The Arizona copper camp., 1920-07-10


tions in his bout here last Mond -
evening against Rufus Williams, and
when Referee Harry Mitchell raised
Jordan's right arm at the conclusion
of the tenth round in token of VIC
tory, the decision was cheered to the
echo. 1t was a wonderful fight, and
Rufus was fairly beaten. The old
ring general fought the greatest bat
tie of 'his long career, and until the
seventh round the battle was even.
In the eighth Cliff turned loose and
took the lead and ere the ninth round
was half over it was a foregone con-
clusion that Rufus was done. When
the bell rang for the tenth round Jor.
dan tore into Rufus and played a
tattoo on the old ring generals mid
section which settled the argument
for good, as to who had won and who
was the better man.
The fight was the cleanest boxing
event we have seen in long, long
time and there was not a moment
when both men were not doing their
best. Rufus fell into a good many
clinches when things got too warm,
but those clinches proved his undo
ing Cliff never let an opportunity
escape to hammer in with short boG4
blows, and it was the body blows that
told on the colored boy and weakened
him till all danger of his much
heralded wallop was gone, and he had
to use every ounce of energy to stick
the limit. 1t was the general opinion
among the ringsiders that Jordan
would have won over the knockout
route had the go lasted two more
rounds, for Cliff was as fresh at the
finish as when he began, while Rufus
had shown signs of weakening at the
end of the ninth round.
All the old tricks known to veter.
ans of the prize ring were brought
into play by Rufus, and time after
time he swung that terrible right OF
his, only to be thrown off his balance
when it ended nowhere in the thin
air. Cliff had a most tantalizing way
of being under those vicious right
hand swings, and the punches that
most of. the people away from the
ringside thought had landed about
Jordan's head, only struck the back
of his glove.
Jordan wasted no energy in wild
swinging and fought a cool, deter
mined battle throughout For the
first seven rounds he saved himself
and the last three were sufficient for
him to win. Only once in the third
did Rufus hurt the coast middle
weight and that was by hard right
under the heart. In the eighth round,
while both men were in a clinch near
the ropes, Rufus fell, and when Jor-
dan lifted him to his feet and shook
hands before continuing on with the
battle, he won the admiration of
every fan in the house. Rufus twice
butted Cliff with his head, and he
worked his elbow effectively in every
clinch.
Jordan relied almost entirely on his
managers judgment, and in every
clinch Cliff would look toward the
veteran Jim McQuillan for his in
structions.
We have heard of managers and
seconds plotting their men to victory,
and this bout gave us proof that it
can be done. When the final bell
sounded and Referee Harry Mitchell
raised Jordan's right arm in token of
victory Rufus tried that time worn
trick of raising his own arm over the
referees head, appealing to the
referee for draw, but Harry Mitch
ell has refereed other fights, and the
trick did not work. About seventy
five ladies were in attendance, and
when the crowd surged to it's feet
during the ninth and tenth rounds
cheering Jordan on, the ladies were
cheering loudest and appeared to be
the most excited of all the fans. 1t
was the greatest fight we have had in
this section of the country.
NOTES ON THE FIGHT