Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
BY JAY DAVIDSON

RENO, New, July 4.-Jack Johnson
removed the last cloud upon his title
as heavyweight champion of the world
this afternoon when he stopped Jim
Jeffries in the fifteenth round of a
slow and disappointing battle that was
scheduled over the forty-ive-round
route.
Technically, Johnson does not get
credit for a Knockout, although JEFF
fries was out and could not have
arisen in time to avoid the fatal count
by Timekeeper Harting, who had
tolled eight when Sam Berger, Jeffries'
manager, jumped into the ring, COM
mitting an intentional foul that ended
the fight, and assisted jeff to his feet.
At this foul Harting ceased counting
and Referee Tex Rickard declared
Johnson the winner.
Although Johnson had been leading
in every round and friends of Jeffries
had ceased roofing and had become
sullenly quiet after the sixth round,
realizing that the big fellow was
beaten unless he could make winning
rally and era the fight with one
punch, the end came suddenly and un-
expectedly. At the beginning of the
fifteenth round Johnson crossed sharp
ly with right hook to the jaw that
Jared jeff and forced him to clinch.
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Johnson slammed hard left to the
wind and uppercut fiercely with his
right, staggering JEFF, and followed it
with left smash to the jaw as he was
tottering.
FALLS IIAIPLY
jeff fell sideways to the floor, his
arms falling Imply over the ropes.
Friends and seconds at the ringside
half raised and pushed him to his feet,
the big fellow staggering weakly as
he rose.
johnson rushed in with a hard right
swing to the jaw and jeff went
through the ropes, falling to sitting
position with all his body outside the
ring except his legs. He was again
assisted and called on to arise. Ref
cree Rickard forced Johnson to step
back several feet.
Jeff came UP gamely, but was prac-
tically out and was unable to make
any effective defense. Johnson rushed
at him as he staggered to the north
side of the ring and swung another
vicious right to the jaw. JEFF went
down a third time, almost falling out
of the ring. Only his legs remained
In the inclosure, while his body hung
over the lower rope.
He struggled to get UP again, but was
all in and could not rise, and Time
keeper Harting began to call off the
seconds in a loud voice. Manager
Berger and Jim Corbett yelled to
Referee Rickard to stop the fight right
there, but he did not act and both
jumped into the ring, committing an
intentional foul to save Jeff the further
humiliation of being counted out. They
picked him up and assisted him to
his corner, where he leaned weakly
against the ropes and seemed to sink
to the floor when he was helped to his
chair.
JEFF HEARTBROKEN
AS he sat down he leaned over and
seemed heartbroken over his deteau,
and did not assume an upright posi-
tion until he had been given restora-
tives He presented pittable spec
tacles. Both lips were swollen and
puffed out, blood gushing from his
mouth and nose. His right eye was
closed tightly and was discolored. His
left eye was nearly closed. His left
cheek was slightly cut as was his
forehead.
AS soon as the fans realized the
fight was at an end and their once
unbeatable gladiator had made the
once-too- often battle, they surged to
the ringside and climbed into the ring,
shutting off all air and almost suffo-
eating the big fellow. Jim Corbett,
John L. Sullivan, Sam Berger and
others ordered the crowds away, but
no heed was given these orders, and
finally police and state rangers jumped
into the ring and charged the crowd,
throwing them bodily from the ring.
Some showed resistance and were
promptly turned upside down in their
flight through space from the ring to
the floor of the pavilion. The ring was
cleared in about two minutes, ana
Jeffries was able to leave for his
dressing room
Jeffries was whirled away to his
training camp at Moana Springs in an
automobile and made little effort to
talk about his first and last losing
battle.
The big crowd seemed dazed and did
not attempt to leave the pavilion until
long after Jeffries had left, remaining
to discuss the result and figure out
how it all came about. Scarcely any
two persons saw the final round alike,
and many sanguine accounts of various
blows landed were heard.
Jeffries started off disappointingly,
but gave his hackers no real concern
until four or five rounds of rather
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