The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-05

and right in quick succession on the jaw
and body.
Jefr weakened at this stage. n right
uppercut almost lifting him from the
the black. who waded In liko mercilcss
1uggernaut, shooting out severe punish
ment With every tap. Tho round. ended
and stay away. Jeff stared rather blank
ly into the middle OF the ring and ap-
peared to be In bad shape.
al ths rsnr sspre was oSnsoS Smost totally
rapid fire left jabs TO the mouth and the
big white shook his head. I'm as clever
Corbctt and Immediately an exchange Of
repartee followed. The round ended and
Johnson had all the better OF 1t. Jeffs
seconds looked blue.
Round 14-Jefr was met with a straight
left as he got up. and moment later
another spiteful Jab went to the mouth
Johnson placed his stomach within JEFF
fries reach and tauntlngly cried. "Aln't
| that nice belly Jlm why don't you
hit it?" Jim did not, They closed in
Corbett importuning his man to beware
OF tho dangerous uppercut.
Round l5-Whcn they approached each
other It was plain that Jefrries was In
S fnee WAS Pusa .si. and
rights he had received and his move
ments. were ianguid. He shambled after
the elusive negro: sometimes crouching
low. with his left hand stuck out IN
| front and sometimes standing erect
| STOPPING or erect he was mark for
Johns accurately driYen blows. John
! 10 como in and chopped his face to pieces
They came TO n clinch after feeble
attempt by Jeffries TO land loft hand
blow on the body. and as they broke
the jaw In fash. Jefrries staggered
| back against the ropes His defensive
power seemed TO desert him In an instant.
Johnson dashed at him like tiger. A
rain OF lefts and rights delivered at close
quarters sent Jeffries reeling blindly. An
other series OF short snappy punches and
then the white giant went down for the
first time In his ring career He fell un-
der the top rope. over the lower one and
down over the hanging platform Resting
on his launches and right elbow jeff
got UP at the count OF nine While he
was down Johnson stood almost over
him until Richard waved him back. He
stood ready To strike. and when Jefrries
arose from his knees he dashed In again.
Jcffrles reeled about and tried 10 clinch.
but Johnson eluded him. and as the 9TH
er champion swung around 10 the south
side OF the ring he Jolted him twice on
the Jaw. Jeffries sank 10 his knees.
weak and tired but got up again at the
count OF nine II was then that JEFF
riess friends began 10 call to Rickard
stop Il. stop t." they shouted from
all sides. Don't let him be knocked
out"
Rickard gave no heed TO these appeals.
Jeffries was helpless now and as he stag
gered 10 a standing position the negro
was waiting for him. left, n right
and another left short snappy. power
ful blows. found their marks on Jeffries's
chin and he went down for the third
time. Again he sprawled over the lower
rope; hanging half outside the ring. The
| timekeeper raised and lowerd his arms.
! tollIng off the seconds. He had reached
I the count OF seven when some Of Jen-
ries's seconds put foot inside the ropes
and RiCkar1 walked between tho fallen
man and the negro champion. Placing
his hand on Johnsons he declared him
the winner. While Jeffries was not
counted out. this was merely technical
evasion. IL was evident that he could
never have got up Inside ten seconds.
When the count OF had been reached
and II was evident that the white cham
pion was finished at least a hundred peo-
pie broke through the ropes and Time
keeper Hartiug was screened from the
ring by the crowd. The confusion was
/ so great that no announcement from the
/ ring officials WAS audible.
Jeffres was picked up by his brother
| Jack and Corbett, carried back 10 his
corner stlll In dazcd condition. Johnson
stood in the center OF the ring and re-
celved the congra tulations OF Billy De-
laney and his other seconds. As he
| talked 10 Delaney he was breathing alb
! solutely normal
/ over and shake hands with the poor fell
! low" Jack said: Il don't owe him any
thing now" Later he went to the jeff
! ries corner but Jim Corbett and Jack
| tured 10 his own corner the crowd was
so dense that the police had 10 keep
| the people back. The first man 70 con-
graduate him in his corner was John l..
Sullivan.
| Jcffries was taken to Moana Springs.
The people are tearing the ring to
pieces as souvenirs. In five minutes ropes.
canvas and mat had vanished as II
/ swept by hurricane.