The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-12
7HE FIGH7 BY ROUNDS;
MANY Blows DESCRIBED

A long clinch mixed with wrestling
followed jeff swung his right around
the body. The men confined them
selves mostly to inhghting and short
streaks of wrestling. Johnson always
ON the alert TO land a punch. John
son whipped two lefts to the Jaw. and
a right uppercut to the jaw made Jeff
yell oh" audibly. Johnson peppered
away with his left and clearly outlook.
ed his burly opponent
Eleventh Found.
Johnson swung a terrific right, more
| of an uppercut, to the jaw, and follow
ed this with a clean right uppercut to
the jaw. and Jeff almost weakened
Johnson employed left and right up
percuts again and again to the jaw,
and varied this with left and right
swings to the jaw, and the blood
spouted from Jeff's mouth in a stream.
Jeff was a bad looking sight at this
stage. but he suddenly electrified the
crowd by making a round end rally,
! landing his right to the jaw and a hard
| left to the body that brought the
| crowd to its feet
Twelfth Round.
As Jeff rushed in Johnson met him
with straight left and a right upper
cut on the jaw. With the men breast
/ to breast the black swung hard with
left to the body and face. all the time
f,,p
bett. The negro shot straight left
to the face and then sent his mans
head hack foot with similar blows.
Thirteenth Round,
The men fought without damage to
a clinch and wrestled about the cen
ter of the ring, Johnson breaking it
up with volley of rights and lefts
to the face and mouth. Jeff weaken
ed right uppercut Almost lifting him
from the floor.
Fourteenth Round.
Jeff was met with a straight left as
he got up. and moment later another
spiteful jab went to the mouth. Jeff's
right eye was almost totally closed.
Johnson sent in some rapid fire left
iabs to the mouth and the big white
shook his head. I'm as clever as you
are, Jim" shouted Johnson to Corbett.
Fifteenth Round.
When the men faced each other it
was plain to all that Jeffries was in
distress. Johnson waited for the big
white man to come in and chopped his
face to pieces. They came into a
clinch after a feeble attempt by Jeff
TO land a left hand blow on the body,
and as they broke away Johnson shot
his left and right to the jaw in a fash.
Jeffries staggered back against the
ropes. Johnson dashed at him like a
tiger. A rain of lefts and rights de-
livered at close quarters sent Jeffries
Keeling blindly Another series Of
short snappy punches, and the big
white giant went down FOR the first
time in his ring career. JeffrieS look
ed around in a dazed way and got up
at the count of nine. Jeff reeled about
and tried to clinch, but Johnson elud-
ed him and as the old champion swung
around to the south side of the ring
he jolted him twice on the jaw. Jeff
sank to his knees, weak and tired, but
got up again at the count of nine. 1t
was then that Jeffries' friends began
, to call to Richard to STOP the fight.
stop it! Stop it! they shouted from
. all sides. Don't let him be knocked
, out!"
Richard gave no heed to these APP
peals. Jeff was helpless now, and as
he staggered to a standing position
= the negro was waiting FOR him. A
left. a right and another left, short
. snappy, powerful blows, found their
! marks of Jeffries' chin and he went
{ down for the third time. The time
keeper raised and lowered his arms
telling off the seconds. He had reach
ed the count of seven wnen some OF
Jeffries' seconds put foot inside the
] ropes and Richard walked between
; the fallen man and the negro cham
pion. Placing his hand on Johnson
y shoulder. he declared him the winner
4 While Jeffries was not counted out
= this was merely a technical evasion
r It was evident that he could never
I have got up inside 10 seconds.
d SAILORS VS.. WASEDAS.
n This afternoon at three thirty the
s baseball team from the u. S S. Cleye