New-York tribune., 1922-09-30
W ills Is Victor
Over. johnson
I'm Garden Bout
Referee Hal,s Contest in
Twelfth Hound; Loser
Puts Up Interesting Fight
By Jack Lawrence


ne Ia long, long way from the worlds
| aeayywoigst title. The Wills who
ionght Gem johnson last night would
! have been soft mark for Jack Demp-
sey.
After minute and SIS seconds of
mediocre milling in the twelfth round
referee jack Appel stopped the bout
70 save johnson from a lot OF needless
punishment. At that stage of the pro
eeoedings Glenn had been battered down
INTO something like submission. but he
had fought q game and interesting bat
tie. lie was certainly no Tut Jackson
In many Of the rounds he gave thu
negro heavyweight champion as good
as the latter sent across, and in the
seventh had the better OF the fighting
In this round Wills appeared to be
wearied and groggy. and tee crowd
| always with Johnson, howled for Glen
my TO go in and win by a knockout
/ Wills appeared 20 slow up great des
N this session, and this may have been
due to the fact taat he hurt his right
hand by using it too often against
Clemmy's ivory dome
Wiils's tactics last night were en-
! tirely Different from those he adopted
against Tut Jackson at Ebbets Field.
With the latter Harry's attack was al
, most exclusively directed to the body.
Last night he shot continually at John
sons face and head, This probably
accounts for the distance to which the
bout went. Hard wallops to the head
were absorbed by Clemmy with great
gusto in the early milling, and it really
wasn't until the eleventh and twelfth
rounds that the hammering began to
show its effect. There wa.-t a knock
down from the first rlFnd until the
fight was stopped, and neither man
ever appeared to be near a Knockout
until Johnson's long ebony limbs began
to sag just before the referee waved
him to his corner in the twelfth
Crowd of 10000 Looks On
The Garden was we'll filled when
Wills and Johnson entered the ring.
1t was estimated that there were at
least 10000 in the house. There were
few preliminaries. No pictures were
taken and the men got into action
quickly. Wills's weight was announced
rs 213& and that of Johnson as a04.
Wills started the first session as
though he had q date up town in half
an hour. He aimed terrific drives to
Johnson's face, but the latter was wary.
He was not only wary but was able
to take the drives when they found
their mark. Wills delivered the first
wallop, hard left smash to the body,
but thereafter he kept his attacl: Gle
waited and aimed for Clem's chin. He
hit this mark often enough, but Glenn
my only smiled an Acknowledgements.
Referee Warns wills
bother him at eli. Wills was. full oi
, action and viciousncss from the first
round; but his drives TO the head got
him nowhere. Johnson in the latter
part of this session tore into Wills as
though the latter wasn't any terror at
all and shot across hard drives that
landed with disconcerting force on
! HarTy's high priced chin. The crowd
cheered in glee as the supposed victim,
made his fight. The round was easily
Wills's, although this session alone
proved that Johnson was no1 another
Tut jackson. They clinched . good
deal, and in these johnson did most Of
the holding.
Hard punches to the head, delivered
mostly with the left hand, hurt John
son considerably in the second, but he
continued to mix gamely. Johnson
took few rights and lafts 10 the body
in this session that caused him to turn
his mind more and more 20 the art OF
clinching. Ee seemed TO have desire
to be out of harms way.
In the third round Wills was warned
by Referee Jack Appel for hitting after
the word to break had bean given
Harry's offenses in this respect Were
unintentional and harmless, however
Clem improved in this round and won
eral occasions he shot across drives to
the chin that, while they didn't seem
to hurt Wills very much, seemed to
give the crowd great delight.
In the fourth Johnson appeared tc
gain confidence and a lot more courage
and launched hard rights to the chin
that landed with considerable force.
AS these drives found their mark the
crowd yelled for Johnson. The mob
went wild as Glenn socked the colored
champion heavily with wild right
that found resting mark on Harry S
mouth. In this round Wills was again
warned by the referee for hitting in
the clinches, although these trans
gressions were not visible from the
ringside. y
The fifth was mean three minutes
for Glenn johnson and at one time dur
ing this round it looked as though the
canvas was beckoning. In this round
Wills lowered his attack to the body
and the result was Immediately evil
dente The punches that landed on
Clem's ribs hurt him and before the
bell sounded he was groggy and wah-
bling on his pins. Just before the bell
however, he came back with a des-
perate left hook to the chin that sent
Wills reeling back toward the ropes
In this session left hook caught
Johnson in the right eye and closed
the light completely.
In the sixth Wills was again warned
by the referee for hitting in the
clinehes. Harry, in this session, made
a punching bag out Of Clemmy. but
the latter was thoroughly game ard
weathered the storm in good shape
In the seventh round Wills appeared
to have injured his right hand and
hit only with his left. The cry was
| raised that the right was broken, but
after the minutes rest before the
! eighth Harry began to use his star
board gun again, but favored it a lot
ffoin that time or. johnson made his
best showing in the seventh, landing
| hard lefts and rights to Wills's chin
The crowd was all with Clemmy in his
bid for victory and shouted for him
to finish up Wills with one terrific
wallop. The necessary drive was not
in Clemmy's system, however.
Wills Is Slowed Up
The eighth and ninth found Will.
slowed up great deal. He held bach
with his right, and the expression or
his cofee-colored countennnce seemed
to indicate that he wigheds profoundly