River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-07

a chance to get inside the Negroes i'm
penetrable defense. Johnson waited
and then drew back and hooked a left
to the face.
Jeffries showed and butted in till
his head rested on the black mans
shoulder and then tried to rip in body
blows. Thev were blocked almost be-
fore they were started, however, and
the negro drew cheer from the
crowd. Jeffries forced him away to
close quarters, but got az left on the
sore nose for his reward. Jeffries was
not worried, apparently.
Round Thirteen.
Putting his right glove before his
face, Jeff walked into cllnch without
blow. When they broke Johnson
sent a left to the body and a right
upper cut touched the chin. Then he
took two lefts and a right upper-cut
to the face. Johnson sent in three
lefts to the face in quick succession,
and then uppercut to the face. John
son stood back and swung left to the
face, then calmly clinched. JEFF con-
tinued to come in in spite of the pun
ishment. This round was all John
sons.
Round Four cen.
jeff walked straight into a left and
they hung on to each other. Johnson
tapped the big fellow on the face with
left twice and blocked Jeffs attempt
at close fighting. Shambling forward
Jeff took three straight lefts to the
face and got in a left to the face,
lightly. Jeff's lefts were simply picked
out of the air by the clever negro be-
fore they could get within six inches
o. his face He walked into three
lefts in quick succession.
Fifteenth Round.
When the men faced each other, 1t
was plain to all that Jeffries was in
distress. His face was pulled and
bleeding from the furnishing lefts and
rights he had received, and his move
ments were languid. He shambled
afer the elusive negro, sometimes
crouching low with his left hand
struck out in front, and sometimes
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was a mark for Johnson's accurately
driven blows. They came into clinch
after feeble attempt by Jeffries to
| land a left-hand blow on the body, and
as they broke away, Johnson shot his
left and right to the jaw in a flash.
Jeffries staggered back against the
ropes. His defensive power seemed
to desert him in an instant.
Johnson went at him like tiger.
A rain Of left and rights delivered at
close quorters sent Jefries Keeling
blindly Another series of short, snap
by punches, and the big white giant
went down for the first time in his
ring career. He fell under the top
rope over the lower one and onto the
overhanding of the platform. Resting
on his launches and right elbow.
Jeffries looked around in daZed way,
1 and 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 Jeffries arose from his knees
he dashed in again. Jeffries reeled
about, and tried to clinch, but Johnson
eluded him and as the champion swung
around to the south side of the ring,
he jolted him twice on the jaw. jeff
ries sank to his knees, weak and tired,
but got up again at the count of nine.
1t was then that Jeffries' friends be-
gan to call to Richard to stop the
! fight.
Richard gave no heed to these ap-
peals. Jeffries was helpless now and
as he staggered to a standing position,
the negro was waiting for him. A left,
right, and another left, short, snap
by, powerful blows, found their way
to Jeffries' chin and he went down for
the third time. Again he sprawled
over the lower rope, hanging half out
side the ring. The timekeeper raised
and lowered him arm, tolling off the
seconds. He had reached the count
of seven when some Of Jeffries' sec
onds put foot inside the ropes and
Richard walked between the fallen
man and the negro champion. Placing
his hand on Johnson's shoulder, he
declared him the winner. While JEFF
fries was not counted out, this was a
merely technical evasion. 1t was evil
dent that he could never have got up
| inside 10 seconds.