The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-07-07

chance to get inside the negro's i'm
penetrable defense. Johnson waited
and then drew back and hooked left
to the face.
Jeffries showed and butted in till
his head rested on the black mans
shoulder and then tried to rip In body
blows. They were blocked almost be-
fore they were started, however, and
the negro drew a cheer from the
crowd. Jeffries forced him away to
close quarters, but got az left on the
sore nose for his reward. Jeffries was
not worried, apparently.
Round Thirteen.
Putting his right glove before his
face, jeff walked into a clinch without
blow. When they broke Johnson
sent left to the body and a right
upper cut touched the chin. Then he
took two lefts and q right upper-cut
to the face. Johnson sent In three
lefts to the face in quick succession,
and then uppercut to the face. John
son stood back and swung left to the
face, then calmly clinched. Jeff con-
tiRued to come in in spite of the pun
ishment. This round was all John
sons.
Round Fourteen.
JEFF walked straight into left and
they hung on to each other. Johnson
tapped the big fellow on the face with
left twice and blocked Jeff's attempt
at close fighting. Shambling forward
JEFF took three straight lefts to the
face and got in a left to the face,
lightly. Jeff's lefts were simply picked
out Of the air by the clever negro be-
fore they could get within six inches
o, his face. He walked into three
let's in quick succession.
Fifteenth Round.
When the men faced each other, it
was plain to all that Jeffries was in
distress. His face was puffed and
bleeding from the Furnishing lefts and
rights he had received, and his move
ments were languid. He shambled
afer the elusive negro, sometimes
crouching low with his left hand
struck out in front, and sometimes
standing erect. STOPPING or erect, he
was mark for Johnson's accurately
driven blows. They came into clinch
after a feeble attempt by Jeffries to
land left-hand blow on the body, and
as they broke away, Johnson shot his
left and right to the jaw in a flash.
Jeffries staggered back against the
ropes. His defensive power seemed
to desert him in an instant.
Johnson went at him like a tiger.
A rain of left and rights delivered at
close quorters sent Jeffries Keeling
blindly. Another series of short, snap
by punches, and the big white giant
went down for the first time in his
ring career. He fell under the top
rope over the lower one and onto the
overhanding of the platform. Resting
on his launches and right elbow
Jeffries looked around in dazed way
and got up at the count of nine. While
he was down Johnson stood almost
over him until Richard waved him
back. He stood ready to strike, and
| when Jeffries arose from his knees
he dashed in again. Jeffries reeled
about, and tried to clinch, but johnson
eluded him and as the champion swung
around to the south side Of the ring
he jolted him twice on the Jaw. Jefc
ries sank to his knees, weak and tired
but got up again at the count of nine
It was then that Jeffries' friends be
gan to cali to Richard to stop the
fight.
Rickard gave no heed to these ap
peals. Jeffries was helpless now and
as he staggered to standing position
the negro was waiting for him. A left
q right, and another left, short, snap
py, powerful blows, found their way
to Jeffries' chin and he went down fol
the third time. Again he sprawlet
over the lower rope, hanging half out
side the ring. The timekeeper raised
and lowered him arm, tolling of the
seconds. He had reached the coun
Of seven when some Of Jeffries' sec
onds put foot inside the ropes ant
Rickard walked between the faller
man and the negro champion. Placinf
his hand on Johnson's shoulder, he
declared him the winner. While JET
fries was not counted out, this was 9
merely technical evasion. It was evi
dent that he could never have got III
inside 10 seconds.