Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-07-09

took two lefts in the face when they
broke. Johnson stepped in quickly
and shot left TO the body Just as the
gong rang JEFF appeared to be fresh
as he waited the gong and watched
Jack. Johnson was also fresh but ap-
peared less at ease as he frowned
across the ring at JEFF
ELEVENTH ROUND-They walked
up carefully, JEFF finally trying his left
once to find Il blocked He took left
on the face three times, but smileI
and talked to Jack in the clinches.
They broke away and Jack sent a stiff
left uppercut to the face and a right
to the body. He kept JEFF bobbing his
head to escape the right uppercuts
whenever they got together In n
clinch Jack sent three uppercuts to
the face in quick succession and JEFF
appeared tired They showed about.
Then Jack booked his left hard to the
nose and the blod flowed He appear
ed slow to Jacks snappy blows Just
before the gong JEFF rushed in and
sent left and right to the body John
sons round
TWELFTH ROUNDUP walked
over forward. waiting for a chance to
get inside the negro's impenetrable de-
Tense. lacked simply waited and
threw back or hooked a left to the
face JEFF showed and butted in until
his head rested on the black mans
shoulder and then tried to rise in
body blows. They were blocked and
almost before they were started and
the negro's boxing drew a cheer from
tn crowd. jeff forced his way to close
quarters but got a left on the sore
nose for his trouble. His nose bled
freely. Jeff was not worried apparent
ly and looked fresh Johnson seem
ed to gain confidence as the fight pro.
crossed.
THIRTEENTH ROUND - Putting
his right glove before his face jeff
walked into a clinch without a blow
When they broke Johnson sent right
10 The body and right uppercut to
the chin. stick there JIM" shouted
Corbett. jeff stuck until he was fore
ed away. Then he took two lefts AMI
an uppercut to the face. Johnson
sent in three lefts to the face in quick
succession and then upDercut to the
face. JEFF seemed tired and slow He
could not solve the Negroes defense
and took all the blows that came his
way Jack stood back and swung his
left to the face, then calmly clinched.
Jeffries continued to come in in spite
of the punishment. The round was
all Johnson's. Jeff's eye was almost
closed.
FOURTEENTH ROUNDED walk
ed straight into left and they hung
on to each other Jack tapped the big
fellow on the face with left twice and
blocking Jeff's attempt at close fight
ing Stumbling forward Jeffries took
three straight let's TO the face and
got left to the face lightly. Jeff's
lefts were simply picked out of the
air by the clever negro. jeff walk
ed into three lefts in quick succession.
"They don't hurt" said JET. "Ill
give you some that do" said Johnson
and he proceeded to send in two lefts |
to the face.
FIFTEENTH ROUND-When the
men faced each other it was plain that
Jeffries was in distress. His face was
pulled and bleeding from the punish !
ing lefts and rights he had received
and his movements were langu'd. He
shambled after the elusive negro +
crouching low. with his left
hand stuck out in front and sometimes i
standing erect. Johnson simply wait !,
ed for the white man to come in "a
delivered telling blows. They came
into a clinch after a feeble attempt OF !
Jeff to land a leftyhand blow On the |
body, and as they broke away john
son shot his left and right to the jaw
IN a fash, Jeffries staggered back !
against the ropes. His defensive pow |
ar seemed TO desert him in an instant. !
Johnson went at him like tiger. A
rain of lefts and rights at close quar- !
.ers sent Jeffries reeling blindly. An :
other series Of short, snappy punches
and the big white giant went down
for the first time in his ring career.
He fell under the top rope, over the
lower one, and on to the overhanging
Of the platform Resting on his
launches and right elbow, Jeffries
looked around in a dazed way and got
up at the count of nine.
While he was down Johnson stood
almost over him until Richard waved
him back He stood ready to strike,
and, when Jeffries arose from his
knees, he dashed in again Jeffries
'reeled about and tried TO clinch but
johnson eluded him, and as the old
champion swung around to the south
side OF the ring Johnson jolted him
twice On the jaw. JEFF sank to his
knees. wax and tired, but he got up
again at the count OF nine. 1t was
then that Jeffries' friends began to
cafl to Richard to stop the fight.