Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1912 — JOHNSON WINS IN THE NINTH ROUND [ARTICLE]

JOHNSON WINS IN THE NINTH ROUND

; Police Stop Fight Because of Foul Tactics. FLYNN IS IN BEST SHAPE White Man, With Victory in Sight, Loses Head as Negro Holds Arms, Resorts to Butting and Loses Fight. Las Vegas, N. M., July 5. —Jim Flynn’s butting tactics brought the captain of the state police into the ring in the ninth round of the championship fight and Referee Smith, after puzzling over matters a few seconds, gave Johnson the decision. Smith said, however, that the fight was not won on a foul. Johnson, during the last few seconds of the fight had held op determinedly to Flynn’s shoulders and complained of being baffled in his attempts to use his gloves. 1 . Both Break Rules. , , . “They both transgressed the rules, Johnson by holding, and Flynn by butting, but Flynn was the greater offender. The decision was given to Johnson because he had the better of the fighting up to that time. They agreed fully a week ago that if there was any interference of any kind the man In the lead at the time the bout was stopped was to be declared the winner.” That Johnson had scored the most punches and had brought the most blood was something that could not be denied, but that lie looked a winner at the time of the interference is a different matter. It was the opinion of the majority of the spectators that if Flynn could have kept his temper and fought cleanly he cOuld have worn Johnson down. flight by Rounds. The fight by rounds follows: Round I.—Flynn opened on Johnson’s stomach with a left. They clinched and Johnson uppercutted with a right to the jaw. Flynn put an uppercut on the chin. Flynn butted Johnson on the chest. Johnson landed a light left uppercut on the jaw. Johnson landed a hard right uppercut in a clinch, drawing first blood. Flynn rushed in with two hard left* to the stomach. Johnson cuffed Flynn with the right and sent another right to the jaw. Round 2.—Johnson jabbed Flynn with three, straight lefts and an uppercut. Johnson jabbed Flynn five times. Flynn got in a light stomach punch. Flynn got in a left to the jaw. Johnson drove a Hard right to ,the jaw and they, clinched. In the break Johnson j uppercutted with his right and hooked | in three lefts on the jaw, Flynn got ' in a left to the jaw and a right to the stomach. Flynn got in two lefts to the stomach. Johnson hooked a right to Flynn’s jaw as; the bell rang. Johnson Rocks Flynn's Head. Round 3. —Flynn met Johnson with a rush and they immediately clinched On the break Johnson jabbed Flynn with a light left. Flynn got in a. right to the ribs and a right overhand punch to the head. Johnson uppercut Flynn three times in a clinch. Flynn tried for the jaw and missed several hard rights. Flynn uppercut Johnson with a left to the jaw. Another clinch followed and Flynn pounded the stomach. Flynn got in a hard left to the mouth. Johnson was bleeding from the mouth. They clinched and Johnson uppercut three times with the right to Flynn’s face. Flynn covered up. Johnson rocked Flynn’s head twice and the bell sounded. Both blows were uppercuts. It was Johnson’s round.

Round 4.—Johnson shot in a straight i left to the jaw. Flynn closed in and Johnson held Flynn back with left uppercuts. Twice he used the right. Flynn reached the stomach with a light punch. Johnson jabbed Flynn on the nose and started the blood. Flynn drove two lefts to the stomach and Johnson reached the wind with a left. Flynn got in two body blows. Flynn missed an uppercut and Johnson laughed out loud. They went to a clinch. On the break Flynn tried a left swing and missed. Johnson sent in a right hook to the jaw three times in succession. In a fierce rally on the ropes Flynn drove the right three times to the jaw at the bell.

Mrs. Johnson Waves at Jack. Round s.—Flynn landed 'left- to the jaw and right to the ribs. They clinched and Johnson jabbed the eye with the left as they broke. i n another clinch Johnson got to Flynn’s mouth with a light left. Johnson jabbed Flynn’s nose three times in succession. Flynn rushed into a clinch and tried to drive a couple'into Jack’s stomach. Johnson rocked Flynn’s head with a left uppercut. They clinched and Flynn pounded Johnson’s stomach four or five times. Johnson started the crow T d to cheering by patting Flynn on the back of the head. Johnson rebuked Flynn for butting and Flynn said: “Make him let go.” They then clinched. ./They were in a clinch when the bell rang. * Round 6.—Flynn came with a rush and they went into a clinch. Flynn butted Johnson twice. In a fierce rally Flynn drove five or six vicious blows in the stomach and Johnson broke ground, plainly .worried. They clinched and Flynn drove in a hard right and left to the stomach. Johnson jahbed the nose three times and in a clinch that followed Johnson reached the face. Johnson’s seconds raised

uproar about Flynn’s butting. { Flynn drove a right to the ribs and they mixed it fiercely', Johnson uppercut- | Flynn drove a right to the kidneys and rushed Johnson to the ropes as the bell sounded. 1 Johnson Is Holding On. Round 7—Flynn rushed into a ! clinch. Johnson held him off. In the break Johnson jabbed Flynn three times lightly on the nose. Flynn could not get to close quarters. He backed Johnson all around the ring. Flynn poked two hard lefts to the stomach and drove a right and left to the stomach immediately afterward. Johnson jabbed Flynn’s nose and grabbed Flynn’s arms and held until the referee broke them apart. Flynn got in a right to the jaw and received three uppercuts with Jack’s left on the jaw. In "a close mixup Flynn got in the right to the ear. Johnson landed a left to the ear. They clinched as the bell sounded. T4e crowd yelled to Johnson: “What you holding for?” Round B.—Johnson landed a left to the jaw and they went into a clinch. Flynn butted and Johnson got sore, calling the referee’s attention to it. Johnson drove a right to Flynn’s jaw and a straight left to the mouth. They went into a clinch at this point and after, the break Flynn tore in, driving two hard body blows home. Johnson scored heavily with right to the nose and they clinched. Flynn butted three ■ tiroes. The referee broke them apart j and Johnson jabbed Flynn’s jaw with the left and sent the right to the nose. They clinched again and Johnson held Flynn. Flynn got in a right to the heart and a left to the nose. Again they clinched. Johnson held Flynn and , Flynn jumped up and butted Johnson twice on the chin. Flynn was covered with blood, at the bell. Round 9.—They ran into a clinch. Johnson held Flynn and they wrestled. In the breakaway Johnson jabbed the nose with a left and sent a right uppercut to the nose. Flynn drove in two lefts to the stomach and a right to the heart. They clinched. The police jumped in the ring to stop the tight and the crowd poured into l the ring. Jack Curley pleaded with the sheriff. The referee decided tfiat Johnson won. The fight was stopped on account of Flynn's butting. Flynn lost the chance of his life as he had John- |- son worried to death. The rangers cleared the ring and the arena of the crowd. i Both Say “Unfair.” 1 The following statements were made by the fighters after the battle: By Jack Johnson.—l am sorry that the fight terminated as it did. Flynn gave me. a harder battle than I expected, resorting to unfair tactics in almost every round. I would have beaten him, however, in the end, undoubtedly by the knockout route. By Jim Flynn.—The. action of the police in Jumping into the ,ring was all that prevented me from being the I champion pit the world tonight. I made , up my mind to whale the negro and I think I succeeded as far as we went. If I butted Jack in the heat of battle lie also was guilty of holding my arms. I want another crack at him. Wolgast Retains His Title.

Los Angeies, Gal., July s.—Ad Wolgast retained his championship title by beating Joe Rivers, Mexican challenger, In a desperate battle which lasted 13 rounds before a crowd that packed Tom' McCarey’s arena at Vernon. Wolgast was the star of old and was too rugged for Rivers. Ad struck Rivers what looked like a foul blow in the thirteenth round and both went to the floor. Rivers with a look of pain on his face with Wolgast’s arms about him. Wolgast fell on top. Rivers was first to arise to his feet after having rolled his man off, doubling up as if in pain. The referee had started the count after the men went in a heap. Rivers claimed a foul and was unable to continue. The referee ruled for Wolgast. Attel Outpoints Marine. Seattle, Wash., July 5. —Outpointing his opponent in every round, Abe Attell handily won a decision in a tenround go over Eddie Marine in the Glide rink. Attell showed remarkable cleverness in the infighting, which proved a big feature of the fight. Marine made a specialty of hugging Abe and his stalling was masterful. Attell could easily have disposed of his opponent at any time during the bout, but he apparently wanted to give the. fans “their money’s worth.”

Michigan Sheriff Stops Bout. Benton Harbor, Mich., July 5. George (Knockout) Brown, the Greek gladiator, went down in glorious defeat at the hands of Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh, Wis., in a great ten-round battle at the House of David basebgll park! With about one minute to go in the final session, Sheriff Johnson leaped upon the platform, stopped the fight and placed the boxers and referee, Floyd Fitzsimmons, under arrest for violation of the Michigan boxing statutes. Mapdot Whijjs Ray Temple. Memphis, Tehn., July Mandot; of New Orleans defeated Ray Temple of Milwaukee in the Phoenix A. C. arena by winning almost every round of their eight-round bout They had met a few weeks ago, when Temple administered a severe beating to Mandot. ’ There was no knock-downs, but plenty of blood was spilled.