The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-05

.I.nr,.. who plunged into the black :
whipping blows Il was johnson who
Was always dancing away from harm,
then ~ for swift blow
Jlr' unce IN thu. whole encounter did
the negro fighter r.,-'iv" a blow that
seemed to startls and to puzzle HIM.
TINS WIS IN the fifth round. when johnson
had Wr--il~d the white man across tn.
ring .Ieffri"- broke from a Clinch and
suddenly shot out his crooked l"f arm
in a straight path Tor the colur'd man
head Tn" blow landed on the ch'''k
hon. and rocked JohnSon's head far hack
Then for the fraction II second there
wa- flash Of wornment on the fiat feat
ur's But that WAS all. Tn" sinIl"
cam. sack
The thousands Of fight mad men who
lined the corrIgations in the arena bowl
had most Of them. conceded that johnson
could owhox tn" former champion
Not on. out " tive Relieved that the
black could ever BEAT JET ri'-S down. and
nov something else began to iutu" lie~Ali
INTO a question In the mouths al tn" spec
tatorS
Wa. II possible that Jenrie- could not
| find IN" opportunity to floor the black
with one % those terrific right hooks oi
his tie had tried and tried To land on"
81 the blows across to the heart or the
stomach. hut missed the elusive shadow.
\ dirlgre.ahle answer began to he found
, To these doubts IN the sixth round
IEFFRIEs SPLITTING RLoop.
In tins the nimble negro from his
vantage IN n clinch sent thr'e clran Jnlts
up ~ thu. ewes 1T the white man and
another 20 his mouth. JeffrieS spit bloOd
and after a particularly vicious rally near
The. roT-'s he staggered from the onslaught
and looked da1edly over u his corner
The course Of the battle turned johnson =
Nk.. nwg MI NTnV
that on there was Just one ChanC" for the
crowds favCrits the landing ot one
tremendous blow before his strength was
tnp far spant Confidence began o. show
on tho black face There was new
hght ~ the eye when two blows that
.IcrrIez landed on his body. both Of which
might have broken his rihs had they
come IN the first round. failed u give
hun pain
Johnson's face was clean Of bruises
save for "a slight cut in the liz which n,
had received IN the second round Inc
. white mans fACo was sCarCelV human
- chopyed and battered had II become
with the succession " JRhs and ripping
d upTprCuts that had been pounded ia over
the whit" mans slower guard
With ia" eighth round the atttud" OF
the two fighters was sensibly altered IL
was .IohuSnn who was the tirele,- aggrrs-
spr aud JeNries who sought IN" prot.c-
tIun 81 close quarters Tn" Ca'hNe
"A \
assured lie h I'd his body ol-n moro
fr.cly "a blows which Ia" had learned
To- h.. without "A sting JefrI"~ = attitud"
WIZ that Of sheer brute p"r'I-i"nr" ana
dogc.dn"sS The frown on hl- ;ao" had
nov. deevcn"d into cuar~" lines Of fatigue.
and when his breath came Though his
hlpudind mouth II WAS with a sharp
whi~,l"
JOHNSON CONFIDENT or Ni'1oRN.
johnson had stopp~d eating has
7 ,pl,n.n; a." knew 'h't h" had the
man t..a. -: re did not carr - max"
m" d-f-a' more bitter The thirteenth
round drew on IN" unllckv round John.
>pn IN, Wsr-i blpws ola 'h~ ponder ~ man
4 wi, moved stupidity -bput he ring VIA
the. d-.uI e fi,tIg'!. m his M. -,slv" sh.ii
Ie.-, The rrI" II dbl not Jum' mt 81 &c
VITA ~" -U.lug - youth th-' u.s. JHin'
~tu'- The f"lrt Vs. slow .nd D"Hl.
.a.t ,,-y,..yc ~. y.ggucpr fra-h"- IA. ia
r. v.~ simply business y finishing. IH
johnson truN las 'I'u"
q - Nu-k "a boo. rN-}'...-..Hl" 'D tina
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Ir'- and -.yhi- landed IN quick suc
,-.a-~rru pr tn. tired q Et'sT 'a'" an
faHfv and n"a~ IN" end " 'h" rpIrI
ohm. % almn.t lifted ~. bulk - 'h'
ne tighter ~ the floor with another
~ 30. terribly ~AyaG,. gpTer"It-
I." '.r.rt.r'fh rrIUd w. O. slow IN"
John. simply I.d.ci ms time. AN! l"frI'.
,-g,.1 ., st tHa ~t4nd through without
t... wing e. vulnerable spot uncovered. %
'r" teri fy.ux n .p- Ut N iuvtur.'le
'r..rug mon that IA been ms whom h'
s'"ru.,i 1u' e his clothes ~ "a" .nC Their
w. now moth ~ left hIt the h'Isk~ On
Ga .rr" ~ q q .HIslud f.r hm and tn.
gong st
Iirr -" Ci'.eath round. ~" a-'
A''"- b.. had ','eu lri 10 H. corner an,
Nrp .l'h' back % console I-n''-- I"Nrl"-
>,rl f..'wr-u -p,r~ II was a far knps'N
out irl have no "NcIs" 20 o'"r
could ur' com" hack