Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-06

minute later by terrific right hand clip to the jaw, are the blows that made new history for the American sport on alien soil, with alien tongues drowning the sound of American voices in the weird demonstration that followed.
 Johnson fell and was counted out by Referee Jack Welsh in his own corner.
 For 20 rounds the negro had bat tied bitterly and bravely against his gigantic young white opponent, wag- ing warfare of such gameness anc {, craft as to finally arouse the ad- Emiration of even the sporting men at the ringside, who had been waiting since 1910 for this day. And, while the finish was obvious, no one had looked for it so soon.
 Only the round before some One in the crowd had remarked that John son, had quit laughing. Johnson turned. winked his eye and lifted his bruised and bloody lips in a ghost of his famous old golden smile," and then stumbled out of his corner for the 26th round.
 Willard met him with that lifting smash, in neutral corner the blow driving through the negro's guard. ''The Knockout Johnson was badly hurt and drop ped both hands completely, but quick ly' put them up again. The memory of that murderous smash was ever uppermost in his mind during the next 90 seconds, as ne stumbled wearily around the ring, and 1t was probably repetition of that wallop that he was trying to avoid when he was knocked out. He backed over into Willard's corner, where Willard fe1nted as if to again whip lis right into the paunch cushion across the black mans middle Johnson once more lowered his guard, trying to get away. The next instant the mas sive gloved right fist of the Kansan crashed into the black Jaw, and Johnson dropped fiat on his back, without scarcely staggering.
 Even Jack Welsh seemed stunned with surprise when the big black toppled over, but he quickly began counting over the drawn form that lay with face upturned to the sun of the dying afternoon, and just as the withered hand of the old referee told off the finish of the champion, ths crowd made a wild rush for the ring with the Americans in the van.
 Johnson did. not seem to be totally unconscious, recovering soon arler his seconds gathered him up. He stood for minute in the center of the ring, with a white towel wrapped round his black face, blinking his eyes at the sun and listening to the roar about him. Then he went to his corner.
 Meanwhile Willard would have been lost in the great swarm in his corner, but for his great height. The big farmer grinned amiably, while frenzied men reached for his hand.
 Cuban soldiers had to pile into the ring with drawn sabres to rescue both of the fighters from the crush.
 When Jack Curley went over to Johnson's corner to cut the gloves off his hands, the negro looked up. smiled feebly, and said:
 'Let me keep these"
 "How do you feel?' asked Curley.
 All right" said Johnson. Every thing is all right, the best man won."
 Later Johnson. told Tom Flanagan that he was glad he had lost. He said:
 Now all my troubles will be over. They will let me alone"
 'Get My Wife Out"
 Johnson knew that he was gone sooner than anybody else. In the rest between the Fist and 22nd rounds, he sent for Harry Frazee and asked him to find Curley. Soon afterward he told Flanagan he was getting weak and could not last much longer.
 q want you to get my wife out of here," he said.
 Flanagan told him to go a few more rounds and see how he felt. Between the 18th and 26th round, Curley was found and Johnson re- peated his request to him.
 Curley went to the box occupled by the negro fighters wife, back Of Wi1lard's corner, and told her what Jack had said. He offered to taKe her out and she agreed to go.
 The 26th round had started when she arose, and as she moved past Willard's corner the knockout came and her husband dropped before hes eyes. She exclaimed. "Oh, my Goa' and then disappeared in the mad crush of 1S,OOO persons, suddenl! gone mad
 Johnson said tonight that he ls going back to Paris and expects una, his interest in the pictures VIII bring him some income.
 The gate receipts today approx mately were $16O,ooO. While the 2o'n round was being fought Jack Curiey took compassion on the 1renzlea throng at the gates and admitted them at $1 per head, but the dollar dollar goes to Curiey Brown as admisslon to the races which followed the tight.
 FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
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