Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-01
BEATS
JACK JOHNSON
In 9TH ROUND

Ell PASO, May S1--A tired old glad
iator. of the ring dropped like a felled
or Just as the bell changed the closing
OF the seventh round in Juarez Coli
scum Sunday afternoon, writing 'finis"
to tho most singular career in Queens
bury history
Few of the spectators at ringside
saw the blow with which young Bob
Lawson dropped Jack Johnson. Both
fighters are regroes Most Of them
thought that the old heavyweight king
had made it safely through another
round, so closely were the blow and
tho gong synchronized.
1t happened in flash. One mo-
ment, and the two men We're exchang !
ing punches, with Lawson getting all
the better of it, in Johnsons corner.
The next second, and Johnson was
lying prone with Referee Jack Nc
Donald tolling the seconds over his
Ihead, while the eX-champion family
[proteseed that he had been fouled.
They said afterwards that it was a
lleft to the liver that put Johnson
away. Lawson, needing the bell,
bounced back to his corner, prepared
to take his minute rest. Referee Nc
| Donald, however, droned out the sec
onds over Johnson's head, apparently
oblivious to the fact that the round
had ended 1t was only when john
! son told him that he would be unable
to- answer the bell for tho eighth that
Mcdonald rushed ito Lawson's corner
and lifted the Alabama Bearcat's hand
in token of victory.
johnson remained where he had
fallen, calling for doctor to enter
the ring and substantiate his claim
! of foul. After five-minute delay,
Dr.. Andres Villareal, the club physi-
clan, crawled through the ropes, took
! a perfunctory glance inside of john
sons trunks, announced that no foul
/ had been committed, and left the
arena.
While hundreds of spectators crowd
ed toward the ring, the eX-champion
continued to call for q doctor, and the
cry was taken up by a number of
those at rngside.
Seconds and a few friends finally
assisted the loser from the ring, ano
the crowd filed out into the street.
Two unquestionable fouls and at
! least one other blow that was right
on the danger line marred Lawsons
i performance. One blow was in the
second and the other two in the fifth
round. While two Of, the punches
did little danger, the third was very
low and Johnson complained when il
landed Mcdonald, however, said
nothing. @
The Alabaman surprised everybody,
bv taking the initiative from the
i opening gong, although Johnson hello
him at long range and punched him
almost at will during the first two
4 rounds, flashing his golden smile
/ with the same abandon that he s1ung
!, gloves.
While the fipse two rounds found
him fresh and willing, he rose slowly
4 frond his chair at the beginning of the
/, thfrd and he looked leg-weary long
before the round was over. Lawson
was still wading in as the third gave
way to the fourth, but Johnson was
holding and clinching, and the young
er man was unable to land cleanly.
(! Lawson took the fifth by wide mar
gin, and from then until the end came
had things all his own way. Johnson
landed repeatedly, DuC MS pullCllO7
lacked steam. He was punished badly
in the sixth, the Alabaman raking him
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Sauharipa, Sonora, and the groom is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs James V.
Fryer, former residents of Douglas,
where Frank attended school. He is
now connected with the office force
of the supply department of the Moe
tezuma Copper company. The couple
left Nacozari Monday for trip to
California points and will return here
to reside.
I Friends have received word from
w. c. Humhrey that he is enjoying a
vacation in Middleton, Mass. He
states that he probably will return to
4 Nacozari to make his home after fin
ishing his visit in the east. MI.
Humphrey is interested in mining
property near Cumpas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Defender, who
were former residents of Nacozari,
write from Fresnillo, zacatecas, that
they enjoy reading the local notes in
The Dispatch Mr.. Diefenderf is en-
iployed by the Mexican Corporation, S.
A., as mill repair foreman.