The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
JIM JEFFRIES Is
THE CHAMPION.
The Man Who Defeated Cor.
bett Fought Fast and Hard

bett Fought Fast and Hard
BUT WAS oUr-cLAssED.
New York, June 9.-James j.
Jeffries, another sturdy young giant,
has come ous OF the west to whip
champion pcgilists At the arena OF
The Coney Island Athletic club >tooigh'
he defeated Robert Fitzsimnons.
worlds champion, in two Glasses
fmidale-weight and heavy-weigh.) in
il rounds Of wbislwind fgbtiog. He
came to the ring rank outsider and
LEFT it the ACKNOWLEDGED master Of the
man he DEBATED. He vas never at any
time in serious danger, and after the
siza.up IN the earlier rounds OF the
confess, took the lead. he had the
Ans:raliao whipped from the ninth
round. Il was acknowledged that
Jefries would have an immense
advantage 10 weight, height and age,
but the thousands who tipped aud
backed his opponent to win were sure
that hs was SLOW aud that he would IN
sbas respect be absolutely at the mercy
of the past master at the science OF
fighting that be was to meet.
He proved, ca the contrary, that he
was iass as fast as the man he met
aud beat him down to unconscious
defeat in a fair fight. He is veritable
eian. ia stature and nsrvelously speedy
far his Immense s;za. Less than a
year ago he appeared in New York. a
great, awkward, ungainly boy. Today
he is the 1.-THE, active. trained athlete.
The men whe prepared him for his
fight worked wonders with him. They
sanghs him nearly perfect defense,
improved bis foot movement and
instructed him 10 the method of
inaie.ipg punishment. The transition
since ks appeared here last has been
little saors Of miraculous. At "a he
has defeated Robert Fi,zsimmops. Tom
sSharkey and Peter jackson, and If he
cares for himself will probably ba able
TO successfully defend the title foe many
years.
FITz AS GOOD AS BE EVER
WAS.
The defeated men vas just as good
as when on the crispy morning. on the
,plsips OF far away Nevada ne lowered
the oolors ct tho peerless Corbets. He
was JOS. as active, juss as clever, jnst as
tricky, and just as fearless Of punish
mea. he vent untalteriogly to bis
defeat. He was the aggressor even at
moments waeo he was bleeding aud
unsteady aud when stunned by the
blows he received he reeled Instructive
n towards bis opponent. He was
fighting oil the time aud punished bis
opponent, >bos found him different
opponent than any he had met and a
difficult wsn to 6ghs. Jeffries fought
from q csouehing attitude that was
hard to ges at. He held his head low.
hia back was bent down aud his left
arm vas extended. He kept jabbing
away with the left and found no trouble
10 landing is. 1t was there that his
superior reseh told That giaos arm
served as a sort CT human fender TO
ward off DAGGER. Hs showed an
excellent defense and che ability to use
both baads With skill He is game.
TOO, for he pever shraDk from his
punishment. IL vas great fight to
watch and conmeoced and ended amid
scenes of Intense excitement 1t was
all yery dramatic
The meo fought before crowd OF
6, 900 pessous ard s'ocd up 10 a great
beam Of binding white light Ii was
lie thousand caIciums and it showed
thei. great white bodies in strange
relief Wheo tbs blood came 1t was OF
an in,eoser red than usual There was
not suggestion of interference from
the police Chief Deva:y occupied
seat By the riogside bu' uever entered
the 1iog. when it vas all ovss he
seq: Capt. Ksong 10 80 clear the ring.
There was absolutely 90 confusion
attendants upon the assembling aoa
hoasiog of tie big crowd
There was very little betting Toefe
vas plenty OF uooey ready 90 both
sides, bu: nobody liked the odds. The
jefr:es people wao:ed Two for one fer
their collateral and the Fnzsimmoos
people were sios to give it. The great
house sled very slowly and it was
after 9 O'Clock bsfose the police bad to
bss,:s them selves aod clear the ais!es.
Jeff.ies was The >6ss. of the prioci
pals to appear He came through the