The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
III. Fighter, at a Glance.

successfully on Moran's forehead. nosa
and ears Johnson rushed in to escaps
punishment and recovering. landed .
hard right johnson countered cieveriy
with his right and left This was easily
Johnson's round
ROUND .SEvEN-Moran went after
Johnson aggressively and landed four
hard smashes on the negro johnson
landed one on Moran's stomach and
again hit him In the nose. opening up the
cut Johnson crouched as Moran pushed
the fight He landed his right and Nor
an replied in the same manner. John
son grinned when he got Aoran's blow
and Landed one on the white mans Jaw.
He followed this with a singing left. II
was Johnson's round.
ROUND EIGHT-Johnson gave Moran
no chance to take the aggressive in the
eighth round He went after the chal-
lenger and landed two smashes on the
Irishman's jaw. Moran fought back
hard johnson drove a hard left to the
forehead and then ciinched. He rested
all his weight on Moran-who rushed
johnson cieverly evaded Moran,s blows,
covering his head with both arms to
escape punishment This was another
round for the negro.
ROUND NINE-Johnson again pushed
the fight but Moran showed no trace OF
discouragement Moran reached john
sons face with a hard left. johnson
grinned at horan's efforts to land and
landed left uppercuts- He then upper
cut with his right and followed thia
with a fierce left on the nose. This
was Johnson's round
ROUND TEN-In this round johnson
used his left effectively. beating Moran
numerically, yet he was game. johnson
Us ID his right in the clinch and was
warned by the referee. Moran was plain
ly angry. He was bleeding badly and
I his blows were having little effect When
johnson was warned by the referee the
crowd hooted.
ROUND ELEVEN - Johnson was
warned again for holding Moran. Moran
landed three hard wallops TO Jacks
body when he rushed Johnson was
nghting viciously and rushing the con-
| test Johnson's round.
ROUND TWELyE-Johnson slammed
Moran and uppercut him Moran was
bleeding heavily. johnson outcIassed
Moran and chipped the white man at
Will Moran was game. however. and got
over few good blows, though johnson
did not seem to mind them.
ROUND THIRTEEN-Moran was stiu
bleeding profusely as he came up. He
rushed and was met with hard left 70
the head Moran landed his first real
blow-a left to Jaw and right to head
The only apparent result was a widening
OF the golden smile Moran landed
again on the jaw and the crowd yelled.
johnson sent hard right to Jaw and was
smiling at bell.
ROUND FOURTEEN-Johnson was
toying with his opponent Moran's blows
went unheeded as the negro smiled conf
IDENTIFY. Moran led several Iefts for the
jaw but in each case fell short. johnson
stopped the challenger's rush with a short
1ab to the nose Moran swung blindly
and ran into the ropes.
ROUND FIFTEEN-As johnson ad-
vanced Moran backed away. johnson
landed hard on the face. but was rushed
TO the ropes in return johnson then
showed up the white by feintinE then
smashing blow to the head. He re-
peated this maneuver with full success
several times.
ROUND SIXTEEN-The cut over Mo-
rams left eye was bleeding johnson
drove six sharp blows to Morans stom-
ach and Moran hit Johnson twice on the
chin Neither Of these blows seemed to
have any effect on the negro. Despite
his years OF dissipation he showed no
lack Of stamina As a matter Of fact ne
seemed the stronger man of the two.
johnson was smiling as he landed at will
three times on Moran's face. The round
was all Johnson's.
ROUND SEVENTEENTH nexro
drove his left to Moran's chin. II was n
hard blow. Moran landed three times on
johnson with blows to the body The
white man was putting up a game fight,
but his blows seemed to lack the neces-
sary steam This round ended when
fCfO
sons face and missed. The sympathy OF
the spectators was apparently with the
white man, and he was cheered roundly
for his gameness
ROUND EIGHTEEN-Johnson bored
in and in rapid succession landed half a
dozen hard blows to the body. hard
right to Moran's stomach caused him to
vince. and he received two lefts in the
face. Moran came back gamely. landing
three times on the head and body. Hi1
blows caused no damage to the negro,
but the display Of grit drew prolonged
applause.
ROUND NIEETEEN-Moran went after
the negro frantically. He walloped John
son, and clinched when the champion
countered. The crowd oheered franticaTy
believing that Moran was going to put
the champion out Moran's blows were
still Ineffective. and his rally was Of mo
avail Both clinched frequently and were
warned by the referee. Johnson got in
some good blows in the in-hghting, and
the round was again his.
ROUND TwENTY-The men shook
hands for the final round. johnson lab
bed Moran in the nose three times. Moran
swung his right but missed. They clinch-
ed. Moran tore into Johnson and landed
a hard blow to the body. Moran swung
wildly. The white man was rushing
johnson. but the champion was cool and
bed at win. and toward the end Of the
round both men were fighting hard when
the bell sounded. The light was H.