The new era., 1910-07-14
JOHNSON WINS
FROM JEFFRIES
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.
the 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 81
lent.
Jeff was dragged to his corner
bleeding from nose and mouth and a
dozen cuts on the face. He had a
black, closed eye and swollen features
and he held his head in his hands.
dazed and incoherent.
johnson walked out of the ring with
out a mark on his body except slight
cut on his lip, which was the opening
of wound received in training.
ROUND 1.-They advanced cautious
ly, Jeffries feinting with left: JEFF
fries again feints with left. Johnson
sends left to head and then ducks un-
der left and clinched, pounding short
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smiling. Johnson worried. jeff slipped
into a straight left, but was patted on
the cheek a second later. Clinched at
bell. Anybodys round.
ROUND .2-Johnson swings light left
and Jeffries catches It in ribs An
to feint. but Johnson is wary. Jack
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IN Johnson's favor.
left to stomach. clinehed and they
eiInch. JACK misses with right and ieft
uppercuts; Johnson tries with vicious
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rights to head. They ciinch. Johnson
tries with another uppercnt. but Jim
him to it. Anybody's round.
(. ROUND 4--Johnson sent left to the
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in the ciinch.. He sent. straight left
to head and took one in return. They
eiinehes sa 1ohn.o1 @ent against ea the the
ropes and took three jabs to the stom-
ach. The crowd went wild at Jeffries
sends long right to the ear. without
much damage. Jeffries has shade of
this round.
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dashed In and sent two lefts to face
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sent straight left to mouth and another
to nose. They were clinched at the
labs to the face and avoided return
They ,n and break 7. sent
tried left, but missed He received a
left. jolt to the ear and they clinched
clinch. In furious rally Jim sent left
hook hard to the body and Jack replied
to Jeffries Fight eye Almost COM ts
nose. They were ciinched at bell
Johnson's round.
ROUND 7-Jeffries comes out in his
let's to head. They clinch. They broke
and spared. johnson missed straight
left. to head. Jeffries clinched and they
sent light left to short ribs. Jlm's nose
left to face. They elineh and Jack
then uppercut with right to chin. JEFF
fries sent hard left to chin. Johnson's
round.
ROUND s-They spared at the open;
!thto a clinch. and Jack hooked to the
ear with left. Jack sends two rights
lightly to the head and repeats, mo-
fully. In a half-clinch. Jeffries pounds
the stomach. Jeffries ducked left
lead and took it on the. chest. They
Jack Is holding in clinches. Tex breaks
them and Johnson forced a clinch. ham
Wering Kidneys. Jack tried terrific
son, sent left to the head. Jeffries
blocked; They clineh and Jack tries to
to johnson by slight shade.
ROUND ,s-They. clinch and Jeffries
forced Jack around the ring. They
cool Jack rushes into hard right to
the stomach. Jeffries repeating mo-
ment later. johnson tries left to face.
and they clinched johnson backs away
from Jeffries and they clinch. They
break and Johnson misses lead for the
ribs and grunted as the blow landed.
Jack sent left lightly to the mouth. He
receives hard right to the body and
Msls 1hey sTs A. the bell they
round.