6.—Paddock led off, but Jones countered him heavily on the nose. Paddock reciprocated with a heavy left-hander, also on the nasal prominence, and after some exchanges both were down.
7.—Paddock led off short, and Jones missed his left, but soon afterwards got on his right on the side of Tom’s head, inflicting a deep cut that bled freely. Jones closed, and after a brief struggle threw Paddock a burster.
8.—Jones led off, nailed Tom sharply on the left eyebrow with the right, closed at the ropes, and hung on Paddock till he got down.
9.—Paddock looked unutterable things at finding Jones was not the easy customer he had expected. He rushed in, hit-or-miss, banged in his left at Aaron’s head, who retaliated straight and swift on the cheek and side of the brain-pan; this led to a rally in favour of Jones, who threw Paddock, and walked to his corner laughing.
10.—Paddock began hastily, but was stopped. Jones closed and again threw him, falling on him.
11.—Paddock let fly his left, but was short. Jones kept him at arm’s length. Paddock got closer, but his hits were stopped. Jones then got home on Tom’s left eye, making a cut and drawing the crimson fluid. Some tremendous exchanges followed, Jones sticking to his work in a style that electrified those who doubted his pluck, and in the end Jones gained the second event by knocking Paddock off his legs by a right-hander which cut open his left eyebrow. (“First knock-down” for Jones.) The layers of 3 to 1, for some had ventured those odds, looked blue, and there was some anxiety to “hedge;” even money would have been taken, but there were no layers.
12.—Jones’s left optic all but closed. He went in wildly, and Paddock slipped down.
13.—Jones let go his left, which went over Tom’s shoulder; with his right he was more successful, and reached Tom’s left eye a sharp crack. Paddock was out of distance with his return, and Jones again slipped down.
14.—Paddock led off, but was prettily stopped, left and right. Jones returned on the left temple, closed, and again threw Paddock heavily, falling on him.
15.—On getting together, good exchanges took place, Paddock reaching Aaron’s snuffbox smartly, but Jones giving him a rattler on the domino-box in return. Jones, in the rally which followed, struck Paddock on the top of the head, to the damage of his own dexter fin, and then slipped down.