The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-05
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n pier,.,s q real confession for the cham
III. Johnson, 81 course, was the credited
champion en- ,II. even, before to-day's fight
TX virtue OF his defeat of Tommy
HE H Of s gn, }nst the same the rank and
the full measure Of his tftle. Jeffries
I'm aiw oha 1neen the bugab6o OF john
Seemed es chf "a r1d career and it
eohe MAKER would go back into fhe
Jghs,ing game and get himself into
cs ai1a,tip ho, ne could oblterate this so.l
con Jeffries was pnrsuaded e apaina,
nus MIL and he went to WORK Win
hro wrihbne ness and determination that
Ihousu. ABOUT wonderful results biit
mat couldn't bring back outraged old
Easily Won.
pionshin " never before was cham
p,tnsniP SO easily Won as .Johnsorl's
sit..Sy to-day He never showed the
ttn1 nscst concern during the fifteen
tii Nc 'ea ana from the fourth round on
thine commence n,l wa sthe most glaring
. sne ! ever saw in any fighter. He
Us the one person in the world at
tnat moment who knew that Jeff's
,aat s oioW was packed away in his
t',,',t usht and on the rond and by the
running brooks from which he lured
IN, nsh during his preliminary train
AiS LOT MS night
n. :. was , perfect picnic for this big
s9s 9. VINO seemed to be ENJOYING him
purse. ~ sisi'VVo
~ could not have been all assumed
contest to me while I sat below md
.,ear MN at the ringsidc showed that
hs ~ mao honestly good opinion OF
Round t---Th-y approached each other
ana 1.aa,, Jenries walked around TO the OPP
poslto side which was Johnson's
corner They cirdled around for frlly
a en-, landed lightly on Jerries.s nose
Ihey kept close to each other and
friaa. e INV, nh.%siiiing 10 break away, JET
.leS rented, and Johnson stood on his
ars as ne forced HIS man away With
lelt push and light left punch on
"a. ga. JAW, In the clinch which, follow.
So 80, po,n worked their left hands for
ne Diners body. They were unwill.
ms 70 break and II was Jen who was
'e eI,nc,,,ng JEFF swas doing all ths
,ried to land his left on johnson, but
soshnson threw his head aside An
oaaer eiinch, as they slowly walked
while calmly chewing gum. the,
spared around each other again after
N, ha,s break Johnson got in clean left
hand. which just scraped Jerries'a
chin They jostIed again and clinched
lhey were stiil clinching when the
fhhlnns s saan sst COLI There rs vas not
the intermission on both men
Round johnson led as Jetrr,es
tented for him As they fiddled around
johnson stepped in and landed t,yica
on Jen's chin. The second blow was
harder than the first but a clinch fol.
lowed. Az they circled around hold.
ing saen other tightly johnson threw
up his risht and caught Jefries on
Z the chin. Here Richard took a hand
and II was his first Interference. he
told the men that they must break
of IaS-
fries came in and landed light right
on Johnson's ribs. AS they were going
to a elinch Johnson put both hands
red around after breaking. johnson
Tented a left and Jeffries ducked. An.
other clinch and Johnson used his IA
clase. Another clinch followed. and
close. Another cnnch followed. and
away Jeffrtes tented. and he came
in with his usual crouch, Johnse
landed a right on his eye. which cause
II to flush. AT this stage II was see,
that one OF the early blows OF Jefrie
johnson was as jogial as he has eve.
been and laughed outright just be-
fore the round ended Nothing was
needed during the rest but some cold
water.
Round 3-Johnson appeared the more
careless OF the two. He talked to JEFF.
derided him as he made feints for his
head, and ne essayed another feint.
They came together in a clinch and
held on to each other. Johnson came
UP with his left hand on Jeffries's nose.
He repeated IL instantly, and in the
clinch which followed brought left and
right up TO Jeffries's jaw. Then there
was another clinch, and shortly after
breaking away Johnson stepped IN
again and landed a right and left on
Jeftries's upper arm. and Johnson.
brought his right down on Jenries's
neck. They were, not damaging blows.
bit they showed that Johnson had thu
better Judgment in distance. John.
son, in the sparring which followed.
landed another left on Jetfries's chin.
right along. but seemed to be not at all
worried His face, was flushed; and
he looked sarcastically as Johnson
ap ss asna M IN mini He
uppercut again. and it went past JEFF
friess face. Johnson's wide grin was
apparent to all in the vast throng
far. and ne chuckled as he went to his
corner. He was in perfect good humor
because his feints had brought nothing
beginning to think the big fellow
hadn't anything to show.
Round 4-Jeffries tented with his
left, but Johnson guarded with his
brought his right hand up. but did not
do any dana ge He kept joshing josh
monished him that it was a fight and
not talkfest JEFF led and caught
johnson with hard right on the
chin: johnson brought both his hands
around Jeff's neck. The blood was
trickling from Johnson's mouth here
and they clinched. In the next
sparrng Jeffries led low and johnson
called attention to II. corbett, from
Jeff's corner, was. trying to discomfort
Johnson. but the latter answered with
a rightson Jeff's chin as they came to
clinch. johnson stuck out another
left straight for Jeff'S head and IL
landed good and hard In the cltnch
which followed Johnson caught Jeff
and dared him to bring forth those
demon punches he was famous for
johnson caught Jeff with left-hander
on the jaw. While johnson was being
handled In his corner during the in
terval he looked down at John SuIli-
van and said that Jeff couldn't hit
hard. as
Round 5-Jeff came away from his
corner for this round in a low crouch
johnson tented as Jeff stepped away.
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