Arizona republican., 1910-07-05

left again to the face The men locked on the break. Jeff clouted his man twice with short arm lefts to the mouth The crowd yelled.
 Why don't you laugh?" shouted Corbett at Johnson. and the latter winked and smiled back
 The men continued locked in an embrace as the gong ended the round. Johnson playfully tapped Jeff on the shoulder and went to his corner smil- ing.
 Jeffries told his seconds to let him alone: he would fight the battle. It was tame round.
 Round 2-Johnson came up chat tering like a magpie. Jeff only smiled. He wants to fight a little bit, Jim" yelled Corbett
 You bet I do, Mistah Corbett," re- torted the champion
 Jeff held on and Johnson clouted a wicked right to the jaw. The men were separated from the clinch Jeff swung a right to the stomach. John son retaliated with two ripping left upper cuts to the jaw The men closed together, Jeff leaning against the ,,.smpion the sheer weight of his shoulders. It was a case of strength against cleverness, the Nubian having the better of it.
 Johnson and 'Corbett "kidded" each other necessarily during the minutes respite between the second and third rounds.
 Round 3-BOth came up slowly Come in, Jim," shouted Johnson, say ing which the champion swung left
 
 Johnson then jabbed his left twice to the face. and as they closed in breast to breast, Johnson whipped left uppercut to the jaw and neatly blocking the boilermaker's onslaughts. As the men circled about the ring, Johnson kept up a constant erossfire of conversation. The. men were sep arated and Johnson jabbed thrice with his left to the face and whipped a short arm right to the face. A long clinch followed, during which the black missed a wicked right up- percut Jeff rushed, but Johnson blocked him neatly with vicious right swing and again patted his antagonist on the shoulder as the round ended. Johnson on points had a good advantage, but there was not much power behind his blows.
 Round 4-Jeff missed a left swing, Johnson rushing away. leaving a stab in the face Johnson taunted Jeffries constantly.
 Don't rush, Jim Don't you hear what I'm telling you?" shouted John son. backing it up with a right up- percut to the jaw Jeff got in a good right on the mouth and started the blood flowing from the colored mans lips. First blood for Jeffries," yelled the crowd.
 Johnson shot a hard left to the mouth and almost wrestled his man against the ropes.
 The golden smile" had not faded from Johnson's face at this stage.
 Jeff forced the champion against the ropes with a half dozen short arm body punches and found his mark in rapid succession. In response. Johnson shot a right to the jaw as the round ended
 Round 5.-Johnson as usual came up with a volley of words. Jeff paid no attention, but rushed it close and wrestled for a spell. At close quarters Jeff shot two rights to the body, to
 
 uppercut, cutting Jeffs lips Johnson later drove a right to the jaw and followed it with two left uppercuts to the same place. Johnson jared the white man with a straight left to the mouth and they eased up in a clincn, both men bleeding at the mouth. Sud- denly Jeff sent the blacks head back a foot with straight left to the mouth Johnson looked a bit serious as teI took his seat, not. however, without giving the boilermaker the customary round end love tap No serious dam age was done.
 Round 6.-"rm going tn mix with him now" Jeff said to h;s seconds Three lefts radidte1 from the cham lions shoulder, catching Jeff on the face in each :ns Anre The blood flow ed from Jsft's right cheek hone HJ'h men fousht cauti Dusly. \ ring .s.de fan asked Johnson If he would like a drink
 "rco much on hand now. Guick'y r, joined the champion and he ripped in three left 'uppercuts to the whites jaw
 Jeff waded@ in, but was met with a nasty left uppercut that closed his right eye tight Johnson followed with two similar punches and blood spout t1 from the retired champions ncse as he took his scar When the bell ended the round Jeffs seconds worked heroically on his damaged optics. It was Johnson's round.
 Round 7.-Jeffries came up with ferocious frowns They closed in. A long sparring bee followed without a blow being struck, Johnson meanwhile carefully priming himself for an open ing. Although Jeffries' eye was badly bruised, he never lost his boise.
 Johnson laughed sarcastically. Jeff essayed right swing at close quar- ters and the men locked in an em- brace Johnson jolted his man three times over the damaged right eye and followed with a right uppercut to the jaw Jeff stopper Johnson's pickering with a straight right to the jaw. Johnson countered a left and right to Jeffs sore nose. The bell changed with the honors on Johnson's side.
 Round S.-Jeff rushed in and the black drove a left to the mouth and shortly shot in two straight lefts to the face that carried considerable force behind them.
 Hello. Jimmy" shouted the black. Did you see that one?"