Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-02
THE PUGILISTS.
BATTLE IN
 THE RING
Big Jack Johnson Could Not Put Out Little Peter Jack son - Battles at the Sharkey Club.

Baltimore, Dec 2.-Jack JonnsOn, the colored heavyweight. who was looked upon as a it oppoHent for Jim Jeffries until Marvin Hart beat him, fairly smothered Young Peter Jackson with all kinds of blows in a rattling twelve round bout before the Eureka A. O. of this city last night. Johnson was to have settled Jackson before the limit
 He failed, but only because Jackson would not stand up and fight. Jack son made excellent use of the ring and embraced to avoid Johnson's heavy lunges and rushes. Johnson tried to get Jackson to fight him, but to no avail. The result was a draw, accord ing to agreement, but on points John son won with much to spare.
 Johnson started hostilities, deter mined to end matters in a hurry, if possible. He rushed Jackson, planting rights and lefts to the wind and fore ing Jackson to cover up. Johnson shook Jackson up with hard right to the jaw as the round closed. Johnson did not give Jackson any breathing spell in the second. After missing two leads for the jaw Jackson tried to rough it, but Johnson staggered his man with a right hook. The referee went between the men in clinch and Jackson hit the referee.
 When they faced each other again Johnson sent Jackson through the ropes twice with straight lefts on the jaw. Johnson went after Jackson on the run in the third. Jackson seemed to be afraid and clinched often. When they were separated Johnson smashed Jackson with right and left. They mixed it up fercely, and the fighting was so hard and vicious that the crowd eheered. Johnson did all the forcing in the fourth and played for the kid neys. He was unable to catch Jack son with an effect because the latter covered up and crouched.
 Johnson was the aggressor fin the fifth and tried to make Jackson stand and fight by calling him quitter Jackson, though, kept dancing all over the ring. Johnson succeeded in land ing a few kidney blows at the bell. Jackson led for a brief period in the sixth, but Johnson brought him to the floor twice with left chops on the jaw and kidney smashes- When Peter arose the last time he roughed It with his antagonist.
 Jackson tried to inveigle Johnson into losing on a foul by going down on his knees repeatedly In the seventh. But Johnson was cautious and kept shooting home the left when he could. Johnson fought viciously in the eighth and Topped Peter to the floor with rixhf to the jaw. Jackson came back with straight lefts. but Johnson ham mered the body and head with rights His blows apparently had no effect or Jackson. who went to his corner very fresh and confident
 Jackson did some tall sprinting in the ninth and Johnson was unable to Iocate him, but in the tenth Johnson shot a hard left to the face. knocking Jaekson against the ropes. Jackson infulzed in unfair tactics by bnttinz Johnson In a mix-up- Johnssn tried ts shove Jackson of. but Peter would pct brHre. Manager Al Herf0rd rushed into the ring and the place vas In an uproar.
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