Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-07-08
ihnson and Jeffries
Fight
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EIGHTH Round.
They work in clinch and John
son whips left to face and they
break way. Johnson is short with
left for body and follows jeff up,
landing left on shoulder. John.
son puts three lefts on jeff IS face
and Jeff put hard right to John.
sons wind and the colored man
grunted. Both exchange lefts to
head. johnson asks Corbett how
he likes it so far. Johnson puts
two on face. jeff misses left
for face. Johnson is out boxing
Jeff and apparently stands at ease,
hut his blows do not carry much
punishment. They rush and light
face to face at the bell.
Ninth Round.
Jeff comes up crouching and
makes Johnson break ground. Put
right on ribs, then misses left.
They ciinch AS they break John
son swung hard 4ft around Jeff's
neck. JEFF lands a hard right to
wind. Jeff whipped left to stom-
ach and johnson grunted. They get
into hard clinch. the white man
making the colored one back ava
johnson hooked a left to the
mouth but Jeff lands ribs. John
sons mouth bleeding and first
blood for jeff,
- Tenth Round.
They come together quickly.
johnson put left to mouth, then
swung hard right upper cut which
was blocked. They clinch and
wrestle around the ring for a half
minute. Jeff sends a right to the
wind and backs away from left
swing. johnson whips left to
mouth. Jeff blocked. johnson
tried an uppercut which jeff
smothered. Jeff put light left
on wind and the bell rings.
Eleventh Round.
They walked up carefully, jeff
trying his left once to find John
on. and blocked, he took the left
on face: but smiled and they
clinched. They broke away after
half minutes wrestling, without
damage. Johnson smashed Jeff
twice again with right and left to
jaw and they boilermaker fought
desperately. johnson swung a
terrific right, more of an upper
cut to the jaw, and followed with
a clean uppercut in jaw and Jeff
almost went over johnson uses
right to stomach. Blood spurted
from Jeff's mouth in stream
jeff landed his right to the law
and to body, which brot the crowd
to their feet. However. johnson
had a good advantage.
Twelfth Round.
jeff walked over bending for.
ward, and they got together j John
son hooked left to face. Jeff put
his right hand to Johnson's face.
jeff forced him to close quarters.
.Jefi's nose bled freely as he turned
to take his crouch, and spit out
a rnass e blood as the gong
sounded. jeff was not worsted
apparently.
Thirteenth Round
Johnson lands left, on Jeff's
face. jeff lands right on john
son. johnson hooks right to head.
jeff misses left uppercut to chin.
johnson crowds jeff to the ropes
and lands hard to mouth. johnson
sent right to jaw twice and made
jeff break ground. johnson sent
right to face. Jeff hooks light
left to body johnson sends left
to mouth then landed left upper
cut in the same place. johnson
sends his right to face viciously.
Fourteenth Round.
johnson goes to mouth and sends
right to face. jeff put hard leftl
TO head, then straight one tol
mouth and johnson backs up. jeff
sends two hard lefts to the SION
ach. They then clinch. Johnson
tries his right uppercut and lands
hard
Fifteenth Round.
Johnson and jeff clinched iii the |
ropes. Az they broke away John
son sent a hard right to chin. jeff |
fell against the ropes and AZ heI
came back slowly and unsteadilyl
Johnson swung another hard blowI
on the jaw. Their hooked d left toI /
chin and knocked jeff clear thru
the ropes. jeff was counted outl
before he was pulled to his feet.
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