Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-07-06
KNOCKS OUT JEEERIEs
Negro PugiIist Gets Championship
JcNricS Says Out for Good.


fifteenth round. Jeffries was count
ed out as he hung over the ropes,
after going down three times. His
seconds began crowding into the
ring before the timekeepe" could
count ten.
The ii&ht was one-sidcG affair
from the ,;art. The negro blocked
the old champions blows at every
stage Of the game, and punished him
severely in he last five rounds OF tie
ilghting.
At the beginning Of the thirteenth
round the experts at the rngside
passed out the verdict that If jeff
fight he might stay the limit.
AS they came up for the fifteenth
round, Johnson went at his man saw
agely. lie sent Jeffries down the
first time with a rain OF lerts and
rights to the jaw, and Jcmries took
the count OF eight twice. Each time
.jeffries fell outside the lower ropes
on the platform.
AS Jcffrics got up the second time
and staggered for Johnson, the latter
sprang at him like tiger. and with
a succession Of left swings to the
jaw, sent him through the lower
ropes on the east side Of the ring,
where he lay during the count.
JcifrieS was not counted out. AS
the time Keepers hand moved ub and
down. the towel was thrown into the
ring from JeTries' corner. Whether
counted out or not. it probably will
be recorded as a Knockout
When The count Of seven had been
reached, and il was evident that the
white champion had been finished, at
least hundred people broke
through The ropes. The confusion
was so great that no announcement
from the ring officials was audible.
When Jeffrics was led back TO his
corner by Corbctt. Berger and Jack
Jeifrics. he was still dazcd. Johnson
stood iii the center Of the ring, and
received the congratulations OF Billy
Delaney and his other seconds. AS
he talked to Delaney, he was breath
ing absolutely normal. He was not
hurt in any way. Hart said 10 the
champions:
go over and shake hands with
the poor old FELLOW. Jack"
no, don't owe him anything
wv" said Johnson.
Later he went to JeffricS'S corner,
but Jim Corbctt and Jack O'Brien
waved him away. When he returned
TO his own corner, the crowd in the
ring was so dense that the police had
10 beat them back. The first man
to congratulate him IL his corner
was John l.. Sullivan.
Jcffries was attended by his phy-
Sicians as he sat in his corner. He
sat shaking his head sadly for few
minutes and then was led to his
dressing room. Soon afterward he
was taken 20 his camp at Moana
Springs.
As soon as the men left the ring
the crowd began the destruction Of
the ring. The ropes were cut into
bits, the canvas ripped up and snip
ped into small pieces, and even the
staples that hcld the canvas were un-
screwed and taken as souvenirs.
Jch Says Fighting Days arc Over.
As JHifrics was helped 10 his cor
ncr he said:
Il am not a good fighter any
longer. | could not come back
boys; ! could not come back. Ask
Johnson If he will give me his
gloves"
As lofiriCs hung to the ropes after
tn" hnockdown hundreds Of his
friends mshCd to the ropes and
cried, Please don't let the old man
be knocked out stop it, But the
time Keepers kept on TO the fatal
end.
RiotiuG in New York.
New York, July l.--Rioting be-
tween whites and blacks broke out
in sever. different points in thc city
to-ni&ht, flowing the announce
mont OF IN, '"sult Of the Johnson
JcWri"s fight. One negro was drag
god from Il street car and severely
beaten before rescued
Vt PitSbrug.
Pittsburg, July l.-Lcss than half
an hour after the decision Of the
fight was announced here three riot
calls were sent into two police pre-
cinctS in the negro hin district
street cars wcrc held up and insult
ing cpithotS were hurled at the pas
%cngcrs. The polio" beat the crowds
back with their clubs to permit the
passage OF street cars. Patrolmcn
have been summoned to this district
from all sections OF the city.
AZ st. Louis.
ST. Louis, July i.--Rioting in a
negro section Of ST. Louis, at Market
street and jefferson avenue, follow
cd quickly upon the announcement
that Jack Johnson was the victor in
the Reno prize fight
A second call to the Central dis
trict brought out score OF police
men. The negroes were dubbed into
submission and dispersed.
AZ Other Places.
Dispatches from Cincinnati, Phil
adclphia, New Orleans, WASHINGTON,
Pueblo, Houston and other cities
contain similar accounts Of riots that
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