The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-09-10
Black Man Put 1t All
Ouer His White
AdOersary
BIG CROWD THERE
Only Once Did Kaufman Land a Good
Blow, and Then He Staggered John
son for MOment.-WhiIe No Deci.
sion Was Announced, the ColOred
Gentleman Had All the Best of 1t.
G AN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.-Iu a
N contest unique in local prize

q TAN r1eA4NC10SO, sept. S.-lu a
N contest unique in local prize
rings, Jack Johnson, the worlds
champion, was accredited with
newspaper" decision over AL Kauf-
man at the end Of 10 rounds of fight
ing this afternoon at Coffroth's Mis-
sion street arena.
According to the articles of agree
ment If both men were on their feet
when 10 rounds of fighting had been
nn1shed, no decision was to be given,
Referee Eddie Smith, however. stat
ed to the assembled newspaper men
after the contest that Johnson had
outfought and outboxed the Califor-
nlan at every stage of the contest and
therefore was entitled to the verdict.
Smith gave out this statement:
johnson outfought, outhit and out
generated kaufman all through the
hight. He fought in his usual patient
way and think he did not hold back.
IN the ninth round as well as in some
OF the others, he tried to finish his
opponent. Kaufman forced johnson
hard in the seventh and ninth rounds
and landed some good body blows. He,
however, was no match for the cham
pion."
Johnson opened the battle as though
he were determined to make show
of Kaufman. He employed tantalizing
lefts and forceful right uppercuts with
such frequency that the rstWhile
blacksmith was fairly beWildered.
Early in his contest his face began to
show signs of the champions stinging
punches and in the third round well
directed, ponderous wallop started the
blood flowing in a stream from Kauf-
mans face.
Kaufman Was Clumsy.
Kaufman was slow anad clumsy by
comparison and his footwork was am
ateurish. 1t was not until the seventh
round that one of his powerful swings
found refuge on the champions stom-
ach and it was this punch that caused
the smile which he had worn up to
this time to vanish.
All through the contest Johnson ap-
peared to be holding himself in re-
serve and it took constant jibing from
the spectators and an occasional
punch from the blacksmith to start
him going. And when he did let go
he played with Kaufman as if the lat
ter were mere tot Johnson's best
blow was right uppercut at close
range and when this found it's mark,
Kaufman's head went bobbing back a
foot
In the ninth round Kaufman found
the champions stomach with a vi
cious right swing. 1t was Kaufman's
best blow and it convinced the cham
pion that he had better be careful In
fact, the colored man slowed down
perceptibly after this and they did not
display the same dash in the conclud-
ing round that characterized the ear
lier finished work.
All during the fight Johnson ex-
changed witticisms with the specta-
tors and newspaper men.
Not Short Round Pug.
The contest proved one thing con-
clusively-that Kaufman has no busi-
ness in short round affairs. He ap-
peared to gain strength as the battle
progressed, while Johnson, who ap-
parently had trained none too well,
began to show signs of weakening
Roscoe Taylor of Seattle, and Tom
my Mccarthy of San Francisco. start
ed in a preliminary 15-round CO. It
was stopped in the eleventh round and
the fight given to Mccarthy.