Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-05
Jeffries, Unable to Come Back,
Is Beaten Early
in Fight.


ROUND ONE-When the gong rang
the men came out Of their corners
slowly. sizing each other up for fully
ten seconds. They presented a rare pic
ture to the crowd. jeff was the first to
display agility. He tented with his left
but johnson, c~ool-headed. simply step
ped to one side end planted a light left
squarely on the boilermaker's eye. As
he did so, Jeffries lunged forward with
a left hook and Johnson. catching the
blow In the air with his right, stepped
nto a long. hard clinch. AS they were
locked Jeffries grinned confidently over
the negro's shoulder just before the
referee made them break way. Then
Johnson. shutting in boldly. tried two
lefts that went whizzing straight for
Jeff's jaw, but in each instance the
white man threw up his huge shoulder
and the blows were blocked. Then fol-
lowed a clinch in which jeff with a
hand free pounded the negro In the kid
neys. Again the men broke away JEFF
with sudden aggr~essiveness, then cut
loose a right for the heart, at the same
time sending yer a right hook for the
jaw. Both blows landed but they did
not do much damage. Quick as a flash
the negro started a left for the boiler
makers face, but Jeffries with agility
slipped inside of the punch and they
were clinched at the bell. Round about
even.
ROUND TWO-As the men came
up from their chairs Jeffries, as serious
as a preacher, assumed his old crouch.
He stuck out his left like a stiff crow
bar keeping his right moving up and
down in front of his short ribs.
Shutting toward the confident negro,
jeff sent his powerful left in the direc-
ton of Johnson's head. Johnson grim
ming from ear to ear was watching
for this and stepped back out of harms
way In such a ann that JEFF seemed
annoyed. Then. dancing IN suddenly
and catching JEFF unawares. the negro
dropped a left hook in chopptng style
on the chin. 1t was not a powerful
blow but a sort of a feeler. and when
Johnson stepped back from a danger
GUS swing he laughed again. In came
jeff boring like a bull dog, but johnson
smothered his attack by grabbing his
arms and holding him in a tight clinch.
jeff tried several wrestling tactics, and
getting Johnson near the ropes he be-
gan to handle the negro In a way that
lacked politeness. johnson, however,
did not lose his head and as the referee
broke them out of this the negro said.
Don't you rough me-" w~hereupon both
pugilists laughed. The utmost good
nature Their prevailed between the men.
Then Jeff scored with a left to the
jaw. but 1t was a glancing blow as
Johnson was ~retreating when 1t landed.
Jeffries followed him, but the negroes
foot work and blocking clearly puzzled
the big White Man." who was be-
ginning to realize thai Johnson pos
we'll as strength. Neither had an adj
vantage when the gong sent them
backward to their corners.
ROUND characterization prevailed
on both sides. The last word from the
rival seconds was a warning to take
plenty of time. Jeffries, with the old
crouch, kept trying to hook over the
left, but the negro either stepped way
or clinched, at the same time dropping
these blows. Johnson was prepared, it
was evident then, to fight all day II
necessary. Jeffries was patient, how
ever, doing no wild rushing, and on
tenting himself with q general size-up
of the scientific black man. who seemed
to be enjoying the proceedings i'm
mensely. Several clinches were pro-
ductive of no great harm, as the men
broke out of them at the referees word
of command, but finally, as Johnson's
quick eye discovered an opening, a
heavy right swing was started for
Jeffries's head. The boilermaker
ducked and the blow pounded the air.
but at the same moment jeff lunged
his right into the negroes body just
under the heart. A hard clinch was
the result. AS the men broke out of
1t Johnson sent a stiff left to Jim's
eye. Then came a mix, in which the
blows landed were comparatively light.
At long range the next moment John
son spared beautifully, following with
a hard right uppercut, his best blow.
His judgment Of distance, however,
was poor, and when he missed the
mark he shook his head as If per-
picked. Then jeff rushed, with both
arms swinging. but Johnson blocked
n clinched him just as the bell
sounded. The negro patted Jeffries on
the back in friendly fashion as they
started to leave the centre of the ring.
So far Jeff had landed the only really
hard blow, but the round az a whole
was about an even break. AS they sat
down Johnson seemed to be putting a
bit, while Jeffries had a swollen lip.
ROUND FOUR-As the came to
the centre Jeff promptly clinched.
Johnson laughed loudly and the big
crowd hooted. 1t seemed like a friend
ly sparring match between partners
rather than a desperate fight for the
championship of the world and the big
gest purse ever offered. Getting free
from this cIinch, Jeffries missed a left,
and johnson, countering sharply over
the eye with a hot jab, got into an
other grapple. II this they were wrest-
ling, but at the same time they in
dulged in good-natured joshing. Break
away, boys!" cried the referee, and
thev stepped back clearly. only to
come together again, jeff hooking a
left into the stomach. Johnson sim
ultaneously reached the chin with a
right uppercut, but in the mix JEFF
put over a heavy left that drew the
blood from the negro's mouth. First
blood for Jeffries. But the negro
laughed and stepped away from an
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