The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-05

left is a joke" Jeffries stepped in and
shot straight left To Johnson's head. |
The crowd cheered. The pace was
slow with little damage done.
Negro Talks as He Fights.
Round 6.-Johnson sent In two stin
lefts To the face. one cut Jeffries'
cheek Again he lolled into "A clinch.
Jeffrles rushed, but missed "A left for
the body and cook left to the chest
instead Johnson kept up a running
flow of talk when they came to "A
elinch, but Jeffries calmly waded In.
lie missed Jack with left and took
left and right on the head. Johnson
shot left to Jeffries face and closed
Jeffries' right eye. Jack missed two
rights. Jenries' nose was bleeding. II
was Johnson's round.
Round Jack led with right and
u left and missed. Jeffres' eye was
badly swollen. He tried to draw
Johnson on but the negro declined.
Jeffries tried left for the body. He
missed 1t. He took a left on the head.
Jeffries hooked "A left To the head
Johnson laughed loudly. Johnson sent
i'm his left to the face twice at close
range. Jeffries bulled his way into
another clinch, but failed to land. He
drew Jacks lead and shot left to
the face. Jacks lips bled. In close
quarters Jack sent his left to the face
twice, and Jim's lip bled.
johnson Twits Corbett.
Round S.2"Come one Jeffrios," said
Johnson. Jeffries came on He got
left i'm the face. JEFF missed Jacks
body with a left. Hello, Jimmy" said
lack to Corbett, did you see that
one?" Jeffries got in left to the face
Cllnch. Come on, break" said Jet-
fries as Johnson held his glove. JEFF
fries missed twice with left and took
left on the face. Jack tried several
times to get i'm an uppercut. He fail-
ed. Johnson's blows were the snap
pier and cleaner.
Round 9.-"Make him fight, jim
yelled Corbctt. Never mind; just
wait" responded Johnson. johnson
tried left to the body. Jeffrics got
inside of it. He put his head against
Jacks chest and showed the black man
to the ropes. Jeffries seemed to be
awaiting an opportunity. Jack sho'
n left hard for the body but missed
] Jeffrics walked into two left Jabs ioi
| the face. No damage was done. lie
sent his left around under Jacks right
arm as they came together, his wrist
landing hard on the ribs. Johnson die
not appear to like II.
Jeff Tries to Use Weight.
Round 10.--Jack shot left to th'
face and Jeffries responded with lef'
to the body. Johnson again missed
lightning right to the jaw. TheN
cllnched. At close range johnson
sent a left uppercut to the mouth ana
as they broke, missed right Tor TN
Jaw. Jeffries seemed to want to wea
Jack out by bearing down upon hin
with his weight and showing MN
Jefries struck TO lefts to the face AM
got one Of the same kind. Jeffrie
took two lefts and shot a left to tn
body. Jeff appeared fresh and john
son also fresh, but the latter appeare'
less at ease.
Round 11.-Jcffries took a left on tn
face three times, but smiled and talke
10 Johnson in n clinch Johnson sen
| n stiff left uppercut to the face and
right to the body. He kept Jefrie
bobbing his head to escape right up
| percuts. In n clinch Jack sent tire
uppercuts to the face. Jeffries appear
ed to be tired. There was more snow
ing. Whey they broke, Jack hooked
left hard to the nose. Blood flowe
from Jeffries' lips and nose and he ap
peared to be slow compared wit
Johnson's snappy blows. 1t was de
cidedly Johnson's round.
Round 12-Jim looked for chanc
10 get inside the negroes impregnabl
defense. Jack waited. Then he shot
left to the face. Thought you sal
Won were going TO have me Wild" sal
Johnson to Corbett's taunts. Jeffrie
butted in till his head rested on tn
black mans shoulders and he the
tried to rip in body blow. The
, were blocked almost before they wer
started. The Negroes boxing dre'
cheers from the crowd. Jeffries wa
: forced into close quarters and got
+ left on his sore nose. His nose bic
2 freely and as he turned to take nj
5 seat, he spat out mass of blood. Jei
e fries was not worried apparently, an
/ looked fresh. Johnson seemed To Q
9 gaining confidence.
Negro Drives lightning Blows.
Round 1S.-Jeffries walked into
clinch without blow. Whey the
i broke, Johnson sent a left to the bod
and a right uppercut to the chi
stick there. jim" shouted Corbe
and jeff stuck until forced ava!
g Then he took two lefts and right vi
percut to the face. Holding him wit
. his right on the shoulder Johnson sci
4 in three lefts to the face In success
sion and then uppercutted to the fac
I Jeffries seemed to be tired and sloN
I lie could not solve the negro's dt
l Tense and took all the blows that can
q along. Jack swung a left to the rae
e and then calmly clinched. Jenri'