The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-07-06

almost all of them landed with the
speed taken out of them. 1t was like
hitting a punching bag.
JcfrieS Did His Best.
The Jeffries crouch was in evidence
at times, but during most of the fight
Jetfries was found standing, straight
and working with something of his
old aggressiveness.
The fifteenth round started with a
clinch after Jeffries had failed to land
on the body. Johnson then tore loose
and before the spectators were pre-
pared for the finish, he had sent jeff
ries down with lightning left and
right blows to the jaw. Jeffries reel
ed and fell half way throught the
ropes on the west side of the ring
Those near him saw that he had lost
sense of his surroundings and the
faces at the rngside were blur to
| him. His time had come. He was
feeling what he had caused others to
= feel in the days of his youth and pow
er.
Johnson went over to the spot and
stood poised over his adversary, his
boly ready for left hook if Jeffries
Ieganed his feet
iim Corbett who had stood in JEFF
fries corner all during this fight, tell
ing Johnson what a fool he was and
how he was in for the greatest beat
ing of his life, now ran forward with
,outStretched arms, crying:
Jcf Fell Like q Straw Nan.
oh, so back don't hit him" JEFF
fries painfully raised himself to his
feet. His jaw had dropped; his eyes
were nearly shus, and his face was
covered with blood. With trembling
legs and yielding arms, he tried to
put up defense. but he could not
stop terrific right smash in the
jaw, followed bv two let hooks. He
went down again. Jeffries' physician
and other friends jumped into the ring
Stop it, they cried. Don't put
the old fellow out"
Sam Berger. Jeffres' manager. ran
,'''S, SdIiiiiS " bOD Armstrong.
Bring that towel YOU know what
mean, don't let him get hit"
From Johnson's corner, his seconds
We're calling him to quit Then the
referee stopped the timekeeper, and
it was ali over
Too Old to "COmc Back"
The soothing liquids We're applied
to the fallen champions bruised face
but his heart was something that
could not be reached. AS soon as he
reSained his sense of persons and of
the rapid fire events that had pushed
him into oblivion, he took his head
in his bands and groaned
VS. too old to come back, he
said
Norbett and Joe Choynski and Broth
er Jack united in trying to cheer the
defeated man.
It's all off with YOU" said Cor
bett, but you did the best you could :"
Cheer up. We'll go fishing tomor-
row." said Frank Gotch, the wrestling
champion.
In an instant after the crowd real
lied that the fight was over, the ring
was stampeded by wild throng. The
short end betting men were hilarious.
but in the great mass Of spectators,
there was Telling of personal loss
Hone had lived in thousands of breasts
u23i ne last minute and now their
IDOL had crumbled and this black man
stood peerless. They could not help
but admire him and there was little
sympathy shown. Hundreds swal-
lowed the bitter pill of heavy financial
loss.
Fighters Make Statements.
By James j. Jeffries-"I lost my
fight this afternoon because | did not
have the snap of youth used to have
believed in my own heart that all
the old time dash was there but when
| started to execute, the speed and
youthful stamina were lacking The
things ! used to do were impossible.
II suppose most of my trainers and
helpers Will say that did not box of
ten enough. 1t would not have made
any difference if | had spared a dozen
times oftencr than | did | simply
was not there, and that's all there is
to it,
~ guess it's all my fault was