The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-05
WILLARD WINS
CHAMP P|0N5K|P
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the cowboys ears bleeding. The
champion landed frequently but his
blows appeared 20 lack their old-time
power. Amidst the feinting the crowd
shouted: xiii the black bear" john
son Immediately started rally by
driving three hard hooks to Willard s
stomach. A left by Willard started
Jacks mouth bleeding. The latter
slugged the white man to the ropes
just as the round ended.
ROUND 10.-Johnson was slow in
coming from his corner. Willard
scored two lefts to the face. Jess
was blocking better and his nervous
ness appeared to have worn off. The
negro swung a left to Wizards ribs
and sent half dozen blows to Will
ards body and jaw. The negro
knocked Willard to the ropes with
right and left swings to the stomach.
| ROUND 1.-THE crowd derided
Johnson, who was fighting and an
swering back their sallies at the same
time. Willard drove a left to the
negro's mouth and took a right hook
to the body in return. The negro
smashed the cowboy with a left to
the jaw. Willard blocked several
swings Johnson then tried to rattle
Willard by talking
ROUND 12.-The negro opened the
round to the body and right to the
jaw. In the clinch he smashed Will
ard three times with his left. John
son then drove a right to the body
and to the head.
ROUND 13.-Willard' body was
now red from the effects of the pun
| ishment. The negro .ducking under
his opponents leads, continued to
| play for the stomach. Jess drove
the negro into a corner and landed
straight left to Johnsons face.
ROUND 1.-THE round opened
with Willard rushing and missing
right uppercut. The challenger was
the aggressor and tried to force the
fighting. Johnson slammed Willard
on the mouth with a left, but Jess
only laughed.
ROUND 15.-The crowd kidded
Johnson who rushed Willard to the
ropes and scored five hard swings re-
marking, What a grand old man"
Willard grinned at the remark and al
so at the blows accompanying it. The
bell found both men fighting in the
center of the ring.
ROUND 16.-Johnson missed a 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 terrific swings to Wilard's side.
The callenger was a trifle unsteady
in going to his corner at the end of
the round
ROUND 17.-Johnson hooked his
left TO Wizards jaw and sent a
right uppercut to the same spot
Willard landed a right to Johnson's
body and left to the head. Willard
again scored with right to the body
and blocked the negros return Jack
drove Willard to his corner landing
two swings to the head.
ROUND 1S.-After playing a tattoo
on Wizards chest, the negro drove
Willard to a corner, where the negro
smashed him twice on the jaw. Will
ards leads were easily blocked off
by the champion. After several tries,
Jess landed straight left to the
negro's face and a right swing to
the jaw. At the bell Johnson landed
punches to the body and another to
the jaw.
ROUND 19.-Both the pugilists
slowed up bit in this round. Will |
ard now was the aggressor. Johnson
stood in the middle of the ring and
blocked Willard's blows. During the
first minute not a single hard punch
was landed and Johnson seemed able
to divine Wizards every lead The
negro then star,ec rally.
ROUND 20.-Willard opened the
round with two light blows to the
negro's face. The crowd yelled:
Hurry up; we want to see the ra-
ces" Willard drove hard right and
left.
ROUND 21.-Johnson hooked left to
the body and Willard landed left |
Eoth were fighting for an opening at
the bell
ROUND 22.-The fight degenerated
into a slow sparring and clinching
battle. Neither appeared particu-
larly tired or injured. Willard tried
setting the pace. In a clinch he bat J
tered the negro's body with rights !