Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06

| ing right uppercut. The challenger
was the aggressor and tried to force
/ the fighting. johnson slammed VIII
lard on the mouth with left. Jess
only laughed. The negro was be-
ginning to miss his leads. willard
drove hard right to Johnson's ear.
The negro smashed hard left to the
body at the bell.
ROUND FIFTEEN-The crowd
kidded johnson who rushed Willard to
the ropes and scored five hard swings
Willard grinned at the remark and
The bell found the pugllists fighting
IN the center of the ring.
ROUND SIXTEEN-Johnson missed
left to the head and they clinched.
The challenger blocked the negro's
rush Amid much fighting the black
man said, Willard is a good kid" and
then rushed Jess to the ropes, scoring
two hard punches to the body. The
negro drove a terrific swing to Will
lards side. The challenger was a
trife unsteady in going to his corner
at the end of this round.
ROUND SEVENTEEN. - Willard
landed a right to Johnson's body and
left to the head. Willard again scor-
ed right to the body and blocked
the negro's return. Jack drove Will
lard to corner and landed two
swings to the head. Johnson hooked
a right to the body and followed 1t
up with two punches. Johnson hook
ed left to his opponents jaw and a
right uppercut to the same place.
ROUND EIGHTEEN. After play
ing on Willard's chest and stomach
the negro drove Willard to corner
where the negro smashed him twice on
the jaw. Willard's leads we're easily
picked of by the champion. Jess
landed a straight left to Johnson's
face and right swing to jaw. At
the bell Johnson landed punch to the
body and another to the Jaw
ROUND NINETEEN.-Both pugil-
lists slowed up bit. Willard now
took the aggressive. Johnson stood In
the middle of the ring and blocked
Wizards blows. During the first
minute not single hard punch was
landed and Johnson seemed able to
divine Willard's every lead. The
negro then started rally, landing two
lefts to the body and right to the
jaw.
ROUND TWENTY. Willard open
ed the round with two light blows to
the negro's face. The latter laughed
and said: Lead again, kid" Will
lard did and smiled also. The crowd
around the ring yelled: Hurry up,
we want to see the races" Willard
stabbed and paved the air until he
finally landed swing on the Negroes
Jaw. The negro Immediately cut
loose and they battled across the
ring. The crowd went frantic when
Willard drove q hard right and left
to Johnson's body at the bell.
ROUND TWENTY-ONE.-After a
minute of posing and feinting Johnson
hooked his left to Wizards body and
sent q right swing to the head. Will
lard replied with a straight left to the
negro's face. Jack rushed but Willard
protected himself we'll and they fell in- 4
to a clinch Johnson walked around
the ring. Willard missed right swing
and they both laughed. Both were
fighting for an opening at the bell.
ROUND TWENTY-TWO.-The fight
at this point had degenerated into a
slow sparring and clinching battle.
Neither pugilist appeared particularly
tired nor injured by the blows OF his
opponent Willard tried setting the
pace. In a clinch he battered the
negro's body with rights and let's
johnson only grinned. Willard con-
tinued working for the negro's stom-
ach. Jack grinned at the shr1eklng
crowd. Nevertheless Johnson was
showing the effect of the pace. +
ROUND TWENTY-THREE.-
lard rushed into clinch. Johnson
held on until ordered to break by the
referee. The challenger shot two let's
to the negro's face and they clinched.
They wrestled about the ring. Jess
sent two more lefts to Jacks face and
clinched. Up to this point Johnson
had not struck blow in the round.
ROUND TWENTY-FOUR. - The
crowd yelled to the men in the ring
to fight, but instead they clinched.
willard laid his weight on Johnson at
every opportunity in the clinches.
Johnson pushed Willard backward In
The same manner as he did Jeffries at
Reno. Johnson missed two hooks.
The crowd howled with disapproval.
Willard then smashed the negro with
l left to the face at the bell.
ROUND Observation-Disclosures
actions might have indicated that he
thought he could not knock Willard
out and was trying to get the decision
IN points at the end of the forty-five
.ounds. Willard shook the negro with
| right to the heart. He then clipped
Johnson on the jaw with fast left
ind started forcing the pace. John
ION was conserving every bit of his
,nergy. Willard again landed left to
he mouth and then repeated 1t. john
on stepped around backwards at the
,ell and dropped heavily into his
eat.
ROUND TWENTY-SIX. - Willard
,pened with smash to Johnson's
,ody. The referee forced them to
,reak from a clinch. Willard rushed
nd slammed right and left to John
on's body. In clinch the latter
alked over his shoulder to his wife.
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