THE FIGHT AT RENO.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 866, 12 July 1910, Page 5

THE FIGHT AT RENO.

VIVID DESCRIPTION. 'Ihe fallowing extracts are from the special account ot tiiu JXeno fight cabled to tne byuuey "Keitiee":— Tile story of tiiu Jonnson-Jeffries fight neeus iitne telling. Jeuries was-never in it. Johnson was lar too clever, and fooled his opponent in every conceivable way. Tho uurns-Jomison iignt at byuney was a much superior spectacle. . Johnson continuauy torced th<) pace, and never tor a moment lost his extreme couiidcuce.

Ho landed left and right uppercuts, drovo straight lefts to the lace, and swung rights to the jaw :\s if he were exercisiDj,' with a punching bag.

Jeunes completely iost his tuish. Ho was a sadly uemoralised lighter. His muscles were very tiaccid, and ho was generally slow. Tho white man was content to clinch, and did so as long as Johnson allowed him to do so.

Befereo Tex Rickard was never called upon to interfere.

Ihe crj.vil >vas fair, thoig\ tho great majority showed signs of extreme dejection as the inferiority of Jeffries became appirent. Jeffries all through sh.r.ved as a mere novice compared with the big black. Johnson, however, fought a great battle, end gamely.

Tho usual American custom of taunting fighters was indulged in by ex-cham-pion J. J. -Corbett, from Jeffries' corner. This did not deter the black in tl.c least, and in addition to punishing Jeffries ho scored repeatedly with clever retorts to Corbett's jeering remarks. Jeffries' best blows were short rights to tho body, but few landed. He was badly marked, and his right eyo was closed. ••.

All through, Johnson, who was tho stronger of the two, threw Jeffries off without much difficulty when he had him close long enough to his liking. In the fevoath round Johnson could not restrain a desire to belittle the whito man, and taunted him continually. Jeffries then, and, in fact, throughout ihe light, remained serious. Chewing gum was the only occupation he allowed his mouth; but ho was always anxious to embrace the black.

Tho first signs of a break-up became evident m the tenth round. Jeffries was very shaky on returning to his corner. throughout the eleventh round till near the end the ex-boilorm alter was almost incapable of anything. He then livened somewhat, and "mixed" it a bit, but the gong interfered with an exciting situation:

Frequently during tho course of tho tattle Jeffries used his head illegally, and once cut Johnson's lip in doing so. The fifteenth (and last) round saw a great deal of clinching, and with tho blnck strong. He easily pushed Jeffries off, and once landed a light left to the mouth, nnd followed quickly with a right io tho jaw. Jeffries fell, nnd took the full count, but was allowed to stand up. Immediately he assumed the perpendicular Johnson coolly floored him again, nnd J?fl waa no sooner once more on his feet than (be black let'go another, and Jeffries stagg«ri>d to the opposite side of the ring, where ho fell. His seconds thereupon capitulated. Johnson proinisi-s Burns the first chance for the chiynnioinhin. ami will post 10.000 do nrs .£000) in New York. Vhe fight ml probnWy talto place in England. Mr. H. D. M'Tntosh has made a big offer to Johnson to manasre him for two years, olid it in liltrly that arrangements to that end will be completed.