The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-05
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ters Jen shot two rights TO t.lo body. to
which Johnson responded with a left
uppercut.
He cut Jefr's lips a bit. Johnson. a
moment later drove his right to the
Jaw and then followed It with two left
uppercuts TO the Same place. Johnson
left TO the mouth and they eased up In a
clinch. Both men were bleeding from
the mouth. Suddenly JEFF sent the blacks
the mouth.
johnson looked a bit serious as he took
his seat In the corner. Jen was given
this round. but no serious damage was
Failure as Mixer.
Round Sim going TO mix It with
him." said Jen to his seconds. A left
shot from the champions shoulder and
ringslde fan asked Johnson IL he
would like drink. Too much on hand
now" replied the champion. and he
whites jaw. Jefr waded In, but was met
with nasty left uppercut that closed
Johnson followed with two similar
punches and the blood spurted from the
| retired champions nose as he took his
seat when the bell ended the round.
damaged optic. Johnson's round.
| Round Jeff came UP with ferocious
frown and they closed in. A long spar
| ring bee followed without a blow being
struck. Johnson meanwhile carefully
primed himself for opening, Although
Jen's eye was badly bruised, he never
lost his poise Johnson laughed sarcas-
| tically at Jeff and esssyed a right swing
at close quarters. The men locked In an
embrace. Johnson jolted his man three
| times over the damaged eyo and followed
with right uppercut TO the Jaw.
! JcfT stopped Johnson's chickering's with
a straight right 10 the jaw, but the black
countered with left and right TO Jeft's
honors on, Johnson's side and Jeffries
looked badly cut as he took his chair
Round s,-As Jeff rushed in the black
drove a left TO the mouth. and shortly
after shot in two straight lefts TO the
! face that carried considerable force be-
hind them; Hello. Jimmy shouted the
negro, Did you see that one?" As they
closed. in without, damage Jeff shouted.
| Break away Johnson!" But Johnson
didn't break and continued his Joking.
and Jef sent vicious left swing u his
jaw.
Jeftries worked in two rights to the
body without damage. Jeft pushed his
| ing a rather featureslcss session
! Round 9.-Johuson kept constant
! conversation In his corner before coming
up TO the scratch in the center. He
| hooked his left TO Jcff's face with great
| force and continued 10 hurl the thricely
| framed sentences at Jim Corbett. john
son hooked another left TO the jaw that
carried with II n world OF power. After
Jerf had butted with his head. Johnson
flung his left TO the stomach and they
went into a friendly clnch.
homo n wicked left full tilt IN the stom-
ach. A moment later he sent I'm two
left jahs to the mouth and eye. but ,Jefi
apparently paid little attention 10 these
blows The round ended in Johnsons
favor and with Jefrs face bleeding from
several places.
Beginning Of the End.
Round lO.-Not much lifo marked the
coming TO the center OF the ring John
son shot two lefts to tho head and fol-
lowed these with short arm right
to the ear. A long cllnch. mixed with
wrestling. followed. Jefr then swung his
fined themselves mostly to infighting and
short streaks OF wrestling. Johnson al
ways on the lookout 70 land an uppercut.
Johnson whipped two lefts 20 the Jaw
and right uppercut 10 the jaw.
Johnson peppered away with his loft
and clearly outboXed his burly opponent.
Rickard 10 watch tho gloves when the
men were holding to see that &hey were
not broken,
Round ia half minutes wrestling
bee, without damage. opened the round
and Johnson smashed Jcfr time and time
again with left and right 10 the Jaw and
the big boiler maker fought back wildly
johnson swung a terrific right and then
an uppercut To the jaw. and followed
this with n clean right upperCut to the
Jaw. and Jen almost weakened John
son employed left and right uppercuts
again and again to the Jaw. and varied
this with left and right swings 10 the
Jaw and tho blood spoutcd from Jeh' 4
mouth In n stream.
lie was a bad looking sight at this
stage, but he suddenly electrified the
crowd by making round end rally.
landing his right 10 the Jaw and hard
left TO the body that brought tho crowd
10 its feet Johnson. however. had a
good advantage,
Round l2-Tho men cllnched after tho
black had missed hard left for the jaw.
! remaining In this position half n minute.
AS Jeir rushed In. Johnson met him with
n straight left and q right uppercut on
the Jaw. with tho men hreast 10 breast.
the black swung hard with LETT 20 the
body and face, all the time keeping up
a conversation with Corbett. Johnson
cleverly blocked blows intended for the
the sore mouth
JEFF Bleeding Badly.
This started tho blood afresh. The
negro shot "A straight left to the face
and then sent his mans head back a
foot with similar blows. Jeft went 10
his corner splitting blood and with the
honors against him. Jef1 8 SECONDS We're
ominously quiet at this stage On the
other hand the Johnson corner was Wild
Round 13,-Tho men fought without
damage 10 clinch and wrestled about
the center OF the ring, Johnson breakinS
n up with n volley OF rights and lefts
To The face and mouth. lie clcvcrly
: lthe body and. cutting loose. landed LETT