The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-07-08

iiaEl With u leIt W Tie OOuy anu
ali the time keeping up a con
versaliou with JeiIries, John
son ~cleNeIly o,ookeu blows ia
Lenueu Ioi tiie Uouy anu ssnL
home d sIraisnt ieIt W Jeiries
sore, mouth, drawing oiOOd
aireslI. The negro shot a left
Lo lile face anu tuen seut has
u~u's head Daca "a loot Win
similar blows. Jetl.les went
~ ms corner splitting olooo and
With hOuors against HIN. JET
rles' SECONDS were CONTINUOUSLY
silent at this stage. On the
other baud the johnson corner
thoroughly nummed WITH l.te
and Dustle.
Round l3-The men Tough I
without d damage TO a cilnch
and wrestleu ab1ut the center
OF the ring, Johnson breaking
that up with a voiley rights aud
let's 10 the face and mouth. He
cleverly evaded Jeifrles' clumsy
attempts To land on the body.
tearing loose hard lie its aud
rights in quick succe ssion en-
the jaw and body. Jetfries
weakened at this stage, a right
uppercut almost lifting him of
the floor. He seemed Ill at ease
and the black warred like a
nerclless juggernaut, deal ing
out e9ere punishment t with
every tap.
Round IA -JetfrieS was met
with "a left uppercut and a mo
meut later another splteful Jab
went to the mouth. Johnson
placed his stomach within JEFF.
ries' reach and the negro de-
clared Amt that a nice belly,
why don't you hit ity' But Jim
dld not. They closed in, Cor
bett begging his man to be
aware Of dangerous uppercuts.
Jeff~ies' right eye see-ed TO
be almost totally closed at this
stage. Johnson sent in some
rapid fire jabs to the mouth and
the big white man shook his
head. Il am rs clever as you
are. jim" shouted Johnson to
Corbett, and immediate ly an ex
change of repartee followed
The round ended tamely, bit
Johnson had all the honors ard
Jetfries seconds looked blue.
R1uad 10 When the men
Ca ed each other ii was plain t.
zee that JeifrieS was in dlstre> S.
Hi, face was pulled aud bleed
ing from the pun shlng let's and
rights he had receiv ed and his
movements were Ian guild. d.
Shambled after the elusive ne
gro. sometimes crouc hing low.
with his eft hand stuc.. out IN
front and sometimes standing
erect. Stooplng or erect, he
was a mark for Johnson's &C
Icuratel driven blows John
son SIMPLY for the big white
man 80 come in and chopped hi,
face to pieces. They came into
. a ciinch after "A feeble attemp'
by Jeffries to land a left hanC
blow on the body. aud AS they
broke away Johnson shot hi:
left and right to the Jaw III a
flash. Jeffries staggered bach
AGAINST the ropes. His defen
sive powel seemed TO desert hin
in an instant. Johnson went a
him like a tiger A rain Of l-it'
land rights delivcd ay at clos
auarters sent Je fries reelln!
/ blindlv. Another series o
short punches and the BIZ
white giant went down for tn
first time in his rim & career
Z He fell under the top rope, owe
l. the lower one, and out to tn
It oyerhanging ed &c of the plat
form. Resting on his haunch
les and right elbow, Jetfrie
If looked around in II dazed wa
g but got up at the count OF
While ne was down Johnso
stood almost over hlin unit
Rickard waved him back. II
v stood ready to strike, aud whe
t Jeffrles reeled abnut and trle
to clinch, but Johnson elude'
him. and a S the old champlo
:, swung around to the south sid
of the ring he jolted aim twic
0 nuickly. Jeffries sank to hi
(. knees, weak and tired, but b
d got up at the count OF nine. !
then that JeffrieS' trends bega
so call to Kickard to stop Ia