The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-05

thrice with his left to the face and
whipped a short-arm right TO the face.
A long clinch followed. during which
the black missed a wicked right upper
cut. Jeffries rushed in. but the black
blocked him neatly on a vicious right
swing. and again patted his antagonist
on the shoulder as the round ended
Johnson. on points, had a good advan-
tage. but there was not much power
behind his stinRs-
Round 4--Jeffries missed a left
swing. johnson rushed in with a stab
70 the face. johnson tainted Jeff con-
stantly. Don't rush. Jim: don't you
hear at all?' shouted Johnson, back
ing Il up with a right uppercut.
JEFF got In a good right TO the mouth
and the blood started flowing from the
oOlored mans lips. First blood for
jeff" yelled the crowd. Johnson shot
a hard left to the mouth and attempt
ed to wrestle his man against the
ropes. The golden smile" had not fad
ed from Johnson's face at this stage.
JEFF forced the champion against the
ropes.
Half dozen short arm body punch
IS found their mark IN rapid succes-
sion In response. johnson shot a
right 70 the jaw. and the round ended
II was Jeffs round, and the best one
so far
Round 5-Johnson as usual came m
with a Voley OF words. Jeff paid no
attention to this, but rushed In close
and they wrestled for a spell At close
quarters Jeffries shot two rights to the
body to which Johnson responded with
a left uppercut. cutting Jeffs Inns a
bit johnson a moment later drove
his right 70 the jaw and then followed
IL with two left uppercuts to the same
place. Johnson Jared the white man
with straight left to the mouth and
they eased up In a cl!nch. Both men
were bleeding from the mouth. sud
denly Jeffries sent the blacks head
back foot with a straight left to the
mouth snd Johnson looked bit Sc
rious as he took his seat. not. how
ever, without giving the boilermaker
the customary round-end love tap. No
serious damage.
Round Elm going to mix with
let's radiated from tts champfon's
shoulder. catching Jeffries on the face
IN each instance. and the blood seeped
men fought cautiously. A ringside ran
asked johnson X he would like a
drink Too much on hand now 7"
quickly rejoined the champion and he
ripped In three left uppercuts to the
whites Jaw. Jeffries waded IN but
was met with nasty left uppercut
that closed his right eye tight. John
punches and the blood spouted from
the retired champions nose as he
took his seat when the bell ended the
round. Jeffries' seconds worked hero
ically on his damaged optics. Jobn-
sons round.
Round z-Jeffries came up with n
closed A
long sparring bee followed without a
blow being struck. Johnson mean
while carefully printing himself for
an opening. Although Jeffries eye was
badly bruised, he never lest his poise
Johnson laughed sarcastically as Jeff
ries essayed right swing at close
quarters With the men locked in an
embrace, johnson j0lted his man three
times over the damaged eye and foi-
lowed this with a right uppercut 10
the Jaw. jeff stopped JOhnson's bick-
jaw. but the black countered with left
and right to Jeff's sore face The hell
changed with the honors on Johnsou's
side and Jeffries looked badly cut as
Round s-As Jeff rushed IN. the
black drove a left to the mouth and
lefts to the face that carried consid-
cradle force behind them. Hello
Jimmy" shouted the negro. Did you
see that oneTT and as they closed In
away. Johnson" But Johnson didn't
break and laughed as jeff missed a
vicious left swing Earlier Jeff. at close
range. had worked In two rights TO
gro. Jeff pushed his man about the
ring and the bell rang closing a rather
featureless session
Round o-JOhnson kept a constant
conversation in his corner before
coming up to the scratch in this round.
He hooked his left TO Jeffs face with
great force and continued to hurl
tersely framed sentences at Jim Cor
bett- Johnson hooked another left to
the jaw that carried with ~ a world
of power. After Jeff had butted with
his head. Johnson flung his left to the
stomach and they went into a friendly
ciinch. jeff crouched low and John
son drove home a wicked left full tilt
in the stomach. moment later he
sent in two left jabs to the mouth and
eye. but Jeff apparently paid little at
tenti0n TO these blows. The round
ended in Johnson's favor and with
Jefrs face bleeding from several
places