New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-06
o,Hle for Heavyweight
gonors Ends in Twenty
sixth Round.
nrCIDING BLOW a
SWING TO THE JAW
y,rro Leader in First Twenty
Pounds. When Age Gives
Way TO Youth.

., g,snt Kansas cowboy in the ring at
g,vapa to-dsy af.cr battle in which
=, white man had 70 take Johnson's
,,,5sst swings during the early stages
,,be struggle, while he waited for the
lance 10 pat over a finishing blow.
From to-day on Johnson viii be
.,,slv more chan q memory in the
30 ring over which he ruled until
E.Ilsrd whipped % terrific night swing
!. 81 Jaw be- tac tVouty-siNth round
~. afternoon Willard the biggest
"a, who ever entered the ring and
.vhite hope who az last made good, is
az In position 90 reap the benefits
lat 20 with the championship.
ToSrson. his wife and a few friends
80 cane 70 Havana with him before
10 hattie will sail for Martinique the
hy sitter Tomorrow, where they viii
Ut FOR a steamer 20 France. This is
J, accordance with the dethroned cham
IONS announced plans before to-days
ssit. Johnson purposes buying a farm
ear Paris and settling down 70 the
10 ola farmer. raising pigs and chick
,,s There is little likelihood that he
g.ll ever enter the ring again.
With Willard things are vastly diff
i,-ent Hundreds Of people insisted
non shaking the hand of the new
hampton and iaud.nc him for his great
sght Jess is going TO leave As soon as
,Swible for the I Dltcd States, where
y believes a fortune is awaiting him.
Wizards Share Small.
Willard Vas forced to accept only a
snail share Of the net receipts as his
-,vard ,or winning the title. Johnson
70, bis guarantee 5000 before he
altered the ring, and after all the
5.her expenses were paid there was not
-uch left over for the new champion.
list what the cowboy did get is not
rovn.
The battle to-day probably has had
% parallel i'm the history Of ring bat
les. For twenty rounds Johnson
punched and pounded Willard at will
b. biz blows grew perceptibly less
-overful as the fight progressed, until
t last he seemed unable or unwilling
. 20 on.
Johnson stopped leading, and for
.,fte or four rounds the battle be-
vttn the two big men was little more
han series Of plastic poses OF white
and black cladiators.
So il was until the twenty-ffth
round, when Willard got one Of his
ris swinging windmill right hand
,-sshes 10 Johnson's heart. This was
,s beginning Of the end
When the round closed Johnson sent
Trd 20 his wife that he was all I'm
cd told her % start for home. She
rs on the way out and was passing
he ring in the twenty-siXth round
lien q singing left 10 the body and
eyclonic right 20 the Jaw caused
'ohrson 10 crumple TO the floor Of the
ing, where be lay partly outside the
apes until the referee counted ten,
nd held up Wizards hands IN token
! q bis newly won laurcls.
Johnson Not Put Out.
there is much discussion tonight,
] nd probably viii be for all time,
,song the followers of the fighting
/ zane as TO whether or not Johnson
Es really knocked out. In the sense
4 being smashed into Inconsistencies
4 certainly was not put out The con-
- - -. -. -. 80, No No.
,Ig MA. anu any ''as - We" 80 ,ybor
a..;! u A'S ".i'I''.'e, 80 10
-''.'u SoN l'e 49, " - e.
:.a' la.ueI lia" I'so anu S'''-N
- L. p.A.si, i-y e.. ....od +ho+ ecb4-
;,s,s a business anu ne 49, Iro ,,I.
wv. ~ 80 ~. f,,,13 ~ ~ mot bis
-,,.s, $3.50 ~ .rro Ter lack
Tsi,b tho refsrso had counted ten
'irson cot mn
hvss VOL tts+ba did en-. for n no
~, ls,sr r,sb ~ enectators 10 the
1 iFstirg nistfo,,, ali brt erotbored the
l .rI.i. F. o- ;-stsrt - seemed "a
/ iro1ble tbres+crc5 and soroe INV or
,we OF the seceral bundreJ soldiers
/ rs,ioned about trC arena Jumped into
/ ts ring and formed circles around the
rquished and victor.
1 Ulder escor, of the soldiers Willard
H. Johnson lcft the ring and went 10