The Glenwood post., 1910-07-09
>S9HNS0N WINS
FROM JEFFR|ES
BLACK MANS FIGHT AT ALL
STAGES OF THE
GAME.
KNOCKOUT IN Fifteenth
NOT NOW CONSIDERED "THE
FIGHT OF THE
CENTURY,"

Reno, Nev.-John Arthur johnson,
the Texas negro, son Of an American
slave, is the first and undisputed
heavyweight champion of the world
James ]. Jeffries. of California,
winner Of twenty-five championship
fights. the man who never was
brought to his knees before by a
blow, tonight passed into history as
broken idol. He met utter defeat at
Re hands of the black champion.
While Jeffries was not actually
counted out, he was saved only from
this crowning shame by his friends
pleading with johnson not to hit the
fallen man, and flinging the towel
into the ring from his corner. At the
end of the fifteenth round, Referee
Tex Richard raised the black arm and
the great crowd filed out glum and ST.
lent.
jeff was dragged to his corner
bleeding from nose and mouth and a
dozen cuts on the face. He had a
black. closed eye and swollen features
and he held his head in his hands,
dazed and incoherent.
johnson walked out of the ring with
out mark on his body except slight
cut on his lip, which was the opening
of wound received in training.
ROUND 1.-.They advanced cautious
ly; Jeffries feinting with left; JEFF
lands left to eye. Jeffries clinches.
Johnson forcing jeff back. Jeffries
der % LETT - and ID % ciinched. @ pounding p As short @
ribs. Jeffries hooks left to head. duck
Ing Ing ), j. Johnson,s sons left Glinchi Jeffries es
into straight left but was patted on
the cheek a second later. Clinched at
bell. Anybody's round.
and Jeffries catches it in ribs: An
other jab slightly marred his right eye.
They spared. jeff assumes the crouch,
to feint. but johnson is wary. Jack
sends left to chin. Jack lands upper
ROUND 3-Johnson fell into short
left to stomach. ClInched and they
break. Jack dashes left to nose. They
uppercuts: johnson tries with vicious
right to head. but Jim ducks and
rights to head. They ciinch. Johnson
tries with another uppercut, but Jin
HNps light left to, short ribs, beating
N to it. Anybody's round
-IROUND 4-Johnson sent left to the
same t1aee. eIineh. Jsffries s. sends
5ohnson ara PUTS eft to G head
nose bleeding. Jeffries goes into a
slineh. Johnson sends right to kidneys
to head and took one in return. They
clinch again. Johnson holds in the
ropes and took three jabs to the stom-
ach. The crowd went wild at Jeffries'
shoWins They break fa and
much damage. Jeffries has shade of
this round.
:, RoTND 5-Jeffries rushes in with
but but did d. no 10 =. damage They clinch and
dashed in and sent two lefts to face
They clinehed again. and Johnson
sent straight left to mouth and another
to nose. They We're clinched at the
bell. Even round.
RouNP s..Johnson sent three left
1abs to the face and avoided a return.
They The wrestle and break; Johnson sent
left he bas msed asy Re reeeved eaS m
left. jolt to the ear and they ciinched
Jack swings heavy left to chin. They
to Jeffries' right eye. Almost COM
TReS were m cnehaa at at oe ths
Johnson's round.
ROUND 7-Jeffries comes out in his
orouching attitude and Jack missed two
and Sinh .traisbs s5eks
Mlslt M 70 head; JeffrIes elinehsS and they hey
broke without exchanging blows. Jim
sent light left to short ribs. Jim's nose
bleeding freely; Jack rushes and sends
let's left to nnnssc,t face They clinsh and Jack
n uppercut with right to chin. JEFF
Is sent hard left to chin. Johnson's
RnJ1Nn e-rhoy -
i ing and johnson feinted. They rushed
into clinch. and Jack hooked to the
ear with left. Jack sends two rights
lightly to ~ head and repeats mo-
fully. In a half-clinch. Jeffries pounds
the stomach. Jeffries ducked a left
lead and took It on the chest. They
Glinch and Jack sent left to stomach.
them and johnson forced ciinch, ham
mering kidneys. Jack tried a terrific
right rig sIn, hook .t to Jaw; but missed. John
snshea s9aaxsa in rhsI with a,,Ias right; Iu.
head. but was short. They were
clinched at the bell. This round went
to Johnson by slight shade.
ROUND s-They clinch and Jeffries
break 6aes 1 Without e.ehanse. Jack very
] the stomach, Jeffries repeating a mo-
mens me, + later later. Johnson tries left to face.
from Jeffries and they clinch They
break and johnson misses lead for the
head. Johnson took hard right on the
Jack sent left lightly to the mouth. He
receives a hard right to the body and
they are clinched. At the bell they
We're fighting and 1t was Jeffries'