropes with body blows and then
with a hard swing opened cash above
O'Briep's right eye. O'Brien tried two
left hooks Intellectually. OBrien
Strengthened up and sent three surpris-
iAgly fast left hooks toi the jaw, and
Ketche seemed groggy. Ketchel
fought back like demon and slowed
K C'Brien up with a left hook to the face.
O'Brien closed the round with two
rights to the jaw.
Round 5-They came to a clinch.
Ketchel landed telling left to the jaw.
O'Brien jabbed his left twice to the
face and the blood started from
Ketchcl's nose. @'Brien outgeneraled
his man in fast work and hooked left
to the jaw, which stopped Ketchel. He
then sent two lefts to the face, max
ing Ketchel groggy.
Round 6--Up to this time Ketchels
famous left shift had not been In use.
They rushed to clinch and hammered
one another at close quarters. AL
though Ketchel was the slower, he was
game and determined. O'Brien sent
left and right hooks TO the jaw at the
bell. Ketcheps round.
Round both men were wild when
they met, but Ketchel sent in two lefts
to the face, following them with hard
left on the stomach. O'Brien uppercut
heavily on the face. but broke ground
when Ketchel began forcing. 0'Brien
sent right and left to the jaw, stopping
Ketchel. A right uppercut, followed
by a left to the face and two rights
to the jaw, turned the tide against
Ketchel and he staggered to his COR
ner
Round 8-Both men were slow at the
opening. O'Brien sent two lefts to the
jaw and swung his right, stagger-
ing Ketchel. O'Brien was too tired to
take advantage of Ketchers distress
At this stage O'Brien's ring general
ship was apparent. and he landed a
stiff hook on Ketchels injured nose be-
fore the bell rang.
Round 9-Ketchel swung his left and
they cliuched O'Brien hooked his left
to the jaw and then fell after getting
hard left to the wind. Ketchel forced
the pace with rights and let's to the
stomach and O'Brien showed distress
Round 10--Ketchel was the quicker
to begin and put two lefts to the jaw
which. forced O'Brien to clinch. O'Brier
tried his left jab and slowed Ketche
Up bit Right and left swings to the
Aw from Ketchel sent O'Brien to this
Moor for five seconds, and he went dowr
again from a right swing to the jaw
for nine seconds. Two more smashe:
ON the jaw, left uppercut and righ
swing sent O'Brien down a third time
for four seconds. The bell saved hin
from q knockout.