Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-09


Johnson's heart This was the begin
ming of the end.
Warns Wife to Start Home.
When the round closed Johnson sent
word to his wife that he was all in
and told her to start for home. She
was on the way out and was passing
the ring in the 26th round when
singing left to the body and a cy-
clonic right to the jaw caused john
son to crumple on the floor of the ring,
where he lay partly outside the ropes
until the referee counted 10 and hello
up Wizards hand in token of his
newly won laurels.
End Came Suddenly.
The end of the fighting came with
a suddenness that dazed the specta-
tors. 1t followed two or three rounds
of almost complete idleness on the
part of the contestants and the crowd
settled down to long drawn out
struggle, believing that it would &C
+, the full limit of the As rounds without
either being able to register knock
out.
johnson Brilliant at Outset.
The early rounds were filled will
S flashes of Johnson's former wonder
= full speed, when he would rain rights
s and left to Wizards body and face
( delivering 10 blows to one of the BIZ
S white challenger's.
l. Through oil this time Willard wa
strictly on the defensive. On occasion
e Johnson played with him, once stand
IS ing with guard down and letting Wi
D. lard swing at him, only to dodge an
E. laugh at the awkwardness of his oil
. ponent.
n johnson Confident.
>. During the early part OF the figh
II Johnson carried all his old-time col
fidence and self-assertiveness. II
le constantly banded words with spe
- tators about the ring, and talke
=, steadily to willard, who needed tn
negros chatter about as little as b
~ did his blows.
>" When a spectator called: "Johnso
~ you will get yours today" Johnson
" piled. well there is good money
q
=. it, isn't there?"
~ Johnson his wife and little grou
of friends plan to sail for Martiniqu
- there to await passage back to Franc
a. where Johnson proposes to settle dow
and lead the life of farmer, raisir
10, pigs and chickens. There is no dou
ox that he is through with the ring.
49,. AAJiiI,rd Mot Great Einhter
Sc 1t can hardly be said at presel
ms that Willard is a great fighter, but
is a wonderful specimen of physic
ir- manhood, and is likely to develop I
29 aggressiveness and skill that m;
of make him invincible for years to com
We Willard looked clumsy against job
81 son. A more skilful man might ha'
We knocked Johnson out after the twelf
oh round. for after that the negro w
ed going on speed nerve and skill.
do $4,000 to 10000 in Arena.
in. The crowd which paid to see &
es. fight would be difficult to estimat
re- but it looked to number between 1
an 600 and 10000. In addition, fully so
persons viewed the fight from the d
tant slopes and hills.
- Willard Expected Beating.
~, Willard said before entering I
- ring that he expected to take be
ing for 10 or 10 rounds at the han
of his faster and more skilled oppC
i.6s ent and he had trained to withsta
,'V V0 it, AS a matter of fact he took
. rounds of severe punishment,
',eS laughed the blows aside and Ike
standing up against the rushes of
90. 90 negro, who several times in each
90 the earlier rounds swept Willard
200 fore him to the ropes. Wizards ba
d 90 showed numerous welts raised by
S.27 ropes as he fell into them.
100 Champion Is Modest.
Willard probably is the most mod
zoo champion who ever stepped out Of
. 70 ! nrfza ring taking his victory as III