The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-07-07
Fight on the Square.

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man slips a baseball.
Fight on the Square.
Out of the sea of opinions and
arguments that bolstered up this
| fight ami msde it the ,alI OF the
world, these pinacles OF fact have
been cast up
The eight was on the square. OF
that thera was no doubt after the
first round. There was 10 evidence of
the alleged yellow streak" il John
son proved himself so absolutely
Jeffries' master, that experts such as
W. Corbett, the Australian sporting
writer and ring expert declared that
Tommy Burns had put up better
| fight against Johnson and that the
| black man was only playing with the
other man.
The end was swift and terrible. 1t
| looked as though Johnson had been
holding himself under cover all the
rest Of the time and now that he had
measured Jeffries in all his weak
ness he had determined to stop it
quick.
Jeffrie had lost the power of de-
Tense. A series of right and left up
percuts delivered at will sent him
staggering to the ropes. He turned
and fought back by instinct and be-
cause he was dying hard.
Jefiries' Power Gone.
With the exception of few last
rounds the fight was tame. Jeffries
did not have the power in his punch
to hurt Johnson after he had received
blow after blow on the jaw and his
vital power was ebbing. But even
before this stage came Jeffries could
not reach the black. His blows near
ly always landed with mots of the
speed taken out of them. 1t was like
hitting a punching bag.
The Jeffries' crouch was in evidence
at times, but during most of the fight
he fought standing straight and work.
ing with something of his old aggres-
siveness.
The fifteenth round started VITA Il
clinch after Jeffries had failed to land
on the body. Johnson then tore loose
and before the spectators were pre-
pared 70? the finish he had sent J ef-
fries down with li5htning-like left
end right blows - the jaw. Jeffries
slipped and fell hall way through the
ropes. Those uner him saw that lie
had lost his sense q, surroundings.
lbs .ime had coma. He was feeling
what he had caused others to feel
in the days of his y0.th and power.
COrbett Pleads for Jefi.
Johnson came over to the spot and
stood poised ov-t his adversary, his
body ready for lett look if Jefrr:es
regained his feet.
I jim Corbett, wh) hal stood in JEFF
fries corner all durIg the fight tell
ing Johnson what fool he was ard
low be was in for Ia beating of his
re. rCW ran 10 ward with 1T
stretched rms, Hry'is. "Oh, don t,
1tct j, MT hit II :,
Jeffries painfully raised himself
TO his feet. His jaw had dropped. His
eyes We're nearly shut and his face
was covered with blood. With trem-
bling legs and unsteady arms he tried
to put up a defense but he could not
stop the terrific right smash on the
Jaw followed by two left hooks. He
! went down again. Jeffries physician
and other friends jumped into the
ing Stop it" they cried. Don :
put the old fellow cut" Sam Ber-
ger, Jeffries' manager. ran along the
ing calling to Bob Armstrong: Bring
that towel-you know VIVA; / mean
don't let him get him."
From Jobnson's corner his seconds
We're calling to him to quit. Then
the referee stopped the time keeper
and it was all over.
The soothing liquids Were applied
to the fallen champions bruised face
| 'N' AiA9 iANbAh Nbs GOili1lliHE lHdl
( could not he reached. AS soch as lie
regained his sense of persons and the
rapid fire events that had pushed him
into oblivion he tool' his he03 IN lis
hands and &r"9Led.
"TOO Old TO Come Back"
II was too old 10 come back" he
said.
Corbett and Choynski and brother
Jack and the others We're ready to
cry, but they united in trying to
cheer the defeated man.
ITS all off with you Jim" said Cor
bett," but you did the best you could
Cheer up" Wen go fishing tomor-
row." said Frank Gotch, the wrest-
ling champion.
In an instant the crowd realized
that the fight was over and the ring
was stampeded by a wild throng. The
short end editing men were hilarious
but in the great mass of spectators
there was feeling of personal loss