Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-07-07


SGt johnson drove In a wicked 2etS go tire
stomach, a moment batter he seat in two
left labs to the mouth. Aut Jegggss< sppar-
entity paid little attention 10 these blows.
The round ended in JchHs0n's favor and
with JssfrSeS' face bleeding In several
places
Round 2e--Not much life marked the
coming 70 the center Of the TissS, JoAnsoa
shot two LET'S 10 the head and followed
these with short arm right to the ear.
A so2g cltnce, mixed with wrestling feb
Gsr&Sr the body. The rasR confined them
selves mostly to 3nrsghtiUg and short
StTsaSS q wrestling. Johnson always On
;as sp Ss' tn, % eS s1 to ;ss q ,aS a.. SH TsSe
upper cut 70 the Jaw, Jegrvtes yelled
. Oh aCdtely, johnson pepseCea sway
with his left and clearly oUtboxe1 his
Delaney asked REckara TO watch the
gloves when the men were hctding 20 see
that they were not broken,
Round IA half minute wrestling with
out damage opened the round. and John
soR smashed IeSsr4sss twice again with
right and left to the Jaw, and the big
boiler maker fought desperately johnson
swung q terrific right. mora az an upper
cut. 10 the Jaw and followed with s clean
right uppeCcUt 10 the Jaw. and JefE-tcS al
most weakened johnson used left ana
right uppeTcQts again and again 20 the
iaF7, and with left and right 70 the Jaw,
and the blood SaOvtcd fr0ra JeCfvEes'
mouth IN scre2m- 1effries was bad
IL electrified the crowd by making round
end yaily> landing his right to the law &nd
. hard left 20 the body that brought the
crowd 10 it's feet, Johnson, however. had
a coed advantage.
Round is-The men clinched after the
black had missed hard leIt Tor the jaw.
re1latn'ns resStnF In this peS5S,Hn n@3 Ia
him with a straight left and short ar'n
upper cUt on the jaw, They fought breast
10 breast The black swung hard with a
Z HrE 49, A~gS al 49, kaavNfmxw
up s. conversation With IeTfr!Ss~ johnson
Slsvsrly blocked blows intended for the
body ana sent home straight lett TO
Ieftvles sore mouth, drawing blood
asresh. The negro shot a straight left 10
the face and then sent his mans head
hack foot with similar blows. 1eEtrioS
went to his corner splitting blood and Win
! hoUors against him IeTfTies' seconds were
uJ0!uous!y silent at this stage, On the 9TH
or hand the johnson corner thoroughly
hum0ed with life and hustle,
Round IS-The men fought without dam
age to a Clinch and wrestled about the
center Of the ring, johnson breaking that
up with vOiley of rights and ieSts TO the
face Sud mouth. He cleverly eVaded JEFF
fries clumsy attempts to land on the
body tearing loose hard let's ana rights
in quick succession on the Jaw and body,
Jeffries weakened at this stage, Il right
uppercut almost lifting him from the iioor,
He seemed ill at ease and the black
warred like 4 merCiless tuggernRnt, deal
| ing out severe punishment with every tap
| uppercut and moment later another
sptteful jah went to the mouth. Johnson
| placed his stomach within JefrrteS reach
and the negro declared "Ain't that a nice
| belly. why don't you hit lit" But Jim did
not. They closed in, Corbett begging his
man to be aware OF dangerous uppercuts.
| Jeffrtes' right eye seemed to be almost to-
! tally closed at this stage, Johnson sent in
some rapid fire left tahs to the mouth and
| the big white man shook his head. II am
as clever as you are, Jim" shouted john
Z aANMAW 8azNz N.w
change OF repartee followed. The round
! ended tamsly but Johnson had ell the
honors and Jeffries' seconds looked blue
Other i was nain to H Sl thst yefes S Sas
| IN distress. His face was puffed and bleed
| ing from the furnishing let's and rights he
had received. and his movements were
negro, sometimes crouching low, with his
left hand stuck out In front and some
times standing erect. STOPPING or erect, he
was a mark for Johnson'a~ accurately
driven blows Johnson simply waited for
| the big white man TO come In and chopped
! his face to pieces, They came into clmch
| after 8 feeble attempt by Jeffrtes 10 land
a left hand blow on the body, and as they
! broke away Johnson shot his left and
| right TO the Jaw In a fash. Jeffrtes stag
gered back against the ropes. His defcn-
sive power seemed to desert him IN an
| instant. Johnson went at him like a tiger
A rain Of LETS and rights delivered at
close quarters sent Jeffries reelirg blind
4
punches 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 out to the overhanging edge OF
| the platform. Resting on his launches
and right elbow, Jeffries looked around IN
A dazed way and got UP at the count or
nine
While he WA down Johnson stood al
most over hini<"lntil 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 clnch, but johnson eluded him and
south side Of the ring he jolted him twice
quickly. Jeffries sank to HIS knees. weak
and tired, but got up again at the count
of nine. 1t was then that JefYries' friends
began to call to Richard to stop the Nght,
stop IL; stop It," they shouted from all
sides. Don't let him be knocked out
Richard gave no heed TO these appeals.
Jeffries was helpless now, and as he stag
gered to a standing position the negro was
waiting for him left, right and an
other left shot, snappy; powerful blows.
went down for the third time. Again he
sprawled over the lower rope. hanging
half outside the ring. The Gmekeeper
raised and lowered his arm. toltinR off the
seconds He had reached the coHnt OF
seven when some Of Jeffrier' seconds put
foot inside the ropes and Richard walked
between the fallen man and the negro
champion. Placing his hand on John
sons shoulder he declared him the winner
While Jeffries was not counted out, this
was merely technical evasion. 1t was
evident that he could never have got up
inside 10 seconds.