The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
FIGHT FILMS At THEATRES
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.. .sf.-i ~ Percy williams th"tTs-"-nt
Ir uNlyn. m. ColonI.l IN Manhattan.
OIL. 'r. BrunN Theatre
Dee Utculr,- showed thFt J~hrt'--
...t gu chance With the bIG n"gru from
,--' o. Last They failed "a oorroboTats
pho. -tortg.s that J-firiss sun-ring
.r.fu nervousness 80 much when he
altered the ring that he didn't know
Which foot came after which The hlfnS
played tho white man alert and Smil-
~. ~ hsti old Billy Jordan led him for~ ard
..ri presented him IA the crowd 10 Tar
- YOU ruuld 500 from the pictures and
tl-y we're remarkably clear and dlstict.
,,.Hris-s didn't display any Sgns Of being
dared until johnson had walloIed him
Tor seven rounds
At the Crescent Theatre. which has
i.,yn eas.'d with the Colonial and the
Bronx from Percy Williams by cyrus
q Gale. a former Assembyman from
Qu--us Johnny Dunn did IN" explaining
The house was only about third hll"d
Mr Gale said the pictures hadn't h'''n
advertised Tar enough IN advanc" Inc
spectators. nearly all men. ~"r" quiet ana
orderly Johnny Dunn asked them at the
outset not 10 tie noisy or vulgar
There were I6usI people at the ring
side" said Johnny. some of them tad
men with nIcks m their guns They
q du't get musSy and there's no reason
tor you 20
J-ffrles IA his training camp. the first
PICTURES run Oh. romp.'d with ms terrier
and hors.play..d with EddI" leonard and
LIs friends lie laughed and didn't seem
L. h. Worrying much auout awning
Pig lin sullivan and ('ov lrCkerson
visited him. old John |. punched IN"
Tag Eitysimmonz and Tommy burns
shook hands aud crowds Of Peopl"
swarm-d around You got an idea from
the pictures that JefrIes had a crowd
ruhb.rlng at HIM all the time
The films CAV" cycloramC views of the
hlg rIng Just t-'fore the night while the
crowd was pouring IN. good many
wuulen were among the spectators. Then
~ nlms showed Billy Jordan introducing
The pugilistic celebrities Sharkev. flt7.
R.-us Sam Izingford and "A dozen more.
NH'l could see the STIR all around the rIng
when Jack Johnson IN "A hathrobH ClimtPd
through the rOTss=. but q was nuthii
l.. the excitement that Jefries produced
when he shouldered through the crowds
Tf.Isands Of hands were up. hats were
waving mouths werr wide Open. II was
49, Wv "a YOU could almost hear the wells
In the fret round the pictures gave one
a. idea Il JOhnson's strength Jenre@
ran INTO a ClinCh. but Johnson showed
J.Triess right down and back until the
white mans heavy arm was strengthened
- a 10 .anTN
And now watch said Johnny Dunn
when the second round came along
You will see the blow that closed JET
fri'--'s right eye
sous left glove landed 80 rapidly that you
c.uld hardly follow II. The blow didn
look at AL powerful but you could see
IN the next round that Jenriess eye was
GpsnE. lie ruht~d it occasionally with
rs glove
The white man clnched continually
Nor. than half the time Of the hit""u
rounds the fighters Were wrestling and
tullvhaulng around the ring Toward
the close Jefries MAS hanging on IN dies
t-ration obv iously johnson was wink
M AZ friends IN the crowd and grInnIng
broadly He was using his left on JehrieS
Constantly and the pictures made u clear
hat JefrIss was unable To guard himself
.ratnst Il You could see him block hooks
and upperclts from johnson : right. but
the left found hum wide open nearly every
tan. The black man struck out :"
swiffIv that u was difficult so tell when
ant from where he started the punch.
~ Won -aw IefrIes = head jerk back
-,... or four inches The pictures do not
sroN J..fri~s delivering more than on" or
tao elective punches. They Illustrated
,.rs....' Nv how Doorly Jsffries Judged dis
tar.. and how sCient ideally the negro
blocked attack
tie told one Of his seconds m the fourth
round aid Johnny Dunn, that he saw
'vn JDhnsous
Well ne ought to have been able TO
l. pr. II them -Aid a man m the crowd
The PICTURES showed the finish windy
Jo4rrr> seemed to sag into himself sud
De-. liz dropp%d against the ropes,
Va '-i a few seconds thea raised hum
-.' Wi'h his hands and got 10 his feet
O.. .r-pu tenssly waiting few feet away,
. %. n. bound Of u and struck oUt
J.'-"s crumpl"d again and tell par
Wv through the ROPES Iwo OF ms
-. .-l- aud some - the spectators showed
... a., INTO thu. ring and he hung on
IT, r.,-- n" tried 10 get up. tottered'
'..i again and made It HIS hands
We. rmp az his sides johnson leap-d
.- ..rr AGAIN bur RiCkard, th" referee.
C..r' he uegros arm and held u up
t. -rE vas instantly ihll
lt" H.,rur'. showed Jehr."s IN ms
d, --..- s.'h ms seconds working over
H. head hurg over IN. roI@s
..t . arms droop..d and fopT-d "A, tn"
t,,a.--- rua~sag-d hlm. He was all IN.
O.. g. '4r"- made that mighty cl"Ar
I... '.,.s,.i hI- altered fEce, IN" nsht
No.. = Vf..u was ~ olen rnortnourly,
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T.. at u; the pictures caught tho
...-'.~ bonds at work cutting tn" ring
...-. .,'. Il'- hacking the seats aud
r.-rg down aiy' rtIsIrg signs.
10 ........ -s-,i un. hour aud twrrty minutes
r- . 'he films Mr. Gal. said ths
.--. you'd H.. shown IN New York
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