The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-05
JEFFRIfS IS KNOCKED OUT
IN THE FIFTEENTH ROUND

johnson e head back. II was a clean
punch and the crowd cheered. They pat.
ted each other on the back when the
bell found them in a clinch.
Round Six
Jeffries crouched again. Then straight.
ened. johnson drove JET to the ropes
putting three lefts TO the face not land.
ing cleanly any Of them. They clinched.
Jef ducked a left and shot a right on
the body. johnson hooked JEFF wI,n a
left in the face in a clinch. The skin
was scraped on ~.Jcffries left cheek and
the blood showed. johnson left went
around Jeff's neck ana they clinched.
JEFF blocked a left and right and drove
his right against the ribs. johnson up.
percut Jeff with left and JEFF placed
both gloves on the body with good force
and they clinchcd again. johnson freed
his left arm and uppercut JEFF with left.
almost closing Jeff's right eye. Then
johnson worked the right uppercut
reaching the face. JEFF rubbed his
swollen eye as he went TO his corner.
Round Seven
Johnson stepped in with left hooks.
Jef blocked two of them and they
clinched. johnson began feiating rap.
idly and JEFF circlcd around. They
spared a great while without either
man leading. Finally Johnson tried for
a right to the jaw and they clinched
and JEFF rammed his left into the body.
JEFF landed left on Johnsons face, and
Jack laughed. They clinched and John.
son poked n left into Jer's fnce bring.
ing blood from one Of Jeff's nostrils.
Johnson freed his left and hooked JEFF
several times in the face. The negro
also put in n right uppercut and at
this stage JEFF was certainly getting
the worst Of it. JEFF sent In one right
which landed on Johnson = chin. In a
clinch johnson kept freeing his left
and j%olting Jeif's head.
Round Eight
Jef went TO close quarters quickly
johnson clinched and used n free left
on the face. Jef seemed unable 20 es
cape this punch. johnson shot in II
double left on the jaw and both landed.
johnson began jeering Corbett in Jeff's
corner, asking how he liked the looks
of things. Corbett replied that he who
Taught best laughs last. JEFF got to the
body with a right. And in Il clinch
Johnson poked "a left to the body. II
was n long drawn clinch and johnson
used his right across ,Jeif's back. jeff
swung n hard left for the face but mis-.
ed by half an inch. They again clinch.
ed. They were in a clinch at the bell.
Round Nine
II began to look a little dismal for
J~effries. JEFF zane forward crouching.
! johnson danced away and tried a
straight left, which was blocked. jeff
showed a right against the ribs. They
clinched. They broke and JEFF shot a
right in the stomach, Another clinch.
JEFF blocked "A left uppercut. They
clinched. While breaking johnson got
in a left on the face. JEFF got home
with n left on the ribs. Another clinch.
And JEFF leaned his head on johnson Is
right shoulder, where he was safe from
uppercuts. johnson was smiling and
seemed brighter than when he entered
the ring. JEFF ducked a left and drove
a right in the pit Of the somach, max
ing Johnson grunt. Johnson was there
with a straight on the mouth and fol-
lowed with another. Both blows were
light. Jeff soaked johnson in the ribs
and they clinched again.
Round Ten
Jef Tented with a left following
johnson around. Johnson poked in a
right on the mouth and followed with
another. He tried a third and jeff
swung a left on the jaw, but with not
great force. JEFF got his head away
from n right and they clinched again.
JEFF bored In and johnson held his
arms so JEFF could not hit him. They
landed in each others arms and neither
seemed to be the stronger. when
they broke .Jeff tried n hard left for
the ribs, but 10 landed only lightly.
johnson tried with a right to the chin
and Jeffries ducked away. JEFF ducked