Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-05
HON. lack Johnson Knocked Jim j.
>JeffrieS out in Fifteen Rounds


manner in which both fighters worked,
follows:
First Round.
Johnson led with straight left
and landed lightly on Jeffries' face.
They were cautious In clinch, Jonn.
son showing JEFF away. Jeffries hooked
left to the neck In clinch he sent
Observation-Disclosures notwithstanding
blow to the body. Johnson responded
with left. They stood breast to
breast, trying for short inside blows.
AS they broke Jeffries sent a left to
Johnson's neck and the negro stepped
in but missed. The fighting was tame.
Second Round.
Jack sent a left to the face, and, as
they clinched, ripped in hard upper
cut to Jeff's chin. Jeffries sent a right
to the ribs and took left in the face
at close quarters. Johnson tried his
uppercut but missed. Jeffries put his
right on Jacks shoulders and pushed
him. When they broke, Jack shot a
left hard on Jeffries' face and tried an
uppercut, but missed again. A lot OF
wrestling and not much fighting.
Third Round.
"Take it easy, Jeffries," said Cor
bett. Jeffries smiled and led for the
head with a left, but missed. john
son hooked stiff left to the body and
a right to the head, but neither blow
was hard. They showed and pushed
each other. jeff hooked a left to the
body and got under Johnson's right,
and then there was more showing.
Johnson sent two left jabs to the face
and tried right for the chin, but
missed. Jeffries smiled at the left
blows and continued to bore In. 1t was
simply wrestling bout thus far. JEFF
missed left body blow, Jack blocking
it perfectly. Jeffries did not seem to
breathe hard. Johnson appeared ner.
vous.
Fourth Round.
The came together in lock,
johnson trying right for the chin but
missed. Don't rush, jim; don't you
hear what am telling you" said john
son, as Jeffries forced him back and
they came to clinch. Jeffries put a
left to the face and started blood from
Johnson's lip The crowd yelled First
blood for Jeffries." Johnson smiled.
AS jeff walked in, Johnson shot 2
snappy left to the face. They clinched
Jeff sent left to Jacks face. John
son came back with right and Jefi
neatly ducked it. Jeffries' round.
Fifth Round.
Jeffries tried to land left. Both
spared carefully; Jeffries left for the
body was blocked. They clinched.
When they broke, Jack swung left
for the body but missed. Johnson shot
an uppercut and cut Jeffries' lip
slightly AS they broke, Jack landed a
left to the face and Jeffries came back
with left to the body. Johnson held
Jeffries' arms. AS they broke, Jack
again tried to uppercut He missed.
but swung to Jeffries' face with left.
go on, Jeffries,' shouted Corbett;
that left is joke" Jeffries stepped
in and shot straight left to Jacks
head. The crowd cheered. The pace
was slow, with little damage.
Sixth Round.
Johnson sent two stiff lefts to the
face. One cut Jeff's cheek They again
clinched. Jeffries rushed but missed a
left for the body and took left to the
chest in return. Johnson kept UP q
running flow Of talk to Jeffries when
they came to clinch, but Jeffries
calmly waded in He missed Jack with
a left and took left and right on his
head. Johnson shot left to Jeffries'
face and closed Jeffries right eye.
Jack missed two rights. Jeffries' nose
was bleeding. Johnson's round.
Seventh Round.
Jack led with right and left and
missed. Jeffries' eye was badly swol-
len. He tried to draw Johnson on but
the negro declined. Jeffries tried a left
for the body but missed it. He took
left on the head. Jeffries hooked q
left to the head. Johnson laughed
loudly. Johnson sent in left to the
face twice at close range. Jeffries
bulled his way into another clinch but
failed to land. He drew Jacks lead and
shot left to the face. Jacks lips bled.
In an close quarters mix Jack sent q
left to the face twice and Jim's lips
bled.
Eighth Round.
Come on, Jeffries," said Jack. JET
fries came on. He got a left In the
face and missed Jacks body with a
left. He took two lefts to the face.
Hello. Jimmy" said Jack to Corbett.
"Did you see that one?" Jeffries let
in a left to the face and they clinched.
GONE on, break" said Jeffries, as
Jack held his glove. Jeffries missed
twice with left and took a left on
the face. Jack tried several times to
put his uppercut through but failed.
Johnson's blows had been snapper
and cleaner.
Ninth Round.
MAKE him fight, JIM" yelled Cor
bett. Never mind, just wait" re
sponded Johnson. Johnson tried left
to the body. Jeffries got inside it and
pu. his head against Jacks chest and
showed the black man to the ropes.
Jeffries seemed to be waiting for an
opportunity. Jack failed for lead al
most every time. He shot a left hard
for the body but missed. Jeffries
walked into two left jabssfo the face.
No damage done. He sent his left
around under Jacks right arm as they
came together, his wrist landing hard
on the ribs. Johnson did not appear
to like it.
HanIy is ExtrolIed.