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Show mouth. Johnson placed his stomach within Jeffries' roach and tauntingly cried: -Hit that belly, Jim; why don't you hit It. Jlru." Jim die; not hit it. They closed and Corbett importuned his man to beware of the dangerous uppercut. Jeffries' right eyo was totally to-tally closed at this stage. Johnson sent in some rapid fire lefts to the mouth and he said. "I'm as clever as you are, Jim." to Corbett and Immediately Imme-diately the exchange of. repartee fallowed. fal-lowed. The round ended tamely, but Johnson had all the honors and Jeffries' Jef-fries' seconds looked blue. FIFTEENTH ROUND. A clinch opened the round and then Johnson rushed his mau to the ropes, flooring him. Johnson knocks Jeff down In the fifteenth round and the white man was counted out, and as he nuns over the ropes, his seconds and the crowd : rushed Into the rlncr and. half the time j could not hear the count. ; Ringside Jack Johngou is still the world's heavyweight champion, having hav-ing knocked ut James J. Jefries in the 15th round at Reno today. The fight was one-sided from the start. The negro blocked the old champion's blows at every stage of the game and punished him severely in the hist five rounds of fighting. At the beginning of the thirteenth round the experts at the rincslde passed out the verdict that Jeffries must simply stay away and not fight if he hoped for an chance to stay the limit. As they came up for the fifteenth round, Johnson went a t his man savagely. In quick succession, ho delivered three knockdowns. Jeffries each time falling against or Into the ropes. As Jeffries staggered to a foothold after aft-er the third time he had sent him to the floor Johnson sprang at him liko a tiger, and, with a succession of letts to the jaw, Bent Jeffries down and out. As Jeffries was. helped to his corner cor-ner he said: "I am not a good fighter any longer; I could not come hack, boys, I could not come back. Ask Johnson if he will give me his gloves." As Jeffries hung to the ropes a hun dred of his old friends and former admirers ad-mirers rushed to him and cried, "Don'tiet thfl.ald man. gst" knocked out. Stop it. Hut the timekeepers' Inexorable count went on to th.j final ten. Ringside, Reno. July 4. At 12 there was a ringside demonstration on the part of hundreds of holders of $20 eats, who arc located directly behind the motion picture shed Tex Rlckard Rlck-ard is now tning to pacify the angry seat holders and it is supposed that he will order the obnoxious tshed removed. re-moved. Ringside, July 4. At 1 o'clock the ringside was nearly filled. The heat was intense as the miu-day sun poured pour-ed Its rayB into, the crater-like structure. struc-ture. Reno Nev. July 4. Up to 10 o'clock this morning the bettinsr had stood steady at 10 to fi, with Jeffries tho favorite. San Francisco special trains brought thousands from the coast cities, and the majority appeared ap-peared to be betting on Jeffries. I The first serious accident in Reno was the accldently shooting this morning of Tom Hcfcr, a liodle, California, Cali-fornia, miner. liefer was In one of the saloons on Main street flourishing a wad of money. A friend advised him to put it away. liefer, in attempting attempt-ing to stuff the money Into his hip pocket dropped his revolver to the floor. It was discharged and shot him through the back. ' j "A murder" was the cry that ran through the crowds, and the Incident, for a time detracted from the moha following tho machine of Johnson as it pushed its way through the crowds As the forenoon advanced there was every promise of a perfect day for, the fight. The skv was clear and the sun shone with all the brightness of the usual Nevada summer. Tim S-Mlivan or New York the stakeholder, visited Johnson's camp and anked permission to return to C.eorgo Little the $10,000 certified check postpd as Johnson's forfeit. To this the champion readily assented, and Utle will receive the check ns soon as tl e men enter c'irt ring. "Tho first round or two may be a dlr appointment." said Jeffries' physician, physi-cian, after declaring that Jeffries was in a condition to go ten rounds or the limit. "The fir9t bulletins may be a surprise sur-prise because of Jeffries' poor showing. show-ing. This will not be due to lack of condition or speed, however hut le-caute le-caute he Is a slow starter. Johnson vpay make him look bad by blocking l ia early " punches. ' Hut wait until Jeffries warms up before forming a decided opinion. "Johnson will not be able to tire Jeffries out . .as. . the. negro's friends have claimed. Jeffries will be able to keep awav from him If he wants to. You wouldn't go behind a mn'e If you could go in front of him would you?" By 10 o'elcck today tho price of the (hoapest tickets had advanced to $2j: the speculators having been encouraged encour-aged by extra heavy arrivals, W hen they were on sale, the crowd gobbled the ni up -o fast ps of f v i. At Jl o'clock the be':'. was 2 to J .Ui Jcf. i!cs to win an I ven in. nicy on twenty rounds. At this hour the word from the two comps is "All"" Well." Poth fighters are cheerful tiul waiting the moment when they will start for the battle ground. 1 p. m. The betting is brisk at even money, with plenty of Johnson money in sight. The only sign of worry which Jet-fries Jet-fries showed this morning was when he discovered that his mascot, u mongrel mon-grel yellow dog which strayed into the camp yesterday, was missing. Jeffries Jef-fries looked worried and walked all around the cottage and by fields whistling whis-tling and calling for ".Teffle." Finally he discovered the dog in a Held, and the dog crawled to him aud licked his hand and leaped toward his face. Jeff returned to tho cottage happy again. Dy noon the exodus to the tight arena began. The vanguard of those who could not afford automobiles paid cver thing demanded to be carried car-ried the dusty mile and a halt. The two cars that comprise the rolling stock of the street railway that leads out to the arena wero busier than tbey ever have been and the bulk of the crowd preferred the walk to the fight to a foothold on the cars. In the main it was a luncbles3 crowd, and t-ome of them had gone foodlestf since last night. I3ut good humor prevailed aud there were no M'rluiiH disturbances. The railroad people were on the again gettlDg the long special trains lined up and in readiness to move to the d.'lgnated starting points the moment mo-ment tho tight is over. The gates were opened at 11 o'clock sharp. Thousauds were then thronging throng-ing about the four entrances, the majority ma-jority being formed In thia terpentine terpen-tine columns that stretched through all parts or the grounds. As the Faites swung open there was a great lush for the turnstiles, and the surging surg-ing crowds poured rapidly luty the enclosure. lu less than fifteen minutes the gallery gal-lery scat and the wide platform skirting skirt-ing the topmost outer rim of the arena were half filled. comlnK In from the cool windswept spaces of the flat country. Thirty feet from the ring.-ide and due west, o that the sun would not interfere, a battery of nine motion picture pic-ture machines, sup'-i Inpo-ed in rows of three to as to be one above the Other wa being mauned and being rr.ado reudy lor the atfrnoon. Au Jlmericau flag drooped on It btaff pbove each of the four entrances. en-trances. Poxes built for women at tho top of the outer west wall. of thy cnclosuVe were xoou filled and the ?audy bats of the occupants added add-ed a vivid touch of color to the scene. Half au hour after the pate? bad been opened tho vat arena was more than two-third filled with a sweltering ma of humanity. The hetrl game or Jf-fTrles' camp this ruorulng' reunited in a dollar's profit foi" JctTrki. He proiopU car ried his winnings to the hotel and staked it on the crap table, Kor more thau an hour he rdl.?d the bores with huge enjoyment. Before he stopped, i Jeffries gathered in $:t0. Corbett said I that he knew the strain of walling in j the dressing room was Rreat and did j not purpose that Jeffries should feel I this. "It won't hurt anything to kep the other fellow waiting,'' said Corbett, "as It wears on him, you know." Sam Berger was the last roan to j swing aboard the machine for the arena. "When he comes' back " said ! Sam, "he will be the undisputed ! champion." ! Johnson spent the last hour, before ' his Etart for the arena in disquiet. He refused to go to the arena until he spoke to Tex Rlckard. Rlckard was telephoned. Johnson and his attendants started for the arena fit 1 o'clock in his auto-, auto-, mobile. j George Hartlng, the time keeper, I came In w ith the gloves in a big green 1 box two pairs for each fighter, in a case of leather. i . i When the band played" "America," the perspiring crowd made a feeble i attempt to sing, but it quickly col , lapsed and the spectators went back to fans and handkerchief. Y'ielding to prottsts of spectators, whose view was stopped by tho pk- i ture machlues, Rlckard ordered one j booth on the left dismantled. At 1:10 word was paseed in, from I the outside that every seat in the arena was sold and several persons were still in line at the booths. Old fight attendants vowed that I never before has a prize fight in this '. country had as many women spec- , tators as this. In addition to the ; o or loo in the long booth on the rim of the crater, every section was , dotted with thera from the cheap- est seats in the upper tiers to the $o0 places. j Jack Johnsou's wife came into the i arena and was seated near tho ring. Although the big men were scheduled to enter the ring at 1:30, the preliminary prelimi-nary introduction of pugilists custom- ! ary to these functions had not begun j at 1:4.'.. The crowd however, was I patient and good natured. I At 2 o'clock It seemed that every seat in the structure was occupied and that the six foot platform that I extends around the upper cGge was alive with a human fringe of slanders. sland-ers. The veteran announcer, Billy Jordan, Jor-dan, entered the ring at 1:45. At 1:55 the ring was cleared of the band and bangerson. Billy Muldoon entered the ring and. after making a speech extolling the one "free state" in the Union, apparently appar-ently meaning Nevada suggested that the entire assemblage stand up and "with heart and 8oul" give- three cheers for Nevada and the governor of this state. The response to theso remarks was spontaneous and the vast assemblage arose to a man and J aired its lungs in three rousing sarvos i for the one free state. I Jeffries arrived at the arena at 2 I o'clock. I At 2:03 Tex Rlckard was intro-! intro-! duced as the "gamest sport in the j world," by Billy Jordan. Jordan reviewed re-viewed Rlckard's connection with tho I prizefight game. "All credit youan 1 give." he continued, "belongs to this , great port Tex Rlckard. I call for three cheers for Tejc." The crowd responded with a will. Tim Sullivan stakeholder, was next presented as the famous stakeholder, ; Hon. Tim Sullivan of New York. 1 Rickard and Sullivan standing together to-gether in the center of tiie rtng, were i photographed. John 1j. Sullhan then clnmbeied through the ropes and set the spee-j spee-j tators wild. Jordan introduced him ; as the "great and only big-hearted j John L." J Sam Langford. the crack middle- weight, was presented and announced he would challenge Johnson for ?10,-000, ?10,-000, win or lose. Johnson entered the urena at 2:2$ p. m. He was followed by his retinue of seconds. Johnson entered from i the northwest corner. Johnson's sec-j sec-j onds are Billy Delauey, Al Kaufman, j Prof. BuruH, George Cotton, ' 'Doc" I Kurey Dave Mills and Hurry Foley. Johnsou's timekeeper Is Stanley j Ketchel. Jeffries entered the ring at 2:41. Johnson gave Jeffries the southeast corner. Jeffries entry Into the arena was the signal for a tremendous outburst out-burst of enthusiasm. Jeffries' seconds aro Jim Corbett, i Abe Attell Joe Choyneki, Bob Arm- ! i strong, Eugene,. Van Court. Farmer J j Burns, Roger Cornell and Sam Her- j "I don't care whut comer you put I me in; it's all the same t ome." tid j Jeff, as be sat in his chair, attired iu i .ordinary costume and chewing gum,' J while Abe Attell wo'jnd common j bandages about hid hand. I At 2:?.' Johnson was prevented xs j the "heavyweight champion of the I world." Johnson was clad 1n glue trunks with tho American flag entwlmd. A . very weak recaption wag tendered the i champion. While Johnson wu stripped and ready In his corner, tho Jeffries peo- i pie were putting on his hanaages. 1 IAt 2:3S Jefiries stripped. He' wore purple trunks and the American flag. I Johnson clapped and cheered Jeffries with the rest rf the crowd as the big I white man waa introduced as th'i 'great and only undefeated champion 1 of the world." . Jeffries folded his rnn behind him ! und gazed over tho vat;t assemblage. which cheered him agal nand opain. Both men looked lit to fight any number cf roupds. At 2:40. th men donned their flovcs aud Jordan clearing the i riMg. Johnfotjij golden n'l wa mu. h in oldcncj" an ho tat iu Ms comer. Tex Rickard referee, .and Charley White, alternate referee were theu introduced. Tom Sharkey challenged the winner. win-ner. The ring was then cleared and time for the "battle of th.- century" was called at 2:44. FIRST ROUND. The men refused -to shake hands. Johnson smiled and Jeffries calmly chewed gum. After a long opening session of sparring Johnson led with left to the face and thoy clinched, Johnson pushing Jeffries back. Johnson John-son swung his left to jaw, and, as Jeffries roushed it at close quarters the big negft shot his left aqaln to the lace. The men locked arms and Jeffries clouted his man twice with two f.hort arm lafts to the face and the crowd yelled. " "Why don't you laugh," shouted Corbett to Johuson and the latter winked and smiled at the formtr champion. The men continued con-tinued in locked embrace and as th3 gong terminated the, round, Johnson playfully tapped Jeffries on the shoulder shoul-der and went to his corner smiling. Jclfries then told his seconds to let im ak-ne; he would fight his battle. It was a tame round. SECOND ROUND. Johnson came up,chattiug like a magpie. "He wanfx;to fight a little bit, Jim," jelled Corbett. "You bet I do., Mlstah Corbett." retorted the champion. As. Jeffries held on Johnson John-son clouted blm with a wicked right to the Jaw As the men separated from a clinch, Jeffries swung his right to the stomach, to which Johnson retaliated re-taliated with two ripping left upper-cuts upper-cuts to the Jaw. The men closed the round, Jeffries leaning against the champion with the iheer weight of his shoulders.' It i was u case of strength against cleverness, with the Nubian having -ae letter of It. John-eon John-eon and Corbett "kidded' each other incessantly during the minute's rest between the second and third TOund. THIRD ROUND. Both came up slowly. "Come in, Jim," shouted Johnson, saying which, the champion hookup bis left to the stomach "with" much force. Johnson' then jabbed his left twice to the face and as they closed in. breast to breast. Johnson whipped a left upper-cut to the jaw and neatly blocked the boiler maker's onslaughts. As the men circled about the ring Johnson John-son kept up a constant cross fire of conversation. The men separated and Johnson jabbed thrice with his left to the face and whipped a short arm right to the face. A long clinch followed, fol-lowed, during which the black missed a wicked right uppercut, Jeffries rushed in, but the black blocked him neatly on a vicious right swingi and again patted his antagonist on the shoulder as tho round ended. Johuson, Johu-son, on points had h good advantage but there was not much power behind his stings. FOURTH ROUND. Jeff missed a left nwing. Johnson rushed in with a stab to the face. Johusn taunted Jeffries constantly. "Don't rush Jim: don't you hear what I'm telling you " shouted Johnson, backing it up with a right uppercut to the jaw. Jeffries got in a good right to the mouth and the blood started flowing from the colored man's lips. Johnson shot a hard left to the I mouth and almost wrestled his man against the ropes. The golden smile had not faded from Johnson's face ut this stage. Jeff forced the cbarupron against the ropes and half a dozen short arm jolts found tho mark in quick succession. In response, Johnson John-son shot a 'right to the Jaw and the round ended. It was Jeffries' round and the best one so far. FIFTH ROUND. Johnson, as usual, came up with a volley of words. Jeffries paid no attention at-tention to the conversation and rushed rush-ed and wrestled for a spell. At close j quarters Jeff shot two rights to tho i body, to which Johnson responded j with a left upper-cut, cutting Jeft's I , lips a bit. Johnson, a moment later. ' drove his right to the jaw and then followed with two left uppercuts to the ame place. Johnson Jarred the white man with a straight left to tho mouth and tbey eased up in a clinch. Both men were bleeding from ! the month. Suddenly Jeffiles sent I the black's head back a foot with i a straight lett to the mouth and j Johnson looked a bit serious as be took bis seat. Not, however without with-out giving the boilermaker the customary cus-tomary tap- No serious damage. SIXTH ROUND. "I'm going to mix with him," said I Jeffries to his seconds. Three lefts radiated from the champion's shoul-I shoul-I dor. catching Jeffries on the face in . the left cheek bone. Both men fought j ' rautioufl. A riDgside fan asked Johti-I Johti-I son if he woulj like a drink. "Too I much on hand now," quickly retorted I the ih k.o and he ripped in thre left I uppercuts to the white man s 'w. Jeffr!es-waded In. but was niet with a 1 I nasty left uppercut that cios-' cl hi : right eye tight. Johnson followed I , this with two olmllar punch?s ano ; tb bkxd spouted from the rctlreJ j champion's pose as he took his s?at when the bell ended tho round. Jef-j Jef-j rle.s' seconds were heroically working on his dam.-"-rd ek. I SEVENTH ROUND. - ! Jotfrles came up with a fero lous I frown and tbey. closed In. v loni; j niarrlns bec followed, without a bio J being struck. Johnson meauwhilo cf:r'i'ully priming himself for an -opening. Although Jeffries' eye was bally bal-ly bruised he never lost his poise. Johnson laughed sarcastically as Jeffries Jef-fries essayed a right swing at close quarters. With the men locked In an embrace, Johnson jollied his man and Jolted him three times over the damaged ee and followed this with a right upper-cut to the Jaw. Jeffries stopped Johnson's bickerings with a left and right. The bell clanged with . honors even and Jeflrles looked badly i cut up ns he took his chair. j EIGHTH ROUND. As Jeffries rushed in, the black j drove a right to the mouth and bhort-I bhort-I ly after shot lefts to the face that carried considerable force behind 1 them. "Hello, Jlmmey." shouted the negro. "Did you see that one?" and i as they closed In he shouted "Break j away, Johnson" but Johnson did not break and laughed ns Jeff missed a . left swing. Korlier at close quarters. I when Jeff worked In two rights to the 1 body be failed to feaze the negro. Ho i pushed his man about and the bell rang, closing a ratber featureless ses-j ses-j slon. NINTH ROUND. Johnson kept a constant conersn-tion conersn-tion in his corner before coming up to the scratch in this round. He booked his left to Jeffries' face, with great force and coutlnued to hurl his sentences at Jim Corbett. Johnson hooked right and left to the jaw and carried with It a world of power. ; After Jeffries had butted with his i head, Johnson Hung his left to the 1 stomach anil they went into a friend-I friend-I ly clinch. Jeffries crouched low and Johnson drove home a wicked left tilt full In the stomach. A moment later he sent la two left Jabs to the mouth, and i ye, but Jeffries apparently paid little lit-tle attention to these blows. The round ended lu Johnson's favor and with Jeffries' face bleeding from several sev-eral places. j TENTH ROUND. "- V Not much life marked their coming to the center of the ring. Johnson fhot two lefts to he bead and followed this with a short right arm to the ear. j A long clinch, followed mixed with ' wrestling, Jeffries then swung his right around the body. The men con- fined themselves mostly to Infighting ! and short streaks of wrestling. John-i John-i son always- on-the alert to land a j punch. Johnson whipped two lerts to the Jaw and a right uppercut to the ' jaw and made Jeffries yell "Oh" audi-' bly. Johnson peppered away with his ; left and clearly outboxed his man. It was Johnson's round. Dclanejr asked ; Rlckard to watch the gloves weo the men were holding to see that there was none broken. ELEVENTH ROUND. A halt" minute of wrestling without damage opened the round, and John- son smashed Jeffries-time and time I again with a left and light to the jaw and the big boilermaker fought back wildly. Johnson swung ' a . terrific right, more of an uppercut, to th'j jaw and followed this with a cleai. right uppercut to the jaw and Jeffries Jef-fries almost weakened. Johnson employed em-ployed left and right uppercutd again and again to the Jaw and varied this with left and right swings to the jaw and the blood spouted from Jef-: Jef-: tries' mouth in a stream. I Jeffries was a bad looking sight at I this stage, but he suddenly electrl-' electrl-' lied the crowd by making a round-! round-! end rally landing bis right to the jnw and a hard left to the body, that brought the crowd to its feet. John-ton, John-ton, however, had a good advantage. TWELFTH ROUND. The men clinched after the black-had black-had missed a hard left for the jaw, remaining re-maining in this position half a minute. min-ute. As Jeffries rushed in Johnson met him with straight left and right I uppercut to the Jaw With the men I brest to breast, the negro swung left to body and face, all the time keplneg I .up a conversation with Corbett. John-" son cleverly blotked blows Intended for the body and sent home a straight right to the sore mouth, starting the blood afresh. The negro shot a straight left to the face and then gent his man's hn.id back a foot with similar sim-ilar blows. Jeffries went to his corner cor-ner ppit'Ing blood and with the odds ! against him. JefiVies' seconds were ominously quiet nt this stage. On the other hand, the Johnson corner, fairly hummed with life and hustle. THIRTEENTH ROUND. The men fought without damage to a clinch and wrestled about the center cen-ter of the ring, Johnson breaking p. up with a volley of rights and left-; to the face and mouth, lie cleverly evaded Jeffries' clumsy attempts to land on tho hod.' and. cutting looe, landeJ left and right in q tick succession suc-cession oil the Jaw and body. Jef-Irltfl Jef-Irltfl weaktDcd at this stage, a right uppercut almost lilting blm j'rom the floor. He fecmed all at sea In locating locat-ing the black who waded In like a merciless Juggernaut dealing out severe se-vere punishment with every lap. The round fcnded with Jeffries trying to covor up and May away. Jeffries ttared ratber blankly in the middle of the ring and appeared to be In bud shape. FOURTEENTH ROUND. Jeffries Hfi met with a straight left ns b gct up ond a mcruent later anothir tplteful jab wert to the |