Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-07-05

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bad shape.
Jeir'n right Eye Nearly Closed.
Round l4-Jeirries was met with
q straight left As he got Up I mo-
ment later another spitefuI lab went
to the mouth, johnson placed hIa
stomach within Jen's reach and
tauntingly cried; Amt that 1 nice
belly. JIM Why don't You hit ~"
Jim did not They closed in, Cor
bett lmportuning his man to beware
Of the dangerous nppercuts. JeR's
right eye was almost closed AZ this
stage. johnson sent in some rapid
fire left labs to the mouth and the
big white shook his head.
I'm as clever as you are, Jim, =
shouted Johnson to corbett.
Knockout In Fifteenth.
Round When the men faced
each other 1t was plain to ali that
Jeffries was In distress. His face
was pulled and bleeding from the
4 4
furnishing lefts and rights he had re-
ceived and his movements were Ian
guild. He shambled after the elusive
negro, sometimes standing erect.
sometimes crouching low and his
left hand stuck out In front and
again sometimes standing erect.
STOPPING or erect. he was a mark
FOR Johnson's accurately driven
blows. Johnson simply waited for
the big white man to come In and
chopped his face to pieces.
They came into a clinch after a
feeble attempt by Jeffries to land a
lefthand blow on the body and as
they broke away johnson shot his
left and right to the jaw in fash.
Jenries staggered back against the
ropes. His defensive power seemed
to desert him like a tiger. A rain
Of lefts and rights at close quarters
sent Jeffries Keeling blindIy. An
other series Of punches and the big
white giant went down for the first
time in his ring career. He fell
under the top rope, over the lower
one and onto the overhung platform.
Resting on his launches and right
elbow Jeffries looked around In a
dazed way and got up at the count Of
nine. While he was down johnson
stood almost over him until Richard
waved him back. He stood ready to
strike, and when Jeffries arose from
his knees he dashed in again. JEFF
fries reeled about and tried to clinch
but Johnson eluded him, and as the
old champion hung around to the
south side of the ring the black jolt
ed him twice on the Jaw. Ieffries
sank to his knees, weak and tired,
but got up again at the count of nine.
IT was then that Jeffries' friends be-
gan to call to Richard to stop the
fight.
stop it! Stop itp' they cried
from all sides. Don't let him be
knocked out"
Richard gave no heed to these
cries. Jeffries was helpless now, and
he staggered to a. standing position.
The negro was waiting for him. A
left, right aud another left, short,
snappy, powerful blows, found their
marks on Jeffries chin. and he went
down for the third time. Again he
sprawled over the lower rope, hang
ing half outside the ring. The time
keeper raised and lowered his arms.
tolling OF the seconds He had
reached the count OF seven when
some friends of Jeffries came inside
the ropes. and Richard walked be-
tween the fallen man and the negro
champion. Placing his hand on
Johnson's shoulder he declared him
the winner While Jeffries was not
counted out this was merely tech
nical evasion. 1t was evident that
he could never have got up inside of
10 seconds.
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