The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-05
JOHNSON Wins
IN Fifteenth
Negro Champion Of the World Still
Holds the Title After De-
featlng Jeffries on
the Fourth.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS
jeff Unable to "come Back and
Falls to Defeat In the Worlds
Biggest Advertised
Mill.

Jack Johnson, negro champion of
the world, is still champion. James j.
Jeffries fell before his prowess on the
afternoon of the Fourth at Reno,
New. taking the count in the fifteenth
round when he was knocked out and
the greatest advertised prize fight in
pugilistic history, was over.
There was considerable interest in
Keokuk over the fight, as well as all
over the world and practically every
citizen was interested to know the re-
suit
The fight, round by round, was re-
ceiyed by bulletins by The Gate City
last evening and announced to those
gathered about the office and given
by telephone to those who called up.
The following bulletins were received
showing the progress made in the big
battle:
Round 1.
They met in center of ring and spar
ed carefully. Jeff stops a right with
his arm. Johnson puts a left to the
nose and backs away. Jeff feints and
Johnson breaks ground. They work
into clinch and break clean. After
long opening session of sparring
Johnson shoots his left to the face
and they clinch, Johnson pushing Jeff
back. Johnson swung his left to jaw
and as Jeff roughed it at close quar-
tiers the big black shot his left again
to the face. They clinched at the
ropes. Johnson pushed Jeff's arm
back and displayed much strength.
Jeff swung his left on the body and
/ they clinched.
Round 2.
Jeff is short with left for Johnson s
face. They clinch and break clean
Johnson tried for face, Jeff blocked
johnson lands good left on mouth
and uppercuts Jeffs' head with right
They are in clinch at end of round
Round 8.
Jeff rushed Johnson half way across
ring and forced the colored man to
clinch. Jeff lands left on body but
missed a left hook for head. johnson
lands straight left and right on face
then missed vicious right uppercut.
johnson blocked left swing for
head but Jeff lands a solid right on
the body. Johnson tries another
right uppercut but misses by foot
and they work into a clinch at the
bell.
Round 4.
Jeff starts rushing tactics and
Johnson cuts loose hard right up
! percut but Jeff gets out of the way.
1 Jeff puts a left on the body. The ne
gro is sparring fast. Jeff puts right
on head and after clinch solid left
to mouth Johnson stands up to his
work pretty well and blocks a left
swing for the wind They clinch and
Johnson holds on. In the clinch Jeff
backs Johnson into a corner but the
! colored man gets out of it. johnson
] tries three uppercuts for the chin but
failed to land. Johnson sent two
straight lefts to mouth and Jeff puts
Il y.
| Johnson sent good straight to the
mouth and they clinch again. Johnson
misses another right uppercut and
Jeff works him up against the ropes.
Johnson is short with left for the
face but puts right on the jaw and
they clinch again. Jeff is crouching a
good deal and they are sparring at
4 the bell.
Round 5.
Jeff steps away from straight
left and they come together In a
clinch. Johnson puts 2 lefts on face
and Jeff lands hard on ribs. Johnson
backs away but Jeff put solid left
4 on mouth and they clinch. They are
in clinch at the bell.
Round 6.
Johnson starts to mid-r1ng first and
sends two straight lefts to mouth and
then tries his right uppercut but is
blocked. johnson seems inclined 10
carry the fight to Jeff. Now Jeff puts
left on mouth. Johnson uppercpts
with left to face. He put another left
on chin and JEFF swings hard to stom-
ach. Jeff rushes Johnson half way
across ring. Johnson steadies himself
and cuts loose hard right uppercut
which missed by six inches Jeff
blocks left and drives at ribs. John
son blocks right for the head and
lands solid right uppercut on Jeffs'
eye almost closing 1t. Jeff rnbs his
swollen eye and the bell rings.
Round z.