Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17

champion. who rushed in, landing left
and right on the body, and hetcileI
slipped to the floor with conslderaple
force. He was up quickly and rusneu
in, but had great difficulty in getting
under Johnson's long reach. Johnson
merely toyed with Ketchel until the
bell ended the round. KetcheIs race
showed grim determination as he TOOK
his seat.
Round Three
They spared perfunctorily for fully
half a minute and then closed ln'
swinging right and left at close range
Ketchel landing on the body once with
his right. Ketchel drove his right high
on the negro's breast, and as they
clinched Johnson uppercut twice with
his right The referee then separated
the belligerents. They again rushed IN
close, Johnson putting in several snort
arm rights and lefts to the stomach
| The white man uppercut with lett 10
the face as they broke from a clinch.
lust before the round ended Johnson
swung his right to the jaw. ketchei
went to his corner dancing, however
and looked fresh. Johnson kept up a
running fire of conversation with MS
seconds during the minutes respite
Round Four
After a sparring fest Johnson rushed
! in. forcing his man to the ropes ana
placing his arms around ketchel 1alrly
carried him to the center of the ring:
| MAKE him lead" came the repeated
Injunction from Willus Britt. Ketchel
missed a terrific right swing intended
! for the Jaw 1t was a close shave Tor
! the negro and missed by barely an
/ inch. Johnson steadily backed away,
as they spared for a lead, with
Ketchel following. Johnson then sent
! a hard right to the jaw. ketchel con-
stantly kept teasing the big black IN
| an effort to make him lead. 1t was
a tame round, characterized by teW
bursts of speed.
Round Five
Ketchel opened with left to the
body, to which the champion replied
with two weak lefts to the face. john
| son then sent Ketchel'S head back
with two straight lefts to the nose.
| Ketchel again essayed to force john
! son to lead, to which the champion
| failed to respond. Ketchel showed un-
| expected cleverness at blocking the
| negro's leads whenever Johnson chose
| to lead. Johnson flung his left twice
to the face, and they spared at long
| range, Johnson working in a straight
| left to the face. Neither man showed
damage as the round ended. Few
leads marked the round. Johnson hav-
! ing a shade.
Round Six
! Each missed a left swing, and then
Ketchel landed a left to the body and
! followed with another left to the jaw.
| Johnson countered with a left to the
! stomach. Johnson shot ont his left,
catching Ketchel on both hands as the
latter threw up his guard, and Ketchel
was sent to the floor. He was up
smiling, however. Johnson gave him
a warm reception. He uppercut with
right to the jaw, and reached Ketchels S
| face with a succession of lefts to the
| jaw. Ketchel continued to force the
pace, but was met with two lefts on
the nose that started blood flowing.
Johnson had a good lead in the round.
Round Seven
Johnson swooped in with two lefts on
| the nose, Ketchel countering with
hard left hook to the body. Johnson
shot another straight left to the nose
and Ketchel missed terrific left swing
| for the jaw. AS they closed in john
son uppercut with right to the jaw
and Ketchel used the negro's shoulder
| as a mat with which to wipe the flow
| ing blood from his nostrils. At close
quarters johnson landed several times
on the nose and face. Suddenly Ketchel
swung his left with terrific force and
| it caught the champion SOlldly on the
jaw, raising a big lump that was i'm
mediately perceptible to the spectators.
1t was by far the cleanest and best
blow of the fight, and the crowd arose
to it's feet, yelling gleefully.
Round Eight
! Johnson's smile had vanished when
| he came up. He Immediately closed in,
| landing twice with left on the face.
The fighters roughed it, shoulder to
shoulder, and Ketchel worked in
hard right uppercut to the jaw. The
referee separated the men, Johnson
landing left and right on the face as
they broke. Ketchel missed a terrific
right swing and almost went through
the ropes from the force of his effort.
Johnson forced his opponent back grad
| ually and landed a left on the jaw.
Ketchel again missed a hard right
swing and again nearly went through
| the ropes from it's misdirected force.
| Ketchel ran to his corner, smiling,
while the crowd cheered.
Round Nine
They closed in each landing short
| arm rights on the face. Welsh was
| forced twice to break the men from
clinches. The champion sent in four
stinging straight lefts to the face, but
Ketchel did not break ground. To the
! contrary, he rushed in, hammering at