The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-07-07
JEFFRIES NO MATCH
n1 l FOR BIG NEGRO
Dolermakal 0ut-Fought From
Start and Knocked Re.
peatedIy Through Ropes.


Round Two.-Jeffries assumed
crouch and led with left. Johnson
jumped back and laughed. Johnson
scored with left to chin. They clinch-
ed. Johnson said Don't you rough
me-" and both laughed. Jeffries landed
left to jaw. Clinch followed. Jim
scored three let's to Jacks body and
blow to the mouth, which drew
blood. Jack missed right uppercut.
Clinch. Jeffries scored hard left TO
body and men clinched laughingly.
Johnson drove stiff left to Jeffries'
face and light uppercut to chin.
Clinch.
Round Three-Fightly slowly and
carefully. No lost motion. Jack missed
right swing and took left to body. In
the break the negro scored left to
Jim's eye. In-fighting followed, light
blows landed. Jack landed right up
percut. Jim forced pace and men
clinching when bell rings. Jack patted
Jim on back as they went to corner.
negro puinng naru.
Crowd Hoots Jeffries.
Round Four.-Jeifries clinches and
crowd boots Jeffries. Johnson returns
with left jab to head. men wrestling
in clinch. Joking with each other,
Jeffries scores left to body. Jack lands
uppercut to chin. Jim brings blood on
Jacks mouth again. Johnson laughs
at footwork. Negro lands right and
left to head. He then used kidney
punch, and Jeffries asks him what he's
doing. Johnson drives left to face.
Jim lands left TO body and ear. Be-
tween rounds Jeffries in corner joking
with seconds. while Jack nurses cut
lip.
Round Five.-Men started light
sparring; Jeffries goes to clinch. FL
nally breaks. Jack rips in hard left TO
body. Jeffries laughs. IN clinch Jack
lands two right uppercuts. Jeifries' lip
bleeding. Savage left hook to jaw
brings blood in streams and Jeffries
goes to clinch. in which Jeffries hooks
Johnson with left and both land lefts.
Jeffries forces Jack to give ground.
Jeffries lands light left to Jacks
mouth. bringing more blood. Clinch.
Waking around as ben rang. AZ this
point neither man had scored decisive
blow. although Jeffries fighting easiest
Round Six.-Jack opens with three
lefts to Jeffries' face and they clinch.
Both missed swings and clinched. JEFF.
fries was inclined to force lighting.
johnson caught him with right thar
cut cheek. Jack scored left to body.
They clinched. Jeffries rushed John
son and Jack landed right TO stomach.
Jeffries lands two on face; negro
t.oke from clinch and scored hard
blow on nose: repeated II a second
later. Jim's nose bleeding: blow on
eye causes IL 70 swell. At ben they
clinch. Jack had better Of this round.
Round Seyen.-Jeffries looks for
opening. Jim's right eye partly closed.
bothers him. rubbing with his glove.
Jack missed left and they clinch; Jim
tried left hook. Jack blocks II. Jack
laughs. They clinch. Negro sends hool.
to nose; blow brought blood flowing
from Jeffries' nostrils. Negro landed
three left hooks In clinch and pushed
Jim away with angry growl. Jim
crouches, johnson blocks his left lead.
AS they broke from a clinch Johnson
scored left hook to Jim's bad eye and
bell rang. In his corner Jack remarked
that Jim had come back too late.
johnson outboxes Jeffries.
Round Eight-Jeffries rushed John.
son says: Come right In" In clinch
negro slipped left hook to head. He
was outboxing Jim and caught him
right hard to Jaw. Jack missed left
jab. Jim scored right to body. Jim
dueked left hook. which caught him in
the chest. In clinch Jack lands two
rights TO stomach. Clinching. Jack
lands left TO mouth and left 10 Kid.
neys. Jim tried left hook. which missed
Jack by six inches. The men seem ex.
tremely friendly and talk and Joke
constantly Jack blocks blow and looks
20 crowd for applause. Bell. As usual.
the bell found the two big fellows
locked In ciineh and walking slowly
about ring.
Round Nine.-They clinch. Jack
says Come on and Jim drove stiff
left 70 body and crowd heard him
grunt. clinch. In clinch Jim lands
right on body and the negro grunts.
He then put In the lefts 10 Jeffries'
face and blood came from the white
man. Bell found them sparring. John.
son appeared puzzled that his blows
had so little effect and is studying him
from bis corner. Up % this point
Richard had nothing to do except walk
around the ring
Round Ten.-Jearies didn't rush
this time. Instead he came up slowly
and spared for an opening. Johnson
became careless for a moment and
Jeffries raped him in the ribs with q
left Johnson stepped 10 close quarters
and Tented wish great skill. Then.
catching Jeffries unawares. he planted
a right hook On the Jaw. where,Ipon
both men laughed good naturedly For
minute neither landed blow Of any
kind. but finally Johnson slipped .
left over 20 Jeffries' ear and received
hard cross counter on the mouth
that drew more blood. In more eiinch