The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-05
BY the Cowboy Puncher with I
Terrific right swing to the
Formers law.
KANSAS MAN CHAMPION
Johnson,s Fight All the Way
Through until the Twenty
Second Round

through until the Twenty
Second Round.
10Y assccIATEp PREss,
+ .fTaISGSIDE, Havana, April 5.-Jess
3 Willard, the Kansas cowboy, is the
new heavyweight champion pugilist Of
the world. He Knocked out Jack john
son, the black champion in the twenty
sixth round OF their championship
Z bout here today. Ii was Johnson's
fight all the way until the twenty
second round when his vitality
left him because OF the hard
pace which he carried through
out the early rounds Then, the giant
plainsman opened his heaviest attack
and in the next few rounds carried
the fight away from the black man
and toppled him over with rights and
lefts to Il the body and blows to the
lace. Seventeen thousand persons
saw the combat AMI when Johnson
crumpled up on the floor from a ter
rifle light swing to the jaw the crowd
y burst into the ring. Soldiers cleared
The ring
johnson took the referees count
while lying on the ropes but the mo-
Ment after Referee Jack Welsh had
i given the decision the former champ
q ion got 10 his feet in time to escape
the Wild rush CT excited spectators.
rsassoeIAreo passs1
l1ANAES-ss Apr. 5---The day Of the
Worlds heavyweight championship
fight between Jack johnson and Jess
s willard broke with overcast skies
81 When the sun rose it was behind a
SOLID Dank Of clouds. but as the day
advanced blue matches Of sky appear
ed bringing hope of fine weather TO
The fight promoters and to the thous-
ai1ds of men who had jcurneyed to
\ the Afarianao race track ten miles.
from Havana, where the fght was to
he staged
Neither the D-1c.. champion nor
the cowboy fighter changed over
might their optimistic forecast of the
outcome. Each man was sure he
would win. Johnson said he was III
good shape and did not care if the
tight was a hard one, as he was fit 10
4 go any distance. Wizards hackers
We're certain that their man would
win If the fight went beyond ten
rounds Willard himself assertad
that he was not in the least nervous
over the result Johnson prepared
cody to defend his title. His only
I indication of nervousness was over
the exact moment Jack Curley and
II hackers of the fight would arrive ut
his headquarters with the $50, 900
cash named in the negro's contract
s This Very important event was set
4 for ] II o'clock. Johnson chatted and
laughed with theFlnen about him dur
ing his preparations for the trip to
the ring as if he had not care in
the world. This supreme self-confi-
tdence is rated some Of the cham
K pion's best assets especially against
q man Of nervous temperament.
lizard retired early last night ani
Y declared this morning he had had a
1 refreshing sleep. He was loath 20
discuss his plan of campaign but said
lie proposed to go slow and that ne
expected to take a good deal of pun
u ishment during the fi-st ten rounds
q hoping to wear Johnson down and
get an opportunity to land a knock
4 out blow. Willard was confident that
IL he could land two or three rights
on Johnson the fight soon would end.
Willard said Tohnson's ability rs q
boxer would give him opportunity TO
z make 4 better showing In the early
\ rounds of the ii ght but never in his
ring career had Willard felt any dis
comfort from any blow delivered on
his body and did not fear Johnson's
jabs. Willard sened very fit indeed
When he left for the track. The In
Examination to his right eye from the
splash of chloroform Eminent last
night had yielded rapidly TO treat
1nent and it is not believed IL will
q have any i'll effects.
There has been little preliminary
betting but there was Indications this
morning that wagering would become
more brisk as the day wore 60. Al
most every one with money to place
apparently waited for an eleventh
hour shift IN the odds in the hope OF
better terms. Johnson was favorite
with the odds to 5 and s to s..
These were the figures obtained to-
a day at the Miramar hotel where the
late arrivals from Key West and
New Orleans nocked before the light.
& Uncertainty as to J ohnson's real con-
& tiition and Wizards ability are the
factors which have kent down the
n betting and there was as much spec
Y lIlation regarding these questions this
morning as there was a week ago:
1T is Johnson's skill and experience
against Willard's youth, the experts
y says.
Before daybreak crowds of natives
secure in the belief and hope that
Johnson would retain his title began
pouring into the city. The streets
were filed with throngs and the
traininE quarters of the fighters We're
tie center Of admiring crowds. Hours
before the two giants stepped into
the ring the stands were black with
spectato rs- They went 10 the track
Il a. every ayaiiab bic yehicl in Havanns