The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1910-07-08
BLACK MANS FIGHT At ALL
STAGES OF THE
GAME.
KNOCKOUT IN FIFTEENTH
NOT NOW CONSIDERED 1.-THE
FIGHT OF THE
CENTURY,"

Rene. Nev.-John Arthur Johnson,
the Texas negro, son OF an American
slave. is the first and undisputed
heavyweight champion Of the world.
James J. Jeffries. of California.
winner of twenty-five championship
fights, the man who never was
brought to his knees before by a
blow. tonight passed into history as
broken idol. He met utter defeat at
the hands of the black champion.
While Jeffries was not actually
counted out. he was saved only from
this GROWING shame by his friends
pleading with Johnson not to hit the
fallen man, and flinging the towel
into the ring from his corner. At the
end of the fifteenth round, Referee
Tex Richard raised the black arm and
the great crowd filed out glum and ST.
lent.
jeff was dragged to his corner
bleeding from nose and mouth and a
dozen cuts on the face. He had a
black. closed eye and swollen features
and he held his head In his hands,
dazed and incoherent.
Johnson walked out of the ring with
out mark on his body except a slight
cut on his lip, which was the opening
OF wound received In training.
ROUND 1.-They advanced cautious
~: Jeffries feinting with Left. JEFF
fries again feints with left. Johnson
lands left to eye. Jeffries clinches;
sends left to head and then ducks UNI
der left and clinched, pounding short
ribs. Jeffries hooks left to head. duck
smiling, johnson worried. Jeff slipped
into q straight left. but was patted on
the cheek second later. Clinched at
bell. Anybody's round.
ROUND johnson swings light left
and Jeffries catches it in ribs. An
other jab slightly married his right eye.
They spared. Jeff assumes the crouch,
then 1a, leads left to head, Jeffrles tries
cut with left. The round ends slightly
In Johnson's favor.
left to stomach. Clinched and they
eiinch. JACK misses with tight 1 and left
ciinches. johnson sends two Light
rights to head. They clinch. Johnson
.ens light eff se sSpFs sS Ssatna
him to 1t. Anybody's round.
head. jim blocked Jacks right to the
ssnee hss Glitch to 's sss stoash
Johnson puts left to head. Johnson's
nose bleeding. Jeffries goes into a
fn tSs c,naP sends right to
to head and took one In return. They
c elm Oh again. Johnson holds in the
cinenes Jon; Johnson ,hno went . against the
ach. The crowd went wild at Jeffries'
showing. They break. and johnson
sends long right to the ear. without
much damage. Jeffrfes has shade of
this round.
light left to short ribs. They elinched.
Johnson sends long left to stomach,
Jack worked left uppercut to jaw
Jims mouth was slightly cut. He
dashed n and sent two lefts to face.
worked uppercut to the face. Jeffries
sent straight left to mouth and another
to nose They were clinched at the
bell. Even round.
labs to the face and avoided return.
They wrestie and break; Johnson sent
sys ms msdy i Rs eeS am
Jack swings heavy left to chin. They
hard to e Sosdy ana 9m JACK reped
to Jeffries' right eye. Almost COM
pletely closed. Jim bleeding at the
n noss. They ronnG we're cllnehed at bell.
ROUND 7---Jeffries comes out In his
crouching attitude and Jack missed two
let's to head. They clinch. They broke
left to head. Jeffries clinehed d and they
broke without exchanging blows. Jim
sent light left to short ribs. inns nose
eft To face rhey eneh a and aek
tries uppercut to face with left. He
then uppercut with right to chin. JEFF
fries sent hard left to chin. Johnson's
round.
ing and johnson feinted. They rushed
into ,s,t sline H., and Jack hooked to the
Eighty 70 the ana ssnas aWe sghs
ment later. johnson blocking beauti-
fully. In half,clinch, JeffrIes pounds
sna Took 1e on the eses rb sf
clinch, and Jack sent left to stomach.
Jack is holding in ciinches. TEX breaks
them EN- and d Johnson forced clinch. ham
right hook to jaw. but missed. john
son 60 a,s sent i left to the head. Jeffries
Sioeked They einesg h ana 5 Jack tries Il wa as
s snnS but t. *, YES ,. short. ,, They were
to Johnson by slight shade.
ROUND 9-They clinch and Jeffrtes
forced Jack around the !, ring. They
break without exchange J4Dk very
cool Jack PUSHES into hard right to
ment later. Johnson tries LEFT TO face,
but misses; Jeffries hooks left 20 head
and they clinched. Johnson backs away
from Jeffries and they clinch. They
break and johnson misses lead for the
head. Johnson took hard right on the
ribs and grunted as the blow landed
Jack Jasl sent left lightly to the mouth. He
receives a hard right to the body and