The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-04
lack JOHNSON Still ''CHAhVPION OF The WORLD"

right to the face. Johnson on points
had good advantage but there was
not much power in his swings.
Round 4-Jeffries missed a left
swing. Johnson rushed in with a
straight to the face. johnson taunted
JeffrieS constantly.
Don't rush Jim: don't you hear
what I'm telling you" shouted john
son. backing it up with a right upper
cut to the jaw. Jeffries got a good
right to the mouth and the blood
started flowing from the colored mans
| lips.
First blood for Jeffries," yelled the
| crowd.
Johnson shot a hard left to the
mouth and then wrestled his man
against the ropes. The golden smile
had not faded from Johnson's face at
| this stage. Jeffries forced the cham
| dozen short arm punches found their
| mark in rapid succession.
johnson Still Talking.
Round 5.-Johnson as usual came
up with 2 volley of words. Jeffries
paid no attention to the talk and
rushed in close and they wrestled for
a spell. At close quarters Jeffries sent
two rights to the body. johnson re-
| sponded with left upper cut, cutting
Jeffries lips a bit. Johnson a second
later drove his right to the jaw and
then followed with two lefts to the
1 with a straight left to the mouth and
! they eased UP in a clinch. both bleed
| ing from the mouth. Suddenly JEFF
fries sent JohnsonS head back a foot
with straight left to the mouth and
johnson looked a bit serious as he took
| his seat. however not without giving
/ Jeffries round-end blow. No serious
damage.
Jeffries' Eye Closed.
Round 6.-"Im going to mix with
him., said Jeffries to his seconds.
Three lefts reached out from the
| champions shoulder, catching Jeffries
| on the face in each instance and blood
| seeped from Jeffries' left cheek bone.
Both men fought cautiously. A ring
side fan asked Johnson if he would
now" quickly responded the champion
and he ripped in three left upper cuts
to the white mans jaw. Jeffries
| waded in but was met with a nasty
left uppercut that closed his right eye
tight. Johnson followed this with two
similar punches and the blood spurte6
| from Jeffries' nose as he took his sea-
when the bell ended the round. JEFF
fries seconds worked heroically on hi
damaged optics. Johnson's round
/ Round 7-JefferieS came up with q
ferocious front, and closed in. Their.
was long sparring session with not q
blow being struck Johnson carefully
1 protected himself and waited for al
| opening. JeHrloS eye was DdOIy -DIulS-
ed but he never lost his poise. johnson
laughed heartily as Jeffries sent s
right swing at close quarters With the
men locked in an EN- brace Johnson joltec
him three times over the damaged eye
and followed this with right upper
cut to the jaw. Jeffries stopped John
/, sons vicious swing with straight
! right to the Jaw. but the negro counter
ed with left and right to Jeffries' face
The bell changed with honors on John
/ sons side and Jeffries looked badly cut
/ as he took his chair.
I Round SAAs Jeffries rushed in the
i black drove a left to the mouth and
shortly after shot in two straight lefts
to the face that carried considerable
force behind them. Hello Jimmy
one?' and as they closed in Jeffries
shouted Break Johnson But John
| son did not break and laughed as JEFF
fries missed vicious left swing. Ear
lier, Jeffries at close range had worked
/ in two rights to the body that failed
to faze the negro. Jeffries pushed his
man about the ring and the bell rang
closing a rather featureless session.
johnson Draws More Blood.
| Round 9-Johnson kept a constant
| conversation in his corner before COM
ing up to the scratch in this round. He
hooked his left to Jeffries' face with
great force and continued to hurl terse-
| ly framed sentences at Corbet. John
son hooked another left to the jaw
that carried with it world of power.
Jeffries butted with his head. johnson
sent his left to the stomach and they
went into a friendly clinch. Jeffries
reached the jaw and JOHNSON drove in
a wicked left to the stomach. A mo-
ment later he sent in two left jabs to
the mouth, but Jeffries APPARENTLY paid
little attention to these blows. The
round ended in Johnson's favor and
| with Jeffries' face bleeding in several
| places.
Round 10.-Not much life marked