The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-05

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and joshing Willard and his seconds.
| Willard blocked several leads before
! they were well started Round even.
Round Sixteen.
willard came out with rush. He
hooked stiff left to the jaw and
sent another lab to the ribs. Johnson
countered with another shower of
blows. Willard blocked them all and
they clinched. Willard went on the
aggressive again, but the negro
blocked a vicious left to the body.
Johnson rushed Willard to the ropes
with a number Of smashes to the
head and the body. They clinched at
the bell. The round Was even.
Round Seventeen.
Both fighters stalled and clinched at
the start The Kansan landed right
to the body and then rushed the
champion nearly to the ropes. send
ing in two rights to the body that
shook the. negro up. johnson answer
ed with a left jab to the jaw. In an
other rush, the champion shot left
and right to the body. The white man
blocked the negro in another attempt
to rush him to the ropes. Willard had
all the best of lively exchange Of
blows just before the bell. Round
Ieven.
Round Eighteen.
Johnson looked good at the staSt
iof this round. He landed left and
right to the body. both fairly stin
drives. The negro then missed
vicious right upper cut. He swung
wildly twice In an effort to connect.
| He tries. 1t again and then again. All
-four times the white man ducked his
head out OF the way. johnson then
landed a hard left to the jaw that
rocked the Kanssn's head. Willard
lcountered with smashing right to the
body. He followed this up with a
straight right to the head. The negro
blocked another right to the same
place Round even.
| Round Nineteen.
They stalled and clinched early In
this round. Both fighters blocked
several swings. Willard then carried
the fighting to the negro. landing
right to the stomach and light tap
to the face. Johnson hooked short
| left to the body There was lively
exchange with both men showering
blows and the big Kansan getting the
| best of the mix up. WIZARDS round.
| Round Twenty.
/ This was another tame round. VIII
| lard took the aggressive aad rushed
i 49, IL
laughed back at the white man as he
blocked several leads to the face.
/ Johnson was trying to lead the cow
/ bow into a trap. There was a fierce
1 mix-up in the middle OF the ring. Will
! lard blocked most of the negro's
punches and landed his right repeat
edly in the mix-up. Wizards round.
Round Twenty-one.
/ Both scrappers posed minute In
tho center OF the ring, without Offer
i ing to lead, apparently feeling each
other out. Then Willard shot in q
right to the head. The blow evident
ly bothered the negro. He immediate
/ " clfnched and held on. In the In
4 fighting Willard scored again. landing
several jabs to the body and light
swing to the head as they broke away.
This was another tame round, replete
/ with hippodroming. Wizards round.
Round Twenty-Five.
/ The Kansan blocked a vicious right
! and jabbed a stin left to the jaw.
They clinched and wrestled in the
middle OF the ring. Willard landed
three hard blows to the body in the
linfghting that followed the break
i away. willard landed his right re-
peatedly to Johnson's stomach. The
i negro rushed into clilch to save
i himself and held on until the bell.
4 Wizards round.
4 Round rwenty-thres.
i Willard blocked two rights to the
! Jaw. shaking of both blows with
4 laugh. The white hope sent a shower
of rights and lefts but Johnson DOCK.
ed them all. Willard was doing all
tho nphtinr in this round. The negro
apparently was permitting the white
hone to wear himself out IL possible.
willard scored light left to the face.
. II was only a tap and the champion
J grinned. Wizards round.
j Round Twenty-four.
i The champion was patiently rest
: ing at the beginning OF this round.
. haiding on to Willard and passing the
, wink TO his seconds. The white man
: hooked a left to the body. They went
} into another clinch and for the great
or part of the round Rugged like a
/. couple Of vrestlers-
i There was little lighting. The Kan
J san scored three lefts 10 the Jaw, but
! none OF them was haymaker. VIII,
:. lards round.
Round Twenty-Five.
: Willard rushed in and sent light
left to the face. The negro clinched
and Rugged the cowboy close. Again
Willard blocked left and right. head
ed for the face, countering hard with
: right to the jaw Willard scored q
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