Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-01
Champion Jeffries Had Easy
Time with Jack
Munroe.
MINER VERY AMATEORISH
MunrOc Made Such n Poor Showing
That Great ThrOng IIOOtcd Him
saw Sure Result Of Fight
In Very First Hound
A $2J,OOO House.

San Francisco, Aug. 26.-Iike the veriest
amateur in the prize ring, Jack Munroc
of Butte, Mont, went down and out he
fore Champion james Jcffries to-right in
the second round. rho man from the min
ing district made such an extremely sorry
showing that the great throug in Me-
hanics pavilion roundly hootcd him as
he protested to Referee Graney aSaitSt
tho decision that had been given in favor
of Jeffrics.
The two giants had not been in the ring
two minutes when 1t was foresccn that
the aspirations of Munroe would be quick
~ disposed Of The miner vas scared and
awkward and Jetfrics in the FIRST round
had him twice on the canvass taking the
count
J,Trics directed his bomba~dmcnt
against the stomach Of his opponent and
each shot was followed by t. blow OIL tho
| jaw that scrt Munroe to his knees. JeH-
RIGS went back to his corner after tln'
opening round with a snccr and Il laugh
on his swarthy face, while Munroe sec
ends busted themselves with smelling
| salts and restoratlVes
| When the two came together for the
SO cond round the laugh on the champion s
| visare changed to II look of dctcrm natlon
| that BODIED i'll to the miner
FOUGHT AFTER KNOCK OUT.
Forty-five seconds after the gong sound
cd Munroe was lying on the floor, bloody
bruised mass of humanity, with Jefrics
standing over him, ready, If necessary 10
put the quictus on the championship am
| bitiouS of his adversary. The min r was
too dazcd to rise to his feet and the tune
! ueepcrS counted him out, but the husky
man from southern California did rot un-
dcrstand that the victory was already rs,
! nor could MunrOe realize that ms y lSllls-
tic star had so early set and the two
mon in a moment or two. were facing
ono another and Jeffries landed terrific
| blow on the jaw of his staggering OPP
! poncnt IT was at this time that Graney
| came forward and ordered Jeffrles away
telling him that the fight was ended in
| his favor Munroe tottercd to his corner
with blood streaming from his face and
fell into his chair dazed and helpless.
| His seconds Immediately began work
ing to freshen him and when he came to
! a realization that the fight had gone
against him he arose and, going over to
Referee Grancy, began to protest. The
huge crowd understood his protesting and
Il mighty volume of jeering and hisslhS
evidenced the sentiment of the spectators,
many of whom had placed money ON the
| miner that he would stay at least double
the number of rounds before the cham
pion
From the time the bell rang Cor the
commencement of the battle to the tim"
against Munroe only four minutes and Il
seconds had elapsed. The fight DEM
onstratcd if nothing else, that the world
has yet to produce a puglist who VIII dls-
plac. james Jcffrics as champion of the
world.
A great thronS witnessed the contest
Estimates of the number in attend lnco
range from 7.oo0 To 1000, and it is be-
licvcd that the gate receipts will approN'-
mate $3J 0po
MUNROE THOROUGHLY SCARED.
In the first few moments in the open
ing round Munroe made some show OF
Inconsistencies but that he WAS thor
oughly scared Was evident from the
manner in which he broke ground an,
awkardly endcavorcd TO guard himself
when Jcffrios advanced toward him.
Jenrics did not extend himself at any
time OF the short contest nor did he de
liver a blow that required the full
strength Of his powerful arm. The shot:
that sent the miner down were of th'
short arm variety that found easy lodg
= ment on Munroe's jaw hut there mus
have been terrific impact behind then
which was shown by the way the 9'
pounds of flesh went down.
So utterly crcstfallcn was Munroe over
his crushing defeat that he begged TO be
hurrcdly taken away from his dressnl
room and he WAS quickly taken out o.
the building. He refused to be inter
viewed.
\ $4,000 crowd witnessed the fight
but the thronG was not up to the san
Francisco standard.