The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1910-07-05
JFFRES KNOCKED OUT BY JOHNSON At RENO IN FIFTEENTH ROUND

left cheek bone. Both fought eau
tiously. Jeffries waded in but was
met with a nasty left uppercut that
| closed his right eye tight Johnson
followed with two similar punches
and blood spouted from Jeffries' nose
as he took his seat when the bell
rang. Jeffries' seconds worked hero
ically on his damaged optic. 1t was
Johnson's round.
Round I.-JeffTies came up with a
| feTocious frown and they closed.
| Sparring followed without result.
johnson laughed as Jeffries missed
right swing and as the men clinched
| johnson jolted Jeffries three times
over his damaged eye and followed IL
with right uppercut to jaw. John
son put straight right to the jaw but
johnson countered with left and
| right TO Jeffries sore face. 1t was
Johnson's round. Jeffries badly cut.
Round S.-As Jeffries rushed the
black drove a left to the mouth then
two hard let's TO the face. Hello
Jimmie, Johnson shouted to Corbett,
" Did you see that one" johnson
laughed as Jeffries missed vicious
left swing. Previously Jeffries had
worked two right to the body that
had failed to feaze the negro. JEFF
fries pushed his man about the ring
and the bell rang on duh round.
Round 1O.-Johnson shot two lefts
to the head and a short arm right to
the ear. A long clinch mixed with
wrestling. Jeffries swung his right
around body. The men confined
| themselves to mitigating, Johnson
was always on the alert Johnson
" n Tn lou nd
a right uppeTcut to the jaw which
made Jeffries say oh" audibly
johnson peppered away with left and
clearly outboXed his burly opponent.
1t was Johnson's round.
Round ll.-Half minute of
wrestling opened the round. Then
Johnson smashed Jeffries time and
again with a left right to jaw and the
big hoilcrmaker fought back wildly
johnson swung a terrific right more
of an uppercut to the jaw and follow
ed 1t with a clean right upperCut to
The jaw and Jeffries almost weak
ened. Johnson used his left and right
to uppercut time and again to jaw
and varied this with left and right
swings to the jaw and blood spurted
from Jeffries' mouth in a stream.
Jeffries electrified the crowd by max
ing the round end in a rally landing
"A right to the jaw and hard left to
the body that brought the crowd to
their feet. Johnson. however, had
good advantage.
Round 12.-The men clinched after
he black had missed a right and left
for the jaw AS Jeffries rubbed
Johnson met him with straight left
and right uppercut to the jaw. John
son swung hard to the left to the
body and the face, all the time keep
ing up conversation with Corbett.
Johnson cleverly blocked blows in
tended for the body and he sent home
straight left to the sore mouth
starting blood afresh. The negro
then sent the mans head back foot
with similar blows. Jeffries went to
his corner splitting blood with the
honors against him. Jeffries sec
onds CONTINUOUSLY quiet at this stage of
the game.
Round l3.-The men fought to
clinch and wrestled to the center of
the ring. Johnson breaking it with
volley of rights and let's to the face
and mouth. He cleverly avoided JEFF
fries clumsy attempts to land on the
body. Jeffries weakened at this
stage, right uppercut almost lifting
him from the floor. He seemed all
at sea and the black waded in like
merciless iuggernaut dealing out Sc
we're punishment with every rap. The
round ended with Corbett advising
Jeffries to cover up and stay away.
JJeffries stared rather blankly into
the middle of the ring and appeared
to be in bad shade.
Round 14.-JeffTies was met with
a straight left as he got up and
moment later another spiteful jab
went to his mouth. Johnson placed
his stomach within reach of Jeffries
and tauntingly cried, "Aint that
nice belly Jim, why don't you hit it,
Jim did not reply. They closed in,
Corbett importuning his man to be
ware of the dangerous uppercuts
Jeffries' right eye was almost totally
closed at tbis stage. Johnson sent in
some fast left jabs to the mouth and
the big white shook his head. I'm
as clever as you are, jim" shouted
johnson to CoEbett. The round end
ed tamely but Johnson had all the
honors.
Round IA clinch opened the
round then Johnson rushed his man
TO the ropes flooring him. Johnson
knocked Jeffries down and the count
started as he hung over the ropes
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