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Show JESS WILLARD KNOCKS OUT NEGRO CHAMPION I Fight at Havana Monday Transfers Belt P to White Race. Jack Johnson Lost in 26th Round. How the Fight Went by Rounds. Round 1 Johnson feinted rind landed land-ed Ills loft on Wlllard's Jaw and repeated re-peated with an upporeut to Wlllard'a jaw. The latter was very nervous. Johnson was laughing. Wlllard drovo two lefts to tho negro's body. Johnson John-son drovo right to Wlllard's body. Round 2" Johnson easily blocked Wlllard'B leads, feinting him out of position and scoring right and left to tho Jaw. Wlllard roplled with a thrashing right to tho viegro's body. Johnson then hooked u left to tho stomach. Johnson landed throe lofts to tho body. Wlllard laughed. Johnson John-son then drovo Wlllard to tho ropes with a tattoo of lefts to tho face. Round 3 After much feinting Wlllard Wll-lard missed a right swing and both laughed. Johnson rushed and scored scor-ed a left on the body and a right to tho Jaw. Johnson landed a left on tho body. Wlllard asked, "Is that tho way you do It?" Round 4 Wlllard lunged Ineffectually. Ineffec-tually. Johnson laughed at his clumsy clum-sy efforts. There was much feinting Johnson landed a left to the ribs and swung his right and left to tho body and his left to Wlllard's faco. Wlllard's Wll-lard's Up was bleeding. Wlllard scored scor-ed a left to Johnson's noso. Round 5 Johnson poked a light left and right to Wlllard's faco. Tho referco ordered tho fighters to break from a clinch. Tho negro smashed hard to Wlllard's ribs and drovo threo blowB to tho cowboy's stomach. stom-ach. Tho champion rushed Wlllard to tho ropes, storing punches to tho head and to tbo body. Wlllard was badly distressed. Tho challenger Swas rattled and boxed llko an amateur. ama-teur. Round 0 Tho negro was calm at , tho opening o this round. Ho beat t -' Wlllard to tho ropes with a fusllado H of lefts. On tho break Johnson land- cd a smash on tho giant's Jaw. Tho negro rubbed Wlllard's cut Up at cv I ery opportunity. Tho nogro landed I three crashing blows to Wlllard's unprotected body. At tho bell John-I John-I son was hammering hard at Wlllard's body. Tho cowboy's left cheek was cut. Round 7 Johnson was using every artlflco to forco tho fighting. Ho rushed Wlllard to tho ropes, slug glng with both hands repeatedly. Wlllard's long loft temporarily blind cd tho negro's left eyo. Johnson camo back with a series of swings to Wlllard's body. It was a vory clean light so far. Round 8 Wlllard was gaining confldcnco and tried his hand nt fore Ing tho paco. Johnson atcepted the pugilists battered each other across tho ring, tho nogro having tho bettor bet-tor of it. Wlllard landed on John son's mouth. ThenJohnson uppercut Wlllard over tho heart. Wlllard bounced off tbo ropes and landed a left to tho Jaw. Tho round ended with tho negro swinging blows to Wlllard's head. Round 9 Wlllard assumed the aggressive. ag-gressive. Johnson started ono of tho cowboy's ears bleeding. Iho champion landed frequently, but his blows appeared to lack tholr old tlmo power. Amid feinting the crowd shouted, "Kill tho black bear." John son Immediately started a rally by driving threo hard hooks to Wlllard's stomach. A loft by Wlllard started tho negro's mouth bleeding. Tho latter slugged tho white- man to tho ropes. x Round 10 Johnson was slow in coming from his corner. Wlllard scored two lefts to tho faco. Jess was blocking better ns his nervousness nervous-ness woro off. Johnson swung a left to Wlllard's ribs and sent halt a doz en blows to Wlllard's body and Jaw. Tho negro knocked Wlllard to tho ropes and with right and left swings to the stomach. A hard right chop staggered Wlllard. Round 11 Tho crowd derldod Johnson who was fighting and answering an-swering tho sallies nt the samo tlmo. Wlllard drovo a left to tho negro's mouth and took a right hook to tho body In return. Johnson smashed tho cowboy with a loft to tho Jaw. Jess blocked sovcral swings. John son -then tried to rattlo Wlllard by talking. Tho latter angrily replied In kind. Johnson tapped tho giant's shoulder at tho boll. It was a slow round. Round 12 Thonegro opened with a left to tho body and a right to tho Jaw.. In a clinch ho smashed Wlllard threo times with his loft. Johnson thon drovo a right to tho body and a left to tho head. His blows apparently appar-ently had no effoct on Wlllard. John son drovo Wlllard to his corner with a swing to tho head. Wlllard's car and cheek woro bleeding. Ho walked walk-ed spryly to Ills corner at tho boll. Round 13 Wlllard's body now wus red from tho effects of tho punish incut of tho negro. Tho negro, ducking duck-ing under his opponent's leads, continued con-tinued to play for tho stomach. Wlllard Wll-lard drovo Johnson Into a corner nud landed straight left to Johnson'B faco. Tho negro Jarred Wlllard with a left hook to tho Jaw In return. Ho noxt hooked his left to tho whlto man's body, repeating this blow u minute later. Tho champion landed right and left to tho head as tho bell rang. Hound 14 Tho round openod with Wlllard rushing and missing a right uppercut. Tho thallongor wns tho aggressor and tried to forco tho lighting. light-ing. Johnson slommed Wlllard on tho mouth with a left. Jess only laughed? The negro was" beginning to miss his leads. Wlllard drove a hard right to Johnson's car. Tho nogro no-gro smashed hard lolt to tho body at tho bell. Round 15 Tho crowd kidded Johnson John-son who rushed Wlllard to tho ropes and scored flvo hard swings, remarking, re-marking, "What a grand old man." Wlllard grinned at tho remark and also at the blows accompanying It. Tho bell found both pugilists lighting In tho center of tho ring. Round 1C Johnson missed a loft to tho head and then clinched. The challenger blocked tho negro's rush. Amid much fighting the black man said. "Wlllard Is a good kid," and then rushed Jess to tho ropes, scor Ing two hard punches to tho body. Tho negro drove a terrific swing to Wlllard's side. Tho challenger wus a trlllo unsteady in going to his corner cor-ner at tho end of this round. Round 17 Johnson hooked a left to his opponent's Jaw and a right up percut to tho same place. Hound 18 Aftor playing a tattoo on Wlllard's chest and stomach the negro drovo Wlllard to a corner where tho negro smoshed him twlco on tho Jaw. Wlllard's leads woro easily picked off by tho champion. After several tries, Jess landed a straight left to Johnson's faco and a right swing to tho Jaw. At Uio boll Johnson landed a punch to tho body and another to tho jaw. Round 19 Hoth pugilists showed up n bit Wlllard now wns tho aggressor ag-gressor Johnson stood In tho mid dlo of the ring and blocked Wlllard's blows. During tho llrst mlnuto not n Blnglo hard punch lnnded, nud Johnson John-son seemed nolo to dlvlnu Wlllard'B every lend Tho negro then Btnrtcd n ra'ly landing two lefts to Uio bedy and n right to tho Jaw. Round 20 Wlllard opened tbo round w 1th two light blows to tho no gro's faco. Tho latter laughed and said: "Lead again, kid." Wlllard did and smiled nlso. The crowd nround tho r'ng yelled, "Hurry up, wo want to svo tho rnccs." Wlllnrd stabbed and pawed tho air until ho landed h swing on the negro's Jaw. Tho negro Immediately (lit lonao niiil thnv lint tied across tho ring. Tho crowd went frnntlc when Wlllard drovo a hard right and left to tho negro's body nt tho bell. Hound 21 After n mlnuto of pos ing and feinting Johnson hooked his left to Wlllard's body and sent a right swing to tho head. Wlllard ro-pliod ro-pliod with n straight loft to tho no gro's face Jack rushed, but Wlllnrd protected himself well and thoy fell Into a clinch. Johnson walked nround tho ring Wlllard missed a right swing and they both laughed. Jloth were fighting for an opening at the bell. Itotind 22 Tho light at this point had degenerated Into a Blow sparring an'd clinching battle Neither pugilist pugi-list nppeared particularly tired or In Jured or tho blows of his opponent. Wlllard tried Betting tho pace. In A clinch ho battered tho negro's body with rights and lefts. Johnson onlv grinned. Wlllard continued working for tho negro's stomach. Jack grin-nod grin-nod at tho shrieking trowd. Never theless, Johnson was showing tho ef fects of tho paco. Hound 23 Wlllnrd rushed Into n clinch. Johnson held on until or dored to break by tho referee. Tho challenger shot two lefts to tho re gro's face They clinched again and wrestled about tho ring. Josh added two more lefts to Jack's faco and clinched Up to this point Johnson had not struck a blow In tho round Hound 21 Tho crowd yolled t0 tho fighters In tho ring to fight, but In stead they clinched. Wlllard laid hh weight on Johnson at overy opportunity oppor-tunity In tho clinches. Johnson push ed Wlllard backward In tho same manner as he did JeffrlcB nt Hcno. Johnson missed two weak swings. Tho crowd howled with disapproval. Wlllard then smashed tho negro wills a left to tho faco at tho bell. Hound 23 Johnson's action might have Indicated that ho thought he could not knock Wlllard out and w.ii trying to get tho decision on points at tho end of the forty fifth round. Wlllard shook tho negro with n right to tho heart. Ho then clipped John son on tho Jaw with a fast left and started forcing tho paco. Johnson was conserving every bit of his en ergy. Wlllard again lauding a loft to tho mouth and then repeated it. Johnson stepped nround backwards at tho boll and dropped heally Into his seat. Hound 2C Johnson roso slowly from his chair and Wlllnrd met him moro than two thirds of tho way ncros tho ring. Wlllnrd stabbed a long left Into tho negro's face, sending Ills head bobbing back. Iloforo tho cham plon could recover his position Wlllard Wll-lard swung a smashing right which landed full on Johnson's stomach. Johnson was (lung against tho ropes by tho forces of tho blow and ho clinched on the rebound. Tho cowboy tried to tear looso, but the black man held grimly with oyes closed and legs shaking. Just before tho rofereo broke thorn Johnson looked over Wll lard's shoulder toward tho box where his wife had been, his eyes showing a dazed, tired, puzzled oxprosslon. As soon us Welsh hnd broken tho clinch Jess rushed ngaln, forcing tho negro Into Wlllard's cornor, whoro tho llnlsh camo. Johnson was slow In guarding nnd his strong, youthful opponent hooked a swinging left to tho body. Tho fading champion's log quivered nnd again tho towering fit-rnt fit-rnt feinted for tho body. Johnson dropped hla guard and Wlllnrd won tho title with a quick hard swing to tho exnet point of tho Jaw. The no gro's knees folded up under him and he sank slowly to tho floor and rolled ovor on his back, partly under tho ropos. Welsh waved Wlllard back and boguii to count. Up nnd down swung tho roforeo's hand, but Johnson John-son never moved. Ills eyes woro glassy, only tho whites bolng visible. At tho count of ton, Welsh turned and hold up Wlllard'B hand nnd a now champion replaced Johnson, who was still stretched on tho floor of tho ring. Tlmo of round ono mlnuto twenty six seconds. |