JEFFRIES WINS Defeats Munroe for Heavyweight Championship FIGHT LAST TWO ROUNDS Referee Quickly Stops a One- Sided Battle Great Crowd in San Francisco to See the Boilermaker and Miner in the Ring -Referee Allows Hitting in the Clinches-Jeffries Always the Favorite -Miner Is Knocked Down Three Times In the First Round-Champion Easily Hammers His Man Into Submission. _ SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26 - Jim Jeffries defeated Jack Munroe in the second round of the fight for the heavyweight championship here tonight. _ After two postponements the fight was de- cided in this city tonight at Mechanics' Pa- valion. The mill was under the auspices of the Yosemite A.C. and drew a large crowd. Besides the title the men fought for a purse of $25,000. Sixty-five per cent of this sum, or $16,250, went to the winner, while 35 per cent, or $8,750, was the loser's balm. _ Straight Marquis of Queensbury rules prevailed. The exact interpretation of this code called for both principles to protect themselves on the breakaways and in clinches. In the past the rules in this re- spect have not always been faithfully od- served, so tonight's battle, especially among the heavyweights, is the first of San Francisco's series of championship contests where such conditions have been put in force. In all of the other fights for the heavyweight title the contestants agreed to break clean. It was so when Jeffries and Corbett met and when Fitzsimmons and Jeffries had it out in this city a little over a year ago. _ It was at Referee Graney's instance that that this order of fighting was put into play. And the way the miner responded con- vinced every one present at the conference that he was very confident of success. One of Graney's customs in an important battle is to get the fighters together the night before or on the day of the mill and arrange details which if left to be fixed in the ring would delay the fight. Harry Pollok and Kid McCoy, representing Mun- roe, and Billy Gallagher, for Jeffries, met last evening at Harry Corbett's cafe for this purpose. The first thing Graney asked was whether the men should break clean at the order of the referee or protect them- selves in clinches and on the breakaways. McCoy promptly said that the miner in- sisted that they protect themselves at all times. Gallagher said that this was agree- able to Jeffries. A brief discussion followed as to what the referee should allow in the clinches and the breakaways. Referee Graney said: _ "I will not allow one man to hold the other and hit, nor will I allow them to go to the floor fighting and wrestling. There is a limit of course, to hitting in the clinches, but I will allow either man to slip in a punch in the clinches and break-aways if he is cleaver enough to do it. They will fight under the rules that the little men fight under" _ Another point which Graney quickly settled was regarding any second jumping into the ring. during a round. He wanted to know who would be chief seconds of each man. McCoy said he would act for Munroe and that Delaney would be in Jeffries's corner. _ "That is final, I suppose," said Graney. "If any second jumps into the ring at any time except the head second in each corner, the fighter will not be disqualified on that account. But the second will be ejected from the ring. I will recognize only one man in each corner." _ Graney, in making this point clear, had in mind the tricks of unscrupulous seconds who made their men lose by jumping into the ring during an encounter. It was tried several times in New York with success and the betting public suffered. When this was done the fighter and seconds dis- claimed responsibility. _ Munroe seemed to be pleased when he heard Graney's decision in this respect. He declared that he did not care to be dis- qualified; that if he was to be licked he wanted to be licked decisively or knocked out. He further declared that he would not recognize any towel or sponge, but would continue in the fray until the referee decided to stop the bout. _ That there would be a great crowd on hand was evident during the morning and afternoon. tickets went readily, and up to 3 o'clock today the management an- nounced that the advance sale amounted to $30,000. This sale included only the high priced tickets. When the box office opened at 7 o'clock and the reserved pasteboards were put on sale, this sum was increased by many thousand dollars. _ Interest in the battle was at a fever heat all day. Everybody sportively inclined talked fight. to have heard the discussions one would have thought that Munroe was an even money shot instead of the under dog. Interest in the mill was at such a high pitch that the management was complimented on its ingenuity in arousing a formerly lethar- gic public into paying attention to the mill. It was lack of interest that really caused the combat to be postponed twice, and not, as alleged, Jeffries's poor condition. _ There was a stimulus in the betting that was decidedly refreshing. It began early in the day and like a tidal wave kept growing as the hours flitted by. Munroe's adherents seemed to crop up on all sides. They had money to bet, but wanted remunerative returns for it in case they won. That not a lot of money exchanged hands was due to the miner's admirers, who wanted 3 1/2 to 1, although the ruling price was 10 to 3 1/2 Jeffries thought that these figures were absurd, and said that any one giving over 2 to 1 was foolish. This belief was shared by other shrewd gamblers, who did not feel like putting up $100 to $35 against a husky proposition as Munroe. _ Munroe's acquiescence to all of.... Page 2 Graney's suggestions and his exuberant confidence, made a lot of friends for him. Those who visited the miner at his training quarters say that he is certainly a marvel of self-control. He seemed indifferent to the fact that he was going up against the greatest heavyweight of modern times. One would think to observe him that he was going to a lawn tennis fete or to the theatre instead of entering the prize ring to battle for the championship. Some think that Munroe's sang froid is feigned. This is partly bourne out by the fact that he declared positively this morning that he would not have a piece of money on himself. The Butte man further said that his old friend, Pat Powers of New York, advised him to sidestep the taking of anything like a gambler's chance on the outcome of a bout. He has always found Powers's advice to be "on the level," he says, and for that reason was willing to do his share of the milling for a slice of the big purse alone. _ Munroe did not do any preparatory work today save to take a walk of a few miles along the ocean beach, just to keep his muscles from stiffening. He rested all day yesterday, with the exception of a brief walk. He certainly looked fit as he strolled along with his trainers, Tim McGrath and Kid McCoy. One thing that was gratify- ing to his mentors was that he had a fine appetite. But Munroe knows how to diet and did not eat anything that he thought would do him harm. Munroe, who usually retired about 9 o'clock, remained up until a few minutes before 12 o'clock. He did this on Thursday night so as to get used to a late hour. He thought that it would keep him from getting drowsy by the time the mill began. _ The champion was just as indifferent to the result as Munroe. He went to the theatre last night and enjoyed the show. He retired late and did not get up today until nearly noon. Among his callers during the afternoon was Jimmy Britt. They chatted together, and before long the big fellow issued a challenge to run the lightweight 100 yards. The race took place on the road to Lake Merritt and the boilermaker only won by a few inches. Jeffries put in a short time in a row- boat with Britt for company. It was his only real work of the day, and he rested until the fight. _ What gave Jeffries's stock a big boom today was the announcement on the word of Sandy Griswold of Omaha that the champion weighed last night only 219 pounds. This was at least ten or fifteen pounds less than the public expected, and it shows that Jeffries has done more hard work than he was credited with, as he began training weighing fully 250 pounds. His present weight is six pounds less than when he fought Corbett, and then he was in finer condition than ever before. As usual Jeffries was examined carefully by his physician, who declared after careful examination that Jeffries seemed to him to be invincible. He said: _ "Jeffries is the most remarkably perfect specimen of physical manhood that it has ever been my good fortune to examine. Jeffries physical construction is not that of an ordinary prize fighter. One of the chief peculiarities of his physique is the fact that his ribs and hip bones so nearly meet that yo could hardly place a finger between them, and when he crouches his waist is virtually incased in an iron cage. Jeffries will never be knocked out by a blow on the solar plexus. Neither Munroe nor any other fighter will ever be able to reach him there. He is a wonder. What I have ex- plained here is the greatest thing from an anatomical standpoint. He has an exception- ally short coupled man. As to his pulse, it shows absolutely no fatigue after all his training and the excitement attendant upon it. He is in the best possible condi- tion. _ Munroe weighs 210, and he is a splendid specimen of physical vigor, having not one ounce of superfluous flesh. His legs and thighs are as large as those of Jeffries, but in chest measurement and arm he is smaller than the champion. _ Jeffries seconds were Billy Delaney, Jack Jeffries, Joe Kennedy and Jimmy Britt. _ Behind Munroe were Kid McCoy, Tim McGrath, Twin Sullivan, Frank McDonald and Harry Foley. _ The four round preliminary between Saginaw Kid and Jockey Louis Burns ended in a decision for the Saginaw Kid, who had a big advantage in height and reach. The second pair were Billy Means of San Francisco and Billy Sullivan of Portland. They came together for four rounds at 125 pounds. Means got the verdict. _ At 9 o'clock the pavilion was rapidly filling. the indication at this hour was that there would be at least a $40,000 house. Around the ringside sporting men from cities beyond the Rockies were seated. there was considerable excitement and the betting became lively. The odds at this hour ruled 100 to 30 in favor of Jeffries to 100 to 35 earlier in the evening. _ Munroe was first to make his appearance in the ring. this was at 9:19. a minute later Jeffries took his corner. The an- nouncer was Jordan, who introduced Mun- roe as the Butte miner. Jeffries was pre sented as the champion of the world. Both men were warmly received. _ The fighters looked fit to battle for a king's ransom. The bulk of the applause went to Munroe, who seemed to have the crowd's sympathy. there was a laugh when McCoy was introduced as the "Beau Brummel" of the prize ring. After the laugh had subsided McCoy expressed his willingness to box any man in the world except Jeffries. Jeffries was very con- fident and smiled and greeted his admiring friends. _ Jeffries was clad in black trunks entwined with national colors. The boilermaker, after a brief chat with his personal friends walked over to Munroe's corner and shook his rival's hand effusively. The betting remained at 100 to 30 in favor of the cali- fornian. _ In appearance Munroe contrasted greatly with the champion. His face wore of serious expression and there was a lack of color in his cheeks. He otherwise looked ill at ease. He wore green tights with the national colors entwined. The men were called from their corners for the formal instructions and no time was lost in getting together. ROUND ONE _ Munroe after a little fiddling was the first to lead. He shot out the left, but the blow was provokingly short. Jeffries smiled and danced around his opponent and the drew him into a clinch. He tried a right for the body, but missed. A clinch followed, and then Munroe tried the right, but could not connect. Jeffries chewed gum and grinned. Then with a spurt Jeffries sent over the left and hooked the miner on the jaw. Munroe went down, but got up smartly. Jeffries then waded in again and drove a straight right to the head and followed with a left swing to the wind. The champion would not give the miner any rest, but was after him sending Munroe to the ropes with right and left on the body. Jeffries then put the left for a well directed punch. The blow landed on the jaw and Munroe went down and remained on the floor for eight seconds. He arose, but was again floored with a similar punch. Munroe started a vicious right for the jaw but the bell rang and the champion checked the blow. The miner did not land a punch in this round and worried when he took his chair. ROUND TWO _ They went to a clinch, Munroe receiving a left swing to the mouth that made him spit blood. He bored in, but Jeffries was after him, smashing him all over the body with lefts and rights and flooring him. Blood flowed from Jack's face and mouth. Another straight terrific right to the face rendered the miner helpless. He sank slowly to the floor and attempted to rise, but Jeffries was waiting for him. Before the champion could land on his helpless victim, however, Referee Graney grabbed him and declared Jeffries the winner. _ Munroe was completely outclassed and seemed to be frightened while sitting in his corner before the fight started.

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