The record-union., 1898-03-23

out Could Net Land Hard
Enough to Stop the Rushes Of
His Younger and Stronger An
tagonist.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22.-Jim
Jeffries of Los Angeles easily defeated
Peter jackson in the third round to-
night at Woodwards Pavilion. Jackson
did not make much of showing after
the first round He displayed some of
his old time cleverness in ducking and
! jabblng with his left, but could not land
/ hard enough to stop the PUSHES OF his
younger and stronger antagonist. jeff
ries showed considerable Improvement
! in cleverness, using his hands with both
| judgment and precision
The second round was lively until
Peter got a hard left swing on the jaw
which sent him down on his back. He
arose, only to go down again from the
same blow, and was saved by the gong
sounding time.
jackson came up looking fairly fresh
in the third round, but soon received a
hard left on the jaw, which made him
Z
other blow from Jeffries sent him
against the ropes, where he hung, un-
able to lift his hands. Jeffries magnani-
nously stepped back awaiting the re-
covery of his opponent, but as Peter was
plainly out, the referee stepped between
them and declared Jeffries the winner.
The appearance of such hstlc celebfI-
ties as Fitzsimmons and Corbett would
toy.
crowd than that which assembled at
Woodward's Pavilion tonight. 1t was
/ full exemplifcation Of the adaSe, as
applied to matters pugilistic, The big
ger the men, the bigger the crowd.
Jackson is popular in San Francisco.
In fact, he has always been popular with
the sporting public OF TINS city Since
when on March y, 1891, he fought the
memorable battle of I'll rounds with JIM
Corbett. His clevernesS, gameness anu
his sportsman1ike conduct on that ana
subsequent occasions gave him standing
With the patrons of fistana second 10
none During all these recent years of
/ idleness, and some say, consideraple ol5-
sipation, Jackson has lost none Oh ms
popularity, and when the big colored
boxer announced his determination to
again enter the arena and contest win
the younger men who have come 1or-
ward in the last two years, his decision
was hailed with delight by his admir-
ers.
Some feared Jackson could not condi-
ton himself to withstand the nara
knocks of actual battle, but his splendid
work in practice dispelled all such fears,
and Jackson again became a factor IN
the championship question. The puohc
o1!icl1lv came to realize that great con-
fest was to be decided, and tonight they
noured into the big building, packing II
from roof to pit, blocking the streets III
the vicinity of the building to such an
extent that all traffic was suspehoed
from 7:3O until $50 o'clock.
Profting by their experience Win tiie
bowling. surging mob on the OCCASION
! of Tho Wolcott battle, the ponce
| u,are ont in adequate numbers to-nlght.
| A now entrance to the building had
| hoon onanad TO the seats on the lower
| aoor and around this and the two
| doo,,s leading TO the galleries the po-
lice formed a Gordon extending lor d
block in either direction on valencia
street. in order to keep back the nom
ticket holders and the mob of curiosity
seekers and hangers-on, many OIL
whom were seeking through every con-
ceivable excuse to gain admittance.
| All seats were sold at 8 o'clock, and
those who failed to provide themselves
with the pasteboards earlier were con-
fronted with closed doors when they
sought to purchase them. 1t is estl-
mated that 25.000 people were outside
the building during the progress OF the
fight
Inside the big Pavilion, the largest at
present available in the city, men We're
racked like sardines. Every seat was
occupied, while the aisles were filled
and a human wainscoting skirted the
walls of the entire building. Scarcely
less than 5000 men were within the
walls when time was called.
THE BATTLE WAS SHORT.
At % m. Jeffries came into the ring,
seconded by Billy Delaney, Dewitt Van
Court and Spider Kelly. Jeffries chose
tine northwest corner of the ring. He
was Justify cheered.
The house went wild when at 9:03
Jackson stepped into the ring. followed
by Patsy Corrigan, Henry White and
Young Mitchell.
men to the center of the ring and in
structed them.
At $40 p. m. the gong sounded and
the men came up quickly, with jack
son on the aggressive, feeling of JEFF
fries. Jeffries led with his left, but fell
short Jeffries rushed and led with his
left. but Peter duclzed it. Jeffries
landed a light right on the body, and
got the same blow in return. Jeffries
missed a left swing for the body and
landed lightly on the head. Peter put
a straight left on the body. Peter land
| ed a right on the body. a. left on the
/ face and a right over the heart in rapid
succession. Jackson jabbed Jeffries
hard in the face. Jeffries put a hard
left on the body. Jackson put two
good right blows on the body as the
round ended
Round 2-Jeffries missed a giant
swing for the body. and was jabbed in
the face with a left. Jeffries put a
good left on the head. and clinched.
Peter came in close. and put short
| right -arm blow over the heart, and
Jeffries clinched Jackson jabbed JEFF
fries hard on the mouth with his left,
drawing a little blood. Jeffries rushed,
but Peter cleyerly got under his swing