The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-04-08

tried to rattle Willard by talking. The
latter angrily replied in kind. Johnson
tapped the giants shoulder at the bell.
1t was a slow round.
ROUND TWELVE.
The negro opened with a left to the
body n a right to the jaw. In a
clinch he smashed Willard three times
with his left. Johnson then drove a
right to the body and a left to the
head. His blows apparently had no eff
rect on Willard. Wizards ear and
cheek were bleeding. He walked spry-
ly to his orner at the bell.
ROUND THIRTEEN.
Wizards body now was red from the
effects of the punishment. The negro
ducking under mis- opponents leads.
continued to play for the stomach.
Willard drove Johnson into a corner
and landed straight left to Johnson's
jaw. The negro Jared Willard with a
left hook to the jaw in return. He next
repeating this blow a minute later. The
champion landed right and left to the
head as the bell rang.
ROUND FOURTEEN.
The round opened with Willard rush
ing and missing a right uppercut. The
challenger was the aggressor and tried
TO force the fighting. Johnson slammed
Willard on the mouth with a left. John
son laughed. The negro was beginning
to miss his left. Willard drove a hard
right to Johnson's ear. The negro
smashed a 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, remarking What a
grand old a Willard grinned at
the remark and also at the blows ac-
companying II. The bell found both
pugilists fighting in the center of the
ring.
ROUND SIXTEEN.
Johnson missed a left to the head and
they clinched. The challenger blocked
the negroes 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
WIZARDS side. The challenger was a
trifle unsteady in going to his corner
at the end OF this round.
ROUND SEVENTEEN.
Johnson hooked a left to his oppo-
nent's Jaw and a right uppercut to the
same place. Willard landed q right to
Johnson's body and a left to the head.
Willard again scored a right to the
body and blocked the negrO's return.
Jack drove Willard to a corner and
landed two swings to the head. John
son again hooked a right to the body
and followed it up with two punches to
the head.
ROUND EIGHTEEN.
After playing a tattoo on Wizards
chest and stomach, the negro drove
Willard to the corner, where h negro
smashed him twice on the jaw. Will
lard's leads were easily picked off by
the champion. After several tries, Jess
landed a straight left to Johnson's face
| and a right swing to the jaw. At the
bell Johnson landed a punch to the
body and another to the jaw.
ROUND NINETEEN.
Both pugilists slowed up a bit. VIII
lard now was the ~aggressor. Johnson
| stood in the middle of the ring and
blocked Wizards blows. During the
first minute not a single hard punch
landed and Johnson seemed able to di-
vine Wizards every lead. The negro
then started a rally, landing two lefts
to the body and a right to the jaw.
ROUND TWENTY.
Willard opened the round with two
| light blows to the negro's face. The
latter laughed and said, Lead again.
kid" willard 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
landed a swing on the Negroes jaw. The
negro Immediately cut loose and they
battled across the ring. The crowd went
frantic when Willard drove a hard right
/ and left to IN ~negro's body at the bell
ROUND TWENTY-oNE.
After a minute Of posing and f~eintins
Johnson hooked his left to Willard's
body and sent a right swing to the
head. Willard replied with a straight
left to the negro's face. Jack rushed
but Willard protected himself we'll and
they fell into a clinch. Johnson walked
around the ring. Willard missed a right