East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-04
CHAMPIONS Of TWO RACES TTER|NG
EACH OTHER IN PRIZE RING ATsRENO

with black adhesive tape. A:tell i'm
mediately bound Jeffries' with muslin |
Jeffries showed no nervousness. He |
scarcely glanced at Johnson's cor
ner. Both donned their gloves care
fully.
At 2:46 Jeff shook hands with his
seconds. 1t is agreed the fighters
shall not shake hands. The gong
sounded and the fighters stepped in
to the center of the ring.
Round I.
They advance cautiously and Jeff
fents with his left Johnson grins
Jeff feints with his left again and
Johnson lands right to the eye. They
clinch Johnson appears the
stronger. They exchange lefts to
the head. Jeff butts under pound
ing the short ribs and they clinch
again. Jeffries is smiling and John
son looks worried. Anybody's round
Round 9.
Johnson is bleeding slightly at the
mouth. Jeffries' eye is slightly mark
ed Jeffries crouches and misses left
| to the head. Jack tries a feint. but
JEFF is wary. Jack sends light upper
cut to the chin, Jim sends left to the
ear. They clinch. Jack misses a right
uppercut and on the break Jeff kids
! him. 1t is slightly Jeffs round
Round 3.
/ Both are smiling. Johnson fails in
/ short left for the stomach. They
| clinch. Jack misses left and right
| uppercuts. Jim ducks under a vi
! cious right to the head and they
/ clinch. Johnson sends two rights
lightly to the head. They clinch. Jim
sends light left to the short ribs.
! Anybody's round.
Round 4.
Both block lefts and rights to the
head and they clinch. Jack hits Jeff's
head and Jim prods Johnson's stom-
ach. Johnson is bleeding badly at
! the mouth Johnson pounds Jeff's
! Kidneys but jeff smiles. They break
/ and clinch again. Jeff prods Jacks
stomach with lefts and the crowd
/ howls. Jeff's round by shade.
Round 5.
Jim rushes i'm with a light left to
! the short ribs and Jack sends a long
damaging left to Jim'S stomach. They
clinch. Jack uppercuts to the face
cutting Jeff's lip. Jim sends two lefts
! to the ear. Jis is forcing Jack about
the ring. They clinch again. Jeff
! increases the flow of blood by land
: ing on the mouth. The round is
even.
Round 6.
They fiddle and clinch. one of
/ Jacks punches opens a cut on Jim's
! left cheek bone. They clinch. on
! the break Jack sends a terrific left to
/ Jeff's right eye almost completely
! closing it jim is bleeding at the
nose. Johnson's round
Round Z.
They fiddle. Jims eye is botherine
| him. They clinch and Jim sends
| light left to the short ribs. Jack up
percuts the face with his left. Jeff
sends left to the chin. They clinch,
and Jack sends a left to the jaw.
Jchnson's round.
Round s.
They spar, clinch and break, john
son boxing beautifully. He sends
! three lefts to the head. They clinch
while Jeff pounds the stomach. They
! break. and Jeff lodges a long left
! and sticks two lefts into Jacks stom-
ach Johnson's round slightly.
Round Q.
They fiddle and clinch. Jack rush
es and puts a hard right to the stom-
ach Jim repeats the trick. The ne
! gro is grinning. They clinch. Both
are cool. Jeff gets a hard punch in
the ribs which makes him grunt.
Jack sends a light left to the mouth.
They are fiddlpg at the bell. Jeff's
round
Round 10.
They spar and Jack lands a light
/ left to the nose, while Jim sends one
to the short ribs. They clinch jeff
sends a heavy left for the stomach
but the negro blocks it and uppercuts
with his right in the following clinch.
Jim lands his left to the eye and
Winks at the crowd. Jeff prods Jack
in the stomach. Johnsons round by
a shade.
Round II.
johnson lands a hard right to the
ear. and Jim grins. Jeff forces mat
ters. Jim is getting worst of it.
Johnson sent Jim's head back and
Jeff lands on smokes midriff. john
son lands another uppercut. The
white man is bleeding badly. They
swap undamaging rights. Jeff sends
Il hard smash to the jaw and they are
fighting fiercey at the bell. John
sons round by a shade.
Round IL.
They spar and Jack hooks one to
the ear three times and then upper
cuts to the mouth and hooks one to
the right eye. They clinch. Johnson
hooks Jeff's damaked optic. They are
fiddling at the gong. Johnsons