The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-05
JEFFRIES' MISTAKE
In FACING JOHNSON
Continued from Page One.

from the beginning. He hardly landed
good. hard blow in the entire fight. John
son was his smiling. taunting master at
all times.
In fact, there never has been a greater
display of superiority. Johnson really
overmatched him. He had Jeffries spit
ting blood early in the going, and from
the way he went around the conqueror
Of Fitzsimmohs, Corbett. Rubin, and
Sharkey. one might have thought that
JEFF was novice, pitted against a top
notcher.
It was square. stand-up fight all the
time. and TO the credit of both men be
It said that there was no shadow Of
taking, Tor was there a hint of foul
fighting.
Neither man tried TO take any i'm
proper advantage, and Jeffries. even af-
ter he must have known that defeat was
certain, still retained his head. and MAIDS
no attempt at anything dirty.
Both in inhghting and long range
Johnson had the mastery ali the time.
and took il ali so easy that it seemed
like Joke for him
pie think who contended~ that johnson
lacked the courage to stand up and take
the gaff. They were poor prophets.
There is nothing yellow about this cham
pion. His courage is as white as his
skin is black / felt this right along,
too, for, as I have said before. johnson
did not act to me like the kind of 3
man who is a gutter.
Laughs at JeR's Efforts,
johnson actually made fun of JefTries'
attempts TO hit him, and il was fooling
with purpose; for as time went on and
JEFF saw that he could not reach his
opponent, that he was like a woman
trying to land on trained boxer. the
boilermaker became desperate, fought
wildly, and really decreased his chances.
Jeffries could not withstand the awful
left Of the negro. II had been said by
many that while Johnson had a good
right his left was no good This was
not borne out to-day Every time that
Jeffries came In johnson was there with
that awful jolting left and poor JEFF
was gradually battered into submission.
II was with a left uppercut that John
son nearly put him out in the eleventh.
Again, In the thirteenth, he nearly had
him
Jeffries had based his hopes on getting
al Johnson's stomach. Futile effort!
Every time he worked his left for the
Johnson paunch the Johnson arms were
there. That black guard was impreg-
nable, marvel
Johnson demonstrated that he is
fighter as well as boxer In fact. I
should say that he was twice as good q
fighter as boxer. for he displayed in
marked degree the qualifications OF the
fighting man. He kept his head, and his
courage was right at all times. He did
what he set out TO do. and did it well,
and It viii be many a day before they
can set man to beat him
Crowd Was Fair.
The crowd was as fair as il could be,
just as / knew il would be, both from
what I had seen Of the sports here and
from my knowledge that Reno has
man for sheriff who had determined on
the fairest kind of fair play.
had good chance to look at Jeffries
after he left the ring. He was a pitiable
spectacle. His right eye is closed, and
he is badly marked up in the face. Other
wise he is not seriously injured, and
the most-taiked-of fight for many years
comes 10 a finish without serious damage
being done TO either of the contenders.
During the closing rounds Jeffries was
constantly splitting blood, and this both
cred him quite a little It is a very
siekening thing to the stomach to have
the blood flow from the mouth but it Is
probable that. try as he would, JeI
could not help swallowing some OF IL.
Jeffrles went through the fight In fairly
good shape. 1 do not think that his
confidence really began to fail him until
about the seventh round Then he seemed
to begin TO realize that he had a tough
job on hand.
JET Only n She'll.
His wind was good. but l am con-
WINGED that the fat under the abdominal
muscles 10 which l called attention in
previous story was there and did its
deadly work in lessening his vitality. IN
fact it's useless TO deny JEFF was only
shell. only a shade OF his former self.
AS for hitting the black champion he
might as we'll haze taken crack at the
moon. When he rushed he left himself
open for that terrible left. while the
colored man could land anywhere he
wanted, always took time. and never
left an opening for the boilermaker TO
take advantage Of.
In fact, it was perhaps the most one
sided fight on record for q worlds
championship
Bitterest OF all in Jeff's case was the
thought that he had failed TO take the
kind of advice that might have enabled