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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
JEFF WAS NOT THERE"
WAS SHELL OF OLD SELF
Bob Fitzsimmons Says Johnson Is One
Of the Most Dangerous Fighters
Ring Has Ever Seen
BY BOB FITZSIMMoNS
Especial Dispatch to The Calll

sorrow that 1 felt during that round.
There was never an instant that JEFF
fries former vim and dash showed it
self. There was never even a flash OF
his old time self
So far as Johnson is concerned, / say
"the king is dead, long live the king"
He is big, strong, clean fighter and
has a powerful punch. He is one OF
the eIeverest fighters we ever had. I
used to think that he was only de-
fensive fighter. He showed today that
he is an offensive fighter as wei. When
he wants to he can be terribly agrees
sive. I believe fhat if he had forced
the lighting in the first round it would
not have gone four rounds.
But Johnson worked along his own
previously made plans. He fought a
clever, cool and masterly battle from
the start. He made me change my
opinion of him as fighter.
don't think there is man in the
ring today who would have a chance
a against Johnson. Notwithstanding
that he met a weakling compared with
the Jenries of old. He showed by his
work that he is a terrific hitter.
most clever blocker and one OF the
most dangerous aggressive lighters the
ring has ever seen.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
Cadets Compete IN BOAT
Races and Games

Contests of skill that eliminated in
boat race were the features of the
fourth of July celebration participated
in by more than 200 enthusiastic sailor
boys at Yerba Buena island.
Music was furnished by the sailor
band and there was an enjoyable time
for all.
The results of the event follow:
Boat rsce-won by boat No. 2, second com
pany; second. boat No. s.
100 yard dash-W. Z. Baty. hrst. second com
pany; second, F. Severn. second company.
Three legged race-L. r. Nicholson and J. II.
Watson. fifth company. first; second. ". n.
Parks and c. G. Passmore. sixth company
Egg race-M. F. Honeywell. first company,
hrst; H A. Martin. sixth company. second
Wheelbarrow race. Christensen and G. G..
Wells. first company, first; second. @. F. Neils,
sixth company. and I. NJ. Perkins. fifth com
pany.
Sack race. T. Watson 6fth company. first
second. E A Walton, second company
Shoe race. ". Winters. first company.
first: second. j. NJ Dunn second company.
Potato race-W. f. Wolf. second company
first; second E. Murray. hfth company.
Tug of war-Ihe fourth company won from
the third company
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
JOHNSON'S MOTHER
DEEPLY OFFENDED
Bitterly ReSenfS White Fight
er'S Refusal to Shake Hands
With Her Son

CHICAGO, July 4.-"Gracious me, if
there isn't poor old Jeffries now. To
look at him you wouldn't think he
would refuse to shake hands with my
boy
Mrs. Johnson was speaking, Jacks
mother. She was sitting in her beau
tiful home-the home that Jacks
prowess had made possible. She was
surrounded by many admiring friends
and undoubtedly she was the happiest
woman in the world although deeply
offended, and all because Jeffries had
refused to shake hands with her son
when the great fight began. A beggar
with his face swathed in bandages
wormed his way through the crowd
asking aims. When he got close
enough to her Mrs. Johnson saw that
ne was a white man, and her reference
to poor old Jeffries'' was made. Mrs.
Johnson fished out a dime and handed
1t to the man, saying:
i ought not to do this, but you look
so much like Jeffries must look that
you probably need even the sympathy
of a poor old colored woman"
Mrs. Johnson never wavered in her
belief that her brawny son would de-
Iedt JeHrles. PERSONS nave come to
her from all parts of the country and
put their case in her hands, so to
speak, and of them she said
Bet your money on Jack. He will
do just as he said he would. He told
me before he went away that he would
bring back the championship just the
same as he took it to the fight and he'll
do 1t. My boy never promised me
anything but what he did it,
A woman living in the same neigh
borhood with Mrs. Johnson had so
much faith in the belief of the fighters
mother that she mortgaged her house,
hold furniture and staked everything
on Johnson.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
JUMPS FROM WINDOW

NEW YORK, July 4-WiIliam A.
Torrey, a pitcher of the New York
Nationals. jumped from a window of
Roosevelt hospital. where he Is pa
tient. today and landed on the roof of
the engine house about IL feet below.
He was badly bruised, but Superin-
tendent Grimshaw said the injuries he
had sustained would not interfere with
his recovery from typhoid fever, from
which he is suffering.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05

chalklike pallor on his. cheeks.
There was nothing to indicate that
the end was near.
l looked back at Jeffries. His good
eye was toward me and it was as de-
termined as ever. His head was bent
forward and he was half crouching
Johnson was poising himself for a sud
den plunging attack-the same attack
which he had tried time and again to
JEFFRIES DROPS
And then all of sudden Johnson
plunged. His left hand was shot into
Jeffries body. The glove sunk in until
stantly it was drawn back, to shoot out
again in a swift, curving blow and land
with a crash on Jeffries' chin. The
great bulk of the white champion tot
tered. A shiver ran down his giant
frame from his head to his ankles. He
swayed back and then, while we all
stared in stunned unbelief, he went
slowly over and down on his back A
shudder- ran through the great crowd; /;
there was silence as dead as the silence
of the desert.
1 could see Jeffries roll up to half
sitting position and bring his hand
back under him to brace him there. I
could hear the scraping of his shoes
on the canvas as he pulled his feet up
under him and the soft humping
sound of his eylove oS he <5ro1oAd !, ;s
hand heavily on the flooring. Jeffries,
only half conscious, was Slowly realiiz-
ing that for the first time in his life
he had been knocked down. If he had
not believed it before, he knew now
that he was a beaten man.
JOHNSON WAITS
Hesitatingly he groped around with
his right hand and caught the lower
rope OF the ring. Johnson. not grin
ming now, but for the first time in
rounds quiet and serious, stepped back
a yard or two. dropped his hands to his
sides and waited for what might come.
Rickard stepped swiftly in. The
count was going on. And now of a
sudden Jeffries seemed to realize where
he was. His head turned until he was
facing johnson. He struggled, and,
stin holding the rope, rose heavily to
his feet
Jeffries was Up again. The great
crowd heaved a sigh of relief and in
an instant broke out into murmur
Jeffries was up and Johnson, shining
in the sun like warrior of bronze,
was in action. johnson was launching
another blow. Jeffries may have seen
it coming, but he was too far gone to
move. Instinctively he half raised his
guard and then the blow crashed home
Down went Jeffries again. backward
falling like sack of sand.
JEFFRIEs -DAZED
AS he reeled back the lower rope Of
the ring caught him behind the knees
and as he crumpled he fell in a sitting
position outside the ropes. Bracing
himself with both hands he tried to
rise. could see his face plainly. There
was a dull, dazed expression there
the expression of features no longer
controlled by a mind. His effort to
rise was purely instructive. The in
stinct of a game man urged him up
ward. even though the muscles were
no longer doing their duty.
Behind Jeffries / saw faces suddenly
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05

NOR. On Jeffries' face there were many
expressions: first, confidence, than a
shade of doubt, forced smile, and,
later on, determination that grew more
grim as the fight went along. Toward
the end. with his right eye entirely
closed and blood trickling from lips
and nostrils. with Jumps showing here
and there where the black champions
shots went home. and with one good
eye glaring in dauntless defiance, JEFF
fries was a grewsome sight.
I shall never forget that knockout.
The fight had gone through many va
riations. and at last it had settled into
almost a sure thing that Jeffries was
beaten. The once great champion was
growing slow and tired, yet with the
hghting spirit Of old controlling his ac-
tions. with the grim determination
never to be whipped still urging him
on, Jeffries was steadily walking to-
ward his grinning and triumphant
enemy. His left eye was open wide in
q threatening glare. Time and again.
ss he closed in, he drove his right or
Jeff hand to the negro's body.
'TAUNTs JEFFRIEs
And Johnson, sure now that he could
not lose the fight and feeling the
growing weakness of his rival, let the
blows land almost without making any
attempt TO block them. Once Jeffries
was pushed back against the ropes and
stood there with his legs widespread,
humping both hands in a pistonlike
motion into Johnson's body The negro,
thrusting his body close so that JEFF
fries could not get a full swing. taunt-
ingly cried: why. you hit hard, Jeff!"
and Jeffries. weary as he was, hurled
the negro away and for a minute
seemed about to fight with renewed
strength.
But it was only a squirt. Johnson
closed in again. Jefries. battered and
grim, held him of.
Jenries seemed strong still. A man
sitting beside me was saying that he
looked far worse in the sixth round
when he last fought Fitzsimmons. He
seemed TO take a lot of comfort from
that statement. I remember that my
eye swept the arena saw the crest
of moving figures up against the daz-
zling blue Of the Nevada sky. The
crowd was surging uneasily. In JEFF
fries corner his brother Jack was peer
ing over the edge of the ring, keen
eyed at Johnson. as If TO fathom the
thought behind that shining skull to
know what cunning trick was coming
next corbett was farther back, with
his mouth standing wide open and a
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
BY DIR. w. S. PORTER. Je6rie., oh,

BY DIR. w. S. PORTER, Jeffries' ply
sician--Aside from badly bruised face
there Is nothing seriously wrong with
Jeffries' condition after his bout today.
The little cuts about his lip and fore
head will heal in a few days, and as
soon as his discolored right eye sheds
the black and blue he will never know
he had been in a fight. There is not
mark on his body, his heart action is
not affected in the least and except for
the soreness in his face he will feel
just as good as ever tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
6,0OOFight Fans Rushed
Into Reno Yesterday

RENO. New, July 4.-From dark last
night until $3.50 this morning 10 trains
arrived from the east and west. with
an average load of 500 passengers
each Seven more trains. heavily
loaded. came in before noon. UP to 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon $500 ex-
cursion tickets to Reno had been sold
in San Francisco.
All the $40 fight tickets had been
sold last night. Large blocks had been
sold to spectators. who were asking
$3.50 for them today
The only seats on sale at the ticket
ONCE this morning were the higher
priced places
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
Cleanest Fight and
Easiest for Referee
By TEX RICHARD

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
~ EMO, New, July 4.-After
johnson coIored Jeff's eye
IN with that left look in the
second round, L knew that it was
the negro's fight. No other man
I'm the world but Jim JefYries
could have stood up under that
blow. Jim put in some nice work
in one or two of the later rounds,
but johnson hit harder and
cleaner as the fight progressed.
awarded the fight to johnson
after Jeffries went down the Sec
ond time, because he was lifted
to his feet and pushed back to
the middle of the ring by Berger,
Attell, and, L think, Choynski.
But before L could get between
them they were fighting again,
anu Sen went uoWn tne third
time.
1t was the cleanest fight ever
fought and the easiest to referee.
Once jeff pushed the coIored
mans head back, and twice
johnson held ON when perhaps he
had NO right to. cautioned them
and the slight breach was never
repeated by either.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
JoHNsoN,s CAR pEIAyEn

RENO, July 4.-Champion Jack
Johnson's special car is still on a side
track in the railroad yard and will be
attached to the next eastbound train.
He had expected to leave early tonight.
but the rush of people from Reno has
dislocated train service.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
DEFEAT STUNS FANS
JOHNSON TAUNTS JEFF
Crashing Blows Send Former Champion
Down While Great Crowd Gazes
In Silent Wonder
By ROBERT EDGREN
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

RENO, July Al chalklike pallor his cheeks.
Twenty thousand There nothing to indicate tha
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05

RENO, July e.
Twenty thousand
fans sat
around the bowl
shaped arena at
Reno yesterday, and
in stunned and
h elple s s silence
looked on while
Jack johnson slow
Iy beat Jim Jeffries
down to defeat.
Through the Is
rounds Of fighting
Johnson joked and
smiled his golden
smile with exag-
gerated good hui
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05

RENO, NeY- July
4.-Jefries was not
there. He looked
great. 1 never saw
him looking better
in his life; but he
left his vitality on
t h e TO ad. III e
worked himself out
training for this
fight and when he
got into the ring he
was lacking in vim.
The fight had not
gone four rounds
before 1 was con-
vinced of this.
Took nhn
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05


whipped a man today, but that man
fought years ago. He hadn't the vigor
and power; he hadn't the punch; he was
only shell. He wasn't even a quarter
of the man he was when he met me-
1t was the most pitifuI sight 1 have
ever beheld to see that great big man.
once the greatest of US all, lying feebly
on the floor, making weak attempts to
get up. 1 felt so sorry at the sad spec
tacle that tears coursed down my
cheeks. I cried like a baby. 1 felt
like leaping into that ring and helping
him. If johnson had met the Jeffries
ent story to tell. But there's no use in
speaking as to what might have hap
pened now, for it is all over.
sWAYED By SENTIMENT
I'll admit that I was wrong. 1 al
lowed my sentiments to carry me
away. to blind me to the fact that JEFF
fries might have aged and lost the
vitality that, was once his. L felt in
my heart. deep down, that johnson
would beat this Jeffries, but 1 ban
ished the thought from my mind and
could only think of Jeffries' former
greatness. 1 was too stubborn to al
low myself to admit that johnson had
a chance.
In the first round thought Jeffries
had shade the better of it, but he
did not display the aggressiveness that
l had expected of him. 1 thought he
would tear in and rush johnson off his
feet. The second and third rounds
were about the same and 1 kept wait
ing TO see Jeffries display his old tao
tics. the Irresistible tactics that beat
me. After the fourth 1 realized that
Jeffries was not Jeffries any longer.
He was only the image of his former
self. not the real, solid. powerful. Wig
orous fellow 1 used to know There
thing that we all lose after time. no
matter how good we are. There was
no vim and dash to Jeffries' move-
ments, no power or force to his
punches. After the eleventh round it
was all johnson. In the thirteenth 1
expected to see Johnson put Jerries
out.
soRRIEsT OF SIGHTS
The fifteenth was the sorriest sight l
have ever seen. 1t was pitiful to see JEFF
fries back away, his hands useless. the
power gone from his arms. only his lion
know what restrained me from jumping
into the ring and taking his part L
hope never again to feel the pangs OF
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appear. One was the face of Farmer
Burns 1t was distorted in an agony
far greater than the agony of Jeffries.
Beside Burns there was Roger Cornell.
And there was little Abe Attell, NOV
ing with the quickness of a cat. The
of the platform. In second they had
their arms under the fallen giant and
were helping him up. Jeffries, thrust
back through the ropes, balanced him
self a moment and reeled doggedly
toward johnson. 1 heard Rickard ex
claim sharply. He brushed Johnson
aside.
Rickard told me afterward that he
thought Jefries' seconds had jumped
UP to help him to his feet and stop the
fight before he was counted out. Under
Queensberry rules aid given by a sec
ond during round forfeits a fight.
Rickard didn't realize that Jeff was
being thrust back into the ring, a help
less man, to be battered down again.
Don't hit him. he exclaimed
sharply to Johnson. The black cham
pion stepped a few feet aside and
Jeffries foundered past and reeled to
the ropes across the ring. johnson
hesitating just a moment. followed
quickly.
stop" ordered Rickard Don't hit
him.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
JEFFRIEs SHOWED OVER

But Johnson was taking no chances.
He didn't strike a blow. Clear headed,
cool, fresh and almost unmarked, he
knew that the fight was won. But he
wanted to take no chances So, in
stead of shooting out his soggy gloves
again he half pushed Jeffries to the
floor There was moment of con-
fusion in the ring. Jeffries' seconds
were scurrying about. Jeffries rolled
up to his knee and caught the ropes,
and then Corbett and Berger climbed
into the ring, and the fight was over.
While George Harting, the official
time keeper, had not counted jeff
ries out when he was down the sec
ond time, the aid given by his sec
onds would have been equivalent to
throwing up the sponge. 1t goes on
the records as the first knockout reg
istered against the great Jeffries. and
the last, for he will never try to fight
again
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-16
SUICIDE QUEEN
MAKES FAILURE
MRS. CAROLINE SIMMS ONCE
MORE GIVES NJ. o. HOSPITAL
AUTHORITIES WORK.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13.-Mrs.
Caroline Simms, whose many at
tempts at self-destruction during the
last two years have gained for Ter
the sobriquent of the suicide queen,
made another effort to kill herself at
her Villere-street home today. She
took a dose of sugar of lead, but the
charity hospital ambulance surgeons
pumped it out in time to save her
life.
Her friends assert that this is her
fourteenth attempt at suicide, but on
ly seven such cases are on record
in the police department.
Mrs. Simms has never tried the
same method twice. Once she took
carbolic acid, another time laudanum
and once she tried to hang herself to
a door but the towels out of which she
had made the nose broke. Mrs.
Simms, who is young widow, attri-
butes her unhappiness to disappont-
ment in love.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-16
WILL NOT PAY HER
HUSBANDS Bill S
WOMAN WARNS PUBLIC AGAINST
HUSBAND WHO LEFT AND
TOOK HIS BED.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Sept. Ia
People in this section of the State we're
warned by Mrs. Theresa Rosenglant
not to sharbor her husband, as she will
not pay bills contracted by him, for
he has left her board and taken his
bed with him. Her advertisement
reads:
Whereas my husband, George Ros-
engrant, son of the late John Rosen-
grant and Maria Rosengrant, has left
the house rented by me, and for which
paid the rent, and has left my board
and taken his bedstead along with him
and sold it, this is to warn all persons
not to harbor or to trust him on my
account from this date, as l will pay
no bills of his contracting. | shall
continue to pay my rent and to keep
I'D my table in the usual form in his
absence, and, having one less to iced,
l will be pardoned, think If l live
in better style than formerly. There
is a hard Winter creeping along and
he may incite your sympathies to trust
him on my account, seeing that | am
doing very well, thank you, but you
Just keep in mind that you have re-
ceived this warning and govern your
self accordingly"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-16
DOGGED BY BLACK
HAND MEMBER
ITALIAN STAYS ALLEGED PuR-
suER AT PHILADELPHIA AND
TELLS or CHASE

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept IL
Claiming that his victim was a mem
Der OF the black hand" who had
been following him around this coun-
try for two years seeking revenge
Francesca scagtio, aged 81 years,to-
day shot and fatally wounded Gul-
seppe Ceracio. The shooting occur
red in the heart of the Italian section
and was witnessed by many persons.
Scagtio was captured by the police
after a chase Of several squares. Ce-
raclo was taken to a hospital and
died shortly after being admitted.
Scagtio in his statement to the po-
lice. said that Ceracio and he had been
members of the same secret society in
Italy. He failed to obey a command
of the order and came to this country
to escape punishment. He was fol-
lowed by Ceracio, who. he said, dogged
him through several towns in the min
ing regions of this State and followed
him to this city.
Determined to end the suspense
which he labored under Scagtio today
sought Ceracio and, saying I'll get
you first" shot him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-16

eockerel. drst and second hen. sec
ond pullet. nrst pen. W. H. Puryear.
hrst and third pullet, third cOcEerel
third pen. A. W. Whitley, second
eockerel. third pen
White Plymouth Rocks. Porter
Brothers. Columbia. first Geek, first
cockerel. first and second hen, first
and second pullet, first and second
pen.
Best Display Games. H. l. Web
ster first, Boyd Dean. second.
Toulouse Geese, Mrs. w. w. Dyer,
first, Mrs. Mary Meek, second
Pekin Ducks. Mrs. Allen Harlan
first trio.
Specials. Best display, w. H. Pur-
year, first, 9. T. Looney, second, Fl. f.
Farriss. third Best dozen eggs, Mrs.
Mary Meek. first, Mrs. George H.
Kerr, second
r. S. Hopkins, judge; W. H. Pur'
year, superintendent.
Mule Exhibit.
Most of the forenoon was taken up In
judging mules in the various classes.
In the. class for mules 2 years old
and under 3, Dixon & Pickens, of Bed
ford county, won first and William
Tolley, of Maury county, second.
In the yearling class for mules Dix
on & Pickens won first and r. L.
Hayes, of Maury county, second.
In the class for 8 year old horse
mules, R. L. Hayes won first and Sec
ond.
In the class for best mare and mule
foal of 1910, Dixon & Pickens won
first.
In the class for best mare mule, 3
years old and over, first went to W. L.
Delk, of Maury county, second to Dix
on & Pickens, of Bedford county.
In the class for best mule any age,
championship class, Dixon & Pickens
were awarded first and second.
In the class for the best mare, stall
lion Or gelding, fine harness horses,
Will Whitley, of Gordonsville, was
awarded the blue on a stallion by Red
fern; JEFF Mckenzie, Of Gallatin, Sec
md.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-09-16
COMMEND MISS BIDEz.
Gifted Musician Will Teach Limited
Number Of Pupils.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Miss Cecile Bidez Is gifted musi-
clan by inherited talents and has been
carefully trained both in voice and pi-
ano from the best schools Of music.
She has taught several years in the
South and Southwest with success,
and her experience in Girls Colleges
and Seminaries Of the highest order
has made her a most thorough and eff
ficient teacher Of music.
Miss Bidez will teach the above
named branches of music at her home,
50 n Garden street. Those interest
ed in the study of music and who wish
college bred teacher Of experience,
should see Miss Bidez as to terms,
hours, etc, as she will teach but a
limited number of pupils.