Evening journal., 1904-08-27

,n,o ms cna.r ,D.1cc ana uelpiess. his
seconds Immediately began working
)n him 70 frcshcn him, aud when he
came 70 realization that the fight had
gone against him he arose and. going
pver to referee Graney, began to pro
est. The huge crowd understood his
,rotcsting. and mighty volume Of
cerlng and kissing evidenced the sen
ment of the spectators many Of
whom had placed money on the miner
hat he would stay at least double the
number of rounds before the champion.
From the time the bell rang for the
commencement OF the battle to the
time that the coHnt of ten had been
uttered against Munroe onlv four min.
utes and forty-fvc seconds had elapsed
The eight demonstrated. If nothing else,
that the world has yet TO produce a
pugilist who will displace James JEFF
fries as champion Of the world.
A great throng witnessed the con
test Estimates Of the number in Mt
tendance range from 1000 TO 1900. and
il is believed that the gate receipts
VIII dpltoAluluit Hoo,NNN.
The miners showing was a disap-
pointment to those who had the conf
dence that he would at least repeat in
some degree his performance in Butte
when Jenries failed to put him out In
four rounds. In the first few moments
of the opening round he made some
show of aggressiyeness. but that he
was thoroughly scared was evident
from tho manner in which he broke
ground and awkwardly endeavOred to
guard himself when Jeffries advanced
toward him
Jeffries did not extend himself at any
time of the short contest nor did he
deliver blow that required the full
strength of his powerful arm. The
shots that sent the miner down were
Of the short arm variety that found
easy Judgement on the jaw Of the man
from Butte, but there must have been
terrific impact behind them. which was
shown by the way the 200 pounds Of
flesh went down with a thud on the
canvas
Jsffries Satisfies Old Grudge.
When the men had retired to their
dressing rooms Jeffries was surround.
ed by his friends and intimates. who
congratulated him on the speedy out
come Of his meeting with Munroe. JEFF
fries accepted the victory as matter
Of course and said:
IAN that I Gun say is that l am sur
lpf4sed at the speedy victory. 1t was
that left hook to the jaw in the first
round that did the work I guess he
felt few of those body blows also.
This fellow is not in Corbetts or Fitz-
simmons class ! wanted 10 give him
a good walloplng Maybe gave him o
few I ann only sorry l had not the
chance TO give a few more harder
knocks than | was able 10 do. ] admit
that have some bitterness against
Munroe. for it was through his friends
and from his camp that ! have beer
called cur Why. have trained as II
was going TO meet Corbett or Fitz
simmons. There was actually nothing
TO this fight"
SO utterly cresifallen was MunroG
over his crushing defeat that he begged
to be hurriedly taken away from MS
dressing room. and he was quickly
taken out Of the building. When asked
for a statement concerning the fight he
refused to be interviewed. saying that
he had nothing to say.
Referee Graney stated after the
fight:
"Jeffries is the greatest fighter that
ever entered the ring. and he put III
the best fight that I have ever seen.
don't know where they are going t
find a man to beat him."