The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-07-06


The shortend betting men were hill
arious but in the great mass of spec
tators there was feeling of personal
loss. Hope had lived in thousands
of breaths until the last minutes and
now their idol had crumbled and this
black man stood peerless. They
could not help but admire him and
there was little animositv shown to-
ward him. For the most part the
people We're silent. just readtusting
things in their minds. Hundreds
shouldered the bitter defeat of their
financial loss.
DO Not Shake Hands.
The men faced each other with no
prelm naries of handshaking or DOS
ing at 2:45 o'clock. Johnson wore
blue tights and an American flag at
his belt. Jeffries in his purple
trunks. stood out as hairy giant
like some hero of the folk lore. The
men sluiled at each other. Jeffries
feiuted. Johnsuu glided awav and
smiled again. johnson tried out a
straight right and tapped Jeffries'
face. They clinched and worked cau-
toiusly for body blows but there was
little snap in either and they were
still Waiting when the round ended
JEFF Tries Old FavOrite.
At the opening of the second round
Jeffries came up with his old crouch
and his left arm stuck out like a
scantling. This was the blow and the
attitude that carried him to glory
in the former DAYS. But there was
change in the negro. Where there
had been slight indecision and tremb-
ling and CLINT of trouble in his eve.
confidence was displayed. Johnson
had found himself and in his heart Of
hearts he believed himself to he
master.
Black Forces Fighting.
He forced the fighting and in
clinch made his first attempt at a
carefully developed upper cut. JEFF
fries took it with out flnching. John
son watched him carefully. 1t was
on this blow he depended. He tried
another and another. but missed. The
men wrestled and Johnson showed he
was as strong as Jeffries. In the
second. third and fourth rounds. JEFF
fries had his chance if he ever had
one. The fight showed he could not
!
he had started in with his entire
force he could have reached Johnson
with sweeping blow
Much Clinching at Start.
On the other hand, men whose OPP
inions are valued on such matters.
say tonight that johnson could have
beaten Jeffries at any time in the
latter's career All any rate Jeffries
passed by his chance Jeffries kept
walking into body blows and taking
face punishment. Up to this point.
however, the fight was little more
than wrestling bout.
In the fourth Jeffries landed tho
only blow that came near hurting
johnson. 1t was a body blow that
made the black vince. Johnson.
however, came up as good as new in
the fifth. This round was slow ana
neither man was badly hurt
Closes Jef's Eye.
In the next round Jeffries right
eye was closed While he was taking
severe lacing in order to land the
stomach blow which he and his back
ers depended on His nose, was also
bleeding when the round ended
what faster but at no time did lief
FRIES live up to expectations. His
eye was swollen and he rubbed it as
he leaned on the glisteneing black
shoulder during the clinches
johnson Grows Aggressive.
He was beginning to look more like
n wounded bun than clever think
ing man. Jeffries got left in the
face at the openir< of the eighth and
Johnson's blows became quicker and
harder during this round but the
black did not badly punish him.
johnson tried to upper cut but Jeff
still possessed the auickness to snap
his head out of danger. johnson
waited for lead and then put a hard
left To the body but Jeffries stopped
it with his glove The round ended
with Jetfries hitting johnson in the
ribs in a way that was little relished.
Big Fellow Grows Tired.
The tenth was rather slow. Jeffries
brushing away the head blows as he
would flies and trying always for thar
| terrible body punch. Jeff also tried
to wear johnson down by his weight
in clincheS. The eleventh. which is
marked as the final toboggan for
Jeffries. opened carefully. johnson
let loose and kept his mans head
bohbing constantly. In the clinch,
johnson landed three upper cuts and
JeH began to show signs of distress.
jeff was slowing down. Jeffs
slowness was more perceptible in the
twelfth. He looked tired but was
Whaeking away at the body, drawing
forth pretty exhibition of boxing on
the part of the black Jeffries spat
out great quantity of blood as he
walked to his corner and Johnson