Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-05
The Fight by Rounds.


Round one-JohnSon gave ground
Johnson led a straight and landed on
.Jeffries face. They clinched johnson
showing away. Jeffries walked ahead
and hooked a left to the neck and in
the clinch sent a right to the body.
Johnson responded with his right and
stood breast to breast trying short in
blows. AS they broke Jeffries sent
left to Johnson's leck and the Negro
stepped in with a left The fighting
was tame and as they turned to their
corners Jeffries tapped Jack on the
shoulder and smiled.
Round two-Jeffries assumed his
crouching but missed his first attempt.
Jack forced the face and Jeffriea
stepped nimbly away. Jack sent a left
to JeffrieS face and as they Clinched
ripped in hard uppercut to Jeffries'
chin. They held together and were
willing to give each other any chance.
JeffrieS sent a right to the ribs and
took left on face at close quarters.
They held together. Jeffries sent right
and left to ribs at close quarters. JEFF
| fries crouched and waited for johnson,
but he was not willing. They came
together without blow and Johnson
| tried his uppercut. but missed. JEFF
fries put his weight on Johnson and
pushed him about when they broke.
Johnson sent left to Jeffries face
and tried to uppercut. but missed
| again. There was a lot of wrestling
| and not much fighting. The gong rang
without blow being struck.
| Round Three-'"Take it easy JEFF
| fries said Corbett as they walked to
the center. Jeffries smiled and led for
| the face but missed. Johnson hooked
a stiff left to the body and right to the
head. but neither blow hit. They
showed and pushed each other. While
Corbett kept a continual flow of talk
to Johnson. Jeffries kept walking. but
missed a great many of blows. JEFF
fries hooked a left to the body. They
stood breast to breast and they hauled
and showed about. johnson sent two
lefts to the face and tried rights for
the chin. but missed the latter JEFF
| fries smiled at the blows and bore in.
1t was simply wrestling bout.
| Round four-Jeffries took his
crouching position again and walked
in He missed and they came to
| gether in a hook. Johnson tried his
right for the chin, but missed and they
began exchanging blows. Jeffries put
a left to the face and started the blood
from Johnson's lips. The crowd yell
ed: First blood for Jeffries," but
Johnson only smiled. As Jeffries walk
ed in. Johnson shot a snappy left to
his face and they came to a clinch.
Jeffries put a left to Johnson's face
and Jeffries sent him to the ropes with
three lefts to the body. Johnson lash
ed out with his right. but Jeffries neat
ly ducked and the round ended
Round five-Jetfries walked straight
out and tried to land left. They both
spared carefully and Jeffries' left for
the body was blocked In the clinch
that followed Jeffres showed Johnsons
head back easily. When they broke
Johnson swung his left for the body
but missed. Johnson shot an upper
cut and cut Jeffries' lip slightly, AS
they broke Jack landed a left to the
| face and Jeffries came right back with
a left on the body. Johnson held JEFF
fries and as they broke Jack again
tried an uppercut He missed but stung
Jeffries on the face with a left. That
is a joke said Corbett. Jeffries
| stepped in with left to Johnsons
head and the crowd cheered The gong
| found them in a clinch. The pace was
up to this time slow without damage
to either man.
Round six-Again .Jeffries crouched
They stepped around each other. John
son putting in two stiff lefts to the
face. Ono of them cut Jeffries' cheek a
bit. Again they lolled in each others
embrace, neither willing to take a
| chance. Jeffries rushed. but missed a
left for the body and took left on the
chest in return. Johnson kept up
running shower of talk to Jeffries
| when they came to clinches. but JEFF
fries calmly chewed gum and waited
He missed with his left and took
left and right on the head Johnson
shot left to Jeffries' face and closed
Jeffries' right eye Jack missed two
rights Jeffries' nose was bleeding
when the gong rang. When Jeffries
took his seat his seconds got busy with
his eye. but Jeffres assured them that
it was o. K. Johnson's round
Round seven--Jeffries walked right
in but before he had chance Jack
led with a right and left and missed.
Jeffries' eye was badly swollen and he
fuppeh IL Will HIS grove. he Tented
a bit and tried to draw Jack on. but
the Negro declined. Jeffries stepped
in with left for the body. but missed
it and took a left on the head JEFF
fries hooked left to the head and
Johnson laughted loudly. Johnson sent
lefts to the face twice at close range.
Jeffries butted his way into another
clinch, but failed to land. He shot his