The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
RAIN OF BLOWS DOWNS JEFF
LANDS AT WILL
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/! not there any more. He did the best
he could and he failed.
NO HANDSHAKE EXCHANGED
| Timekeeper George Harting sounded
| the bell exactly at 2:45 p. m. There
was no handshaking between the men.
Johnson was willing to grasp the mas
sive mftt of his white opponent, but
Jeffries would not stand for this. He
! sent word over to johnson that there
| must be no handshaking, and johnson
assented with one of his many smiles.
| After a few seconds of preliminary
stalling, Jeffries started with a left
lead for the stomach, but fell short.
Johnson also missed a left lead and
then he started joshing his man. He
did appear to be a bit nervous, appar-
emily trying to hide his nervousness
with his smile and smother 1T with a
fast line of talk, which he kept shoot
ing at Jeffries.
After Jeff had missed another lead,
Johnson landed lightly with his left
to the head, and they went into their
first clnch. Here Johnson showed his
superior strength and cleverness in the
close places. He held JEFF with his left
and had his right in readiness for in
stant execution. After they had
emerged from this Jeffries landed a
good left to the head and left to the
body. Johnson missed another lead or
two and Jeffries landed. The crowd
cheered wildly, for Jeff started the
blood flowing from Johnson's mouth.
CORBETT TAUNTS NEGRO
During the intermssion between this
round and every other round of the
fight Jim Corbett stood in the ring op-
posite Johnsons corner and whiled
away the time by taunting Johnson
with cutting remarks. When he made
his appearance between the first and
second rounds Johnson was a bit sur
prised but later he became used to
"Pompadour Jim,r and he had ready
and witty answer every time that Cor
bett flung a remark his way.
Jeff started in the second by missing
another left lead. Again Johnson
started to kid him, but the serious
solemn expression on the face of the
former champion did not change. john
son varied matters by putting a good
left to the head, and when they came
smile, remarking as he did, Don't love
me so much, jim Johnson followed
up this remark by sending in corking
right uppercut to the jaw.
Jeff made the first lead in the third,
landing with left to the head. john
son came in and jeff retaliated with a
left to the body. Then Jeff blocked a
wicked left to the body and they
clinched. It was Jeff's round.
AS usual, Jeff was the first to try a
lead in the fourth, but he failed. john
son swung a left to the ear and
clineh was the result. Johnson worked
a neat uppercut to the jaw with his
right and started kidding again.
This time jeff laughed and came back
with light left to the jaw and an
other to the body. They mixed it quite
lively near the end of the round, each
lefts to head and body. Jeffries did the
better work in this round also. though
Johnson was just beginning to start.
II am all open If you can find the
place and land it." chuckled Johnson
as Jeffries came at him in the fifth
Jeff started to find the opening with
his left, but he missed, for johnson saw.
mean left jab to the stomach. They
clinched, Of course, and Johnson shot
in another punch to the same region.
In this clinch Johnson put in three
singing lefts to the body without re-
turn Jeff's lip started to bleed from
the effect of the left which Johnson
brought across.
OPENING NOT TAKEN
They had another clinch and Johnson
successfully used his famous uppercut
to Jeff's face. jeff snorted and all but
beloved. He crouched and came at
Johnson. The opening for the right
swing or the right hook was there. but
apparently Johnson did not care about
taking a chance. He seemed to be
afraid that jeff was trying to pull him
on. After jeff had put in another left
to the body the bell sounded the end OF
the round.
johnson apparently had started in
real earnest. He was better in this
fifth round than in any of the others
and he began to draw away from JEFF
fries and show his real class in the
sixth. He started with a left to the
jaw. and after the many c1inches he