The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-07-08
JEFFRIES KNOCKED OUT
NEGRO RETAINS TITLE WORLDS
CHAMPION HEAVYWEIGHT.
jeff Wasn't Even the Ghost Of His
Old SeH-Never Has Such q
Sight Been Seen.

Reno. Nev.-The vital spark was
not there.
Jim Jeffries, only the empty shell
Of the great fighter of seven years
ago was whipped by Jack Johnson
Monday afternoon before the most re-
markable assemblage of sporting men
ever gathered together In the history
OF the game.
jeff did not display a semblance OF
his old time form. There were none
of his short, determined rushes; none
of his trip hammer blows to the body,
and when after the fifth round the ne
gro began handling JEFF in the clinch
and easily blocking any attempt at
retaliation, there was nothing to DO
but wait for the end Of the fight.
Instead of the old Jeff, we had a mar
who ducked and clinched and fun
bled away with both hands in the
clinches. while the negro systematlcal-
ly and methodically whipped up either
hand to the face, bringing the blood
in streams.
Johnson came up swiftly, his lips
parted and his eyes shifting from side
to side There was no smile on his
face and he forgot to nod to his
friends at the ringside. Once he led
with his left and the two men came
together, locking arms in a cllnch.
Jeffries hung on for a few seconds
and then disentangled himself, back
ing slowly away toward the west side
of the ring and toward his own cor
ner.
Johnson followed with left extend
ed. Again the men clinched and this
time jeff came to a halt with the up
per rope across his back This time
clinch, and as he did SO he drove the
right hand to the body, following 1t
Immediately with a left to the point
Of the chin. Jeffries' hands dropped
at his sides and he bent double, SLOW
ly ~collapsing to a sitting position. He
tried to rise, but fell over backward,
half in and half out of the ring, his
legs over the lower rope.
Jack Jeffries moved over, and plac-
ing his arms under his brothers
shoulder, helped him back into the
ring. Jeff was helpless and stagger'
ing, and just as his knees cleared the
floor, Johnson stepped forward to de-
liver a right to the jaw, but Richard
pushed the negro aside. JEFF swayed
over toward his corne and Johnson
stepped in with a deliberate jaw
punch which sent the white man down
for the second count.
Fifteenth Round-When the men
faced each other, it vas plain to all
that Jeffries was in distress. His face
was puffed and bleeding from the
furnishing let's and rights he had re-
ceived, and his movements were Ian
guild. He shambled after the elusive
negro. sometimes crOuching low, with
his left hand stuck out in front, and
sometimes standing erect. STOPPING
or erect, he was a mark for Johnson'S
accurately driven blows. Johnson SIM
ply waited for the big man to come
in, and chopped hi3 face 10 pieces.
JeffrieS staggered back against the
ropes. His defensive power seemed
to desert him in an instant. IonnsoI'
went at him like a panther. A rain
of let's and rights delivered at close
quarters SEN Jeffries Keeling blindly.
Another series of short, snappy blows,
and the big white giant went down for
the first time in his ring career. He
fell under the top rope, over the
lower one, and on to the o~verhanglng
of the platform. Resting on his
launches and right elbow, Jeffrles
looked around in a dazed way, and got
I'D at the count Of nine. While he
was down Johnson stood almost over
him until Richard waved him back.
He stood ready to strike, and when
.Jeffries arose from his knees he
dashed in again. JeffrieS reeled about
and tried to clinch, but Johnson elud-
ed him, and as the old champion
! swung around to the south side OF
the ring he jolted him twice Ou the
jaw. Jeffries sank to his knees, weak
and tired, but got up again at the
count of nine. 1t was then that JET,
| fries friends began to call to Richard
to stop the fight.
Richard gave no heed to these ap,
peals. Jeffries was helpless now. and
as he staggered to a standing posi-.
ton the negro was waiting tor him
A left, a right and another left
short, snappy blows-found their
mark on Jeffries' chin, and he went
down for the third time. Again he
sprawled over the lower rope, hang
ing half outside the ring. The time
keeper raised and lowered his arm
tolling off the seconds. He had
reached the count of seven when one
of Jeffries' seconds put his foot In
side the ropes and Richard walked
between the fallen man and the negro
champion. Placing his mana OF John
sons shoulder, he declared him the
winner. While Jeffries was not count
ed out this was merely a technical
evasion. It was evident that ne coul
never have got up inside of ten sec
onds.