The Springfield herald., 1910-07-08
NOT NOW CONSIDERED "THE
FIGHT OF the
CENTURY,"

counted out. he was saved only from
this browning shame by his friends
pleading with johnson not to hit tho
fallen man. and flinging the towel
into the ring from his corner. At the
end Of the fifteenth round. Referee
Tex Richard raised the black arm and
the great crowd filed out glum and 81
lent.
Jeff was dragged to his corner
bleeding from nose and mouth and
dozen cuts on the fuce. He had a
black, closed eye and swollen features
and he held his head in his hands,
dazed and incoherent.
Johnson walked out of the ring with
out mark on his body except slight
cut on his lip. which was the opening
Of wound received In training.
ROUND 1.-They advanced cautious
ly. Jeffries feinting with left. JEFF
fries again feints with left. Johnson
lands left to eye. Jeffries clinches.
Johnson forcing Jeff back Jeffries
sends left to head and then ducks I'M
der left and clinched. pounding short
ribs. Jeffries hooks left to head. duck
Ing Johnsons left. Clinch. Jeffries
smiling, johnson worried. jeff slipped
the cheek a second later. Clinched at
bell. Anybodys round.
ROUND johnson swings light left
and Jeffries catches 1t In ribs. An
other jab slightly marred his right eye
They spared. Jeff assumes the crouch;
ends slightly In Johnsons favor
ROUND 3-Johnson fell into a short
left to stomach. Clinched and they
break. Jack dashes left to nose. they
ciinch. Jack misses with right and left
uppercuts. Johnson tries with viciou.
clinches. Anybody's round.
ROUND 4-Johnson sent left to the
head. Jim blocked Jacks right to the
5osson hard s s to 'G head The
nose bleeding. JeffrIes goes into a
clinch. johnson sends right to kidneys
to head and took one in return. They
elinches. johnson went against the
ropes and took three jabs to the stom-
ach. Jeffries has a shade of this round.
ROUND 5-Jeffries PUSHES in with
light left to short ribs. They clinched.
bSe did n as" dama q They elIneh and
Jack worked left uppercut to jaw.
inns mouth was slightly cut. He
They were clinched at the bell. Even
round.
RouND s1Johns9n sen, three left
f }h"s W @r .s and break. Johnson sent
left to the face. Jeffries' face is cut
under the eye. They spar, and Jim
left. jolt to the ear and they clinehed
Jack swings heavy left to chin. They
clinch; In a furious rally i'm sent left
hook hard to the body and Jack replied
to Jeffries right eye. Almost COM
pletely closed. Jim bleeding at the
ROUND 7IJeffries comes out in his
LETS to head. They clinch. They broke
left to head. Jeffries clinched and they
broke without exchanging blows. Jim
bleeding freely. Johnson's round.
ROUND s-They spared at the open
ing and johnson Tented They rushed
into a clinch. and Jack hooked to the
lightly to the head and repeats a mo-
ment later. Johnson blocking beauti-
fully; In halfIelinSh. Jeffries pounds
lead and took it on the chest. They
elinch. and Jack sent left to stomach.
clinched at the bell. This round went
to johnson by slight shade.
ROUND. .9-They. clinch and Jeffrles
forced Jack around the ring, They
cool Jack PUSHES into hard right to
the stomach, Jeffries repeating a mo-
ment later. Johnson Iitnss tries left to face;
and they clinched. johnson backs away
from Jeffries and they clinch; At the
Jsffries' round.
ROUND 1o-They come together in
the center of the ring and Jeffries
forced johnson to back away. Jack
peated twice. Jim sent left to short
RIBS and In a clinch dueked under a
again and ash5 s5Sss tried dhs
head. but it lacked steam. They boxed.
sons round by slight shade.
ROUND 11-Johnson sends light
right to the ear and Jim laughs. They
ciinch and break without any ex-
to the face. Johnson. in a railv sent
hard right to head. and Jim took sew
son sent Jim's head back twice with
right uppercuts. He prods twice to the
face. Jim bleeding badly at the nose se
and mouth. Shade for Johnson.
ROUND, 12-Jim ducked under left
hook. Johnson clinched Jeffries tried
left to head. but missed. Jeffr.cs' right
sent three hard rights to the head. He
uppercuts to mouth with right and
hooked eye with left. He repeated left
and johnson stopped Jeff's lead for the
stomach and uppercut to mouth and
able margin.
Johnson hooked left to Jim's swollen
mouth, but missed left uppercut. He
ppppercut with right In the clinch. They
broke and Johnson sent three left inbs
TO the race, repeating a moment later.
he then sent left upIercut to the law
and hooked the ear with a right, Jef
fries, wobbly and his face covered with
blood Jack sends left to right eve and
repeats With a cross to the head. Joh,,-
appeared detected when he took bis
seat and shook his head in a doubtins
manner. b
~, ROUND 14-Jim came up very wenk
Ihey spar and Jack prods nose with
Ieit ana the blood flowed afresh They
clinched and broke without EXCHANGE
Johnson sent a light right to the hoSd
t they eIinched and Jeffries sends left to-
and replied with right hook 10 the ear
IN clinch he jabs face three tImes
with left. In half clinch lin fnhhsd
stomach. They break and .Iaris SO,
Two lefts TO nose. Johnson's round
ROUND 15-They came to n cII,,,
Johnson sent left to face Johnson ia ,,s
nose with left five times with n series
OF lefts and rights to the Jaw. TbsS
e came 70 clinch. johnson sent LETT ~
me taGe. Johnson iabs nose with a LETT
Jeffries down with a series of rio,S ;