Show Comeback u Brings Renown To T High Point YOUTH MUST BE SERVED AND ANDIS IS SERVED BY KAYO UPPER CUT Seventy Thousand Persons Cheer Wildly Af A Champion Champion Ex-Champion Sends Young Iowan lowan to Canvas Willards Willard's Condition Is Rans Eans ny fly T DI nivin 7 1 W T JJ Cw 1 NEW IW Esc YORK May y ay 2 2 Youth must rUst tit be I t served end tay oy ay the philosopher pher and this Ihk afternoon In the bout of ot the Milk lIk iho youth In the person or o Johnson MIS 9 ts served ered ft It'll u n ht uppercut to lO the tho jaw b th the Jess J ss Willard a at the tb end nd o of or the 1 eleventh nth round and an knew no more Johnson b ab b ibe 11 f knocked nod cold cohl ind n nd 1 supplied a sum sum- sum man mar man finish h to L i bout schedule 1 to 10 go 1 15 16 rounds 11 Iowan lowan lay liy face 10 down n on the floor dead to all t 1 ut before beCore the time-keeper time could ta start rt a wholly superfluous count the bell rang the round It Iso also ended ended th the fight Johnson dragged feet leet trailing to hL t- t was s corner orner bv lv his but noth noth- noth- noth nothing nothing ing could be lie done about tho Dowan s 8 condition In the Sag tIng minute and Willie Le Lewis Is the loans Iton B chief second tossed In a aIto Ito el mute mule token tolen of defeat feaL G POOH POOR The knockout and anol the letor Ictor ele bv by 1 n crowd of nr OOOO persons in Yankee stad- stad stad-hiim stad hum attracted b bv the tact fact that hey thus contributed to the fund Cund for New e York Yorks s poor an and ms s the prospect of witnessing S Wll 11 I Oud s return to tho the was of the after the l dl of oC four four vears tars ears ago when hen hen Jac Jack Demp- Demp lacy into inlo hu- hu hurman hu cy punched the giant plant a atman hamburger to win In tn the s hl title It Il was Willards Willard's maiden appear appear- ance nce In a c campaign having ha as Its object the cornering of In another roped arena or tor or a second fling Cling at the ma man who tr him so roughly upon the tho caslon of their fighting A As a tArt upon this proposition Vil Wil nards cards effort was ws successful to the point of being downright condO condO- Willard sold himself to the thel l public all over oyer again to- to May to-May Nay day and nd did It so plausibly a on to toI I trail ll heir ber to greater renown than he had bad ever J known Down as champion I UK LIKE H U I Beyond being a bit lilt skittish andI and I i ob dl disturbed In th the opening of the bout th the ex nilon ex-chani-nilon lIon as was a Do most impressive I ex fight fight- tight tight-ier lee ler even on those rare occasions when Johnson scored out-scored him to the knockout Willard knock-downs knock In the and nd eleventh rounds the bill sa sa- Inc sav-Inc on the first occasion Illard s a physical appearance belled hIs bis 40 vears eurs elus the tha giant took took- look fine ig the p part rt of a real athlete and not the paunchy waterlogged andI rig rig- lire fig I lre that some were ere led to expect IH Be was yards faster taster Ulan than an one I possible It was as his rIghts drI driven en straight out from ithe shoulder at times and anti upper upper- upp r- r at others olbers that ruined John John- John Kon III eon on He lie seemed to have no de- de de against It and he absorbed manY punches to 10 the head and jaw before taking the ho VO age to slum slum- slum berland The knockout b the Way way was aS tb the first that Johnson has has sustained in his oung but varied career M W rALLs r It furnished tho the float final and ond com coin com complete piete thrill of oC a n hectic afternoon that witnessed among other things the tho coaling of oC Jack if 11 for th the long and final count by Luls Firpo Argentine man eater man after two 10 to minutes and nd 21 24 seconds of fighting in the third round The noble Oble seDora senor genor a also aho o used his for the purpose of the tho knockout clubbing full tull on the ja lie o went don down and lay as S one dead while the timekeeper tolled the fateful numbers The incident nt III In Qu question was I by y another knockout with I playing the unpleasant role ot of lIe Ho got up the time lOlling binning and even een went eo 80 o far as to disdain a count The time 1 oved It it howe el elThe The Detroit y was as fast on his foet but J was cas taster faster with his Firpo Firpo weighed pounds ds and een even andI I FAST rAs niOM tT Willard and Johnson Jonnson however I ere cre the real attraction In the advance plans of the promoters I and they proceeded to ju justify the confidence thus reposed In them I It I was a a gripping fight tight from the beginning Johnson Johnon rushing at th thIman th Iman man like lIe an ed oung tiger as h he drew r The Iowan lowan only scaled pounds it ts 11 against Willard s e 2 24 U and wis tS IS topped byall byall by all ill of si si sh inches In Ia height and out out- out by lIy some ome eight inches ln In InI I breach reach let et he sue succeeded eded In carry carry- carrying carrying In ing the fight to Willard Villard and ad- ad ac actually lually held aery a ery very Imposing lead Iad leadon leadon on points at the end of tout fou rounds round As the bell sent them then on their way In the tho first round VII Wil- Willard lard Wll-lard lard Ird rose rooe to his bis teet feet to tobe tobe tobe be met by Johnson both bolh arms The Iowan lowan owan wove woo WO 0 in an around hl hi his man occasionallY over a a left hook and then I i rushing to close quarters to 10 flail away at the body Willard a lay plainly nervous and feint feint- feintIng feIntIng Ing In the first two minutes or of I orI action had the champlon champIon male mak making ing all kind kinds o oC wild motion I Ute Uie chest as though he w were re expecting to be bo pole axed without further ado His Ills nervousness left lefta I as a he turned to I business m ll there thero ws no particular done PUIS UPI This was Wa equally true of the sec sc cod round where Willard stepped briskly with Ith the fir it of hi bis Series aeries I of or right uppercuts that Johnson to become go so painfully tam fam fara- fara u with ith later on The blow I Iu y y T full tull on Floyds Floyd's jaw with wu i 1 minute after the round I was just jUll oa as well ell s as only aved a 0 by hy a heroic effort and to the best beat of his vinT y at the bell noyd how how- how back like kc a had bad check cheel r er er came carne in tho the third and aad fourth and avo Willard no chanco hance proceeded to torain torain torain rain blow after blow to the giants giant's and body The was WIL wasI to lead lend wit ha ht long left to th the tho jaw jawand Jawand jawand and then rush ruah to 10 Cose Quarters where enough John Johnson on was as ol iLle le 10 to 11 Illard V at hI hII hid i I a will UI ill pummel hI his bod sLip slap around 1 I t St t hi his face tace a la Ia J Harrl Grab Gr and 4 I NEW TOniC May Mar y n 13 13 12 Re ReI Re- Re I urt un ft of I Ja l knocked out I Johnon In eleventh h round l LiLi JIU out O Ja I I 1 lie ic Inline Inline- third round 1 ule J-ule 07 I r rimiit 0 wOi n fro 1 Til I foul lI fourth I I H Drake e won wOTh di IO In foar 1011 li ii round rin Tim I h knocked I I I out oot Al AI Rel h sixth ronad 4 41 1 I altogether nullify the Kansans Kansan's super r strength th I But Hut th the fifth witnessed the end endot ot of Johnsons Johnson's ad adv antage Willard Villard sms I smashed h d home a pair C of hand hand right punches that all but brought th the oung man mn do don down nand n and certainly deprived him of ot much further ambition The sIth sl th was aas 05 albo Willards Willard's b by bya bya I a wide margin but Johnson again speeded to the front in the sev soy soy- nev I in spite of the fact that he heran h hran I Iran ran Into an enthusiastic right u- u uj- uj p 1 cut at the of the tho round ilie Wow blow only onh oni s served sred red to re redouble I the fury tury of the 10 ans an's attack attach and throwing all nil caution to the I four winds he stood Blood too to too toe to ith aith the big cowman n and tarried carrIed to 10 hi w j Jiw with alternating lefts and rights rd seem seemed cd a 0 tilt bit wear weary aa IS he ue made for his corner orner Jose however er had tasted the Ioan'S punch and found Cound It eh aek so much so In fact tact that th ho he dropped his bands hands during a rapid exchange e In the eighth jound aol nd ed Johnson to hit him hint with Ith no les less than a dozen punches full fullon fullon fullon on the Jaw Jaa Ja It was aas as a magnificent gestore but points ate are are points ant anI the incident might well ha liMe have 0 coot coet co WIllard the round had It not been for the fact tad ho came ame right back Jck to belabor Johnsons Johnson's head and jaw wIth three throe terrific rights right the bell very ery ery con conveniently This same object also came to Johnsons Johnson's rescue In the ninth round where after alter to two minutes of earnest milling with Ith honors Tea Tea- rea reasonably even esen Willard dropped Johnson on all fours tours when nn an arching right found a target be- be behind behind be behind hind Johnsons Johnson's earThe earThe ear earThe The tenth was nas Willards Willard's without particular incident except that Johnson a very ery ery groggy young oune oung man had all he could do to remain with the party DL TE TE lIe He assayed d to meet punch for Cor punch at the start o of the round but bul thought better betler 0 of oC P when Jess drove a beautiful straight right to th Ut ochin John John- Johnson son John son again was on the verge of a knockout hero but he stepped side side the inevitable able by clinching arfee- arfee affectionately for Cor the remainder o of the tha round H He to came camo out for tor th the eleventh thaI I I and last round to tn essay one more effort against Willards Willard's superior strength and punching Floyd kne knea he le ie wa was wag a beaten man mn ani tried desperately to wn win it all with one punch At that he did dis- dis disturb disturb dis disturb Je no little with successive left and right hooks to the jaw early arly In the round but a right hoo hook to the body slowed him down downto downto downto to a walk and when Willard caught him flush on the jaw with i Tight right uppercut rloyd went down but for only the count of eight He got up up like the tho game tighter fighter he Ie L but b he did dill not know now what abat hat It was wasi i all about like n II wine befogged bc stevedore in a desperate effort to toI toR I R old the that he knew soon must 0 hIm JG BLOW BIoW Ab Ah time slipped b by it ft seemed as asI thou h Johnson might bp be bi success success- successful I I tul ful at lea least t for tor the round In epics ques queI I tion question as he lie seemed scorned to b be getting I stronger and even een en went so far as asI asto asto asto I to go O into a n clinch and hammer away at Willards Willard's body bov Dot Dut just when hn Johnson seemed to toI tobe tobe I be coming back boek the blow tell fell U It Clime came with a suddenness that was wasi I nothing less teas than startling John Joun- Johnson John John-flon son had led 11 to the head in an at- at attempt at tempt to toll follow ow up the punch In so doing he ran gull full Into lato one of the most terrific right uppercuts sen In a Nc No York ring in man many years The blow Johnsons Johnson's 19 pounds light Ight into the air An and 1 he fell tell with a boom oom that shook th the ring Before a count coant coul could be started the bell rang and Johnsons Johnson's seconds dragged him to his cor- cor corner cornor cor corner ner nor but one was sufficient to convince them that thai the oung tn IO had lad had 1141 hol 1 enough They sely threw in the 10 el cone Ing lug defeat Quick finishes also ilso featured two I of the Ue lie remaining bouts Tiny JIm Herman Urman of Omaha stopped Al AI Reich of In the l rould roud and Jack Joek Renault of Can Can- Canad Can Canada I ad ada being award the tile decision 0 or Fred Prod I ulton on a foul in ia the fourth round In the opening bout ot of o four rounds Harry Hary Dr Drake ke of o won the derIsion decision oer over Joe McCann or of New York Yok |