Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
FIGHTS BY
INSTINCT; PUNCH GONE
CONTINUED from Page Tenl

|
strong as Jeffries.
"All right, Jim, I'll love you II you
want me to-" said Johnson, as they
clinched just before the gong rang.
GIVES JOHNSON ADVICE
Between the whisking of towels and
the dashing of water and hasty garg-
ling, Delaney poured into Johnson's
ear his swords of golden advice. He
knew now-probably knew long before
the battle-just how it would end.
Did he not know every inch of Jim
Jeffries' body and the limitations of his
brain? Each blow taught him what
had happened in five years of easy life
and where the cigarettes had sucked
power from the once mighty man.
In the second. third and fourth
rounds Jeffries had his chance if he
ever had one. The fight showed that
he could not stay long. His friends
claim now that If he had started in
with his entire force he could have
reached Johnson with the sleeping
blow. On the other hand men whose
opinions are valued on these matters
say tonight that Johnson could have
beaten Jeffries at any time in Jeffries'
career.
At any rate, Jeffries passed by his
chance. Jeffries kept walking in and
missing body blows and taking face
punishment Up to this point, how
ever, the fight was little more than
wrestling bout. The men refused to
break in clinches and at times half q
minute passed without a blow being
struck. AT the beginning of the fourth
round Rickard became diSgusted with
the way things were going and
when Corbett told Jeffries to take it
easy as he started for the center Of the
ring, the referee said:
yoin TunTlF
busy"
JEFF MISSES JOHNSON
Jeffries assumed his crouch and
started for Johnson as if he would
NOW him down with one blow. But the
black was not there. His shadow fell
across the spot where Jeffries' blow
was aimed. They came together and
Johnson missed for the fourth time a
damaging right uppercut. Here he
began to try out his new blow-a left
uppercut-testlng it out first.
Johnson kept up a fire of jokes and
repartee, sometimes with Jeffries, often
with Corbett and again with sporting
writer's.
He'll kill you, Jack" yelled a sport
ing man who had bet $4,000 on Jeffries.
That's what they all say" retorted
Johnson, and for answer he shot a
snappy left to Jeffries' face and they
landed the only blow that came near
hurting Johnson.
1t was a body blow that made the
black vince. 1t was the only round in
which Jeffries had an advantage, and
at the opening of the fifth johnson
came up as good as new. The pace up
to and through this round was slow.
Neither man was badly hurt.
THAT left was a joke. You big stiff,
I always knew you were a faker,"
shouted Corbett as Johnson slugged
Jeffries in the face. Jeffries brought
cheers at this point by a left to the
head, but clinch and the gong saved
further damage. The tide of battle
from this time on flowed into the john
son corner, and Delaney was hopping
in glee.
"Go in and finish him." was the ad-
vice whispered to Johnson.
Its all over with you, Jim," said
Johnson as he came up.
Jeffries laughed and chewed bis gum.
JEFFs EYE CLOSED
In this round Jeffries' eye was closed,
and he started in to take a severe lacing
in order to land the stomach blow
which he and his hackers depended
upon. Jeffries missed a right and took
a left and a right to the head. His
nose was bleeding when the gong
struck.
Corbett walked to the end of the ring
and looked at Johnson. The negro was
smiling and breathing easily.
IT'S got a long time to 60" he said
to the sporting men who had bet money
on the seventh round end.
The fighting in the seventh was
somewhat faster, but at no time did
Jeffries live up to expectations. His
eye was swollen and he rubbed it as
he leaned on the glittering black shoul-
der during the clinches. He was be-
ginning to look more like a wounded
bull than a clever, thinking man.
AS they pushed each other around
Johnson sent in lefts to the face twice
at close range. Jeffries drew a lead
and put in a left to the face that
covered Johnson's golden teeth with
blood, but Johnson laughed, and in
mixup sent in two lefts to the face,
and Jeffries mouth was streaked with
blood.
1T looks bad for Jeffries," said the
sports as a slight indecision in Jenr1es'
walk was noticed.
Remember how much he took from
Fitzsimmons and then landed said
the hopeful ones.
GETS LEFT IN FACE
Jeffries got a left in the face at the
opening of the eighth.
asked Johnson of Corbett, as he leaned
over Jeffries' shoulder and grinned.
Johnson's blows became quicker and
harder during this round, but Jeffries
was not badly hurt, only firing harder
and faster than the spectators realized.
He leaned forward, his eye fixed on
a vital spot on Johnsons body, try
ing again and again to reach it. John
son tried to put his uppercut through,
but Jeffries still possessed the quick
ness to snap his head out of danger.
"Stand up and fight, you coward"
yelled Corbett, as Johnson tucked away
a body blow in the ninth.
Just wait" said Johnson.
He waited for lead and then put
hard left to the body, but Jeffries
topped it with his gloves.
The round ended with Jeffries hitting
Johnson in the ribs in a way that was
not relished. After this round George
Little, Johnson's eX-manager, placed
several hundred dollars at 10 to on
Jeffries.
The tenth was rather slow, Jeffries
brushing away the blows as he would
flies and trying always for that ter
rible body punch. Jeffries also tried
to wear johnson down by his weight
in the clinches. But Johnson did
about an equal amount of showing and
succeeded in getting in his left upper
cut to the face several times. The
eleveth, which Is marked as the final
toboggan for Jeffries, opened carefully.
johnson let loose and kept his mans
head bobbing constantly. In clinch
johnson landed three uppercuts and
Jeffries began to show signs of distress.