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Show phia man was blowing the worst alter the wind-up. Round 2 O'Brien forced the milling, mill-ing, but Ketchel blocked cleverly. Then Ketchel started to rorcc the fighting, buf was short cm right and left swings. O'Brien sent lett ana right hooks to the Jaw and was faster in hand and foot work, but In the middle of the round he bgan to hold. Ketchel landed a learlul right swing on the eye and O'Brien hugged lor safety and was groggy at the bell. All Ketchcl's round. Round 3 Ketchel rushed and lorcea O'Brien to the ropes. The Philadelphia man was holding. Ketchel was calm and deliberate, while O'Brien showed 6lgn6 of nervousness. O'Brien upper-cut upper-cut with right and left to the lace, but there was no force behind the blow6. O'Brien missed a lett and right for the head and then hugged his opponent. , Round 4 Ketchel rushed O linen to the ropes with, body blows and then with a hard left swing opened a gash over O'Brien's right eye. O'Brien tried two left hooks ineffectually. O'Brien straightened up and sent three surprisingly fast lert hooks to the Jaw, knocklDg Ketchel groggy. Ketchel Ket-chel fought back like a demon with a left hook to the face and O Brien slowed up. Both men were strong but O'Brien closed the round with two rights to the Jaw. Round 5 They came to a clinch. Ketchel landed a left hook to the jaw. O'Brien Jabbed his lrt twice to the face and then blood started from Ketchcl's Ket-chcl's nose. O'Brien out-genoraiea his man" In fast work and hooked a left to the Jaw, which stopped Ketchel. Ket-chel. Ho then sent two letts to the face, making Ketchel groggy. Round 6. Up to this time Ketchel's famous left shift had not been in use. They again rushed to a clinch an,ct hammered each other at close quarters. quart-ers. Although Ketchel was the slower, slow-er, he was game and determined. O'Brien sent lett and right hooks to the jaw at the bell. Ketchel's round. Round 7 Both men were wild when they met, but Ketchel sent in two letts to the face, following them up with a hard left on the stomach. O'Brien uppercut heavily on tho face, but broke ground when Ketchel began forcing. O'Brien sent back ngbt ana left to the jaw. stopping Ketchel., A right uppercut followed by a lett' to the face and two right swings to the Jaw. turned the tide against Ketchel and he staggered to his corner. Round 8 Both men were sjow at the opening. O'Brien sent two leit hooks to the Jaw and swung h6 right over, staggering Ketchel, O'Brien was too tired to take advantage ot Ketj-chel's Ketj-chel's distress At this stage, O'Brien's ring generalship was apparent and he landed a stiff hook on Ketchel's injured in-jured nose before the bell rang.. Round 0 Ketchel swung his lert ana then clinched. O'Brien hooked his left to the Jaw and I hen fell down alter al-ter getting a hard left to the wind, Ketchel forced the pace with rights and lefts to the stomach and O Brien showed distress. -Round 10 Ketchel was the quicker to begirt and put two lerts to the Jaw, which forced O'Brien to clinch. O'Brien tried his left Jab and slowed Ketchel up a bit Right and lett swings 'to the jaw from Ketchel sent O'Brien to the floor for Ave seconds, and he went down again from a right swing to the jaw for nine seconds Two . more smashes on the jaw, a left uppercut and right swing sent O'Brien down a third time for four seconds. The bell saved htm from a knockout. KNOCKOUT SAVED BY Ketchel Pats O'Brien Down Three Times in .Tenth Round National Athletic Club, New York, March 26. Not since, the repeal of the Horton law, which stopped the big tls-lic tls-lic bouts in this city, has such a Tast and furious contest been seen here in the squared circle as that tonight, in which Stanley Ketchel, the middleweight middle-weight champion, defeated Jack O'Brien, of Philadelphia, at the Na-; tlonal Athletic club. Many thought O'Brien would do some stalling in this fight, but everyone who saw the fight was agreeably surprised, for it was a hot bout from start to finish. In tho final 'round O'Brien was knocked down . three tlme3 and the last time was practically a clean knockout for the timely clang or the gang found the Philadelphia man in a hopeless state. . It was Ketchel s fight for the greater part or the contest con-test and O'Brien had no excuse to make over tho outcome. Tim Hurst was referee. The men weighed in at noon today, each tipping tip-ping the scales at 160 pounds. There were threo preliminary bouts, one of which resulted In a knockout, Freddie Dlpples or Brooklyn Brook-lyn stopping Andy Parker ot .New Haven, in less than two minutes or the first round. O'Brien was the first to enter tho ring. He wore bandages on botn hands. One of his prominent handlers was Anthony Drexel Blddle, ot Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. Kid McCoy was also among tho towel wlelders. Round 1. Both men stripped evidently evi-dently In the best condition. O'Brien woro green trunks and Ketchol wore long red trunks, Ketchel landed a low left hook but O'Brien's objections were not considered by the rereree. They clinched several times, Ketchel forcing O'Brien around, the ring. A left hook raised a lump over Ketchel's Ket-chel's eye. O'Brien sent in a ham right under the heart and a lert nook to the Jaw. which stopped Ketchel. O'Brien with a right to the face sent Ketchel back a bit, but the Pnlladel- |