The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
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 q
blow. tonight passed into history as
broken idol. He met utter defeat at
the hands OF the black champion.
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 Richard raised the black arm and
the great crowd filed out glum and ST.
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 q mark on his body except a slight
cut on his lip. which was the opening
Of wound received in training.
ROUND 1.-.They advanced cautious
y; Jeffries feinting With H. left Jef,
ahds asan sit to eYe g5h e
sends left to head and then ducks un--
ribs. Jeffries hooks left to head. duck
ing Johnson's left. Clinch: Jeffries
s,mns Worried Jeff Slipped
the cheek a second later. Clinched at
bell. Anybody's round.
ROUND .2-Johnson swings light left
other jab slightly marred his right eye.
They spared. JEFF assumes the crouch.
feint but sf5 Johnson i. vary JACK
sends left to chin. Jack lands upper
left to stomach. Clinched and they
break. Jack dashes left to nose. They
uppercnts. Johnson tries With vicious
right to head. but Jim ducks and
skns to hsa %hey seaSs e two shs
sent light lett to short ribs. seating
him to it. Anybody's round.
same Eiace. ciinch Jeffriss sends
aEsa aTa Puts ss s to to hea the
clineh. Johnson sends right 70 kidneys
sI,nss sI,nss again; Johnson s, holds in ~ r.
ropes and took three s jabs aeAlh te the stoms e
ach. The crowd went wild at Jeffries
showing. They break, and Johnson
much damage. Jeffries has a shade Of
this round.
:, RogND sZJeffriss rIshes IN with
but did no damage: They clinch and
J. mon,S wa. ,ss, ss5sy to 'aW
dashed in and sent two lefts to face.
They clinched again. and Johnson
sent straight left to mouth and another
to nose. They were clinched at the
bell. Even round.
labs to the face and aSeidea @ naer retusn. sr.
They wrestle and break. Johnson sent
LEFT ,,a to tn, the face. Jeffriss, face Is Gut
tried LETT. IT. but e missed 2 ifs' He received eeH %
left jolt to the ear and they clinehed:
sneh .wnss In fno hsasy sf sa to Jim Gnn Thsy 5
hook hard to the body and Jack replied
70 Jeffries' right eye. Almost com
nose. they were ciinched at bell.
Johnsons round.
HOUND 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
broke without exchanging blows. Jim
sent light left to short ribs. Jim's nose
bleeding freely: Jack PUSHES and sends
left to face. They clinch and Jack
tries uppercut to face with left. He
then uppercut with right to chin. JEFF
round.
ROUND s-They spared at the open
ing and johnson feinted. They rushed
into elineh; and Jack hooked to the
lightly to the head and repeats a mo-
ment later. johnson blocking beauti-
fully. In half,clinch. Jeffries pounds
lead ana sook i on the dekaa ehess rhay sfs
clinch, and Jack sent left to stomach.
Jack Is holding in clinches. Tex breaks
them and Johnson forced a clinch. ham
son sent left to the head Jeffries
dashed In with right. but 1t was
head. bu. Was % snort. sno 'Tee Tsey 'r'ss we're re
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
oae, oneak 1srn without h exchange. hang, Jack very
the stomach. Jeffries repeating a mo-
ment later. johnson tries left to face.
but misses: Jeffries hooks left to head
from Jeffries and they c1inch. They
break and johnson misses lead for the
head. Johnson took hard right on the
Jack sent left lightly to the mouth. He
receives hard right to the body and
they are clinched. At the bell they
were fighting and It was Jeffries'
round.