Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-07-06
JEFFRIES GOES DOWN TO
DEFEAT BEFORE JOHNSON

or less comfort TO many near where
the women had taken up their station
Tickets Sold Many Times
When the officers first got onto
the crowd climbing the walls of tht
arena they stopped number of ths
intruders but the latter soon got wise
One would buy ticket, scale ths
wall and if he landed safely would
sell it to another below II the sec
|ond got caught and was on the point
of being ejeceted the ticket was pro
duced and the holder was allowed to
remain. One ticket alone changed
hands as many as twenty times.
The Fight
] Even though the official announcer
introduced to the occupants OF the
arena the greatest pugilists that the
world has ever known and it was
probably the most famous bunch that
ever congregated together at one
time, the vast assemblage paid but
little attention, hll thoughts being
on the Two principals OF the affair.
| Jeffries was accorded great re
ception and some weak cheering
greeted the arrival OF the negro. 1t
was Jeffries crowd although the
colored man had many hackers and
friends in the arena.
The history of the fight is ancient
| and probably not reader o1 Appeal
but what has read it round by round.
Jeffries has proven a disappointment
| to all Even his staunchest hackers
nver figured that he could fall down
as he did. AT no stage of the game
did the big white man have even a
chance to win. 1t was like man
! and a boy. Johnson played with him.
hit him at will, kept his face bleed
ing until the loss OF blood alone was
enough to weaken even a giant and
| then, when the sport was getting
tiresome. struck stright right to
/ the jaw and the thous ands saw tLe
great Jeffries sink to the floor for the
| first time in his history. He went
down and got up, went down again
from another swing from his black
antagonist and was then raised to
his feet by his seconds and forced
back into the ring to receive the
| third blow and go down and out for
ever as fighter.
J 1t was a sight that none who saw
will ever forget and for the minute
or two following the first blow which
ie1led Jetfries one could almost hear
pin drop in the arena. The noise
wade bv the moving picture ma
chimes was the only sound that was
audible.
! That Jeffries lost his nerve and was
afraid to go through with the black
smoke is now conceded by the great
est OF writers. According to his
trainers he had practically no sleep
the night before and at the end OF
the first round told one of his train
ers and he could not see his antag-
onist we'll and that he had lost his
judgment of distance. From that time
forth he weakened and in the elev-
enth round his opponent could have
put him out at any time. That it
was carried along for the benefit OF
the moving picture machine is the
opinion of many followers OF the fis-
;tic game and it seems probable.
Fear Lost the Fight
Billy Delaney, probably the bes,
trainer in the world today, and who
has had she supervision of the big
smoke, gives the following opinion:
Delaney's Opinion
Fear lost the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world for Jeffries
yesterday at Reno He was afraid of
Johnson.
| Form had noshing to do with it.
Jeffries made a desperate, game
fight. and did all any man can do to
regain his laurels, but it wasn't in
the cards for him, or any other man,
to beat the Jack Johnson who fought
him yesterday. Jeffries was fight
ing the cleverest heavyweight that
ever stepped into the ring, not bar
ring jim Corbett. Jeffries was al
ways afraid of Johnson. When !
was with him he repeatedly refused
to sign with Jack. When found
that he was afraid to meet the negro
left him.
| Jeffries promised me faithfully he
would fight Squires. l made match
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