The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-22

"hen ne had not only stayed two rounds
nue iiad landed on JEFF more frequently than
'he champion had on him. the crowd felt
satisfied that the local man would STAY.
Ihe crowd was not disappointed. and
"hen the gong struck. announcing the end
OF the fourth round. the crowd went Wild.
Never before in the history of the large
theater was there such shouting and jump
ing for 10y. 1t was with difficulty that
Referee Duncan Mcdonald could command
sufficient order to say:
Il give the decision to Munroe."
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
When the first gong struck, Munroe
opened proceedings by pushing JeffrIeSs
head back with stiff right jab on the nose.
The champion WINGED and got a left on the
head. He saw he was ptted versus man
who meant to try to stay four rounds and
he waded in. Munroe was not to be easily
found. however. and he delighted the crowd
by ceverly ducking vicious swings and get
ting away from hard leads.
Then came case of give and take, with
Munroe outpointing jeff all through that
round and the second round. Three times
did Munroe land on Jeff's jaw in the second
round and in rapid succession. jeff showed
that he was not in condition and began TO
pun.
Once In the second round, jeff showed
that he mad. and sent MunrOe to the
floor. but not with sufficient force to make
him quit. In the third round jeff showed
more championship form than at any time
during the go. He landed on Munroe's jaw
good and hard, and again the miner went
to the floor.
Twice after in that round Munroe went
down, and wisely took the count. He was
there not to whip jeff. but to stay four
rounds. and he used his head well. Some
times he clinched to save himself, but he
Invariably got the worst of the clinches. as
Jeff never failed to land on the body
After one of the clinches. Jeff got in
right swing on the stomach. and Munroe
went down to stay, had not the gong saved
him.
FOURTH AND LAST ROUND.
When the men came up for the fourth
round the crowd was wild with excitement
From all sides came cries of stick to him.
Jack-' and Jack was sticking. He never
once faltered or showed a sign of yei-
low No matter how much he was pun
Ished, he was always back at the cham
pion, and he landed often. Had he not been
so tired, he might have hurt JeH. AS IT
was. his blows lacked steam.
Jeff was going 1t desperately and taking
advice from the signs of Fftzsimmons, who
was in his corner. but to no purpose. Mum
roe would go down from punch, but
would come back again after the count in
wonderfully game fashion. At no time did
he chow a disposition TO quit though badly
punished
When time was called at the end of the
fourth round, Munroe was all in, but he
was a hero who had we'll won the tumul-
tous applause which greeted him.
CHAMPION CHALLENGES MINER.
After the bout was over, Manager Clark
Ball announced that If he could secure the
theater for a return engagement for Satur-
day night next, he would match Jeffries
against Munroe and agreed to forfeit $500
If the champion could not dispose of the
miner in four rounds.
Munroe is modest and takes his achieve
ment much as boy would accept applause
after some feat at stone throwing. He says
he believes he could have done better had
he not been afraid of jeff before going in
to the thing.
ONLY TWO BLOWS HURT
'As soon as found 1 could hit him."
said Munroe, 'I went after him. OF course
he landed on me several times, but he never
hurt me but twice. Once was when he got
me in the jaw and the other time was that
blow in the stomach, which made me sick.
II would not have got that stomach blow
If had thought he would hit in the clinch.