The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-08
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IN ROUND FIFTEEN
BATTLE WAS ONE-SIDED ALMOST
FROM START.
JeiirieS Failed to "COme Back" and
Was an 'ESay Mark" For Burly
SteyedOre.

SteyedOre.
John Arthur Johnson, colored,
champion heavyweight boxer Of the
world. successfully defended his title
against his chief challenger, James j.
Jeffries, white, on Monday, by a
knockout blow delivered in the 18th
round before 21,000 spectators in a
temporary arena at Reno, Nevada.
This was the most notable prize
fight in the history of the squared and
padded circle. Johnson and Jeffries
probably outclass all fighters who
had preceded them; the racial issue
intensified the interest felt in their
encounter: the purse, S121,000, and
the moving picture fees. upwards Of
1925 5,000, were the largest in the his
tory of the fight game, and the gate
receipts. more than quarter of mil
lion dollars, far exceeded all previous
records for such a spectacle.
Jeffries was counted out as he hung
over the ropes, going down three
times. His seconds began crowding
into the ring before the time-keeper
could count ten.
Who Can Beat Johnson?
With Johnson the one undlsputed
worlds champion, the next question
is who will wrest it from him. Ring
followers agree that no man now in
the game measures up to the job. Very
little attention is paid to Sam Lang
ford's challenge and the black cham
pion himself regards it as joke. He
ksaid last light he would disregard a
challenge from that source, so appar'
Pentlv it means a wait for an UNKNOWN.
Immense Gate Receipts.
No one knows just how many peo-
pie saw the big fight or what the
gate receipts were. No turnstiles
were used and the tickets were on
sale in so many places that only ap-
proximate figures can be given. The
lowest estimate of the gate money is
S230,00O and the highest S270,0Q0.
Biggest Crowd Ever Saw Fight.
Guessers among the promoters staff
place the attendance at from $4,000
to 10000. At all events, it was the
biggest crowd that ever saw a prize
fight and the rates were SO far ahead
of any other engagement that new
record is set for gate receipts.
In all the fight talk the dissection
of yesterday afternoons event, one
thing stands out sharply-there is no
more mention of Johnson's yellow
streak, the thing that has been writ
ten and talked about ever since ne
came into ring prominence. The eN-
Fperts who sat at the ring side agree
in saying that not once did he give
any indication of fear. His nervous
ness in the first round was apparent,
but nc one who watched him in that
period of the fight could fairly attrib-
ute it to anything else than natural
nervousness-a kind OF stage fright
He was not afraid of the big man who
faced him from the other corner, but
rather afraid from the knowledge that
his all was at stake.
His statement given out at his quar-
ters last evening had been we'll
thought out. but his remarks as he
stepped back to his corner, after JEFF
fries had. been battered down were
spontaneous and show his state Of
mind when the heat Of battle was still
on him.
What Johnson Said.
AS his friends and the newspaper
men crowded about him while he lay
back in the hands of his seconds he
said:
'Jefries never could hit me. He
could not penetrate my defense. I
have always known this and he has
just found it out. When he crouched
I made him straighten up and then l
picked him to pieces. I used every
, thing there is in pugilism on Jeffries
and. he could not stand the strain"
Jeffries People Silent.
Jeffries people had little to say.
They were too soreiy hurt and disap-
pointed Jim Corbett, who was JEFF
fries chief adviser, said last night
while the day was being talked over
lat Jeffries' camp: 1T was simply the
hold story of the pitcher and the we'll
#&-once too often. 1t has happened to
Ia whole lot Of US and that it must hap
pen to Jeffries was just as sure as
ate.
I Where Jeffries Failed.