JOHNSON V. KAUFMAN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 5

JOHNSON V. KAUFMAN.

IiATTEB OUT-POINTED:

JOHNSON FAILS' TO GET KNOCK-OUT. < '(Uy/'Tctccrapll.-l'rua- AnjocliUlon.-OoorrliM I (Hcq. September 10, 5.20 p.m.) >■ San Frsnclsoo, September 9. . Jack Johnson, champion heavy-weight. pugilist of tho world, and A. Kaufman, Inet; ■'in ai ton-round fight at Satt li&ncisoo * Interest- in tho 'meeting-AMs'alight. , Botli tho 1 pugilista l being -on- their foot at 1 tho end'of the tenth round, no 'decision waa . given'' by; thV'referefr-tbat bcing 1 '... arrangements made , before < tho -figttj' Tho y ! - referee, -Mr., Edio Smithj, promised to give ' an opinion to the newspapers. : Johnson had 1 ■tlio'bcjt of tho encounter all through; Johnson was hooted as hoontorcd tho ring, l and; KaufmaW wfia cheered..- Tho champion!] commenced, punishmg from tho 6tort, smiliiigl the while; ' Kaufman was alow: When thoV : gong went at.tho end of tho first round tha|j Califofnian tumbled. 1 At tho end of thol third round-he-was apparently a bcaton man.Jj In the fifth round Kaufman was on tho defensive, and was unable to get ati] the champion.' " ■ ■■■ • ■ ■] ' In the sixth round Johnson knocked Kauf-jj man through the ropes. Johnson was oom-i pteto master, and had ove'rything his way.' - ■ :';y. v' '/k: T^'- . In tho ninth, round Kaufman landed at smashing right on Johnson's stomach. / Thai champion fought;- wildly| but steadied. bint" A self, oppirient.;'' The crowd were cheering Johnson in tha Ui: tenth round, at.tho end of which tho wend- 1 - wor,o struggling on tho ropes. No damage*] was done. ,- - i : 4 J's; : ' Newspaper;'; men , declare'.that ' Johnsoji clearly out-pointod Ivaufman f.in- every ' QX'3; change., AH tho rounds were Johnson's. Thog Galifoiniun was unable to land on JohMon,! or to.avoid his .attacks. 1 , :-.■.:' .| : , Tho referco stated that Johnson ottt»J fought, out-hit, and out-gonerallcd Kaufman 8 • 'all/through.' The refcreo thinks that John-|,i Sim did not 'hok!' back in tho'. ninth round, \

;'#nd that in somo of tlio earlier rounds hof tried to finish' his, opponent. Kaufman was i no match for; the-champion. , | KAUFMAN®'SHORTCOMING.-' ' i] Kaufman's;, weight is given' at aboiit 1651b4 - ! 1 Johnson's at about 1951b,' Heighti Kaufman, -a oft.' lin, ;. Johnson, fist.. OJm. : Koufnhm , was born in San Francisco,-and is aged !S, right s* years, younger, than Johnson. . : ; Ivnutman is a, big, : cluiiYsy',boxer,l.too 6low :--V! to have any'chance with a clover man' lika . i Johnson in-a jihott bout., He, however, pos-l s6esos great staying power,'and- the critics have said all, along that his only chimce of -making i - any showing against, tho coloured chompionj ■ would ', ho in a match extending over fotty ,' v rounds. Jn : viow of the fact that a, twenty.,'' rounds bout was considered too abort for the big ' Calit'ornian to havo any, hope of suooess, tho result of the ten rounds nffair, reported in our * cable messages Was only to be expeotcdi Kanf. '' man's latest, efforts prior to-meeting Johnson 1 have been quito unebnvineing. He Is far away from champion form, his, only commendations' being his staying power ami'' a punch." Tho. latter, howover, is of very. - little use tb him so long as his opponent is fresh, owing to ICAuf.* m»n's slowness,and lock'of skill. Ilis method is to wear his man dojvn and thcu Uio his punch. . ■ ' '~ ■ , . It mil probably lie argMd again that Jolmson is not a hard httter.-scelng' thlit he must have hhd lwn(man timtichlly At hlg mtrcy ' ■ throughout, but yet could not knock him out It must be borne in mind, hoireVor, that Kauf. ' man can tako ftiot of punishment, MoHsAv^r' Johnson is very fond of "playing to thO gall lory, and he wmts-:further matches,' and tho softer they aro the better ho will enjoy him-