JOHNSON-JEFFRIES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10033, 6 July 1910, Page 5

JOHNSON-JEFFRIES.

Received July, 5 2.10 p.m. RENO, July 4 Johnson won the fight in fifteen rounds. Jeffries' seconds were Corbett, Att'l, Choynski, Bob Armstrong, Eugene Vancourt, Farmer, and Buni3. Johnson's seconds were Bill Delaney, Al "Kaufmann, George Cotton, Don Drury Dave Mill?, and Harry Foley. Johnson's timekeeper was Stanley Ketchell. In the beginning of the first round the two men refused to shake hands, and, after much sparring, Johnson shot his left into Jeffries' face, clinched, and "roughed" at close quarters, the negro continually hitting his man in the face. This was a tame round, in which the honours Were even. In the second round Jeffries held on to Johnson, clouting his risht into his face. J.ffries slso sent his right into the negro's stomach, Jonnson retaliating with two upper cuts. Third Round: Johnson landed his right on the stomach, and his left twice in the face. The men closed in, and Johnson upper cut and blocked Jeffries. When separated Johnson hit out three times with his left in the face, and a long clinch followed, j Johnson won this round on points. ! Fourth Round: Johnson started! rushing away, and hit Jeffries in the face, and mouth, and drew blood. I Jeffries sent his right on to Johnson a mouth, and furced tne negro to the ropes. Several punches were landed on Johnson, who drove his right onto the jaw, and Jeffries bad the best of the round. Fifth Round: Johnson talked vol-1 übly, wrestling at close quarters. Jeffries got a hit twice onto the body, I and both men were bleeding at the mouth. Jeffries sent the negro's head back a foot with a straight left, which made Johnson look serious. Sixth round: Johnson landed three lefts, drawing blood irom the cheek, and fighting cautiously. He followed with three upper cuts. Jeffries waded in, but met with a nasty uppercut, which closed his right eye. and two more drew blood from Jeffries' noae. Johnson had the best of the rouod. Seventh Round : The men sparred for a while, and then had a long clinch. Johnson three times hit Jeffries' damaged eye, and got an upper cut onto the jaw. This was followed by blows by Jeffries on the jaw and Johnson again hit left and right to Jeffries' face. Eighth Round: Jeffries rushed and landed twice on the negro's fare, witbout.damage. He also landed two body blows, and the honours were even.

Ninth Round: Johnson was still talkative, and hit a powerful left on to tne jaw, Jeffries butted and clinched. Jeffries crouched, and the negro drove a wicked left into his stomach, two jabs following to the mouth, and eye. Jeffries d:d not seem to mind. Johnson had the best of this round. Tenth Round: Johnson landed twice on the head, and a clinch followed,, with much in-fighting and wrestling. Johnson landed two ietts to the jaw of Jeffries. Amid yells Johnson peppered Jeffries in the body, outboxing his opponent. Eleventh Round: Johnson was hitting often, and Jeffries fighting wild ly. The negro uppercut his man frequently. Jeffries, though bleeding in a stream from the mouth, and looking bad, electrified the. crowd by rallying, and landing hits on the jaw and body. At the beginning oi the twelfth round the men clinched, and after the negro misled a swing to the jaw, Jeffries rusned in and was met with a straight breast to breast. Johnson swung hard left 3 on the body and face, and was still talkative. He blocked Jpffiies body , blows, and landed his right on the mouth, starting Jeffries bleeding afresh. He also shot several lefts into his opponent's face, sending Jeffries' head back a foot. The latter went to hin corner spitting blood. Thirteenth round: This round commenced with clinching and wrestling in the centre of the ring, which did no daroaae to either, but Johnson, breaking away wilh rights and lefts or the face and mouth, cleverly evaded Jeffries' clumsy attempts to reach him. The negro broke loose, and sent many blows from either hand on the jaw and body Jeffries had now visibly'weakened, and a right uppercut almost lifted him from the floor, and he seemed, all at sea. Fourteenth Round: Johnson landed a straight left as they met. followed by a jab on the mouth. The , negro amused himself by taunting

NEGRO WINS IN FIFTEEN ROUNDS. JEFFRIES SEVERELY PUNISHED. JOHUSON FRESH AND TAII^TIKtf. " SPEAKS AT HIM LIKE A TIGER." A FURIOUS FINISH.

' Jeffries to "ilose in." Corbett yelljed to the latter to beware of the upper cuts. Jeffries' eye was almost closed. Johnson landed repeatedly on the mouth, and Jeffries shook his head. "Clever as you, Jim," snouttd.the negro to Corbett, as his blows took effect again and again. The lourd ended tamely, Johnson having all the honours. Fifteenth Round: The.last round opened with a clinch, end then the negro rushed Jeffries to the ropes, Mid 'eft him hanging over them. The seconds rushed into the ring before the timekeeper could finish counting Jeffries out, and Johnson still remained the heavy-weight champion of the world, having knocked Jeffries out in the fifteenth round. From the beginning of the thirteenth round the experts at the ringside passed the verdict that Jeffries must simply stay and nnt fight if he hoped to have a chance to stay the limit. The fight was one sided from the start. The negro blocked the oldchampion's blows at every stage of the game, and punished him severely in the last five rounds. In the last round Johnson went at Jeffries savagely, and in quick succession delivered three knock down blows, Jeffrie* each time falliDg against or on to ihe ropes. As Jeffries staggered for a foothold after being sent to the floor for the third time, Johnson sprang at him like a tiger, and with a succession of lefts on the jaw, sent him down and out. As Jeffries was helped to his corner he aaid, "I am not a good fighter any longer. 1 couldn't come back, boys; I could not come back. Ask Johnson if he will give me his gloves. As Jeffries hung over the ropes, hundreds of his friends rushed in close, crying, "Don't Jet the old man get knocked out," but the timekeeper was inexorable, and the coant went on. When seven was reached it was evident Jeffries was finished, and hundreds of persons then broke through the ropes, and the timekeeper, Harting, scurried I from the ring into the crowd. Jeffries was picked up by his : brother and Corbett. and carried to | his corner, daz d, Johnson stood in ; the centre and received congratula- , tiona. At first he would not shake hands, but later he went over to , Jeffries' corner, but Corbett waved '; him away. John L, Sullivan was the first to j congratulate him in his corner. Jeffries vas taken to his training ' camp at \loana Springs after the battle.

CROWDS WAITING IN LONDON. SPECIAL POLICE NECESSARY. Received July 5, 11 p.m LONDON, July 5, Vast crowds assembled in Fleet Street at nine o'clock, and watched the progress cf the fight by means of bulletins issued at the newspaper offices, special police were on duty, and had a difficulty in controlling the large and excited crowds. Partisans of ,the champions cheered at every point. The theatres and music balls were packed, and the details of each round were cheered until closing, when the audiences flocked into the streets, and ysgerly purchased special editions of the newspapers. Siimlar scenes occurred in the suburbs. of the provincial towns, the newspapers devoting columns of description to the fight, but Jeffries' failure to win generally diminished the popular interest. The Daily News says:—"lt seems strange that the most sacred day in the [Uniitcd States civil calendar should he celebrated before tha world by the moat nakedly commercial prize fight in the history of pugilism."'