The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-05
Jeffries Stood It for Fifteen
Rounds Before He Was
Counted Out and for That
He Gets Over soc, 900.
FORTUNES CHANGE
HANDS ON THE Fight
Estimated That Over Halt a
Million Dollars Lost in Reno
AIone-Jeffries Men Strand.
ed by Winners Whoop 'er Up
tAmerican News Service,

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(American News Service1
Reno, New. July 5.-Richer by mean
ly two hundred thousand dollars than
he was before he signed the articles
to fight yesterdays battle. Jeffries
awoke today painfully stiff and with
his face and head still swollen and
Corps Of rubbers massag.
ed Jeffries but 1t will require some
time to get his face into Its former
condition. An eve Is In very bad
shape. With all. he was cheerful. but
Mrs. Jeffrics sobbed every time the
fight was mentioned. It is estimated
today that fully half a million dollars
changed hands on the result Of tho
fight in Reno and hundreds are strand.
ed The winners continued their hill.
arious orgy all through the night and
today. Poor Old JEFF is the slogan
heard everywhere. It is reported to
day that johnson landed blow in tho
second round which caused jeff 10 be
partially paralyzed on the right sida
His vision was SO affected that part
of the time he saw two negroes II.
stead of one before him. Jef retains
his great popularity. He has canceli
ed his theatrical engagements and viii
go back to the alfalfa farm.
By TAD.
Reno. New, July 5.-Jim Jeffrieo
finished up his pugilistic carDer N
playing the part OF Jack Munro IN that
thrilling melodrama. The Whits
Mans Hope
For the past six weeks Jack Munro
has been the gent the 1okesters work
ed on.
1t was he. the Butte miner. who put
up that ham fight with Jeffries In
Frisco six years ago. Poor Jack. how
they laughed at him. what Joke he
was in the eyes OF the fight fans.
Yesterday James J. Jeffries was a8
good an imitation OF Jack Munro AZ 7
have ever seen in my life.
He fought Jack Johnson. or at least
attempted to fight Jack Johnson and
put up as miserable a bout as you'd
ever care to read about. Jim Jeffries,
the bear man." the white noun
tain" the Shaggy monster was :
newspaper tiger.
The gong sounded and he was
through. I
His bear-like rush, his rib-breaking
jolts, his bulldog ferocity. they were
left in the dressingroom. He met the
big colored bear cat and he met
fighter. johnson was as cool @ IN
iceberg. He had the fight he longed
for six years to get and his confidence
was unbounded. He wanted Jeffries
to have everything his little heart de-
sired, SO that there would be no boiler
after the thing was over. When Sam
Berger asked him to toss q coin for
corners Johnson said: Help yourself.
Take that one over there 20 that Jim
can have his back to the sun. I'll sit
in the other corner. don't mind
bit. l don't want to toss
Jeffries took that corner with hio
back to the sun and Johnson took the
other
Jeffries said that they should not
shake hands nor pose for photograph
ers before the fight. johnson said
very well and waited for the song.
The Jeffries people had no kick COM
Ing 80 far as courtesies were conceru.
ed. All johnson wanted was TO have
the bear man face him ii ! z4-6Dot
ring. He had his wish and All that
went along with said wish jeff Wa
no harder than Tommy Burns He
WAS no tougher than Ketchell nor
cfrnn0or <1or XanS~n~ "a
play for the colored fellow from start
to finish. He took things easy, that
big black cat. The poor white mouse
Just faded and faded and faded until
there was no more life ii IL The
mouse simply flopped to the floor
helpless. bleeding and sick ct heart.
JeffTies really thought he was q bear
man for while. He swung hard and
tried to rough 1t but q little later
thought that the hug and walk around
stuff was more to his liking and -
long as the referee said nothing nor
touched either man. continued to huG
Quit loving me" said johnson -
he looked down into Jeffrfes' face.
Never mind" said the bear man.
'I1l give you all the loving y0u want
before I'm through with you
He really thought he had : marx
and took the left jabs on The noso
and mouth without . whimper, 1seltnx
all the time that, like Corset or
Rubin. this fellow, too, would fold -
after the first punch
johnson smiled at him. Nov I'D
that left Jim. % Corbett tod ~ q, !
he'd say. and pop JeffFies O II nOse
with LETT. They'd clinch thoa an6
Is johnson faced Jefffiess eoen1r ana