Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04


raphers at 2:4O. The men then donned
the gloves.
245 p.m.-They came up.
Round One.
Jeff walked in and feinted. both
smiled and Johnson gave ground. John
son led straight left and landed
i lightly on Jeff's face. They were eau
toned and clinched. Johnson showed
Jeff away jeff hooked a left to the
neck, and in the clinch sent right
to the body. Johnson responded with a
light left and they stood breast to
breast trying for blows. AS they broke
jeff sent left to Johnson's neck.
johnson responded with left and con-
tinued to stand breast to breast trying
for short inside blows. AS they broke
Jeff sent a left to Johnson's neck and
the negro stepped in, but missed. Time.
The gong rang when they clinched. The
fighting was tame and as they turned to
| their corners. jeff slapped Jack on the
shoulder and smiled
Round Two.
| They held together and were willing to
| give each Jeffries sent a right to the
| ribs and took a left on the face at close
quarters JEFF crouched and waited for
/ Johnson, but he was not willing.
/ They came together without a blow
and Johnson tried his uppercut. but
missed.
| Jeff put his right on Jacks shoulders
and pushed him when they broke. Jack
shot his left hard to the face Of jeff
and missed it again. There was a lot
/ of aSf1 1jDO
The gong rang without a good blow
! having been struck.
/ Round Three.
Take i easy. Jeff." said Corbett as
they walked to the center. JEFF smiled
and led for the head with a left, but
missed. Johnson hooked stiff left to the
body and right to the head, but neither
blow was hard They showed and. pushed.
each other about the ring. Jeff hooked
LEFT to the body and got under Johnson's
right jeff stood breast to breast. and
they held and showed about the ring
| Johnson sent two left jabs to the
| face and tried his right for the chin.
but missed the latter. jeff smiled at the
| left blows and continued to bore in.
1t was simply wrestling bout thus far.
! jeff kept walking on calmly. but missed
a left body blow, Jack blocking them per-
/ fectly JEFF did not seem to breathe
/ hard. but Johnson appeared nervous, as
he was rubbed down.
| Round Four
jeff took his crouching position again
and walked in. He missed and they
came together in a lock. Johnson tried
/ is no oh hlIf
they began an exchange of talk.
Don't rush, Jim; don't you hear what
I'm telling you." said johnson as Jeff
forced him back and they came to a
clinch. jeff put left to the face and
started the blood from Johnson's lip.
The crowd yelled First blood for Jeff,''
but Johnson smiled. Jeff's round.
Round Five.
| Jeff walked straight out to Jack and
tried to land his left. They both spared
carefully and Jeffs left for the body was
blocked. In the clinch that followed jeff
showed Jack back easily. When they
broke Jack swung his left for the body.
but missed. Johnson shot an uppercut
and cut Jeff's lip slightly. AS they broke
Jack landed a left to the face and jeff
came right back with left on the body.
Johnson held Jeff's arms. and as they
| broke Jack again tried to uppercut. He
missed, but stung JEFF on the face with
left. Go on, jeff shouted Corbett,
that left is a joke.
jeff stepped in and shot a straight left
to the blacks head and the crowd
cheered. The gong found them in
clinch. The pace was slow up to this
time, with no damage to either man.
Round Six.
Again jeff crouched. They stepped
| around each other. Johnson trying to send
in stiff lefts to the jaw. One cut Jeff S
cheek bit. Again they lolled in each
others embrace, but neither was willing
to take a chance. Jeff rushed but missed
left for the body and took a left on the
chest in return. Johnson kept up
running flow of talk to jeff when they
came to a clinch. but Jeff calmly chewed
gum and waded in.
He missed Jack with a left and took
left and right on the head Jack
/ got left on the face. Jack closed
Jeff's right eye. Jack missed two
rights Jeffs nose was bleeding when
the gong sounded.
When jeff took his seat his seconds
got busy with his eye. but jeff assured
them that it was all right and they only
sponged his face. Johnsons round
Round Seven.
| jeff walked right in, but before he
| had chance Jack led with right and left
| and missed. Jeff's eye was badly swollen
and he rubbed ii with his glove. He
| tented and tried to draw Johnson on, but
| the negro declined to come in. jeff
stepped in with a left for the body, but
missed it and took left on the head.
jeff hooked left to the head and
Johnson laughed loudly. jeff got a left
on the face twice at close range. JEFF
butted his way into another clinch. but
failed to land. He drew Jacks lead and
shot a left to the face. Jacks lips bled.
In a close quarter mix Jack sent his left
to the face twice and Jims lip bled. This
round was somewhat faster.
Round Eight.
Come on, Jen." said Jack as they
faced each other. JEFF came on and got
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