The herald., 1898-03-01

that the fight was not all that had been
expected. Goddard trained at the club,
and was undoubtedly in the best of condi-
ton. Jeffries arrived here Sunday from
San Francisco, and there was no question
as to his being in the finest fettle.
PRELIMINARIES
The first preliminary was between the
heavyweights, Dan Long and Jones (col-
ored). The colored lad was the aggressor
from the start. Towards the end of the
round, after a clinch. Jones let out ter
rife left swing. landing squarely on the
point of Longs chin, and laying him fiat.
Long tried to recover at the tenth count,
but was unequal to the effort.
A little colored lad named Ben Maxwell
consented to take the place of Thompson,
who had sprained his ankle. and faced
Trimble for ten-round bout. The match
between these two was decidedly one-sid-
ed, the colored boy not being in the same
class with Trimble, being much less in
size and weight than his antagonist. The
first round between them was quite lively
but it was evident the colored boy would
have q hard go. In the second round
Trimble forced the colored boy, and clinch
after clinch followed, with but little re-
suit except number Of hard blows, which
the negro took we'll. The third round
opened with Trimble forcing things. Max
we'll, in order to avoid punishment, clinched
at every opportunity. The round was very
tame, Trimble having 1t his own way from
the beginning. From blow which could
not be seen plainly where 1t came from.
the colored boy went to the floor and was
counted out without any apparent effort
on his part to get to his feet.
JEFFRIEs-GODDAR
There was an intermission of twenty min
utes between the Maxwell Knockout (?)
and the fight of the evening. the heavy
weight contest for fifteen rounds between
was the first to enter the ring. He was
seconded by Joe Crossen, Dan Long and
8. Smith, brother of Solly Smith. James
Brown acted as his time-keeper. After sew
eral minutes Jeffries appeared, accompan-
led by his seconds, Billy Delaney, Charles
Jeffries and j. d. Burkhart At his ap-
pearance the Los Angeles heavyweight
was greeted with cheers, and he responded
to the applause by bowling to his friends.
He chose Charles Merry as his time
keeper. At first there was some dispute
as to how the men should fight. Goddard
seemed to want every advantage and in
sisted upon fighting in clinches, whether
one arm was free or not 1t was finally de-
cided that there must be clean break-aways
before blows were exchanged, and to this
Goddard, with apparent reluctance, agreed.
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referee, was 1874 pounds, and that of JEFF
fries was announced as 201, although he
looked twenty pounds heavier than his
adversary.
Promptly at s:5S time was called for the
first round. Both men were extremely
cautious. Goddard led left and right, land
ing lightly with both, but did no harm. JET
fries led with right and missed, following
1t Immediately with his left, landing over
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in the break-away there was light ex-
change Of blows, in which Goddard fell to
his knee. Again he fell to both knees. The
audience supposed something was the mat
ter with his shoes. for he seemed to trip
each time. AS soon as he arose the second
time Jeffries gave him stiff left punch in
the stomach, which was rapidly followed
by cross-counter, in which Jeffries land
ed heavily over the heart. Goddard began
sprinting, and the round closed with an
bther clinch.
: The second round opened with two appar-