The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-28

FIRST NOTWITHSTANDING at a dis
lance the two men circled about the
ring at the start. Moran was frst to
lead with right jab and Johnson re
piled with the left. 1t landed lightly.
Both apparently we're watching for an
opening. Moran was cautious and
the big negro let him lead. 1t was no
body's round as not vestige OF dam
age was done to either.
Moran was joking with his hand
lers as he went to his corner. John
son was quiet. He looked sober and
the golden smile was not once in evil
dence. Carpenter was clad in white
tennis flannel Johnson wore blue
trunks and Moran appeared in pair
Of Irish green. Even round.
ROUND johnson got over his
famous upper cut In the opening u
the second round. He showed very
fast but Moran was going away and
was not badly stung. Moran then
landed right on Johnson's ear. The
round finished with both sparring in
! the center. Even round.
ROUND 3-Both fighters opened
the third cautiously sparring and cir
cling about one another as they
sought an opening. Moran then
rushed three times, but Johason's big
forearms blocked his blows, not one
OF which landed clean. Then John
son, for the first time, smiled. Just
as the round ended Moran landed a
hard right to Johnson's stomach. 1t
made Jack grunt and to the end OF
the session he kept away. Even
round.
ROUND 4Johnson woke up in the
fourth. He shifted handily and feint-
ed with what seemed all his old clev-
erness. In light rally. Frank put
his left to Jacks ear but caught a
quick counter in the nose. The claret
spouted. Johnson had drawn first
blood. Moran's head went back with
the punch but he quickly recovered
and coming up bored in. Johnson's
big forearms were in the way again
and he kept backing away. Moran
came on but the negro circled into a
corner. They were sparring at the
bell Johnson's round.
Up to the end of the fourth there
had been little real fighting. Both
men were cautious. johnson spared
fast and cleverly while Moran held
off, trying to feel the big black out.
Moran evidently was trying to make
johnson come to him, but the negro
wouldn't lead.
ROUND johnson seemed slight
ily distressed when the fifth began.
He breathed little heavily, but his
old cunning was there and often he
blocked the white mans blow or
rocked his head as they came in.
Moran. changing his tactics, started
to play for the stomach. In the
clinches he landed frequently and
apparently with effect
Jack grunted twice as Moran's
right sank into his midriff. In the
clinches, johnson backed away and
tried to save his stomach. but Moran
was not to be denied and bored in
hard. A third hard right hand
smash to Johnson's stomach closed
the session. Moran's round.
ROUND 6-Jack started joshing
the audience as the sixth round OPEN
ed, turning his head twice to smile
and joke with his seconds when
Moran was backing away from a
put his right to Moran's head. He
then scored with left hook to the
chin, but was partly blocked. Moran
at the same moment, sank his right
again into the negro's stomach. He
was still pounding away at Johnson's
belly when both went into neutral
corner. Johnson was holding as
usual but was apparently getting
away with it. Carpenter seemed not
to notice. A hard rally in the center
closed the round, Moran putting
right and left to the head and John
son uppercuttfng again at the bell.
Moarn's round.
In the first six rounds, Moran
seemed to be adhering to his an
nounced plan of campaign and con-
stantly bored in playing for jacks
stomach. He landed, too, but the big
black frequently held and his FORE
arms smothered the force Of many OF
the blows. Moran's defense was re-
markable Johnson rarely led unless
pressed. When he did, Moran side
stepped many punch.
ROUND Moran opened the round
with a rush, swinging both hands.
Jack blocked one swing and ducked
the other. He came back with left
H.
and the blood spurted again. They
fell into a clinch. Moran coming out,
swung again, but the negro rolled his
head and the punch whizzed by.
Johnson led as they clinched. John
son hooked light to Franks ear. Mo-
ran countered with another stomach
punch. They were clinched and in
fight at the bell, ending the round.
Round even.
ROUND e-When the eighth round