The Colorado statesman., 1910-07-09
JOHNSON WINS
FROM JEFFRIES
STAGES OF THE
GAME.
KNOCKOUT IN FIFTEENTH
NOT NOW CONSIDERED 1.-THE
FIGHT OF THE
CENTURY"

Rene, 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
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
dozen cuts on the face. He had
black, closed eye and swollen features
and he held his head in his hands,
dazed and incoherent.
out a mark ON his body except a slight
cut on his lip, which was the opening
of wound received in training.
ROUND They advanced cautious
", Jeffries feinting with left JEFF
fries again feints with left Johnson
lands left to eye. Jetfries cilnches;,
sends left to head and then ducks un-
der left and clinched, pounding short
ing Johnsons left. Clinch. Jeffries
smiling, johnson worried. JEFF slipped
into stEaEht left bTt was Patbted on
bell. Anybodys round
ROUND johnson swings light left
and Jeffries catches II in ribs. An
other jab slightly marred his right eye.
They spared JEFF assumes the crouch,
then leads left to head, Jeffries tries
cut with left. The round ends slightly
I'm Johnson's favor.
ROUND 3-Johnson fell into short
left to stomach. Clinched and they
break. Jack dashes left to nose. They
uppercuts. Johnson tries with vicious
right to head, but Jim ducks and
clinehes. Johnson sends two light
tries with another uppercut, but Jim
sent light left to short ribs. beating
him to it. Anybody's round.
ROUND 4-Johnson sent left to the
same Elace. .Clinch. Jeffries sends
Johnson puts left to head. Johnson's
nose bleeding. Jeffries goes into a
in the ciinch. He sent a straight left
to head and took one in return. They
clinch again johnson holds in the
clinches. Johnson went against the
ropes and took three jabs to the stom-
ach. The crowd went wild at Jeffries'
showing. They break. and Johnson
sends long right to the ear, without
much damage. Jeffries has shade of
this round.
light left to short ribs. They clinched.
johnson sends long left to stomach,
but did no damage. They clinch and
inns mouth was slightly cut. He
dashed in and sent two lefts to. face.
worked uppercut to the face. Jeffries
sent straight left to mouth and another
10 nose. They were clinched at the
ROUND 6--Johnson sent three left
1abs to the face and avoided return.
They They wrestle rest ian and break Johnson sent @
under the eye. They spar. and Jim
tried left, but missed He received a
Jack swings heavy left to chin. They
clinch; In furious rally Jim sent left
TO Jeffries' right eye. Almost com
pletely closed. Jim bleeding at the
3oosssSson'ss sheg round were eiihehed at DELL
ROUND 7-Jeffries comes out in his
orouching attitude and Jack missed two
lefts to mead. They clinch. They broke
and spared. johnson missed straight
left to head. Jeffries clinched and they
broke without exchanging blows. Jim
sent light left to short ribs. Jim's 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. JEFF
fries sent hard left to chin. Johnson's
round
ROUND S-They spared at the open
tng and johnson feinted. They rushed
into a clinch, and Jack hooked to the
ear with a left. Jack sends two rights
lightly to the head and repeats mo-
ment later. johnson blocking beautl-
fully In a half-clinch, 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 clinch. ham
mering Kidneys. Jack. tried terrific
son sent left to- the head Jeffries
dashed in with right, but 1t was
blocked. They clinch and Jack tries to
clinched at the bell. This round went
TO Johnson by a slight shade.
ROUND .9-They clinch and Jeffries
forced Jack around the ring. They
break without exchange. Jack very
cool Jack rushes into a hard right to
the stomach, Jeffries repeating n 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 clinth. 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
receives a hard right to the body and
were fighting and 1t was Jeffries'
round.