Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-06

a left to the negro'a mouth and took a
right hook 70 the body IN return John
the jaw. Jess blocked several swings
johnson then tried to rattle Willard by
talking g him. The latter angrilY re-
ihohlder az the end Of the round. II was
Round Twelve The negro opened with
In a clinch ne smashed willard three
times with hiH left Johnson then drove
right 70 the body enc z left 70 TIE head:
Willard. Johpson drove Willard to corner
with a swing TO the head. willard's ear
and cheek were bleeding. lie. walked
johnson Driven 10 Corner.
4 Round Thirteen--wiliard's body now
was red from the effects Of the punish
ponent's lead, continued TO play for the
stomach Willard drove johnson into a
corner AMI landed straight Left to John
with left hook 70 the jaw in return turn
He next hooked his left 70 tho white
name body. repeating this blow minute
later. The champion landed right and
left 70 the head as the bell rang.
4 Round Fourteen-Tho round opened
with Willard rushing and missing right
sfessor and tried 70 force the fISRtinS
johnson CLAIMED willard on the mouth
with a left Jess only laughed. The
Wizard var TSS ssEnP Rasa e m, q 9 Jobn sSS.
ear. The negro smashed hard left 10 the
body at the bell
son, VINO rushed Willard to the ropes land ana
what Grand Old man. WIZARD sI srinned
oompanying il. The bell found both pueil-
ists lighting in the center OF the ring.
willard Trins Unsteady.
Round 6lxteen--Johnson missed a left
TO the head and they ciinched. The
challenger blocked the nesro's rush. Amid
fn ss e sood az id Dss Sna them r saS
jess TO the ropes. scoring two hard
} punches to the body. Tho negro drove q
terrific swing 70 w, wiiinrd Z, side the
TO his cornar 81 the end o. this round
noth Lanasa IN ssvensesnth.
: Round Seventean--Jo hneon hooked 4
Z left 70 his opponents Jaw and q right up
. per cut % the same place Willard
isf nes % ne Sssa w gnS1 again scored
right 20 the body and blocked The negro .
return. Jack drove Willard 20 a corner
snS LANDED ssS i've sPva e S9e head a. 'sR
and followed Il up with two punches 20
! tho head,
: on Wizards chest and stomach johnson
: drove Willard 70 corner, whore the
: negro smashed him twice on the jaw.
Wizards leads were easry picked off
J. Jess landed a straight left te Johnson
face and = riaht swing 20 the jaw. AZ
the bell johnson landed punch 90 the
body and another 70 the Jaw.
Round Nlneteea- noth pugiiaata slowed
up BIT willard now took tho agRreR-
! ave. Johnson stood IN the middle q ths
! ring ana blocked Wizards blows. purfn1
the first minute not single hard punch
landed ana Johnson seemed able to d.
ylne wiIIard's every lead; The negs
. 20 the body and a right 70 the Jaw.
Crowd Cheers willard.
1 Round Twenty Willard opened tbs
/ | round with two nFht blows 10 tho negro's
isSs Tss latter tS,,I la " s ana said s s
Rs crowd around r the a Tsns sI ysiisd r
4 stabbed and paved the air until he LANDED
s.ns SS ; e.. 1s SSEs ana sw 1 as Ss n
4 across the ring. The crowd went frnrti,
when Willard drove : hard right and isfl
Round twenty one AFTER ! minute q
: posing and feintlng johnson hooked hi
= left 70 wiliard's body and seps = riEhi
z n straight left 20 the negroes face. Jach
= rushed. but willard protected himself
: well end they fell into = elinch. lshn,
!. missed right swing and they botf
z langhoc. Both were fighting Tor al
g opening at the bell
4 pace TeIsfnE on Johnaon.
= Round Twenty-two-The fight At thi
Point an. had asssReaisd into ow
: liat appeared particularly tired or In
Is lured BY the blows OF his opponent VII
lard tried ss 80 the pscs In sligsl
4 and lefte. Johnson only grinned. WI
81 lard continued working for the negro
a stomach johnson grinned at The shrek
r. lshowinE the effects Of the pace
e Round Twenty willard rushe
y into ss s, sl1 &c 5ohnson Rsld Sn antil q
X challenger shot Two lefts 10 the negro
face, The ciinched again and wrestle
let's 20 jack face sna @ SiiseheS az I ~
IL this point Johnson had not struck a blt
~ Ia the round.
ls Crowd Weary OF cllnehsnK.
Round Twenty-four--The crowd yeIl-
a. to the fighters in he ring 10 fight. ,
weight on Johnson at every opportunii
-, In the clinches- Johnson, pushed villa
- ~ backward IN the same manner as he d
~ weak swings. The crowd howied wit
- disapproval Willard then smashed n
a. n negro with a Isft @ the face a ire bel
- might have indicated that ne thoual
- ne could not knock Willard out ana VI
% trying % SET The decision On points O. q
shook the neGro with q right 70 the hear
- He then clipped Johnson on the ia
hs with a last left and started forcing q
- pace johnson WAS conserving every
- Of energy WILLARD again landed 4 le
IA 20 the mouth and then repeated 1
DC Johnson stepped around backwards A. d
~ bell and dropped heavily into hls seat
III Round y-six-Johnson rose slow
ri from hlz chair and Willard met him mo
- than two thirds Of the way across Il
~ ring Willard stabbed a long left into q
nesroe face. sending hia head bobbil
NJ back. Before the champion could recOy
~. his position Willard swung a nmaahil
49, rlFht which landed full on Johnaol
~ stomach. Johnson wa4 flung AGAINST {
mi rope. BY the force Of the blow and
-, clInched on the rebound
~ The cowboy tried % tear loose. but (
~ black man held grimly with eyes clos
and leKa ehaking. Just before the refel
broke them Johnaon looked over Wular
shoulder toward the boz where hla VI
had been his eyes showing daEad. Tn
nm puxzied EXPRESSION
heir A. soon ~ Welsh had brpksn the chm
pFa lea rushed aGain. forcinE the neEro n