Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
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one-sided milling had been completed
Disappointment was occasioned by his
efforts to box with Johnson instead Of
tearing right in from start and forcing
an exchange of walIops. Johnson
seemed pleased with these tactics and
stood off and boxed showing superior
cleverness, speed and generalship. He
hit Jeffries almost at will, with only
fair return at times and none at
others.
Occasionally Jeff would squirt and
make things rather interesting for
johnson, forcing the black man to
clinch and play for left hooks and
right uppercuts in these clinches
whenever he had a free arm. Jeff did
very little effective work in the clinches,
but did not hold on at all, always seek
ing to break away, while Johnson took
his time, worried along and waited for
openings for his hooks and uppercuts.
Johnson indicated that he intended
making an aggressive battle of it and
force as early an ending as possible.
He seemed unusually confident and
anxious to mix It. He opened the first
round with stiff straight left to face
that opened his broad. face into his
favorite tantalizing smile. Jeff de-
lighted his friends by hooking his dan
gerous left to the jaw with good eff
feet, and this put hope and confidence
into his hackers. They exchanged lefts
to the head again and jeff planted a
stiff left to the mouth that started a
tiny tricllle of claret. When he re-
turned to his corner at the end Of the
round Jeff smiled confidently. Corbett
and Johnson began to kid each other
when Jeff and Johnson fiddled into a
clinch at the start Of the second round.
Corbett applied some nasty names to
the negro, who replied good humoredly.
Jeff increased the flow of blood from
JohnsOn'3 mouth in this round with
left jabs, and varied them with an
other left hook to the jaw and left to
the wind.
JOHNSON USES UPPERCUT
johnson tried out his right uppercut
in this round with some success At
the gong he and Jeff were smiling and
kidding each other.
Both tiddled and clinched through a
slow and uniuteresting third round, but
Johnson began to lead in the fourth,
and by uppeTcutting hard in clinches
and hooking his right to Jeff s head two
or three times he soon leaped ahead
on total points. He jabbed occasion
ally with lefts to the face, and aided
by uppercuts had Jeff pleading from his
nose and mouth.
In the fifth Johnson smashed a hard
one to the mouth, cutting Jeff's upper
lip. He followed with sharp left hook
to the jaw and was repaid with a
straight left to the face that bObbed
his spine, but Johnson had q good lead
at the gong.
johnson began to set a speedy pace
in the sixth, and opened with three
rapid fire lefts to the face and a short
hook to the left check, slightly cutting
it. Jeff began to rush, putting hard
lefts TO the wind, but Johnson retail
lated with a left to the face and then
uppercut with his left twice like light
ming. A hard left to the side of the
head Jared Jeff and started his right
eye to closing, the quick coloring tell
ing the effect OF the blow ana the
steam behind 1t.
This was the first real round Of
fighting, and johnson had much the
better of exchanges. JEFF seemed shy
on judging distances, and his blows
lacked their Old-time steam and effect.
1t was first sign of Jef's weakening.
Johnson went after Jeff in a fero-
cious and most confident manner in
the seventh and administered severe
punishment working hooks TO the jaw
like a trip hammer and uppercutting
effectively in every clinch. He worked
these blows overtime and with sicken-
ing effect upon Jeffries hackers. John
son also worked hard and fast in the
eighth. JEFF plainly showed his lack of
stamina and steam and ineffective de-
tense against the negro's clever box
ing and clean, hard hitting. Two right