The Elbert County tribune., 1910-07-08
BLACK MANS FIGHT AT ALL
STAGES OF THE
GAME.
KNOCKOUT IN FIFTEENTH
NOT NOW CONSIDERED "THE
FIGHT OF THE
CENTURY,

Reno. Nev.-John Arthur johnson.
tho 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 crowning 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 Rickard 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
black. closed eye and swollen features
dazed and incoherent.
Johnson walked out of the ring with
out a mark on his body except a slight
of a wound received in training.
ly. Jeffries feinting with left. Jef-
fries again feints with left, Johnson
lands left to eye. Jeffries clinches.
sends left to head and then ducks un-
der left and eiinehed. pounding short
Ing .Johnsons left CIinch.. Jeffries
smiling. Johnson worried. Jeff slipped
Int Into s.al straight left but was Patted on
bell. Anybody's round.
ROUND 2-Johnson swings light left
and Jeffries catches it in ribs; An
They spared. Jeff assumes the crouch.
then leads left to head. Jeffries tries
sends left to chin. Jack lands upper
cut with left. The round ends slightly
in Johnson's favor.
left to stomach. Ciinehed and they
clinch. Jack misses with right and left
eilinehes: Johnson sends two light
sent light left to. short ribs. beating
him to it. Anybody's round.
head. Jim BLOCKED Jacks right to the
ohnson 5esss hard puts ss tt to tG beas he
eeIineh. Johnson sends right to kidneys
to. head and took one in return. they is
clinch again, Johnson holds in the
ropes and took three jabs to the stome
ach. The crowd went wild at Jeffries'
shoWing. They break and Johnson
much damage. Jeffries has a shade of
this round.
,Isf RquMp Is;I s.Seffriss rgshes in with
johnson sends long left to stomach.
but did no damage. They ciinch and
5. moas waa ss ssssH eS 'aw M
dashed In and sent two lefts to face.
They clinched again. and Johnson
sent straight left to mouth and another
to nose. They were clinched at the
bell. Even round.
ROUND 6--Johnson sent three left
Jabs to the face and avoided a return.
They wrestle and break; Johnson sent
Under the ne eSe Tsay spar face Is tint g
tried left. but missed. He received a
left jolt to the ear and they clinched.
hook hard to the body and Jack replied
pietely- closed Jim bleeding ct the
nose. They were clinched at bell
Johnsons round.
ROUND 7--Jeffries comes out in his
crouching attitude and Jack missed two
lefts to head They clinch. They broke
and and SPARED s. are. Johnson missed straight
broke without exchanging blows Jim
sent light left to short ribs. Jims nose
bleeding freely: Jack rushes and sends
left to face. They clinch and Jack
tries uppercut to face with left. He
then uppercut with right to chin. JET
fries sent hard left to chin. Johnson's
round.
ROUND s-They spared at the open-
ing and Johnson feinted. They rushed
into clinch. and Jack hooked to the
ear with left. Jack sends two rights
nightly to the head and rereats a mo-
fully. In a half.elinch, Jeffries pounds
lead and took it on the chest They
clinch. and Jack sent left to stomach.
Jack is holding in clinches. Tex breaks
them and Johnson forced a clinch. ham
right hook to jaw. but missed. John
sent left to the head Jeffries
dashed in with right. but IT was
blocked. They clinch and Jack tries to
clinched at the bell. This round went
to johnson by slight shade.
ROUND 9-They clinch and Jeffries
break without exchange. Jack very
cool Jack rushes into a hard right to
the stomach, Jeffries repeating a mo-
ment later. Johnson tries left TO face
but misses. Jeffries hooks left to 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 the blow landed
Jack sent left lightly to the mouth He
they are clinched. At the bell they
were fighting and 1t was JeffrIes'
round.