The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-05

the spectators realized He leaned for
ward with his eyes fixed on a vital spot
OF the body of Johnson and tried again
and again to reach It. Johnson tried to
put his uppercut through, but Jeffries still
possessed the quickness to snap his head
out of danger.
Corbett's Yell to johnson
Stand up and fight, you coward" Cor
bett yelled as johnson tucked away a bit
in the ninth. Just wait" said Jack. He
waited for lead and then put hard
left to the body, but Jeffries stopped it
with his glove. AS the round ended he
hit johnson in the ribs in way that
vas not relished. After this round George
Little. Johnsons former manager. placed
several hundred dollars at 10 to on
Jeffries. The tenth was rather slow,
Jeffries brushing away the head blows as
he would brush away flies and trying
always for that terrible body punch. JEFF
fries also tried to wear down Jack by
his weight In the clinches but Johnson
did about an equal amount of showing
and succeeded in getting in his new left
cut to the face several times
The eleventh, which marked the final
toboggan for Jeffries, opened carefully
johnson lie, loose and kept his mans
head bobbing constantly. In a clinch
Johnson landed three uppercuts and JEFF
fries began to show distress. He was
slowing down. A hard right to the nose
sent the blood SCATTERING
Here it was that the crowd began to
get a clear idea of what was impend-
ing One of Jeffries' friends left the
ringside crying.
|. Men looked and sighed as they saw the
old champions legs shaking on his way
to his corner
Watch him: get him." called Delaney
as Johnson met Jeffries' slow lead IN the
twelfth.
JeRries Looks Tired
81 will johnson said, and smiled. He
waited, then drew back and hooked JEFF
fries hard In the face. Jeffries looked
tired, but whacked away at the body
drawing forth only a pretty exhibition
of boxing on the part of the black that
set the crowd cheering Jeffries spat out
a great quantity of blood as he walked
to his corner and Johnson fairly beamed
confidence. The thirteenth showed rapid
dissolution on Jeffries' part.
Following Corbett's advice he stuck to
the clinch until he was forced away.
Then he received two lefts and a right
uppercut to the face. After that John
son played with him. Holding Jeffries
with his right on the shoulder Johnson
fairly rained left blows to the face and
Jeffries wilted. He continued to come on,
however, with his eye almost closed and
his legs sinking.
The crowd waited for the fourteenth
silently and watched hOpelessly when
Jeffries walked into q left and then failed
to get his own left home. The wonder
full work of the. negro was never in bet
ter evidence than here. He was simply
unhittable.
How do you like 'em, Jim?' he asked
l,%f+ t.o DIA,. o,,l In fhn md
of the fight he continued to give more
of them. 7H
Johnson opened up his heavy battery
at the opening Of the fatal round. 1t
seemed no great effort to him to finish
it all. There was only one side to it.
Less than an hour of fighting had
served to bring to an end the career of
the man hitherto believed invincible and
had settled the questions that have been
agtating the sporting world since John
son won the championship belt from
Tommy Burns.